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IrfanView is one of the longest-serving and most popular freeware image editors available. Fast, compact, and flexible, IrfanView is also packed with features and extras, including TWAIN support, frames and borders, and slideshows, wallpaper, and screenshots. IrfanView plays music and videos, too; in fact, it's long been prized for its ability to open a huge range of files. It's also widely customizable, with lots of options.
IrfanView's setup wizard is one of the most comprehensive we've seen, with many options to set, such as which file types you want the program to open. When you install IrfanView, it places two shortcuts on the desktop: one to open the program and another, IrfanView Thumbnails, that accesses a file-browsing tool with an Explorer-style tree view. IrfanView's main interface is just a plain empty window with a toolbar, but don't be fooled: whether you open an image directly in the main window or click an image in IrfanView Thumbnails to open it in a new window, the program's menus offer plenty of choices. The options menu addresses everything from how IrfanView looks to languages, plug-ins, and file associations, in case you want to change the settings you made when setting up the program. We clicked a few thumbnails and opened some images, which IrfanView quickly resized, converted, cropped, and flipped. We could also correct color, remove red-eye, sharpen images, and create negatives. One especially useful feature is IrfanView's lossless JPEG rotator. Many users are unaware that simply rotating a JPEG can reduce its quality, but a lossless rotator can reorient your images without changing the file's quality. Another neat extra creates panoramic images with the help of a simple wizard. Speaking of Help, IrfanView offers all any user could want, with a full manual as well as FAQs, a list of keyboard shortcuts, and online resources.
Fast and capable, this lightweight app is perfect for most jobs, and most users, too. With so many free graphics apps to choose from, you have plenty of options if you have special needs. We can't think of a better go-to image tool to start with than IrfanView.
Irfanview - Convert and edit images - Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
From Irfan Skiljan:
IrfanView is a fast and compact image viewer/converter. It is trying to be simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. It supports file formats and features. Features include: multi-language support, Thumbnail option, Painting, slideshow, toolbar skins, fast directory browsing, batch conversion/editing, multipage editing, file search, change color depth, scanning, cut/crop, IPTC edit, capturing, lossless JPG operations, effects, ICC support, EXE/SCR creating, many hotkeys, command line options and plugins.
What's new in this version: Version 4.28 adds multipage image preview, video play-bar, new selection features, many new hotkeys, new command-line options.
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4.3 starsout of 3,420 votes
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Current version:
4.5 starsout of 210 votes
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"I have used it for years and it keeps getting better!"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
Quickly moves through a directory. Does a great job of correcting picture colors. Good red eye correction. Recognizes mislabeled pics extensions and corrects them. Lets you bring out the faces in pictures with bright backgrounds.
Cons
Does not show pictures from search box. Does not move between sub-directories automatically. Does not have a way to eliminate duplicates or near duplicates quickly. Does not recommend cropping to fit photo sizes.
Summary
I highly recommend this program to all my friends and family and regularly teach others how to use it.
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"Try it, you'll be glad you did"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
Does just what i want, best photo software i've used
Cons
none found
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"Very Happy"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
It's versitile, quick and easy to use
Cons
There's always room for improvement
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"Its the best free pic viewer ive used"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
Easy to use lots of features
Cons
no cons come to mind
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"Great easy to use photo editor"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
Free, easy to use, dependable and can load a lot of different file types.
Cons
It is a light basic program.
Summary
Great for the free-ware lover and basic users.
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"So many options to improve, change, alter your pictures"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
There are so many options. You can brighten colors, dim colors, change from color to black and white or sepia. You can enlarge or make smaller. You can rotate or flip, sharpen or pixelate. So easy to use. And easy to go from one photo to the next.
Cons
There are only 2 cons I can think of: To make a picture a certain size, say 500 x 500, I have to play with it, sometimes a lot. The other is I wish you could fix little imperfections like blemish or little specs on the picture, like PhotoShop does.
Summary
I love IRFAN and use it more than any other software for altering photos.
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"super program"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
nifty all around
Cons
agreeable to me in every way
Summary
I was really relieved to use this program's bulk process feature to reduce the size of image files. Before this program, I used to do photo file reduction one at a time. So I was in the Dark Ages.
With this program I can do a bulk reduction once I move files from my camera into my laptop. This program is super. -
"The fastest, graphics program I have ever used."
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
The easiest, fastest, full featured graphics program I have ever used especially if you download the plugins from the website. These even include a lightweight music player which also loads like lightening. Takes Photoshop plugins.
Cons
Maybe the interface could be more pleasing to the eye but this is just makeup. For the money, (free), it's fine :-)
Summary
I have used Irfanveiw for well over 10 years and have yet to come across a graphics program to match it.
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"So easy to use"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
Easy to use, crop, edit, save pics for anything!
Cons
Can't think of a thing
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"Photo Editing Made Easy"
Version: IrfanView 4.28
Pros
Convienent user interface. Everything you need for any format. Smal file very useful for everyday usage.
Cons
No significant problems.
Summary
I have used this program to edit my photo gallery web site that contains thousands of photos for over 10 years .
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