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Changes for v4.53 - v4.54

  • Multiple Undo/Redo steps added (max. 20 steps, Properties-Editing)
  • - Zoom magnifier added to fullscreen mode
  • - Option to disable Zoom magnifier (Properties-Viewing)
  • - Profiles option added to Print dialog
  • - New option in Properties-Fullscreen: Set horizontal and/or vertical centering
  • - New option in Print dialog: Set horizontal and/or vertical centering
  • - Option to set selection border thickness (Properties-Editing)
  • - Option to enable/disable PlugIns (Help-Installed PlugIns)
  • - Extended sidecar files option: Copy/Move possible (Properties-File Handling)
  • - New Canvas dialog option/method: Set aspect ratio
  • - New option in Watch/Hot Folder dialog: Watch subfolders
  • - New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Add (or Replace) ICC color profile
  • - New Thumbnails option: Keep focus in folder tree (after folder change/click)
  • - Option to show Color Corrections dialog in dark mode
  • - Fix in Metadata PlugIn (crash with bad EXIF tag in CR2 files; KVE-2019-1184)
  • - BMP loading bug fixed (thanks to Joshua Faust, CVE-2019-16887)
  • - JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq)
  • - ANI PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17252)
  • - RAS PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17251)
  • - EXR PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17255)
  • - DPX PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17256)
  • - WSQ PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17250)
  • - JLS PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to Linhlhq, CVE-2019-17253)



Changes for v4.52 - v4.53

  • New effect in Image->Effects menu: Insert Speech Bubbles
  • Examples/Screenshot: speech_bubbles.jpg
  • New effect in Image menu: Add Shadow, Shape, Rounded corners, Snowflake etc.
  • New effect in Image menu: Add Hexagon (or tiles), Star, Spikes, Heart etc.
  • Show mouse zoom magnifier: CTRL+SHIFT + Mouse-move in the image
  • (mouse wheel zooms within magnifier area, click inside closes it)
  • New border effect in "Add Frame" dialog: Broken Edge
  • New effect added: Radial Brighten (Effects browser dialog)
  • New option in Capture dialog: Draw red circle around cursor
  • New option in Advanced batch dialog: Set maximal dimensions for resize
  • Profiles option added to Contact Sheet dialog
  • Option to read 1 BPP images in RAW dialog
  • Command line: /filepattern can be combined with /slideshow
  • TIF/PCX/PSD loading bugs fixed (thanks to Apriorit)
  • Some PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:



Changes for v4.51 - v4.52

  • Improved Paint PlugIn stability
  • Support for DPX and CIN formats (DPX PlugIn, thanks to Patrick A. Palmer)
  • Support for FLIF format (Free Lossless Image Format, PlugIn)
  • Support for HEIF format (with installed HEVC extensions/codec, see Win10)
  • New option in Advanced batch dialog: Set minimal dimensions for resize
  • Option to save settings in Canvas dialog
  • Insert Text dialog: CTRL + click in image adds the text permanently
  • Command line: /filepattern option: accepts multiple extensions ("*.jpg;*.png")
  • Improved support for high DPI displays
  • Improved JPG2000 format loading
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:



Changes for v4.44 - v4.50

  • IrfanView and many PlugIns ported to Unicode!
  • The INI file will be converted to Unicode if you call the "Properties" dialog
  • IrfanView will NOT run on Win9x anymore
  • Support for iPhone PNG files (Formats PlugIn, thanks to Jongware)
  • Move selection with: CTRL or SHIFT + right mouse button (Y or X axis only)
  • New option in Extract Pages/Frames dialog: Set page/frame range
  • Some fixes in the Print dialog
  • New text pattern: $m = show number of megapixels
  • New Thumbnails sort menu: Sort by Megapixels
  • Adjust print preview image to color/bw printer settings
  • Wallpaper save format changed to PNG (Win8 and later)
  • New zooming method: Mouse wheel alone, if "Browsing->View other files" disabled
  • New command line option: /hotfolder="folder"
  • => start Hotfolder option with a specific folder
  • ANI format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
  • JP2 PlugIn loading bug fixed (Talos Advisory TALOS-2017-0310)
  • FPX/RLE/DJVU/ANI/SVG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Lin Wang)
  • Tools PlugIn EXE-loading problem fixed (thanks to Cody Sixteen and Lin Wang)
  • Several PlugIns fixed or ported to unicode, please install the newest versions:



