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Softpedia Editor's Review for IrfanView
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A full-featured graphics viewer for Windows
Written by Bogdan Popa on October 24th, 2011
Windows Photo Viewer is an excellent application for all those who want just that, open pictures without wasting their time.
But IrfanView is great in so many ways that we can hardly name just one. It perfectly replaces the tool bundled into Windows to let you browse photos but it offers a lot more than that.
Installing IrfanView might be a bit difficult because it prompts you to choose the files you want the application to handle, so in case you just wish to use it as your backup solution, be sure to uncheck them all.
Besides the fact that it’s perfect when it comes to opening virtually all formats out there and letting you browse through your photos extremely easy, IrfanView can also do conversion and resize on the go.
We’ve tried the batch features which are absolutely impressive and a pretty complex process that involved around 100 photos took approximately 5 minutes to convert, resize and apply a sharpening effect.
IrfanView has a very, very rich settings menu, which means you could almost change every single option that’s inside, not to mention that it comes with multi-language support for even easier use.
Plus, it lets you do some basic editing functions on your photos but, at the same time, it also supports plugins for what seems to be the greatest functionality in its category.
All things considered, IrfanView is the king, so long live the king. It’s one of the best solutions we’ve ever seen when it comes to handling photos and, probably the most important thing, it’s free for personal use.
Read an in-depth analysis in our professional review for IrfanView
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IrfanView description
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Here are some key features of "IrfanView":
· Many supported file formats
· Multi language support
· Thumbnail/preview option
· Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
· Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
· Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
· Fast directory view (moving through directory)
· Batch conversion (with image processing)
· Multipage TIF editing
· Email option
· Multimedia player
· Print option
· Change color depth
· Scan (batch scan) support
· Cut/crop
· IPTC editing
· Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
· Capturing
· Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
· Lossless JPG rotation
· Many hotkeys
· Many command line options
· Many PlugIns
· Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like "I Agree" or "Evaluation expired"
· No registry changes without user action/permission!
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
Improved Resampling (Speed; Lanczos artefacts fixed:
· New feature: Add watermark image (Edit menu and Advanced batch dialog)
· Improved zooming: CTRL + wheel (keep mouse coordinates) and centered zoom
· Support for WebP format (Weppy format, PlugIn, reading + saving)
· Support for PDN format (Paint.NET format, PlugIn, thanks to ComSquare AG)
· Support for XCF format (GIMP format, PlugIn, thanks to ComSquare AG)
· Face Detection Plugin (Thumbnails window, thanks to MulticoreWare guys)
· New JPG save option: Try to save with original (estimated) JPG quality
· Improved/changed sort menus (XP/natural order)
· New batch rename option: Run test rename
· New Thumbnails menu: Refresh selected thumbs
· Batch dialog, Output directory: Placeholders are now allowed
· New Properties dialog: Zoom / Color management
· New expert zoom option: Edit table with fixed zoom values (Properties->Zoom)
· New fullscreen options: Center image, Text layer (Properties->Fullscreen)
· New option in "Create multipage TIF/PDF" ...
Users are advised to pay attention while installing this ad-suported application:
· Offers to download or install software or components (such as browser toolbars) that the program does not require to fully function: Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer
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