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IrfanView Overview

What is IrfanView?

IrfanView seeks to create unique, new and interesting features, unlike some other graphic viewers, whose whole "creativity" is based on feature cloning, stealing of ideas and whole dialogs from ACDSee and/or IrfanView! (for example: XnView has been stealing/cloning features and whole dialogs from IrfanView, for 10+ years).

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Product Description

IrfanView seeks to create unique, new and interesting features, unlike some other graphic viewers, whose whole "creativity" is based on feature cloning, stealing of ideas and whole dialogs from ACDSee and/or IrfanView! (for example: XnView has been stealing/cloning features and whole dialogs from IrfanView, for 10+ years).


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IrfanView
Year Founded
2005
HQ Location
Poland
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191 Twitter followers
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Recent IrfanView Reviews

Albert C.
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Albert C.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"I have been a user since the 1990s."
It is easy to use, lightweight application with practical features. I use it on my computers as the default image viewer. It has translation for my...
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Avinash G.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Using this for the last 15 years and probably will continue for the next 15"
One tool for all image viewing purposes. Support for multiple image formats Quick editing and conversion
Nitav P.
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Nitav P.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Seamless image viewer in the worldwide"
According to me, it is the best image viewer available on the internet till date. The performance is just tremendous, it can open almost all the fo...
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IrfanView Pros and Cons

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What do you like best about IrfanView?

The best feature of IrfanView is that the application is light and very easy to use. It allows you to modify your pictures very quickly and easily. Even you can prepare your images in batches for other web application uses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

There is no feature I dislike from IrfanView, but the update process, within the application could be improved. There is a section where you can check on new updates, but instead of providing the file immediately, it sends you to their homepage to select the file and do the same process as the first time. Other than this, the application is very friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

If you are looking for an image light modifier app, IrfanView is the solution! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

IrfanView has been very helpful in preparing several images with their batch feature, allowing you to save time and process all files quickly. You can even modify the image's dimensions with percentages instead of fixed dimenssions. Very useful when processing files of different sizes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IrfanView?

--> to update the images with the suitable resolution, size as needed by the end customer based on available standards.

--> To convert the images in the format necessary for the projects Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

--> I wish there was an option to compare two different images and highlight the changes in the image.

--> Also, it would be nice to have a comprehensive image editor with it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

Irfan view is a simpler and lighter application used for Image editing, especially the properties such as size, formats, resolutions, and pixels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

I have used the Irfan view to convert my design drawings into a suitable format. For Ex. Tiff image with the resolution, pixels, and size which the end customer has standardized. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Chuck G.
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What do you like best about IrfanView?

It's easy to use and does the job, handling just about every image processing need. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

It's only available for Windows. I work a lot on my Chromebook, and I wish I could use Irfanview there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

Most image editing does not require fancy programs like Photoshop. Irfanview will increase your productivity because it's easy to use and very fast - virtually no time spent waiting for it to load. Try it - you won't go back to another tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

Frequently I need to make simple changes to images: resize, crop, add text, etc. These are all easily accomplished with Irfanview, and it's fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marv P.
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What do you like best about IrfanView?

The ability to open about any photo file type, convert it, batch rename them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

The interface is a little technical. It could be made to look a little more user friendly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

The ability to look at almost any image quickly with the same program. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Marv P.
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What do you like best about IrfanView?

I like how fast it works, and how it is not a huge program, and the learning curve is small. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

the batch interface is a little cumbersome and could use some simplification. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

Reducing graphics file size for the web is the biggest and fast cropping. It is a real time saver as its not photoshop, and you don't need a huge program like that to resize or view graphics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IrfanView?

It supports nearly all types of image files. The best thing is it can open PSD files that you don't need to have photoshop to display PSD files. While it is doing that, it is free. Best application ever for me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

Nothing at all. It is doing a great job. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

If you don't want to spend money on Photoshop only to open PSD files, you can use it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

IrfanView is our PSD file opener application solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vinod B.
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What do you like best about IrfanView?

