Irfan Skiljan - (Non-Commercial Freeware)
IrfanView is a great choice to view photos with a simple, efficient and lightweight tool.
Irfanview is a free program designed for photo management. It is mainly intended for beginners in the field, but has all the tools it takes to do the work of a professional.
IrfanView can quickly visualize a multitude of graphics, video and audio formats. It allows, among other things, open the following file formats: JPEG, Jpeg 2000, PhotoCD, GIF, ANI, CUR, TIF, ICO, ICL, EXE, DLL, SWF, WAV, ASF, MOV, BMP, DIB, RLE, GIF, PNG, JPG, PCX, DCX a viewer, Multipage PCX, TGA, RAS, CUR, ANI, PSD, AVI, MPEG, MID, RMI, AIF, AU, SND, WMF, EMF, IFF, PBM, PGM, PPM, EPS, LWF , CLP, CAM, G3, PSP, ICL, Video CD, SFW, Icons in EXE / DLL, PCD, and more.
Functions like slideshow, scan, e-mail, printing and automated conversion are available. IrfanView is compatible with the effects of Photoshop Filter Factory. The program also allows reading EXIF / IPTC data.
User can add a variety of plugins (to play MP3s, shockwave).
With this application it is possible to draw, modify or tag pictures. Creating a slideshow is also facilitated. Simply select the photos you want to show in the desired order of appearance, and once that is done, it remains to be saved in the format. Exe or .Scr. It is even possible to burn it to a CD.
- 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 - thanks to BabaCAD-Software guys!
- 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 (reported by Joseph Sheridan, thanks!)
- 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