Changes for v4.42 - v4.44

  • Metadata PlugIn ported to Unicode (EXIF/IPTC/Comment data in JPG files)
  • Batch scan dialog: Scan to multipage file works also with PDF output
  • New Edit menu options: Remove or Insert strip (based on selection)
  • New Blur filter: Gaussian Blur (thanks to Ivan Kuckir)
  • New Blur filter: Fast Gaussian Blur (thanks to Mario Klingemann)
  • New Properties->Fullscreen option: Show blurred image sides
  • Option to show mouse coordinates (Properties->Viewing)
  • New options in Histogram dialog: modeless dialog, selections, curves
  • New effect added: Vertical Shift (Effects browser dialog)
  • New Thumbnails menu: Show/hide filenames text for thumbnails
  • New Image->Effects PlugIn: Film Simulation (thanks to Jan Ingwer Baer)
  • (check the PlugIns page for CLUT files download)
  • New wallpaper option: Fill (Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + F)
  • New Rename dialog option: Rename also sidecar files
  • New Print dialog option: Save settings (without printing)
  • Command line option "/append" works also with PDF output
  • A BMP loading bug fixed (thanks to Ren Yi)
  • The hotkey "D" (clear screen) works also in Fullscreen/Slideshow mode
  • Loading crashes fixed in JP2 PlugIn (JPG-2000 format)
  • The Luratech formats (JP2/JPM) are now Freeware (Saving and Batch mode)
  • Command line: /convert accepts wildcard also for a single filename, like:
  • i_view32.exe c:\testimg.bmp /convert=c:\tifs\*.tif => save as "testimg.tif"
  • Command line: /capture=7 can contain the input rectangle, like:
  • i_view32.exe /capture=7=(0,0,800,600)



Changes for v4.41 - v4.42

  • New File menu: Save Selection as (Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + B)
  • New option in Capture dialog: Show timer countdown
  • New option in Export Tiles dialog: Extract all pages from multipage files
  • New option in Fine Rotation dialog: Select "best" old image
  • New option in Print dialog: No image overflow on page
  • New HTML-Export dialog option: Copy extra files to destination folder
  • (prepare a "copy_files.txt" file with filenames)
  • Some PCX/BMP/PPM loading bugs fixed (thanks to Moshe Kaplan)
  • Improved FITS format loading
  • New text pattern: $R = image aspect ratio (width/height)
  • New hotkey: CTRL + Click into selection = clear selection
  • Some minor fixes (Thumbnails/folder scan)
  • Some workarounds for Windows-10 bugs/issues (Installer signature, Associations)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions



Changes for v4.40 - v4.41

  • 64-bit version: Use 32-bit TWAIN drivers if 64-bit drivers not installed
  • New dialog/GUI on Windows tablets ("2 in 1", Thanks to Arun Anbu from Intel)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + Tab: Start/End Tablet mode dialog
  • New hotkey: CTRL + Insert: Edit->Copy
  • New Slideshow hotkey: Q = Pause/Resume a timer slideshow
  • New option for /info command line: write CSV file: /info=infofile.csv
  • Added PlugIns-Installer options for: /silent and /folder (Check FAQs page)
  • "Amazon 1Button App" offer removed
  • Some fixes (Auto color correction, PNG compression, UNC-Paths in 64-bit)



Changes for v4.38 - v4.40

  • The 64-bit version of IrfanView is available
  • The 64-bit version is faster for very large images (25+ Megapixels)
  • Option to support IrfanView by installing "Amazon 1Button App" (OPTIONAL !)
  • Support for animated PNG files (APNG)
  • EXIF date (taken) sort menu added to main window sort menu
  • New Sort dialog option: Sort by EXIF date (date taken)
  • New toolbar item: Zoom box with common values (Properties->Toolbar)
  • (You can also write a new zoom value and press Enter)
  • New PDF PlugIn (enable in Properties->PlugIns->PDF)
  • New in Thumbnails window: Export image tiles for selected files (batch mode)
  • Load cursors and bitmaps from EXE/DLL files (Thanks to Jason Hood)
  • Option to set a custom font for TXT loading (Properties->Browsing/Editing)
  • Option to use left mouse button for fullscreen scrolling (for touch screens)
  • The 2 GB limit for EXE/SCR-Slideshow files changed (now: 4 GB, Windows EXE limit)
  • New Fine Rotation method/option added (faster for very large images)
  • New option for the Red-Eye-Correction effect (dialog): Set gray intensity
  • Some fixes in the Paint PlugIn
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT and '+' or '-' to change GIF/ANI/PNG animation speed
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + mouse click: Create selection based on clipboard image
  • New button in Batch processing dialog: Pause/Resume
  • New button in Advanced batch dialog: Get current selection for cropping
  • You can Drag&Drop (or Send To) multiple files to IrfanView shorcut or window
  • PlugIns "Metadata" and "JPG-Transform" included in the IrfanView installer
  • New command line option: /file=filename(s)
  • => set the input filename(s) (at the end of the command chain)
  • New command line option: /display=(x,y,w,h,zoom,scrollX,scrollY)
  • => set position, size, zoom and scroll position of the window and image
  • Command line: wildcards support for /extract (see "i_options.txt")
  • Command line: /panorama, /multitif and /multipdf can use "filelist=txtfile"
  • (see "i_options.txt" for examples)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions



Changes for v4.36 - v4.37

  • New options in Resample dialog: Use Resample filters for shrinking; Gamma fix
  • Improved GIF animations
  • Features from Adobe-8BF PlugIn (8BF_FILTERS.DLL) moved to Effects PlugIn
  • New Image menu: Adobe 8BF PlugIns; with new fixed and dynamic PlugIns like:
  • Perspective Transformations and SmartCurve - big thanks to PlugIn authors! Option to set custom folder for Adobe 8BF PlugIns menu (Properties->PlugIns)
  • Added Drag&Drop from Thumbnails window to another programs
  • New menu: File->Open Recent Files (can be disabled in Properties->Misc)
  • New option in Advanced Batch dialog: Don't shrink bigger images
  • Added Center option for Crop in Advanced Batch dialog and /crop
  • Replace Color option can work on selections
  • GIF bug fixed (credits to Dmitry Janushkevich, Secunia Research, CVE-2013-5351)
  • MrSID bug fixed (reported by Parvez Anwar via Secunia SVCRP, thanks!)
  • Japanese folder name bug fixed (reported by Asuka Nakajima via JPCERT/CC)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions



Changes for v4.35 - v4.36

  • New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Rebuild EXIF-Thumbnail
  • Update of EXIF-Thumbnail on JPG-Lossless-Crop
  • Option to Edit EXIF date/time (Options menu or Thumbnails window for batch mode)
  • Improved color accuracy in "Decrease color depth" function
  • Added "Best quality" option in "Decrease color depth" dialog (Thanks to Kornel Lesinski!)
  • New (Freeware) PlugIn for DWG format - thanks to BabaCAD-Software guys!
  • New feature: Replace Color (Image menu and Advanced Batch dialog)
  • New feature: Create tiled image (Image menu)
  • New effects PlugIn: Filter Sandbox (Image->Effects menu, JewelScript, thanks to Stefan Kuhn!)
  • Option to invert single color channels only (Image menu)
  • New Edit menu option: Show Grid (see also Properties->Editing for cell size)
  • New Slideshow Burning PlugIn for WinXP SP3 or later (Thanks to Eric Haddan!)
  • New display options added: Fit small image side to window/desktop
  • Profiles option added to Batch Rename dialog
  • New Advanced Batch dialog option: Set new image size in MegaPixels
  • New options for Fine Rotation effect: Keep old image size and background
  • New feature in Color Corrections dialog: Change White Balance
  • New effect in "Image->Add border/frame" dialog: Inside fading frame
  • New Thumbnails menu: Extract pages from selected multipage files
  • New Add Text dialog effect: Filled outline text (Thanks to Wong Shao Voon)
  • Negative and Grayscale menus can work on selections
  • Improved selection handling with large zooms
  • Updated Icons-Plugin (bigger/nicer icons, thanks to Florian Kilzer)
  • New hotkeys: CTRL + SHIFT + left/right arrow: Fine rotation, 0.10 deg
  • New hotkeys: CTRL + SHIFT + up/down arrow: Fine rotation, 0.05 deg
  • Batch-Scan dialog: some placeholders can be used for the filename (help file)
  • New text placeholders to add $ and | characters (see help file)
  • New (admin) INI file option: Set save formats in Save-As dialog (see FAQs)
  • New hotkey for slideshow mode: SHIFT + Z = show all or portrait/landscape images
  • Hotkey: G = stop or resume GIF/ANI animation (browse frames/pages if stopped)
  • DCX/ANI loading bug fixed (reported by FuzzMyApp, thanks!)
  • FPX bug fixed (reported by Secunia/Krystian Kloskowski, thanks!)
  • Added reading support for 32-bit (96 BPP) TIF images
  • New command line option: /multipdf (same syntax as /multitif)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions



