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IrfanView Changelog

What's new in IrfanView 4.67

Apr 5, 2024
  • Smaller fixes (Insert Text, Paste warning, Hex viewer, Auto adjust colors)
  • Separate overwrite option for Save/Save-As menus (Properties->File Handling)
  • The Insert Text dialog will remember the last screen position
  • New OCR PlugIn: requires Tesseract OCR (Properties->PlugIns)
  • See "i_plugins.txt" for infos (https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
  • Support for PNG comment (Image->Info dialog or $C placeholder; reading only)
  • SFF PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Mateusz "LeftarCode" Lewczak)
  • EXR PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Minji Kim and Jaehun of WHS WWW Team)
  • PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
  • Loading issues in several PlugIns fixed (thanks to Trend Micro)
  • Fixed PlugIns: Formats, DPX/CIN, WSQ, MrSID, AWD
  • PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
  • PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)

New in IrfanView 4.66 (Dec 20, 2023)

  • Fixed problem with network paths in Save-As dialog>
  • Fix for text alignment in Insert Text dialog (selection/canvas)
  • SVG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to nerty_nerty)

New in IrfanView 4.65 (Dec 9, 2023)

  • Option for Dark mode: Properties->Viewing (works best with Windows 10/11)
  • (thanks to Richard Yu, Stephen Eckels, adzm)
  • New option in Insert Text dialog: Text rotation (90 deg for vertical text)
  • New in Slideshow dialog: Option to set different time for each file
  • (new button: "Change time" for selected files)
  • "Paste into Selection": Second paste (CTRL+V) will also apply the image
  • New Hotkey after "Paste into selection":
  • SHIFT + Click within selection: Apply pasted image and keep selection
  • New Edit menu: Apply image effects to inverted selection (non-selected area)
  • New option in Properties->Editing: Set custom filename for pasted image
  • Option to read XMP data in the IPTC dialog (thanks to Lee Thomason)
  • New Histogram effects in Effects Browser dialog (thanks to Richard Heurtley)
  • Improved support for tabs in text in Insert Text dialog (CTRL + Tab)
  • New PlugIn for AVIF format
  • The Replace File dialog shows preview of both images
  • The Fine Rotation dialog can be resized
  • New in Fine Rotation dialog: draw a straight line to rotate
  • The Histogram dialog can be resized (Local dark mode using right button)
  • Slideshow/Automatic mode will suspend system sleep while running
  • Command line: "/append" will append all pages from the input file (if "/page" option is not used)
  • SVG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to NerTy)
  • JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (CVE-2023-26974, thanks to overXsky)

New in IrfanView 4.62 (Dec 9, 2022)

  • New PDF PlugIn (thanks to Pdfium guys)
  • Option to save slideshow as MP4 video (Thanks to Shao Voon Wong)
  • New options menu: Append current image to PDF (Options->Multipage images)
  • New options menu: Edit multipage PDF (Options->Multipage images)
  • New "Adobe 8BF filters" PlugIn (also for 64-bit 8BF, thanks to Sinisa Petric)
  • New in Advanced Batch dialog: All effects (Effects Browser dialog) can be used
  • New in Properties->Extensions dialog: Load only minimal (browsing) extensions
  • The selection rectangle can be resized on corners (with CTRL = proportional)
  • Change for "Paste into Selection": you can move/resize the selection
  • rectangle/image; Click to apply selection image to main image
  • New option in "Compare images" dialog: Show difference image
  • New effect in Image->Effects menu: Skew/Shear image
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + G: Start Google Maps with GPS of the loaded file
  • New command line option: /fs_exit
  • if started in fullscreen mode; ESC closes fullscreen and IrfanView
  • Old/obsolete JPG options disabled: "Load as grayscale" and "Save as grayscale"
  • easy to forget; can be re-enabled using new INI flags)
  • Removed very old PlugIn: FiltersUnlimited
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
  • Download from: https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

New in IrfanView 4.60 (Mar 18, 2022)

  • JPG save preview dialog: Options to zoom/scroll the preview image
  • New option in File menu: Compare current image with another image
  • Option for Favorite menus (Edit menu); Right mouse click on menu item
  • Options menu to "Create new EXIF data" in JPGs without EXIF
  • New browsing options for mouse wheel (Properties-Browsing)
  • Support for QOI format (Formats PlugIn, reading and saving)
  • Improved DDS loading (BC7 compression, thanks to Richard Geldreich)
  • TIF loading fixed (Thanks to Aslan Gurtsiev, CVE-2021-46064)
  • New hotkey: ALT + SHIFT + B: Show thin or normal border (current session only)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.59 (Dec 1, 2021)

