What's New in version 4.57

• Improved option 'Try registry changes' (Properties->Extensions)
• Option to use new Windows File-Open dialog (Properties->Misc)
• Option to create only Shortcuts (LNK file) in File-Copy dialog
• New Camera RAW PlugIn (based on LibRAW, thanks to Alex Tutubalin)
• Support for WPG format (PlugIn, WPG version 1; thanks to Flurmy)
• Improved GIF reading
• PCX loading bug fixed (thanks to @DmitriyMelikov, CVE-2020-35133)
• MNG PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to ThanhTP)
• PCX format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated

What's New in version 4.56:

• Updated Video PlugIn (improved Win10 compatibility, new player for MP3/FLAC)
• Option to play all audio formats in main window (Properties->Video/Sound)
• Option to change hotkeys for menus: Right mouse click on menu item
• New option in Paint dialog: Fill rect/ellipse with transparent color
• New 'Edit->Insert Watermark' option: Use color to highlight an area
• Option to disable mouse wheel for file browsing (Properties->Browsing)
• New SVG PlugIn (Thanks to seppesol)
• New XCF PlugIn (Thanks to Jacek SQ6KBQ)
• New JPG option: Use QuantSmooth loading (PlugIn, thanks to Ilya Kurdyukov)
• Option for page/frame filename suffix in Multipage-Extract dialog
• CTRL + 'Save-As' icon on toolbar calls the 'Save' menu
• New option in Advanced batch dialog: Add Border/Frame
• New option in Insert Text dialog: Settings for Outline-1 effect (Rainbow)
• New paste option: Change paste counter (Edit->Paste special)
• New shapes in Hexagon dialog: Ellipse, Cloud; Spiral (thanks to Rod Stephens)
• New option in Hexagon/Shadow dialog: Background transparency
• Support for PSB format (Photoshop files)
• Context menu added to EXIF dialog (Copy only selected lines)
• New placeholder: $c (Compression text from Image->Info dialog)
• Program icon updated
• New Paint dialog icons (Thanks to Michael Grosberg)
• CLP format moved to FORMATS PlugIn
• JP2 PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Phung Duc Luan and Linhlhq)
• B3D and XCF PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Zhe Wang)
• Formats PlugIn bugs fixed (XPM,XBM,CR2,HDR,WBMB,FITS,DDS) (thanks to nhiephon)
• MNG PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to zhazha crack)
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

What's New in version 4.54:

• 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)

What's New in version 4.53:

• 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)

What's New in version 4.52:

• 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

What's New in version 4.51:

• Improved JPG save option: 'Set file size' (no RIOT PlugIn needed)
• New options in IrfanView Shell Extension (PlugIns website)
• Support for animated WebP files
• Some fixes (Zoom box text, EXE/DLL icon loading)
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

What's New in version 4.50:

• 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)

What's New in version 4.42:

• 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

What's New in version 4.41:

• 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)

What's New in version 4.40:

• The 64-bit version of IrfanView is available: http://www.irfanview.com/64bit.htm
• 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

What's New in version 4.38:

• New Options menu/feature: Export image tiles (split image)
• New Options menu: Hotfolder (Watch folder and show new images)
• New view modes in Thumbnails window: Tiles, Details and List mode
• New feature: (new) 'IrfanView Shell Extension' available on PlugIns website
• (= adds Context menu with some IrfanView operations to Windows Explorer)
• New options in the 'Adobe 8BF filters' dialog (Thanks to Frank/jazzman)
• Improved speed in the LCMS (Color Management) PlugIn
• Added support for old formats like: Amiga, Atari, C64, ZX Spectrum etc.
• New Print dialog features: Borderless print, Negative positions, better preview
• New command line option: /makecopy, a flag for /convert
• => if destination file exists, save new file as copy: (1), (2), (3) etc.
• Option to add max. 10 external editors (for advanced users): Properties->Misc
• Option to Drag&Drop current file to other programs: SHIFT + left mouse + drag
• New Print dialog option: Always use default printer at dialog start
• New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + N = Negative image (all channels)
• Better support for high resolution screens (high DPI)
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

What's New in version 4.37:

• 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
• MrSID bug fixed
• Japanese folder name bug fixed
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated

What's New in version 4.36:

• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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
• 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
• New text placeholders to add $ and | characters
• New (admin) INI file option: Set save formats in Save-As dialog
• 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
• FPX bug fixed
• 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

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