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Irfanview has been my primary image viewer for YEARS. There is almost nothing it won't open, and year after year, the updates and plug-ins have only improved the software. Irfanview is also a great piece of software for batch processing or renaming of images, resizing/cropping, rotating, and adjusting image colors. Also while not extensive, the effects included are very useful for manipulating pictures. It also doesn't hurt that it is freeware and has been well updated and supported for over a decade. This type of longevity from an app, without becoming bloatware is rare and appreciated. It does what it does extremely well, using very few resources (generally) and hasn't changed from its core functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
While Irfanview is primarily an image viewer, I do (at times) which it had more image manipulation capabilities. Also, it's thumbnail gallery view is a little resource-intensive, and its plug-ins for non-image media could be improved. I do wish it had more effects, and/or the effects included had more nuanced settings. I would also like to see it auto-update, but so far that hasn't been on offer, meaning if I want the latest version I have to remind myself to go and get it every couple of months (or in some cases years). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The free version has a lot to offer users. You can crop, adjust colors, remove backgrounds, and resize images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
The help documentation is not robust, and it can sometimes be confusing to learn how to use certain functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
IrfanView works well, is small, and strictly for manipulating existing images or changing the file type. I've used this program for decades, it's my go-to image editor if I can use it.
It is considerate about associating file extensions and gives you full control over what to associate with the program so it plays nice with other image editors if you want to use something more powerful for certain types of files. It's also easy to update or change the file associations inside the program in properties and settings.
It has a GUI batch image processor built in that is easy to use and reasonably powerful with wildcards and rename pattern naming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
One of IrfanViews strength may be a weakness for some - it only manipulates images - it can't create them. When I create "programmer art" I need to use another program. So it's not a general art program.
Irfanviews other weakness is it doesn't deal with pngs with transparency well, so I use other software for those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
It opens at a blink of an eye almost any image and it can apply basic editing very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Multilingual system should be changed in a more translator friendly format.
The current system with dll is not so common these days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Irfanview loads very fast even on slower machines. It is faster than Window's default image viewer. 80% converts to various formats fast, and has a batch converted, and resizer for easy conversion, example for web image optimizations. Screenshots have a fast key, and easy saved to folder when needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Image conversions may loose quality sometimes, specially with transparencies. Other image tools might fare better. You may need plugins for some file formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
Mostly I use this program for printing of big drawings. Program works very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
That roller for mouse is for opening of next file. Will be better use it for changing of scale for drawing. And also will be great if you will add button "hand" for moving of drawing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
is an excellent application that is downloaded into the operating system of your computer in order to make visualizations of the images of your preference, in order to perform the conversion of the raw file that is an original image as it is saved from the camera and we converted it into jpg for digital use in the computer and different systems of image editions and as Sales Manager at JW Marriott International I tend to use this application for the editions of images to later use it on the web and thus offer the services of the hotel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
nothing disgusts me prepared enough support needed for editing and conversion of raw images to jpg Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.
