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 IrfanView
IrfanView is a fast and simple image viewer and
editor that supports all major graphic formats, including BMP,
DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, and TGA.
In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing,
TWAIN support, slide shows, batch conversion, and modifications,
such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.
New version features a host of updates, including new thumbnail
window option: Load thumbs from all subfolders; alpha blending
effect added for slideshow/fullscreen; support for HDR and 3GP
formats.
This image viewer and editor is a longtime favorite among our
staff, and with good reason. IrfanView is simple, fast, and free
for individual use. Upon installation, the app attempts to install
two Google programs, but if you don't want them, you can choose to
opt out. The program lets you open and edit images, as well as
multiple media formats. You can cut and crop images, apply batch
conversions, add, sharpen, or blur effects, create panoramas, and
change color modes easily. The program continues to add support
for an array of file formats and has plug-in support for most
image, video, and sound formats, including MP3, AVI, audio CD, and
WMA. The interface is far from fancy but should be easy enough for
most users to figure out. An IrfanView Thumbnails shortcut on the
desktop offers an Explorer-like file tree that quickly displays
all images in a particular folder. Though IrfanView works does
what it does well, it's not going to replace a major paint
program. IrfanView wraps a nice set of features in an image viewer
in a free, compact download.
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