  • New JPG saving option: Show preview image (to adjust quality and filesize)
  • Support for JXL format (JPEG XL, reading and saving; PlugIn) (must be enabled in menu: Help->Installed PlugIns)
  • New effect in Image->Effects menu: Tilt-Shift
  • Options for SVG loading (Properties->PlugIns)
  • New Edit menu: Show selection from "Auto crop borders" (can be used for e.g. Lossless JPG Crop)
  • Improved support for EXIF data in HEIC and CR3 files (EXIF dialog)
  • New print dialog option: Fill paper - for "Best fit to page"
  • Help text added to some options in Lossless-JPG dialog (thanks to forum users)
  • New command line option: /contactsheet=(filenames) => make Contact Sheet using dialog options (see "i_options.txt")
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated

New in IrfanView 4.58 (May 26, 2021)

  • New option in Add-Text dialog: add text above/below image (add canvas)
  • New in Add-Text for Batch mode: Scale font based on desktop height
  • New Resize dialog option: Set size in MegaPixels
  • New option in File-Copy/Move dialog: Create duplicate file (for existing files)
  • New option: Keep mouse on Next/Prev-file toolbar buttons (Properties->Viewing)
  • New PlugIn: OptiPNG (Optimized PNG saving, thanks to Cosmin Truta)
  • PNGOUT PlugIn has been removed (use OptiPNG in PNG save options)
  • RIOT PlugIn has been removed (use "Set JPG file size" in JPG save options)
  • GIF animation bug fixed (thanks to Filipe Oliveira, Tempest Security Intelligence)
  • Several loading bugs in Formats PlugIn fixed (thanks to Moshe Kaplan)
  • WPG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab: CVE-2021-27224 and CVE-2021-27362)
  • Updated panda (thumbnails) icon
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:

New in IrfanView 4.57 (Jan 13, 2021)

  • Improved option "Try registry changes" (Properties->Extensions)
  • Option to use new Windows File-Open dialog (Properties->Misc)
  • Option to create only Shortcuts (LNK file) in File-Copy dialog
  • New Camera RAW PlugIn (based on LibRAW, thanks to Alex Tutubalin)
  • Support for WPG format (PlugIn, WPG version 1; thanks to Flurmy)
  • Improved GIF reading
  • PCX loading bug fixed (thanks to @DmitriyMelikov, CVE-2020-35133)
  • MNG PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to ThanhTP)
  • PCX format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:
  • https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

New in IrfanView 4.56 (Oct 21, 2020)

  • Updated Video PlugIn (improved Win10 compatibility, new player for MP3/FLAC)
  • Option to play all audio formats in main window (Properties->Video/Sound)
  • Option to change hotkeys for menus: Right mouse click on menu item
  • New option in Paint dialog: Fill rect/ellipse with transparent color
  • New "Edit->Insert Watermark" option: Use color to highlight an area
  • Option to disable mouse wheel for file browsing (Properties->Browsing)
  • New SVG PlugIn (Thanks to seppesol)
  • New XCF PlugIn (Thanks to Jacek SQ6KBQ)
  • New JPG option: Use QuantSmooth loading (PlugIn, thanks to Ilya Kurdyukov)
  • Option for page/frame filename suffix in Multipage-Extract dialog
  • CTRL + "Save-As" icon on toolbar calls the "Save" menu
  • New option in Advanced batch dialog: Add Border/Frame
  • New option in Insert Text dialog: Settings for Outline-1 effect (Rainbow)
  • New paste option: Change paste counter (Edit->Paste special)
  • New shapes in Hexagon dialog: Ellipse, Cloud; Spiral (thanks to Rod Stephens)
  • New option in Hexagon/Shadow dialog: Background transparency
  • Support for PSB format (Photoshop files)
  • Context menu added to EXIF dialog (Copy only selected lines)
  • New placeholder: $c (Compression text from Image->Info dialog)
  • Program icon updated
  • New Paint dialog icons (Thanks to Michael Grosberg)
  • CLP format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
  • JP2 PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Phung Duc Luan and Linhlhq)
  • B3D and XCF PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Zhe Wang)
  • Formats PlugIn bugs fixed (XPM,XBM,CR2,HDR,WBMB,FITS,DDS) (thanks to nhiephon)
  • MNG PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to zhazha crack)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.54 (Dec 12, 2019)

  • Multiple Undo/Redo steps added (max. 20 steps, Properties->Editing)
  • Zoom magnifier added to fullscreen mode
  • Option to disable Zoom magnifier (Properties->Viewing)
  • Profiles option added to Print dialog
  • New option in Properties->Fullscreen: Set horizontal and/or vertical centering
  • New option in Print dialog: Set horizontal and/or vertical centering
  • Option to set selection border thickness (Properties->Editing)
  • Option to enable/disable PlugIns (Help->Installed PlugIns)
  • Extended sidecar files option: Copy/Move possible (Properties->File Handling)
  • New Canvas dialog option/method: Set aspect ratio
  • New option in Watch/Hot Folder dialog: Watch subfolders
  • New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Add (or Replace) ICC color profile
  • New Thumbnails option: Keep focus in folder tree (after folder change/click)
  • Option to show Color Corrections dialog in dark mode
  • Fix in Metadata PlugIn (crash with bad EXIF tag in CR2 files; KVE-2019-1184)
  • BMP loading bug fixed (thanks to Joshua Faust, CVE-2019-16887)
  • JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq)
  • ANI PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17252)
  • RAS PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17251)
  • EXR PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17255)
  • DPX PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17256)
  • WSQ PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17250)
  • JLS PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17253)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:

New in IrfanView 4.53 (May 15, 2019)

  • New effect in Image->Effects menu: Insert Speech Bubbles
  • Examples/Screenshot: speech_bubbles.jpg
  • New effect in Image menu: Add Shadow, Shape, Rounded corners, Snowflake etc.
  • New effect in Image menu: Add Hexagon (or tiles), Star, Spikes, Heart etc.
  • Show mouse zoom magnifier: CTRL+SHIFT + Mouse-move in the image
  • mouse wheel zooms within magnifier area, click inside closes it)
  • New border effect in "Add Frame" dialog: Broken Edge
  • New effect added: Radial Brighten (Effects browser dialog)
  • New option in Capture dialog: Draw red circle around cursor
  • New option in Advanced batch dialog: Set maximal dimensions for resize
  • Profiles option added to Contact Sheet dialog
  • Option to read 1 BPP images in RAW dialog
  • Command line: /filepattern can be combined with /slideshow
  • TIF/PCX/PSD loading bugs fixed (thanks to Apriorit)

New in IrfanView 4.52 (Dec 13, 2018)

  • Improved Paint PlugIn stability
  • Support for DPX and CIN formats (DPX PlugIn, thanks to Patrick A. Palmer)
  • Support for FLIF format (Free Lossless Image Format, PlugIn)
  • Support for HEIF format (with installed HEVC extensions/codec, see Win10)
  • New option in Advanced batch dialog: Set minimal dimensions for resize
  • Option to save settings in Canvas dialog
  • Insert Text dialog: CTRL + click in image adds the text permanently
  • Command line: /filepattern option: accepts multiple extensions ("*.jpg;*.png")
  • Improved support for high DPI displays
  • Improved JPG2000 format loading
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:

New in IrfanView 4.51 (Feb 27, 2018)

  • Improved JPG save option: "Set file size" (no RIOT PlugIn needed)
  • New options in IrfanView Shell Extension (PlugIns website)
  • Support for animated WebP files
  • Some fixes (Zoom box text, EXE/DLL icon loading)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.50 (Oct 11, 2017)

  • IrfanView and many PlugIns ported to Unicode!
  • The INI file will be converted to Unicode if you call the "Properties" dialog
  • IrfanView will NOT run on Win9x anymore
  • Support for iPhone PNG files (Formats PlugIn, thanks to Jongware)
  • Move selection with: CTRL or SHIFT + right mouse button (Y or X axis only)
  • New option in Extract Pages/Frames dialog: Set page/frame range
  • Some fixes in the Print dialog
  • New text pattern: $m = show number of megapixels
  • New Thumbnails sort menu: Sort by Megapixels
  • Adjust print preview image to color/bw printer settings
  • Wallpaper save format changed to PNG (Win8 and later)
  • New zooming method: Mouse wheel alone, if "Browsing->View other files" disabled
  • New command line option: /hotfolder="folder" => start Hotfolder option with a specific folder
  • ANI format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
  • JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (Talos Advisory TALOS-2017-0310)
  • FPX/RLE/DJVU/ANI/SVG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Lin Wang)
  • Tools PlugIn EXE-loading problem fixed (thanks to Cody Sixteen and Lin Wang)

New in IrfanView 4.44 (Dec 20, 2016)

  • Metadata PlugIn ported to Unicode (EXIF/IPTC/Comment data in JPG files)
  • Batch scan dialog: Scan to multipage file works also with PDF output
  • New Edit menu options: Remove or Insert strip (based on selection)
  • New Blur filter: Gaussian Blur (thanks to Ivan Kuckir)
  • New Blur filter: Fast Gaussian Blur (thanks to Mario Klingemann)
  • New Properties->Fullscreen option: Show blurred image sides
  • Option to show mouse coordinates (Properties->Viewing)
  • New options in Histogram dialog: modeless dialog, selections, curves
  • New effect added: Vertical Shift (Effects browser dialog)
  • New Thumbnails menu: Show/hide filenames text for thumbnails
  • New Image->Effects PlugIn: Film Simulation (thanks to Jan Ingwer Baer)
  • check the PlugIns page for CLUT files download)
  • New wallpaper option: Fill (Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + F)
  • New Rename dialog option: Rename also sidecar files
  • New Print dialog option: Save settings (without printing)
  • Command line option "/append" works also with PDF output
  • A BMP loading bug fixed (thanks to Ren Yi)
  • The hotkey "D" (clear screen) works also in Fullscreen/Slideshow mode
  • Loading crashes fixed in JP2 PlugIn (JPG-2000 format)
  • The Luratech formats (JP2/JPM) are now Freeware (Saving and Batch mode)
  • Command line: /convert accepts wildcard also for a single filename, like:
  • i_view32.exe c:testimg.bmp /convert=c:tifs*.tif => save as "testimg.tif"
  • Command line: /capture=7 can contain the input rectangle, like:
  • i_view32.exe /capture=7=(0,0,800,600)

