Version history for IrfanView
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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)
