IrfanView 4.20

IrfanView is a freeware image viewer for Microsoft Windows that can view, edit, and convert image files and play video/audio formats. IrfanView is designed to be a lightweight viewer/player which is noted for its speed, ease of use, and ability to handle a wide variety of graphic file formats.

In addition to extensive viewing capabilities and file conversion options, IrfanView can also create screensavers and slide shows from collections of images with optional accompanying mp3 audio. These screensavers and slide shows can be created as "stand-alone" executables that will run on computers which do not have IrfanView installed.

Features of IrfanView:

- Many supported file formats.
- Paint option - to draw lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
- 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. Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)
- Multipage TIF editing.
- File search.
- Print option. Scan (batch scan) support.
- Support for embedded color profiles in JPG/TIF. Change color depth.
- Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs.

Supported file formats in IrfanView:

ANI, CUR, BMP, DIB, CLP, CPT, DCX, EMF, ICL, EXE, DLL, ICO, IFF, LBM, PBM, PCD, PCX, PGM, PNG, PPM, PSD, TGA, TIF, TIFF, TXT, WMF, AIF, AU, SND, MID, WAV, ASF, AVI, MPG, MPEG, WMA, WMV.

PlugIn required: B3D, CAM, CRW, CR2, DCM, ACR, IMA, DDS, DJVU, IW44, DXF, DWG, HPGL, CGM, SVG, ECW, EPS, PS, PDF, FITS, FPX, FSH, G3, HDR, ICS, IMG, JP2, JPC, J2K, JPM, KDC, LDF, LWF, Mac PICT, QTIF, MNG, JNG, MRSID, SID, DNG, EEF, NEF, MRW, ORF, RAF, DCR, SRF, PEF, X3F, NLM, NOL, NGG, PIC, PSP, RAS, SUN, RAW, RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI, RGB, SWF, TTF, WAD, WAL, WBMP, XBM, XPM, MED, MP3, OGG, RA, MOV.

Changes in latest version:

Basic Unicode support added. New zoom options. Thumbnails can be sorted manually using drag/drop. GIF animations can be played in fullscreen/slideshow mode. New Advanced batch options: Fine rotation, Blur, Median... Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling).

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