What´s new in version 4.32:

• 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)
• Face Detection Plugin (Thumbnails window, thanks to MulticoreWare guys)
• New JPG save option: Try to save with original (estimated) JPG quality
• Improved/changed sort menus (XP/natural order)
• New batch rename option: Run test rename
• New Thumbnails menu: Refresh selected thumbs
• Batch dialog, Output directory: Placeholders are now allowed
• New Properties dialog: Zoom / Color management
• New expert zoom option: Edit table with fixed zoom values (Properties->Zoom)
• New fullscreen options: Center image, Text layer (Properties->Fullscreen)
• New option in ´Create multipage TIF/PDF´ dialog: Load filenames from TXT file
• New options in JPG IPTC/Comment dialogs: Allow Unicode PlugIn to change text
• New command line option: /cmdexit (close current IrfanView after command line)
• TIF with some SGILog compressed images fixed
• New special INI option to hide common folders in Open/Save dialog (see FAQs)
• New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + K = Keep Scroll position

What´s new in version 4.30:

• 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: Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some minor bugs fixed (ALT+F4)

What´s new in version 4.28:

• 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
• 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)

What´s New in version 4.27:

• 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