Changes for v4.33 Updated - v4.35

  • - 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:
  • Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm



Changes for v4.33 - v4.33 Updated

  • Fixed bug that was causing IrfanView shortcuts not to show in Start Menu



Changes for v4.32 - v4.33

  • Improved rotation speed for 1 BPP images
  • New Advanced Batch dialog option: Change order of operations
  • New Thumbnails window option: Try to load EXIF-Thumbnail for JPG files
  • Simple Drag&Drop feature from Thumbnails window added (Load files from Thumbnails in another programs/editors)
  • Selection: hold ALT key pressed during drawing to make a proportional selection with the inverted ratio from "Create Custom selection" dialog
  • New effect added: Horizontal Shift (Effects browser dialog)
  • New option in "Decrease color depth" dialog: Convert 24 BPP to RGB-565
  • New option in Resize dialog: Auto adjust DPI based on new sizes
  • New option in Add-Text dialog: Adjust font size to current zoom-in size
  • Support for JPEG-XR format (HDP PlugIn)
  • Possible Thumbnail/Resample problem on Win7-64 bit fixed
  • FSH format (reading) removed (PlugIn bugs)
  • DIB-RLE bug fixed (reported by Parvez Anwar via Secunia SVCRP, thanks!)
  • JPG-2000 PlugIn crashes fixed (by Parvez Anwar/Secunia and FuzzMyApp, thanks!)
  • ANI/EMF/JPM loading bugs fixed (reported by FuzzMyApp, thanks!)
  • SGI bug fixed (reported by Gynvael Coldwind, thanks!)
  • Some new Admin INI file options added (Toolbar, Browsing, Delete); see FAQs
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm



Changes for v4.30 - v4.32

  • Improved Resampling (Speed; Lanczos artefacts: thanks to Marcel Lancelle)
  • New feature: Add watermark image (Edit menu and Advanced batch dialog)
  • Improved zooming: CTRL + wheel (keep mouse coordinates) and centered zoom
  • Support for WebP format (Weppy format, PlugIn, reading + saving)
  • Support for PDN format (Paint.NET format, PlugIn, thanks to ComSquare AG)
  • Support for XCF format (GIMP format, PlugIn, thanks to ComSquare AG)



Changes for v4.28 - v4.30

  • Faster JPG loading! (Thanks to D. R. Commander for Turbo-JPG)
  • New Paste options: Paste on left/right/top/bottom (Edit->Paste Special) (see also the new option: Properties->Editing->Fit clipboard image)
  • Changes in Open/Save dialogs (Recent folders box, View mode is remembered)
  • Menu "File->Recent directories" removed (MRUDs are now in the Open dialog)
  • New options in Canvas Size dialog
  • EXIF + IPTC PlugIns merged into Metadata-Plugin
  • New option in JPG IPTC/Comment dialogs: Allow placeholders
  • New option in JPG IPTC dialog: Batch editing (if started from Thumbnails)
  • New options in Capture dialog (send to Clipboard, Printer, new name patterns)
  • Option to show Alpha channel for TIF/PNG/TGA files (menu: Image->Show channel)
  • Option to show TIF alpha/transparency (for 32 bit RGBA images, Properties->Viewing)
  • Added basic support for EXIF saving from Digi-Cam RAW formats to JPG
  • The Effects dialog can be resized/maximized
  • AltaLux Effect/PlugIn added (Image->Effects menu, Thanks to Stefano Tommesani)
  • Option to set a tolerance value for "Auto crop borders" (Properties->Editing)
  • New Advanced-Batch dialog: Crop width/height can be negative (crop from end)
  • New option in batch rename dialog: Remember last rename counter
  • Support for MPO format (Multi Picture Object, first 2 images can be loaded)
  • Support for GLCD format (Formats PlugIn)
  • DEL key now allowed in slideshow mode: delete current file
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + 1-3: Start external editor 1-3
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + "." (point): Toggle slideshow modes: random <-> automatic
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs fixed (ALT+F4)



Changes for v4.27 - v4.28

  • Option to support IrfanView by installing Google Chrome browser (OPTIONAL !)
  • New multipage images feature: Show page thumbnails (Hotkey: F10, menu: View) (Uses thumbnail settings from Thumbnails window, use TAB for focus change)
  • New multipage images option: Change pages using Page keys (Properties->Browsing)
  • New color management option in Properties->Viewing: Set input ICC profile file for images without embedded ICC profile (default: sRGB)
  • New edit menu: Show selection grid (None, Golden Ratio, Thirds)
  • New edit menu: Redo (one step, hotkey: CTRL + J)
  • Video Playbar showed if DirectShow option used (Fullscreen: B = toggle playbar) (see Hotkeys help page; Thanks to Henner Helmers for testing)
  • Option to show an image color channel, menu: "Image->Show channel" and
  • Option show the channel as color or grayscale (Properties->Browsing/Editing)
  • Selection: hold CTRL key pressed during drawing to make a proportional selection with the ratio from "Create Custom selection" dialog
  • New selection hotkeys: ALT + arrows: change width/height of the selection rectangle. CTRL + arrows: proportional resize of the selection rectangle. Arrows: If no scrollbars visible: Move selection rectangle.
  • New placeholder options for: $D, $d, $F and $N => allow partial text, example: $N[0-5] => get first 5 characters from the file name
  • New window display options: Fit to window width/height
  • New Email PlugIn option: Resize large images (Advanced options work on the first page only)
  • New Batch resize option: Resize based only on new/old DPI value
  • Vertical and horizontal flip can be applied on selections
  • New print dialog option: Collate (for multiple copies of multipage images)
  • New Insert-Text dialog options: Antialiased text and Centered (batch mode)
  • New Sort dialog option: Insert before selected file (for Batch/Slideshow)
  • New JPG-Transform PlugIn option: Write/remove JFIF JPG header
  • New Capture dialog feature: Set timer value as decimal number
  • New hotkey: click into image + SHIFT = copy hex color value to clipboard
  • New thumbnail sizes for 3:2, 4:3 and 16:9 ratios (Thumbnail window options)
  • New selection color/method for items in Thumbnails window
  • Improved extraction of video frames (more formats supported if Codecs installed)
  • New feature for advanced users: define an external editor for every extension => see FAQs for an example, [CustomEditors]
  • New PNG save option: Save transparency as Alpha channel (Thanks to Thomas Henlich)
  • Command line: /advancedbatch and /convert can process all pages from multipage TIF
  • Command line: /extract works now for GIF/ANI animations too
  • New command line option: /export_pal=palfile (export palette to a PAL file)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + F5 = Refresh (force resample, if set in display options)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + Home/End = Load first/last page in a multipage image
  • New hotkey: CTRL + D = Image->Add border/frame
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + X = Set as wallpaper: Proportional
  • Menu change: Create max. custom selection moved to "Create maximized selection"
  • At request of Luratech: removed support of LWF/LDF formats (projects/formats stopped, buffer overflows reported)
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm



Changes for v4.25 - v4.27

  • Updated/improved TIF loader
  • Save dialog: if you write file extension, the right file type is selected
  • New edit menu: Crop visible window area (incl. zoom)
  • The internal selection code has been changed (to fix some rounding errors)
  • New capture option: Object capture (with auto scroll, if possible)
  • New button in Batch progress dialog: Return to batch (use same files again)
  • New JPG save dialog option: Keep XMP data (from original JPG file)
  • New command line option: /effect=(effect-nr,value1,value2) Apply effect from Effects-Browser dialog, Example: Apply Blur of 30 i_view32.exe c:\image.jpg /effect=(1,30,0)
  • New option in Print dialog: Auto rotate (based on image dimensions)
  • New HTML dialog option: Create thumbs without frame/border
  • PSD loading bug/crash fixed (PSD bug reported by Secunia, thanks!)
  • Support for BLP format (BLP-2, Formats PlugIn)
  • Fixed problem in "Create multipage PDF" dialog
  • Batch conversion of multipage images to multipage PDF is now possible (Advanced options work on the first page only)
  • New image menu: Add border/frame (Thanks to Balazs from 530.hu)
  • New edit menu: Create maximized current custom selection (using dialog values)
  • New edit menus: Create maximized selection (for some standard ratios)
  • Bigger "Browse for folder" dialog
  • New option in Properties->Browsing: Beep on folder loop (or screenshot save)
  • New option for external editors: Send all filenames in one call (Properties->Misc)
  • New option in Postscript PlugIn/Dialog: Set custom Ghostscript DLL location
  • Another Blur effect added (Total variation method, thanks to Daniel Marks)
  • New option in Properties->Extensions->Icons: Leave current icon (for XP only)
  • Hotkey CTRL + A can be used to select and unselect whole image (toggle)
  • New fullscreen hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + W: Stretch images over all monitors (toggle)
  • Hotkey: CTRL + right mouse drag: scroll image even if Conext menu option activated
  • Change in CTRL + Print key action: minimize IrfanView window before capturing
  • New HTML template variables: #IMAGE_PATH#, #IMAGE_BASENAME#, #IMAGE_EXT# and #SELF_LINK# (see help file, HTML Export page)
  • Skin change problem on Linux/Wine fixed
  • Some "Multipage images" menus moved from View to Options menu
  • The hidden mouse in fullscreen/slideshow mode will be showed on mouse move
  • New command line option: /random, can be used only with /wall => set random wallpapers, see "i_options.txt" for examples
  • New feature for administrators: "DefaultLang" for INI file (set default language) => see FAQs for an example
  • New Lossless JPG Dialog option: Perfect (error on non-perfect JPG images/sizes)
  • New hotkey: SHIFT + Mouse-Wheel: scroll image horizontally
  • New hotkeys: "=" for zoom in; CTRL + G = image->grayscale
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions



Changes for v4.23 - v4.25

  • New capture option: Region capture (Thanks to grebulon)
  • (as option in Capture dialog or hotkey: CTRL + PrintKey)
  • OCR Feature/PlugIn added (Options menu, Hotkey: F9, full image or selection)
  • PlugIn download: http://rerecognition-download.ch/irfan/kadmos44/KADMOS.htm
  • New command line switches for /capture
  • 4 = use region capture, 5 = start in capture mode using dialog settings
  • New and re-arranged Properties dialogs
  • New Color Management options in Properties->Viewing (new LCMS PlugIn needed)
  • Burning PlugIn: can burn using Nero or Windows interface (WinXP or later)
  • Support for JLS format (JPEG-LS, PlugIn by KATO Kanryu)
  • Support for WBZ/WBC/WB1 formats (Webshots formats, PlugIn by V. Paramoshin)
  • New display option: Use Resample for zooming (Menu: View->Display options)
  • New fullscreen option: Use Resample for zooming (Properties->Fullscreen)
  • Option to save changes on exit in now also used for image/file change
  • New option in Batch-Scan dialog: Remember last scan counter
  • Previous "Search files" dialog results showed again on next search
  • Batch rename dialog: Last 15 rename patterns are saved
  • New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by image DPI
  • New placeholder: $p (image DPI)
  • New buttons/options in File-Replace dialog for multiple files
  • Resample bug with very special images fixed (TIF bug reported by Secunia, thanks!)
  • The option "View->Lock zoom" works now with all display options
  • Show PNG and TGA/DDS alpha color options merged (Properties->Viewing)
  • New command line option: /reloadonloop
  • Reload input source used in /slideshow when list is finished
  • Command line, /convert: exit codes added: 0 = OK, 1 = load error, 2 = save error
  • Support for TIFs with 12 bits per channel
  • New option in Postscript PlugIn: Enable Antialiasing for better quality
  • New button in EXIF dialog: Show in GeoHack-Wiki (for GPS coordinates)
  • New help menu: Check homepage for updates
  • Browsing hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + number (0-9), decrease file index by number
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions



Changes for v4.22 - v4.23

  • Added History list for Random slideshow ("No file repeat" removed)
  • New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
  • Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
  • TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
  • New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /thumbs
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /convert=d:\*.jpg
  • => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
  • New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
  • Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
  • External editor names are showed in the menu text
  • New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
  • Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
  • New wallpaper menu: Stretched - proportional
  • New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
  • New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
  • Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
  • New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
  • New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas; CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop; SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)
  • Two small 4.22 bugs fixed: Next toolbar button, PDF saving



Changes for v4.20 - v4.22

  • Added History list for Random slideshow ("No file repeat" removed)
  • New multipage images menu: Create Multipage PDF
  • Option to save changes on exit (Properties->Misc 1, default: OFF)
  • TIF loading bugs fixed (Thanks to j00ru//vx)
  • New command line option: /filelist=txtfile; Examples:
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /thumbs
  • i_view32.exe /filelist=c:\mypics.txt /convert=d:\*.jpg
  • => use files from mypics.txt as input for different operations
  • New Contact Sheet options: Set custom paper size and units
  • Options to set start parameters for external editors (see Help file/button)
  • External editor names are showed in the menu test
  • New Panorama dialog option: Add space between images
  • Browsing: if CTRL + number (0-9) pressed, the file index increases by number
  • New wallpaper menu: Stretched - proportional
  • New Slideshow dialog option: Remember last file index on exit
  • New option to show DDS alpha color (Properties->Misc. 1)
  • Support for WSQ format (Wavelet Scaler Quantization, PlugIn by Steven Venable)
  • New Thumbnail option: Use full file path for sorting (if subfolders loaded)
  • New thumbnails tree menu: Load subfolders
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + arrows = Move selection rectangle
  • New hotkeys: SHIFT + N = Create new image; SHIFT + V = Add canvas;
  • CTRL + SHIFT + Y = Auto crop borders; CTRL + SHIFT + J = Lossless JPG crop;
  • SHIFT + O = Fit window to image; F11 = show/hide mouse in Fullscreen/Slideshow
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
  • http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)



Changes for v4.10 - v4.20

  • Basic Unicode support added (Properties->Misc 1, thanks to Christophe Paris!)
  • New zoom options; improved relative zoom (Properties->Viewing)
  • 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 ...
  • Option to show TIF Annotations created by Kodak Imaging (Properties->Viewing)
  • New JPG save option: Set file size (PlugIn: thanks to Lucian Sabo)
  • New save menu: Save for Web (PlugIn: thanks to Lucian Sabo)
  • New thumbnails options to disable or configure info text on mouse over
  • New edit menu: Auto crop borders (remove outside lines/rows of same color)
  • New feature in Canvas dialog: negative border sizes are allowed (border crop)
  • New option in Capture dialog: Capture desktop on current monitor only
  • New options in Custom selection dialog: Set custom ratio; Save values
  • New slideshow option (window mode): Set window position
  • New Fullscreen display options: Fit to screen width/height (Hotkeys: 5/6)
  • IPTC data in TIF files can be showed (no editing yet)
  • Fixed Thumbnails crash on multi core CPUs
  • New command line option for EXE Slideshow: /window=(x,y,width,height)
  • Option to set Status bar text using placeholders (Properties->Misc 3)
  • Option for proportional paste into selection (Properties->Misc 3)
  • Support for EXR format (PlugIn)
  • Support for MAG format (MAKI, Formats PlugIn)
  • Default display option is now: Fit only big images to desktop
  • Expanded Copy/Move dialog (4 more folders)
  • New Edit menu: Maximize and center selection (hold CTRL to center only)
  • New option in Edit Palette dialog: Click on image to find color index
  • New Thumbnails menu: Remove selected thumbs from list, Hotkey: Ctrl+Del
  • New Thumbnails menu: Save selected files names as TXT
  • New Thumbnails menu: Start Panorama dialog with selected files
  • The Enhance/Correct colors dialog can be resized/maximized
  • Enhanced TIF-LZW saving with 24 BPP images (smaller files are created)
  • New command line option: /jpg_rotate=(...values...) JPG lossless rotation, see i_options.txt for examples
  • New command line option: /transpcolor=(r,g,b) set transparent color: can be used for GIF/PNG/ICO saving
  • New Hotkey: SHIFT + F = Fit only big images to desktop
  • New Hotkey: SHIFT + W = Fit images to window
  • New Hotkey: NUM-PAD 5 = Scroll to image center
  • New Hotkey/Menu: CTRL + N = Open current file in another IrfanView window
  • New Thumbnails option: Auto scroll during creation
  • New option in JPG IPTC/Comment dialog: Append text to old text
  • Scan dialog: 'Skip existing files' works also for multipage TIF files
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (scrolling)



