IrfanView is a fast and simple freeware image viewer, editor and converter that supports all major graphic formats, including AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND/AIF, AVI, B3D, BMP/DIB, CAM, CLP, CRW, DAT (VideoCD), DCR, DDS, DXF, Dicom/ACR, DJVU, ECW, EMF/WMF, EPS, FLI/FLC, FPX, FSH, G3, GIF, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM, IMG/GEM, JPG2000, JPG/JPEG, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/MIDI/RMI, MNG/JNG, MOV, MP3, MPG/MPEG, MrSID, MRW, NEF, LM/NOL/NGG, OGG, ORF, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, Mac PICT, PNG, PSD, PSP, QTIF, RAS/SUN, RAW, RAF, RA, RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF, TGA, TIF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAV, WBMP, WBZ/WBC, WMA, WMV, XBM and XPM. In addition it features drag and drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN (Technology Without An Interesting Name) scan support, slide shows, batch conversion, multi language support, thumbnail option, preview option, print option, IPTC edit, capturing, extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs, lossless JPG (Joint Photographic Expert Group) rotation, EXE/SCR creating, many hotkeys, many command line options and modifications such as changing color depth, crop, blur and sharpen.
What"s new in IrfanView version 4.40:
- The 64-bit version of IrfanView is available
- The 64-bit version is faster for very large images (25+ Megapixels)
- Option to support IrfanView by installing "Amazon 1Button App" (OPTIONAL !)
- Support for animated PNG files (APNG)
- EXIF date (taken) sort menu added to main window sort menu
- New Sort dialog option: Sort by EXIF date (date taken)
- New toolbar item: Zoom box with common values (Properties->Toolbar)
- (You can also write a new value and press Enter)
- New PDF PlugIn (enable in Properties->PlugIns->PDF)
- New in Thumbnails window: Export image tiles for selected files (batch mode)
- Load cursors and bitmaps from EXE/DLL files (Thanks to Jason Hood)
- Option to set a custom font for TXT loading (Properties->Browsing/Editing)
- Option to use left mouse button for fullscreen scrolling (for touch screens)
- The 2 GB limit for EXE/SCR-Slideshow files changed (now: 4 GB, Windows EXE limit)
- New Fine Rotation method/option added (faster for very large images)
- New option for the Red-Eye-Correction effect (dialog): Set gray intensity
- Some fixes in the Paint PlugIn
- New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT and "+" or "-" to change GIF/ANI/PNG animation speed
- New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + mouse click: Create selection based on clipboard image
- New button in Batch processing dialog: Pause/Resume
- New button in Advanced batch dialog: Get current selection for cropping
- You can Drag&Drop (or Send To) multiple files to IrfanView shorcut or window
- PlugIns "Metadata" and "JPG-Transform" included in the IrfanView installer
- New command line option: /file=filename(s)
- => set the input filename(s) (at the end of the command chain)
- New command line option: /display=(x,y,w,h,zoom,scrollX,scrollY)
- => set position, size, zoom and scroll position of the window and image
- Command line: wildcards support for /extract (see "i_options.txt")
- Command line: /panorama, /multitif and /multipdf can use "filelist=txtfile"
- (see "i_options.txt" for examples)
Advantages of IrfanView 64-bit over 32-bit version:
- It can load VERY large files/images (image RAM size over 1.3 GB, for special users)
- Faster for very large images (25+ Megapixels, loading or image operations)
- Runs only on a 64-bit Windows (Vista, Win7, Win8, Win10)
Advantages of IrfanView 32-bit over 64-bit version:
- Runs on a 32-bit and 64-bit Windows
- Loads all files/images for normal needs (max. RAM size is about 1.3 GB)
- Needs less disc space
- All PlugIns will work: not all PlugIns are ported (yet) to 64-bit (like OCR) and some 32-bit PlugIns must be still used in the 64-bit version, some with limitations (see the "Plugins32" folder)
Download: IrfanView 32-bit | Portable IrfanView | Freeware
Download: IrfanView 64-bit | Portable IrfanView
Download: IrfanView plugins 32-bit | IrfanView plugins 64-bit
Link: IrfanView Home Page
Update: Official direct download links are not available. You can download IrfanView from CodecPack.co or MajorGeeks.