Download of the Week: IrfanView + IrfanView PlugIns

User Comments: 4

1. September 3, 2010 3:32 PM
   

   captaincranky, TechSpot Addict, said:

   "Irfan View" is supposed to have a very good algorithm for the "resampling"** of images.

   ** Resampling is changing the pixel dimensions of an image. For example, an image as wallpaper, say 1680 X 1050 would need to be resampled to become 1920 X 1200, the next resolution up. This is similar to "upconverting" in a DVD player. The program in both cases, is supplying its "best guess" as to what pixel information to fill in the blanks with, so to speak.

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2. September 4, 2010 1:35 AM
   blackcat77 said:

   Almost anything is better as a photo editor but Irfan has been my default image viewer for years because it's simple, fast, light on resources and works with just about every file type.

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3. September 5, 2010 4:15 AM
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   Per Hansson, TS Server Guru, said:

   I use Irfanview for resizing and cropping images, and also for batch conversions of images

   The simplistic editing is sufficient when you want to highlight something in a screenshot for me...

   The exif viewer plugin is nice too, but the Opera webbrowser has one aswell

   But for image viewing I use Acdsee v2.43

   It's about 10 years old but nothing beats it at the rendering speed and quick startup (Note; later versions of Acdsee are bloated...)

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4. September 6, 2010 12:03 PM
   jgvmx said:

   Been using this nice software since like 10 years and it's great to see apps like this and imgburn that keep being simple and doing the job perfectly without going the path of the bloat.

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