Changes for v4.0 - v4.10

  • New PlugIn: Paint (Edit menu, Hotkey: F12, thanks to Matteo Italia!) It allows IrfanView to paint lines, circles, arrows, straighten image etc.
  • Support for embedded color profiles in JPG/TIF (Properties->Viewing) LCMS PlugIn, thanks to Marti Maria
  • New command line option: /advancedbatch (Apply advanced batch options to image) Allows many image operations, add text etc.
  • Lossless JPG Crop added (Menu: Options or Thumbnails (batch mode))
  • Added option to tag/mark files during browsing (window or fullscreen mode): Hotkeys: X = tag file, SHIFT+X = untag file, SHIFT+Q: show tagged files in Thumbnails
  • Support for FLV format (Flash PlugIn, thanks to Remio)
  • Histogram feature added (Menu: Image, Hotkey: SHIFT+H)
  • Zoom calculation changed: relative, based on previous zoom value
  • Auto adjust colors works with selections (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
  • Option to save values from "Enhance Colors" dialog
  • New effects added: Green and Yellow eye reduction (Effects browser dialog)
  • Option to keep current scroll position for the next image (Menu: View)
  • Support for HDP/WDP format (Microsoft HD Photo, PlugIn)
  • Save support for JNG format (Thanks to Pavel Demchuk)
  • New GUI for batch/slideshow dialogs
  • Custom selection dialog uses current selection at start, if available
  • New compression options in PDF export (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
  • New loading options for normal RAW files (Thanks to Sergey Fokin)
  • Fullscreen options can be changed during fullscreen mode
  • Browsing: if CTRL pressed, the file index increases/decreases by 5 (default: 1)
  • 3 external editors are possible now (Properties->Misc 3)
  • New option for Import palette: Use nearest color (Properties->Misc 3)
  • Changes in print option Scale (original image size is used as input)
  • New print option for multipage images: Print odd or even pages
  • Some changes/optimizations in HTML templates
  • CTRL+A selects the whole image in the main window
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some bugs fixed (IFF/PCX/JP2 loading, GIF animations, Palette import)



Changes for v3.99 - v4.0

  • Improved Vista compatibility
  • New display option: Center image in window (Menu: View->Display options)
  • Toolbar skin option added (Properties->Toolbar). More Toolbar skins are available on the IrfanView homepage
  • New Properties->Video option: Use DirectShow for playing (good for MJPG AVIs)
  • New advanced batch option: Auto adjust colors
  • "Enhance colors" can be now used on selections
  • New EXIF dialog button: Show in Google Earth (if GPS data available)
  • The EXIF dialog can stay displayed on screen
  • New Vista icon
  • New Hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + M = Show/edit JPG comment
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
  • Some bugs fixed (Start folder, RLE BMPs, ANI loading)



Changes for v3.98 - v3.99

  • Option to Search files (File menu or Thumbnails, Hotkey: CTRL+F)
  • Support for PDF export (PlugIn) (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
  • New Thumnails option: Load file list from TXT
  • New zoom workwise: Centered zoom or based on old scroll position
  • Zooming and scrolling is now possible in slideshow mode
  • Many new effects added: Unsharp mask, Fish Eye etc. (Thanks to GENiEBEN)
  • New Flash Plugin for Flash 5 or later! (Thanks to Remio)
  • Option to transfer files by FTP (Thumbnails window, PlugIn)
  • Option to set the Start folder (Properties->Misc 2)
  • New image option: Auto adjust colors (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
  • New effect: Chromatic Aberration (Thanks to Thomas Strauss)
  • Support for SIF format (Formats PlugIn)
  • Support for PVR format (DreamCast Texture, Formats PlugIn)
  • Support for AWD format (Artweaver Format, PlugIn)
  • Support for VTF format (Valve Texture Format, PlugIn)
  • WMF format check added, to avoid WMF vulnerability (Thanks to Jakub Debski)
  • New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by portrait/landscape
  • Fullscreen option: Use right mouse button for scrolling (Properties -> Misc 1)
  • Fullscreen option: Set display multiplier (for wide screen displays)
  • New placeholders for EXIF/IPTC: $E, $I => to load all EXIF/IPTC data
  • Command line change for /resample! (see i_options.txt for examples)
  • New command line options: /resize_long, /resize_short (see i_options.txt)
  • New command line option: /panorama=(direction,file1,...,fileN)
  • New command line options: /bright=value, /gamma=value
  • Command line switch for /info: /fullinfo (write EXIF, IPTC and Comment)
  • Updated CRW/CR2 PlugIn, please install newest Canon DLLs (see i_plugins.txt)
  • Option to show a warning on ESC thumbnails exit (Thumbnails options)
  • New options in dialog: Create custom selection
  • Support for MP4 format (Quicktime PlugIn)
  • At request of Luratech: JP2/JPM/LWF/LDF are not available in Batch mode
  • New Hotkey: SHIFT + P = Copy current filename to clipboard
  • Added YUV (4:2:0) format support to Formats PlugIn
  • Help file format changed to CHM (Compatible with Windows Vista)
  • Most PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
  • Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (add-all button, ANI/CUR loading, batch text)



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