IrfanView is a compact and fast image viewer and editor for Windows, known for its simplicity and ability to handle a wide variety of graphic file formats, including BMP, DIB, JPEG, GIF, animated GIF, WEBP, PNG, PCX, multipage TIFF, and TGA.

IrfanView offers features such as batch conversion, thumbnail creation, and basic image editing tools. In addition, it features drag-and-drop support, directory viewing, TWAIN support, slide shows, and modifications such as color depth, crop, blur, and sharpen.

Features

  • Fast and compact ( just 6 MB )
  • Freeware for non-commercial use
  • Supports Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10 and 11
  • 32 and 64 bit version
  • Multi language support
  • Unicode support
  • Designed to be simple but powerful

For added functionality you can also download Irfanview plugins.

What does IrfanView do?

IrfanView is a free image viewer, converter and editor. You can use it to open all kinds of image files and edit them. It's quite easy to use and has a straightforward interface.

Yes, you can edit photos with IrfanView and it works especially well for simple tasks like resizing, converting, or optimizing.

Why do I need an image viewer?

Image viewers are lightweight applications without the excess baggage of fully featured photo editors, so the focus is on speed and on support for a wider array of formats. A proper image viewer like IrfanView can save you time because they are snap to use.

What image file formats does IrfanView support?

IrfanView supports all these file formats: ANI, CUR, AWD, B3D, BMP, DIB, CAM, CLP, CPT, CRW, CR2, CR3, DCM, ACR, IMA, DDS, DJVU, IW44, DPX, CIN, DXF, DXF, DWG, HPGL, CGM, SVG, ECW, EMF, EPS, PS, PDF, AI, EXR, FITS, FLIF, FPX, G3, GIF, HDR, HDP, JXR, WDP, HEIC, AVIF, ICL, EXE, DLL, ICO, ICS, IFF, LBM, IMG, JP2, JPC, J2K, JPG, JPEG, JLS, JPM, JXL, Mac PICT, QTIF, MNG, JNG, MrSID, SID, ARW, CR3, CR2, CRW, DCR, DNG, ERF, KDC, MRW, NEF, NRW, MOS, ORF, PEF, RAF, RAW, RW2, RWL, SRF, SRW, X3F, PBM, PCD, PCX, DCX, PDF, PDN, PGM, PNG, PPM, PSD, PSP, PVR, QOI, RAS, SUN, RAW, YUV, RLE, SFF, SGI, RGB, SFW, SIF, SWF, FLV, SVG, TGA, TIF, TIFF, TTF, TXT, WAD, WAL, WBC, WBZ, WBMP, WebP, WMF, WSQ, XBM, XCF, and XPM file formats. Some may require plug-ins.

What video and audio file formats does IrfanView support?

IrfanView supports AIF, AU, SND, MED, MID, MP3, OGG, RA, WAV, ASF, AVI, MKV, M4V, M2T, MTS, TS, M2TS, M2V, MOV, MP4, WEBM, MOV, MP4, MPG, MPEG, WMA, and WMV. Some may require plug-ins.

With IrfanView you can:

  • View Images
  • Convert
  • Optimize
  • Scan and Print
  • Create Slideshow
  • Batch Processing
  • Multimedia
  • And many more

What's New

  • 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