IrfanView 4.53 Image Viewer released

[Karlston]

IrfanView is one of the most advanced image viewers that is available for Windows. IrfanView 4.53 was released last week; it is the first release of the program in 2019 and one that introduces several new features and options.

 

Just like the password manager KeePass, IrfanView belongs to a category of well designed powerful programs for Windows. The program's main feature is image viewing but it supports a large number of related functions such as image conversions, batch processing of images, filter and effects, image optimizations, or the creation of slideshows that makes it an universal program when it comes to working with images on Windows.

 

We have reviewed other great image viewers in the past such as Honeyview, XnView, or FastStone Image Viewer.

 

Tip: Add IrfanView options to Windows Explorer.

IrfanView 4.53 Update

 

IrfanView 4.53 is available as a free 32-bit and 64-bit download for the operating system. Users may download and install the new version to update existing installations or start from scratch.

 

The new version of IrfanView introduces new effects and options. As far as effects are concerned, it is now possible to insert speech bubbles using Image > Effects. Two additional groups of effects, "shadows, shapes, rounded corners, and snowflakes" and "Hexagon, Star, Spikes, Hearts", have been added to the Image menu directly. Last but not least, support for the new Radial Brighten effect is available now as well.

 

As far as options are concerned, the screen capture dialog features a new option to draw a red circle around the cursor, and there is a new advanced batch conversion option to set the maximum dimensions for resize operations.

 

The application's zooming functionality got a new feature as well. Hold down Ctrl-Shift while moving the mouse to move in the zoomed image; you may use the mouse wheel for zooming just like you do normally. A click returns to the previous view.

 

The Contact Sheet dialog has a new profiles option, and IrfanView can read 1 BPP images in RAW as well now.

 

The new version includes loading fixes for TIF, PCX and PSD files. Several plugins have been updated as well and users who use plugins need to install the new versions from the official plugins page of the extension.

Closing Words

IrfanView is a powerful feature rich image viewer for Windows that is really fast even on systems that are not uber-powerful. The new version adds several new features to the application; while minor in the grand scheme of things, they do improve the functionality of the application.

 

Source: IrfanView 4.53 Image Viewer released (gHacks - Martin Brinkmann)

 

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[mp68terr]

Indeed a great little piece of software, been using it for years on windows systems, still with the free 32-bit version from time to time.

Tried several alternatives on linux but none was as convincing, ended with XnViewMP. Would be nice for the dev to propose a similar features-rich version outside of the windows world.