IrfanView
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 IrfanView 4.38 on Windows 8.1 |
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| developer | Irfan Škiljan |
| Publishing year | June 1, 1996 |
| Current version |
4.54 ( December 12, 2019 ) |
| operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| programming language | C , C ++ |
| category | Image viewer |
| License | Proprietary , freeware for non-commercial use, 10 Euro license fee for commercial use |
| German speaking | Yes |
| www.irfanview.com | |
IrfanView is a freeware - the program for viewing and on a small scale and for the processing of images of different formats for the operating system platform Microsoft Windows .
The name is derived from the first name of its developer Irfan Škiljan and the English word view ('display', 'view', 'look', 'point of view'). According to the developer, the software is downloaded more than a million times a month.
history
The program was first released in a preliminary version in 1995. The first stable final version of the program, version 1.70, which was published on June 1, 1996, was only available in English. Version 2.63 from January 25, 1998 was the first that was also available in German. Since then, Škiljan has been developing IrfanView in German and English. Since version 3.35 from 2001, each version is available in 29 languages. English is integrated, the 28 other languages can be downloaded as language packs.
According to the developer, IrfanView was the first image viewer for Windows that supported the GIF format including GIF animations and was able to load several sub-pages from ICO and TIFF files ("multipage" support).
Functions
The program can read a variety of free graphic formats - such as JPG , GIF , TIFF , PNG and ICO - and convert them to other formats. Through cooperations and separately available plug-ins , the program is expanded to include some additional functions and support for graphic formats such as WebP .
In addition to the actual image formats, other multimedia formats for video and music files are also supported, including MPEG , MP3 , Ogg and FLV . IrfanView offers basic image processing functions such as scanning, brightness, contrast, cropping, blurring , sharpening, negative, color change and special functions such as eliminating the red-eye effect or creating panorama images . Photoshop plug-ins can also be integrated using the 8BF filters that are included in the plug-in package . The program also includes a screen photo and copier function that creates a screenshot with the mouse pointer. In addition, you can create static HTML picture galleries with preview images ("thumbnail") from HTML templates ("template").
Many of the graphic manipulations offered can also be carried out as batch processing . In this way it is e.g. B. possible to rotate, reduce or rename several files in one step. The batch functionality can be controlled via the graphical user interface or via parameters in the command line.
The processing and display of IPTC-IIM standard information, which is useful for image archives, is implemented with an IPTC plug-in. With another plug-in, IrfanView can process JPEGs without loss .
The program can read, process and convert RAW files.
Plug-ins
There are plug-ins for IrfanView that offer the program additional functions. Most of the plug-ins installed by default exist in the form of DLL files, one as an EXE . The plug-ins to be installed afterwards are exe files, including one with an e-mail function. By default, IrfanView contains the plug-ins ANSI2UNICODE (for the support of Unicode ), Effects (picture effects), Icons , Paint (function for easy editing by drawing with the mouse), RegionCapture (simple screenshot function), Slideshow (for displaying pictures in presentation) and video (function for playing back video and audio files).
IrfanView Thumbnails
IrfanView Thumbnails (from English. Thumbnail = thumb nail, stands for the display of several images as miniature views) is a function of IrfanView. It's not a separate application, but it does open in a new window. It is a kind of file manager with thumbnails for managing pictures, which offers more functions than the Windows Explorer . Images can be selected in thumbnails to be copied, moved, deleted, sent by e-mail or opened with IrfanView (or another program such as Windows Photo Viewer ).
Availability
IrfanView runs on all Windows 9x and NT versions (NT, 2000, XP, 2003, 2008, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10). From version 4.40 it is available as a 32- and 64-bit version.
In addition to the usual program to be installed, IrfanView is also published as a portable version by the developer himself .
IrfanView is also available as an app (32 and 64 bit) in the Windows Store (Windows 10) for PC.
Terms of Use
The program is freeware for private use, for schools and universities as well as in charity and humanitarian organizations . Registration and purchase of the program are required for commercial use. The developer is also happy to accept donations from private users.
Trivia
The program logo represents a run over cat - a joke.
literature
- Gerhard Kuntz: IrfanView - procurement, installation and application. Manual, worttransport.de Verlag, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-944324-40-1 .
Web links
- IrfanView.com (English) - Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Irfan Skiljan: History of changes: Version 1.70. In: irfanview.com. May 15, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019 .
- ^ History of changes .
- ↑ Download IrfanView. In: irfanview.com. May 15, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Additional languages for IrfanView. In: irfanview.net. June 6, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019 .
- ↑ What is IrfanView? In: irfanview.net. June 20, 2019, accessed September 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Robert Rafai: Screenshot with mouse. In: screenshot-machen.de. October 21, 2011, archived from the original on July 8, 2017 ; accessed on September 27, 2019 .
- ↑ IrfanView 64-bit version. In: irfanview.com. May 15, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019 .
- ↑ Download IrfanView. In: irfanview.com. Retrieved May 15, 2019 .
- ↑ Frequently Asked Questions about IrfanView: What is the IrfanView icon, is this a bear or devil or something else? In: IrfanView.com. September 23, 2019, accessed on September 27, 2019 .