The editing tool-bar is actually a 4 inch by 1 inch double column of icons that can be shifted to any corner of the screen and provides simple icon based controls to change the cursor-embedded functions. This makes simple for memory the few standard functions that we need to edit a photo or graphic. Also in Irfanview the function of embedding another pic into the existing pic is absolutely userfriendly and simple. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

There should be a simple tool in Irfan to mark a corner or two corners of the rectangular work-space - and to single-click the fade-contrast levels accordingly. That means - if the pic is too shadowy on the right side - as in many face-pics - I should be able to click the right side and CLICK to raise the contrast strong on the right margin and lesser and lesser contrast raised till the median line.. there by fetching the dark side of the face on reasonable par with the intentionally bright side of the face. Not to completely equalize but to fade-equalize the brightening through wave-contrast adjustments. But this is not a very big issue as it might be needed once in ten thousand pics to be edited Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a teacher. I create Power Point Presentations. All the basic editing needed for enhancing and managing photographs, including enbedding pic in pic as well as resizing and creating appending pics side by side or vertically to make one pic - all are easy to manage under Irfanview. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about IrfanView?

First, it is completely free. It supports so many file types, but the most important part is it supports PSD format. You don't need a photoshop application anymore to preview your .psd files. Just assign PSD file type and work easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

We have been using it for few years. Didn't see bad effects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

If you just need a PSD opener application, just start using it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using it to view PSD files and we don't need any more paid applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Suraj K.
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What do you like best about IrfanView?

The best part of IrfanView is its simplicity and easy components available.

Irfanview is completely free and available for download from www.irfanview.com. I think it matches up really well to most of the tasks you need to do when getting images ready for the web including:

Taking screenshots

Cropping

Resizing

Very limited image editing

Saving in a file format that doesn’t need a lot of space

Taking Screenshots

1.To take a screenshot in Irfanview, press ‘C’ for Capture or go to Options->Capture. This brings up the screen capture dialog.

2.Most of the initial options are fine, but if you use a dual monitor setup, you may want to have it just capture the active monitor so that the resulting image isn’t so big and unwieldy.

3.Take note of the hot key in the top right of the capture dialog box (Ctrl+F11). That’s the key combination that you have to hit to get Irfanview to capture your screen. By the way, when you have option #2 below selected (Capture area), and you use the Hot key, Irfanview will capture your entire desktop. If you want just your current open window selected, use option #3. Play with the Capture area options to familiarize yourself with the differences in screen capture. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

User Interface seems boring and makes less customeTaking Screenshots

To take a screenshot in Irfanview, press ‘C’ for Capture or go to Options->Capture. This brings up the screen capture dialog.

Most of the initial options are fine, but if you use a dual monitor setup, you may want to have it just capture the active monitor so that the resulting image isn’t so big and unwieldy.

Take note of the hot key in the top right of the capture dialog box (Ctrl+F11). That’s the key combination that you have to hit to get Irfanview to capture your screen. By the way, when you have option #2 below selected (Capture area), and you use the Hot key, Irfanview will capture your entire desktop. If you want just your current open window selected, use option #3. Play with the Capture area options to familiarize yourself with the differences in screen capturer pulling. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

It really helped me to edit a picture and recreate some visual thoughts to more or less a reality.

Taking Screenshots

To take a screenshot in Irfanview, press ‘C’ for Capture or go to Options->Capture. This brings up the screen capture dialog.

Most of the initial options are fine, but if you use a dual monitor setup, you may want to have it just capture the active monitor so that the resulting image isn’t so big and unwieldy.

Take note of the hot key in the top right of the capture dialog box (Ctrl+F11). That’s the key combination that you have to hit to get Irfanview to capture your screen. By the way, when you have option #2 below selected (Capture area), and you use the Hot key, Irfanview will capture your entire desktop. If you want just your current open window selected, use option #3. Play with the Capture area options to familiarize yourself with the differences in screen capture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ameer H.
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What do you like best about IrfanView?

IrfanView is such a great piece of software, that sometimes I have difficulty believing it's free. No hidden costs, no trials and no pro version, it's completely free! It opens any image format you throw at it and if it can't then there are numerous plugins on their website which can expand the software! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

Absolutely nothing. It's a shame most people don't know about this essential software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

Irfanview doesn't just help me view images, I use it to convert images, compress them, crop them and much more. It's an essential tool in my software belt! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.