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Version history for IrfanView (64-bit)

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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)



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