Version history for IrfanView (64-bit Portable)
<<Back to software description
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)
