A compact, lightweight and powerful photo editing program for Windows

IrfanView (32-bit)

IrfanView (32-bit)

  -  3.29 MB  -  Freeware
  • Latest Version

    IrfanView 4.70 (32-bit) LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 / Windows 11

  • User Rating

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  • Author / Product

    Irfan Skiljan / External Link

  • Filename

    iview470_setup.exe

  • MD5 Checksum

    3870810476d4b8da4ed375929d609efa

IrfanView is one of the most popular image viewer for Windows, created from the ground up to have an incredibly small processing footprint and enable users to access a wide array of tools that will make not only novices and collectors happy, but also people who want to easily get access to tools that can perform great tasks such as batch conversion, image manipulation (crop, rotate, change the format, size, change color range, optimize colors) and even simple image editor (drawing, adding text, etc). Using external plugins users can greatly expand the capability of IrfanView 32bit, including the ability to playback audio and video files.

The first version of Irfan View was created in early June of 1996 by the Bosnian programmer living in Vienna Irfan Skiljan. Today after more than 15 years on the market this great app supports every version of Windows between Win95 and Win8, enabling anyone chance to easily make this lightweight app (just 1.5MB without plugins, which are smaller than 10 MB) to become their primary image viewing app.

Itsupports ALL popular image formats, it can create screensavers, support for TWAIN devices such as scanners, it can take screenshots, preview text files, animated gifs, browse image libraries by their thumbnails, and much more.

IfranView is a very fast, small, compact, and innovative FREEWARE. It is trying to be easy for use, simple for beginners and powerful for professionals. It comes with a multitude of features, some of which are:
  • Many supported file formats
  • Simple, intuitive interface
  • Translated into many languages
  • Slideshow supports (slideshows can be saved as executable files, screensavers or burned to CD/DVD)
  • Adobe Photoshop filters support
  • Supports most image formats
  • Thumbnail view
  • Fast directory view (moving through directory)
  • Batch conversion/renaming tool (with image processing)
  • Various image effects
  • Print option
  • Lossless JPG rotation
  • And much much more...
Alternatives

FastStone Image Viewer: This is another popular and free image viewer/editor for PC.

ACDSee Photo Studio Home: Organize, edit, and share your photos with ease!

Adobe Lightroom: Edit, organize, store, share your photos across desktop, mobile and web!

XnView MP: XnView is a cross-platform image viewer and organizer that works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.

System Requirements
  • Windows 11, 10, 8 or 7
  • 32-bit or 64-bit system
  • 256MB of RAM
  • 15MB of free disk space
PROS
  • Lightweight and fast
  • Support for a wide range of image formats
  • Batch processing capabilities
  • Free for personal use
  • Extensive plugin support
CONS
  • Windows-only
  • Limited advanced editing features
Also Available: IrfanView (64-bit)

  • IrfanView 4.70 (32-bit) Screenshots

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What's new in this version:

- New option: Keep existing alpha/transparency color (Properties->Viewing) Show checkerboard image; Alpha/Color also used for saving
- New option in Increase Color Depth dialog: 32 BPP (with alpha layer)
- New option in Replace Color dialog: Set transparent color (if 32 BPP image)
- New Image menu: Edit or Set alpha/transparency color>
- New option: Show Browse buttons in main window (Properties->Browsing)
- Fine Rotation option can work on selections
- New in OCR PlugIn: read QR or Barcode (thanks to ZXing guys)
- New slideshow hotkey: SHIFT + "," (comma): Toggle random and automatic time
- New Print dialog option: Reverse pages (for multipage images, page ranges)
- Support for EXIF data in WEBP files (EXIF dialog)
- Command line: "/effect" can be combined with "/slideshow", like: i_view64.exe /slideshow=c:\mypics.txt /effect=(30,0,0)
- Loading issues in several PlugIns fixed (thanks to Trend Micro) (CADImage, Formats, CamRAW, DjVu, JPM, ECW, WSQ)
- SVG PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to nerty_nerty)
- EXR PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to leeho and Who4mI)
- Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions