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

  • Smaller fixes (Insert Text, Paste warning, Hex viewer, Auto adjust colors)
  • Separate overwrite option for Save/Save-As menus (Properties->File Handling)
  • The Insert Text dialog will remember the last screen position
  • New OCR PlugIn: requires Tesseract OCR (Properties->PlugIns)
  • See "i_plugins.txt" for infos (https://github.com/UB-Mannheim/tesseract/wiki
  • Support for PNG comment (Image->Info dialog or $C placeholder; reading only)
  • SFF PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Mateusz "LeftarCode" Lewczak)
  • EXR PlugIn loading bugs fixed (thanks to Minji Kim and Jaehun of WHS WWW Team)
  • PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
  • Loading issues in several PlugIns fixed (thanks to Trend Micro)
  • Fixed PlugIns: Formats, DPX/CIN, WSQ, MrSID, AWD
  • PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
  • PSP/Formats PlugIn loading bug fixed (thanks to wangmy)
  • Download newest PlugIns version from: https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm