New Release Notification

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Animated WebP support has now been added.

Download the test versions attached to this Feature Request thread.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Version 4.51 ( - CURRENT VERSION - )
(Release date: 2018-02-27)

• 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:

[stefan]

Version 4.51 can now be selected in the user profile

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

IrfanView 4.52 Released
Download Page

What’s New:

• 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
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Version 4.53 ( - CURRENT VERSION - )
(Release date: 2019-05-15) • Download from Fosshub

• 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)
• Some PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Version 4.54 Released • Download Page
(Release date: 2019-12-12)

• 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)
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:
  http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

Update the Language DLL
If you use a different interface language, check to see if there is a current version. Some new features will not be accessible if the Language DLL is out of date.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Version 4.56 ( - CURRENT VERSION - )

(Release date: 2020-10-21)

• 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:
  https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm