IrfanView

= IrfanView = toc

Definition
Irfanview is free (for non-commercial use), open-source software for editing digital images. Irfanview allows users to work with images in 72 graphic formats (and will save in 19 of those), and will read 13 video/audio formats. PlugIns are required for some of the formats. Irfanview version 4.30 is available in 26 languages, and was released on June 20, 2011. It works with Windows 95 and higher, with Linux (under Wine) and with Mac OS X (using WineBottler). The basic software download (without plugins) is relatively small, at 1.6 MB. This small download size, coupled with the large selection of features, plus free availability, make this technology a good choice for library and information centers, perhaps for manipulating images to be included on the center's website or other on-line presence. Logo Source: IrfanView, www.irfanview.com

Feature
The Irfanview website lists the following features:
 * Multi language support
 * Thumbnail/preview option
 * Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
 * Toolbar skins option
 * Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)
 * Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.
 * Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters
 * Fast directory view (moving through directory)
 * Batch conversion (with image processing)
 * Multipage TIF editing
 * File search
 * Email option
 * Multimedia player
 * Print option
 * Support for embedded color profiles in JPG/TIF
 * Change color depth
 * Scan (batch scan) support
 * Cut/crop
 * IPTC editing
 * Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
 * Screen Capturing
 * Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs
 * Lossless JPG rotation
 * Unicode support
 * Many hotkeys
 * Many command line options
 * Many PlugIns
 * Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like "I Agree" or "Evaluation expired"
 * No registry changes without user action/permission!

History
Irfanview was developed by Irfan Skiljan of Vienna. The first version release recorded in the history page of the website is Version 1.70, released on January 6, 1996.

Tutorial
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Video Source: YouTube, www.youtube.com, Irfanview 4.10 Tutorial by WhatDigital Camera