New in IrfanView 4.42 (Mar 11, 2016)

  • New File menu: Save Selection as (Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + B)
  • New option in Capture dialog: Show timer countdown
  • New option in Export Tiles dialog: Extract all pages from multipage files
  • New option in Fine Rotation dialog: Select "best" old image
  • New option in Print dialog: No image overflow on page
  • New HTML-Export dialog option: Copy extra files to destination folder
  • prepare a "copy_files.txt" file with filenames)
  • Some PCX/BMP/PPM loading bugs fixed (thanks to Moshe Kaplan)
  • Improved FITS format loading
  • New text pattern: $R = image aspect ratio (width/height)
  • New hotkey: CTRL + Click into selection = clear selection
  • Some minor fixes (Thumbnails/folder scan)
  • Some workarounds for Windows-10 bugs/issues (Installer signature, Associations)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.41 (Nov 30, 2015)

  • 64-bit version: Use 32-bit TWAIN drivers if 64-bit drivers not installed
  • New dialog/GUI on Windows tablets ("2 in 1", Thanks to Arun Anbu from Intel)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + Tab: Start/End Tablet mode dialog
  • New hotkey: CTRL + Insert: Edit->Copy
  • New Slideshow hotkey: Q = Pause/Resume a timer slideshow
  • New option for /info command line: write CSV file: /info=infofile.csv
  • Added PlugIns-Installer options for: /silent and /folder (Check FAQs page)
  • "Amazon 1Button App" offer removed
  • Some fixes (Auto color correction, PNG compression, UNC-Paths in 64-bit)

New in IrfanView 4.40 (Aug 4, 2015)

  • The 64-bit version of IrfanView is available: http://www.irfanview.com/64bit.htm
  • 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 zoom 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 options
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.38 (Jun 24, 2014)

  • New Options menu/feature: Export image tiles (split image)
  • New Options menu: Hotfolder (Watch folder and show new images)
  • New view modes in Thumbnails window: Tiles, Details and List mode
  • New feature: (new) "IrfanView Shell Extension" available on PlugIns website
  • adds Context menu with some IrfanView operations to Windows Explorer)
  • Thanks to Michael Dunn!
  • New options in the "Adobe 8BF filters" dialog
  • Improved speed in the LCMS (Color Management) PlugIn
  • Added support for old formats like: Amiga, Atari, C64, ZX Spectrum etc.
  • Thanks to Piotr Fusik! (RECOIL support in Formats PlugIn)
  • New Print dialog features: Borderless print, Negative positions, better preview
  • New command line option: /makecopy, a flag for /convert
  • if destination file exists, save new file as copy: (1), (2), (3) etc.
  • Option to add max. 10 external editors (for advanced users): Properties->Misc
  • Option to Drag&Drop current file to other programs: SHIFT + left mouse + drag
  • New Print dialog option: Always use default printer at dialog start
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + N = Negative image (all channels)
  • Better support for high resolution screens (high DPI)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated

New in IrfanView 4.37 (Dec 17, 2013)

  • New options in Resample dialog: Use Resample filters for shrinking; Gamma fix
  • Improved GIF animations
  • Features from Adobe-8BF PlugIn (8BF_FILTERS.DLL) moved to Effects PlugIn
  • New Image menu: Adobe 8BF PlugIns; with new fixed and dynamic PlugIns like:
  • Perspective Transformations and SmartCurve
  • Option to set custom folder for Adobe 8BF PlugIns menu (Properties->PlugIns)
  • Added Drag&Drop from Thumbnails window to another programs
  • New menu: File->Open Recent Files (can be disabled in Properties->Misc)
  • New option in Advanced Batch dialog: Don't shrink bigger images
  • Added Center option for Crop in Advanced Batch dialog and /crop
  • Replace Color option can work on selections
  • GIF bug fixed
  • MrSID bug fixed
  • Japanese folder name bug fixed
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated

New in IrfanView 4.36 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Rebuild EXIF-Thumbnail
  • Update of EXIF-Thumbnail on JPG-Lossless-Crop
  • Option to Edit EXIF date/time (Options menu or Thumbnails window for batch mode)
  • Improved color accuracy in "Decrease color depth" function
  • Added "Best quality" option in "Decrease color depth" dialog
  • New (Freeware) PlugIn for DWG format - thanks to BabaCAD-Software guys!
  • New feature: Replace Color (Image menu and Advanced Batch dialog)
  • New feature: Create tiled image (Image menu)
  • New PlugIn: Filter Sandbox (Image->Effects menu, JewelScript)
  • Option to invert single color channels only (Image menu)
  • New Edit menu option: Show Grid (see also Properties->Editing for cell size)
  • New Slideshow Burning PlugIn for WinXP SP3 or later
  • New display options added: Fit small image side to window/desktop
  • Profiles option added to Batch Rename dialog
  • New Advanced Batch dialog option: Set new image size in MegaPixels
  • New options for Fine Rotation effect: Keep old image size and background
  • New feature in Color Corrections dialog: Change White Balance
  • New effect in "Image->Add border/frame" dialog: Inside fading frame
  • New Thumbnails menu: Extract pages from selected multipage files
  • New Add Text dialog effect: Filled outline text
  • Negative and Grayscale menus can work on selections
  • Improved selection handling with large zooms
  • Updated Icons-Plugin (bigger/nicer icons)
  • New hotkeys: CTRL + SHIFT + left/right arrow: Fine rotation, 0.10 deg
  • New hotkeys: CTRL + SHIFT + up/down arrow: Fine rotation, 0.05 deg
  • Batch-Scan dialog: some placeholders can be used for the filename (help file)
  • New text placeholders to add $ and | characters (see help file)
  • New (admin) INI file option: Set save formats in Save-As dialog (see FAQs)
  • New hotkey for slideshow mode: SHIFT + Z = show all or portrait/landscape images
  • Hotkey: G = stop or resume GIF/ANI animation (browse frames/pages if stopped)
  • DCX/ANI loading bug fixed (reported by FuzzMyApp, thanks!)
  • FPX bug fixed
  • Added reading support for 32-bit (96 BPP) TIF images
  • New command line option: /multipdf (same syntax as /multitif)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.35 (Nov 9, 2012)

  • New Add Text dialog features: No selection needed, Preview, Effects etc.
  • Option to save profiles (Add-Text, JPG-Save and Color Correction dialog)
  • New capture dialog option: Capture fixed screen rectangle; Stop timer
  • New transparency save option: Use main window color (GIF, PNG, ICO)
  • New file handling option: Remove sidecar files (Properties->File Handling)
  • New options in Watermark dialog: Preview, Click to preview
  • New folder browsing options in: Properties->Browsing (stop on folder end)
  • The EXIF-Thumbnail will be updated during saving as JPG
  • New (Freeware) PlugIn for DXF format
  • New RAW format options in Properties->PlugIns
  • New menu: View->Multipage images->Auto show page thumbnails dialog
  • New print option for multipage images: Print specific pages
  • Option to Set selection rectangle color (Properties->Editing)
  • Context menu for video player (Copy frame, change volume)
  • New display menu option: Apply Sharpen after Resample
  • New button in Batch dialog: Save filenames as TXT file
  • New Thumbnail menus: Start Multipage TIF/PDF dialog with selected files
  • Thumbnails folder tree: CTRL + click = Load thumbs from all subfolders
  • New option for FLV files: Play in main window (Properties->Video)
  • New options in Batch rename dialog (create duplicate files)
  • Option to save custom dimensions in Resize and Custom-Selection dialog
  • Updated TIF loader
  • Updated DJVU PlugIn, thanks to guys from Caminova!
  • Command line: wildcards support for /multitif and /panorama (see i_options.txt)
  • Command line switch for /info: /shortinfo (write just file index and name)
  • Command line option for EXE Slideshow: /clearmonitors (clear other monitors)
  • Command line option "/append" can be now also used with "/scan"
  • New placeholder: $Q (get "correct" file extension, if possible)
  • New placeholder: $P (print size, from image->info dialog)
  • New fullscreen/slideshow hotkey: C = center image, On/Off
  • F8 key now allowed in slideshow mode: copy current file
  • Some TIF/GIF/CLP loading bugs fixed (thanks to Codenomicon Fuzz-o-Matic guys!)
  • PCX/XCF/ECW loading bug fixed (reported by FuzzMyApp, thanks!)
  • FPX/RLE/TTF/DJVU bug fixed (by Francis Provencher via Secunia SVCRP, thanks!)
  • JLS (CharLS) loading bug fixed
  • PIC format removed (Softimage PICT, loading bugs)
  • NLM format removed (Nokia LogoManager formats, loading bugs)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

New in IrfanView 4.33 (Mar 28, 2012)

  • Improved rotation speed for 1 BPP images
  • New Advanced Batch dialog option: Change order of operations
  • New Thumbnails window option: Try to load EXIF-Thumbnail for JPG files
  • Simple Drag&Drop feature from Thumbnails window added (Load files from Thumbnails in another programs/editors)
  • Selection: hold ALT key pressed during drawing to make a proportional selection with the inverted ratio from "Create Custom selection" dialog
  • New effect added: Horizontal Shift (Effects browser dialog)
  • New option in "Decrease color depth" dialog: Convert 24 BPP to RGB-565
  • New option in Resize dialog: Auto adjust DPI based on new sizes
  • New option in Add-Text dialog: Adjust font size to current zoom-in size
  • Support for JPEG-XR format (HDP PlugIn)
  • Possible Thumbnail/Resample problem on Win7-64 bit fixed
  • DIB-RLE bug fixed
  • JPG-2000 PlugIn crashes fixed
  • ANI/EMF/JPM loading bugs fixed
  • SGI bug fixed
  • Some new Admin INI file options added (Toolbar, Browsing, Delete)

New in IrfanView 4.32 (Dec 19, 2011)

  • 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" dialog: Load filenames from TXT file
  • New options in JPG IPTC/Comment dialogs: Allow Unicode PlugIn to change text
  • New command line option: /cmdexit (close current IrfanView after command line)
  • TIF with some SGILog compressed images fixed
  • New special INI option to hide common folders in Open/Save dialog (see FAQs)
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + K = Keep Scroll position

New in IrfanView 4.30 (Jun 20, 2011)

  • Faster JPG loading! (Thanks to D. R. Commander for Turbo-JPG)
  • New Paste options: Paste on left/right/top/bottom (Edit->Paste Special) (see also the new option: Properties->Editing->Fit clipboard image)
  • Changes in Open/Save dialogs (Recent folders box, View mode is remembered)
  • Menu "File->Recent directories" removed (MRUDs are now in the Open dialog)
  • New options in Canvas Size dialog
  • EXIF + IPTC PlugIns merged into Metadata-Plugin
  • New option in JPG IPTC/Comment dialogs: Allow placeholders
  • New option in JPG IPTC dialog: Batch editing (if started from Thumbnails)
  • New options in Capture dialog (send to Clipboard, Printer, new name patterns)
  • Option to show Alpha channel for TIF/PNG/TGA files (menu: Image->Show channel)
  • Option to show TIF alpha/transparency (for 32 bit RGBA images, Properties->Viewing)
  • Added basic support for EXIF saving from Digi-Cam RAW formats to JPG
  • The Effects dialog can be resized/maximized
  • AltaLux Effect/PlugIn added (Image->Effects menu, Thanks to Stefano Tommesani)
  • Option to set a tolerance value for "Auto crop borders" (Properties->Editing)
  • New Advanced-Batch dialog: Crop width/height can be negative (crop from end)
  • New option in batch rename dialog: Remember last rename counter
  • Support for MPO format (Multi Picture Object, first 2 images can be loaded)
  • Support for GLCD format (Formats PlugIn)
  • DEL key now allowed in slideshow mode: delete current file
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + 1-3: Start external editor 1-3
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + "." (point): Toggle slideshow modes: random/automatic
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
  • Some minor bugs fixed (ALT+F4)

New in IrfanView 4.28 (Dec 17, 2010)

  • Option to support IrfanView by installing Google Chrome browser (OPTIONAL !)
  • New multipage images feature: Show page thumbnails (Hotkey: F10, menu: View)
  • (Uses thumbnail settings from Thumbnails window, use TAB for focus change)
  • New multipage images option: Change pages using Page keys (Properties->Browsing)
  • New color management option in Properties->Viewing:
  • Set input ICC profile file for images without embedded ICC profile (default: sRGB)
  • New edit menu: Show selection grid (None, Golden Ratio, Thirds)
  • New edit menu: Redo (one step, hotkey: CTRL + J)
  • Video Playbar showed if DirectShow option used (Fullscreen: B = toggle playbar)
  • (see Hotkeys help page; Thanks to Henner Helmers for testing)
  • Option to show an image color channel, menu: "Image->Show channel" and
  • Option show the channel as color or grayscale (Properties->Browsing/Editing)
  • Selection: hold CTRL key pressed during drawing to make a proportional selection
  • with the ratio from "Create Custom selection" dialog
  • New selection hotkeys:
  • ALT + arrows: change width/height of the selection rectangle
  • CTRL + arrows: proportional resize of the selection rectangle
  • Arrows: If no scrollbars visible: Move selection rectangle
  • New placeholder options for: $D, $d, $F and $N => allow partial text, example:
  • N[0-5] => get first 5 characters from the file name
  • New window display options: Fit to window width/height
  • New Email PlugIn option: Resize large images
  • (Advanced options work on the first page only)
  • New Batch resize option: Resize based only on new/old DPI value
  • Vertical and horizontal flip can be applied on selections
  • New print dialog option: Collate (for multiple copies of multipage images)
  • New Insert-Text dialog options: Antialiased text and Centered (batch mode)
  • New Sort dialog option: Insert before selected file (for Batch/Slideshow)
  • New JPG-Transform PlugIn option: Write/remove JFIF JPG header
  • New Capture dialog feature: Set timer value as decimal number
  • New hotkey: click into image + SHIFT = copy hex color value to clipboard
  • New thumbnail sizes for 3:2, 4:3 and 16:9 ratios (Thumbnail window options)
  • New selection color/method for items in Thumbnails window
  • Improved extraction of video frames (more formats supported if Codecs installed)
  • New feature for advanced users: define an external editor for every extension
  • => see FAQs for an example, [CustomEditors]
  • New PNG save option: Save transparency as Alpha channel (Thanks to Thomas Henlich)
  • Command line: /advancedbatch and /convert can process all pages from multipage TIF
  • Command line: /extract works now for GIF/ANI animations too
  • New command line option: /export_pal=palfile (export palette to a PAL file)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + F5 = Refresh (force resample, if set in display options)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + Home/End = Load first/last page in a multipage image
  • New hotkey: CTRL + D = Image->Add border/frame
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + X = Set as wallpaper: Proportional
  • Menu change: Create max. custom selection moved to "Create maximized selection"
  • At request of Luratech: removed support of LWF/LDF formats
  • (projects/formats stopped, buffer overflows reported)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated

New in IrfanView 4.27 (May 11, 2010)

  • Updated/improved TIF loader
  • Save dialog: if you write file extension, the right file type is selected
  • New edit menu: Crop visible window area (incl. zoom)
  • The internal selection code has been changed (to fix some rounding errors)
  • New capture option: Object capture (with auto scroll, if possible)
  • New button in Batch progress dialog: Return to batch (use same files again)
  • New JPG save dialog option: Keep XMP data (from original JPG file)
  • New command line option: /effect=(effect-nr,value1,value2)
  • New option in Print dialog: Auto rotate (based on image dimensions)
  • New HTML dialog option: Create thumbs without frame/border
  • Support for BLP format (BLP-2, Formats PlugIn)
  • PSD loading bug/crash fixed (PSD bug reported by Secunia, thanks!)
  • Fixed problem in "Create multipage PDF" dialog
  • Batch conversion of multipage images to multipage PDF is now possible (Advanced options work on the first page only)
  • New image menu: Add border/frame (Thanks to Balazs from 530.hu)
  • New edit menu: Create maximized current custom selection (using dialog values)
  • New edit menus: Create maximized selection (for some standard ratios)
  • Bigger "Browse for folder" dialog
  • New option in Properties->Browsing: Beep on folder loop (or screenshot save)
  • New option for external editors: Send all filenames in one call (Properties->Misc)
  • New option in Postscript PlugIn/Dialog: Set custom Ghostscript DLL location
  • Another Blur effect added (Total variation method, thanks to Daniel Marks)
  • New option in Properties->Extensions->Icons: Leave current icon (for XP only)
  • Hotkey CTRL + A can be used to select and unselect whole image (toggle)
  • New fullscreen hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + W: Stretch images over all monitors (toggle)
  • Hotkey: CTRL + right mouse drag: scroll image even if Conext menu option activated
  • Change in CTRL + Print key action: minimize IrfanView window before capturing
  • New HTML template variables: #IMAGE_PATH#, #IMAGE_BASENAME#, #IMAGE_EXT# and #SELF_LINK# (see help file, HTML Export page)
  • Skin change problem on Linux/Wine fixed
  • Some "Multipage images" menus moved from View to Options menu
  • The hidden mouse in fullscreen/slideshow mode will be showed on mouse move
  • New command line option: /random, can be used only with /wall => set random wallpapers, see "i_options.txt" for examples
  • New feature for administrators: "DefaultLang" for INI file (set default language) => see FAQs for an example
  • New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Perfect (error on non-perfect JPG images/sizes)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + Mouse-Wheel: scroll image horizontally
  • New hotkeys: "=" for zoom in; CTRL + G = image->grayscale
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated

New in IrfanView 4.25 (Jun 17, 2009)

  • New capture option: Region capture (Thanks to grebulon)
  • as option in Capture dialog or hotkey: CTRL + PrintKey)
  • OCR Feature/PlugIn added (Options menu, Hotkey: F9, full image or selection)
  • PlugIn download: http://rerecognition-download.ch/irfan/kadmos44/KADMOS.htm
  • New command line switches for /capture
  • 4 = use region capture, 5 = start in capture mode using dialog settings
  • New and re-arranged Properties dialogs
  • New Color Management options in Properties->Viewing (new LCMS PlugIn needed)
  • Burning PlugIn: can burn using Nero or Windows interface (WinXP or later)
  • Support for JLS format (JPEG-LS, PlugIn by KATO Kanryu)
  • Support for WBZ/WBC/WB1 formats (Webshots formats, PlugIn by V. Paramoshin)
  • New display option: Use Resample for zooming (Menu: View->Display options)
  • New fullscreen option: Use Resample for zooming (Properties->Fullscreen)
  • Option to save changes on exit in now also used for image/file change
  • New option in Batch-Scan dialog: Remember last scan counter
  • Previous "Search files" dialog results showed again on next search
  • Batch rename dialog: Last 15 rename patterns are saved
  • New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by image DPI
  • New placeholder: $p (image DPI)
  • New buttons/options in File-Replace dialog for multiple files
  • Resample bug with very special images fixed (TIF bug reported by Secunia, thanks!)
  • The option "View->Lock zoom" works now with all display options
  • Show PNG and TGA/DDS alpha color options merged (Properties->Viewing)
  • New command line option: /reloadonloop
  • Reload input source used in /slideshow when list is finished
  • Command line, /convert: exit codes added: 0 = OK, 1 = load error, 2 = save error
  • Support for TIFs with 12 bits per channel
  • New option in Postscript PlugIn: Enable Antialiasing for better quality
  • New button in EXIF dialog: Show in GeoHack-Wiki (for GPS coordinates)
  • New help menu: Check homepage for updates
  • Browsing hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + number (0-9), decrease file index by number

New in IrfanView 4.23 (Dec 30, 2008)

  • Added History list for Random slideshow ("No file repeat" removed)
  • New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
  • Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
  • TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
  • New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /thumbs
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /convert=d:*.jpg
  • => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
  • New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
  • Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
  • External editor names are showed in the menu text
  • New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
  • Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
  • New wallpaper menu: Stretched - proportional
  • New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
  • New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
  • Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
  • New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
  • New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
  • CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
  • SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
  • http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)
  • Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving

New in IrfanView 4.22 (Dec 22, 2008)

  • Added History list for Random slideshow ("No file repeat" removed)
  • New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
  • Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
  • TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
  • New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /thumbs
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:mypics.txt /convert=d:*.jpg
  • => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
  • New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
  • Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
  • External editor names are showed in the menu text
  • New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
  • Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
  • New wallpaper menu: Stretched - proportional
  • New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
  • New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
  • Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
  • New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
  • New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
  • CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
  • SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:
  • Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some bugs fixed (SGI loading, crop selection)

New in IrfanView 4.00 (Apr 24, 2007)

  • Improved Vista compatibility
  • New display option: Center image in window (Menu: View->Display options)
  • Toolbar skin option added (Properties->Toolbar) More Toolbar skins are available on the IrfanView homepage => Users can send new Toolbar skins by email, Thanks guys!
  • New Properties->Video option: Use DirectShow for playing (good for MJPG AVIs)
  • New advanced batch option: Auto adjust colors
  • "Enhance colors" can be now used on selections
  • New EXIF dialog button: Show in Google Earth (if GPS data available)
  • The EXIF dialog can stay displayed on screen
  • Thanks to Dmitri Poguliayev for the new Vista icon!
  • New Hotkey: CTRL SHIFT M = Show/edit JPG comment
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
  • Some bugs fixed (Start folder, RLE BMPs, ANI loading)

New in IrfanView 3.99 (Nov 21, 2006)

  • Option to Search files (File menu or Thumbnails, Hotkey: CTRL F)
  • Support for PDF export (PlugIn) (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
  • New Thumnails option: Load file list from TXT
  • New zoom workwise: Centered zoom or based on old scroll position
  • Zooming and scrolling is now possible in slideshow mode
  • Many new effects added: Unsharp mask, Fish Eye etc. (Thanks to GENiEBEN)
  • New Flash Plugin for Flash 5 or later! (Thanks to Remio)
  • - Option to transfer files by FTP (Thumbnails window, PlugIn)
  • Option to set the Start folder (Properties->Misc 2)
  • New image option: Auto adjust colors (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
  • New effect: Chromatic Aberration (Thanks to Thomas Strauss)
  • Support for SIF format (Formats PlugIn)
  • Support for PVR format (DreamCast Texture, Formats PlugIn)
  • Support for AWD format (Artweaver Format, PlugIn)
  • Support for VTF format (Valve Texture Format, PlugIn)
  • WMF format check added, to avoid WMF vulnerability (Thanks to Jakub Debski)
  • New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by portrait/landscape
  • Fullscreen option: Use right mouse button for scrolling (Properties -> Misc 1)
  • Fullscreen option: Set display multiplier (for wide screen displays)
  • New placeholders for EXIF/IPTC: $E, $I => to load all EXIF/IPTC data
  • Command line change for /resample! (see i_options.txt for examples)
  • New command line options: /resize_long, /resize_short (see i_options.txt)
  • New command line option: /panorama=(direction,file1,...,fileN)
  • New command line options: /bright=value, /gamma=value
  • Command line switch for /info: /fullinfo (write EXIF, IPTC and Comment)
  • Updated CRW/CR2 PlugIn, please install newest Canon DLLs (see i_plugins.txt)
  • Option to show a warning on ESC thumbnails exit (Thumbnails options)
  • New options in dialog: Create custom selection
  • Support for MP4 format (Quicktime PlugIn)
  • At request of Luratech: JP2/JPM/LWF/LDF are not available in Batch mode
  • New Hotkey: SHIFT P = Copy current filename to clipboard
  • Added YUV (4:2:0) format support to Formats PlugIn
  • Help file format changed to CHM (Compatible with Windows Vista)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions: Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (add-all button, ANI/CUR loading, batch text)