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Image Analyzer

Image Analyzer [1] is a nice free program, similar to IrfanView -- both about 1MB base size. IA has some nice additional features -- user-defined filter effects, better interactive ability to control compressed export file sizes, easier to work with multiple images, ability to combine (composite) images: AND OR XOR add/subtract etc. Available in portable zip standalone version.--69.87.203.85 16:37, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Incompatible with Vista?

I have Windows Vista on my new laptop and have been unable to install IrfanView. The error messages I have been receiving seem to indicate the latest version is not yet compatible with Vista. Perhaps someone more knowledgeable about software and Vista can add to the article about IrfanView and Vista. 4.232.201.205 00:05, 4 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Irfan says (in e-mail) 'MS itself has tested version 3.98, it was on the official Vista software list. If an error message is there, the use should better check his permissions and/or install it in a "normal" folder, different from "program files".'. Andy Mabbett 21:38, 5 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lots of software is on the "official Vista software list," but it nonetheless won't run under Vista. I have Vista, for example, and Irfan 3.99 would not install. This is a Vista problem, not an Irfan problem. McPoet 13:13, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

software ok?

My only question is, who's to stop individual programmers from including whatever hacks they want inside of an executable file? Should we trust software from personal developers (esp. international software?)? Is there any check or balance whatsoever on this type of thing? (replies would be appreciated) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 4.159.107.253 (talk) 02:41, 11 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

You would have to worry about that if you were considering using an obscure program. For a major program like this, very well known, all you have to worry about is making sure you get an "authentic" download. In other words, the check is, over the years, with millions of people using this program, if there were something wrong with it, someone would have discovered it! Also, this is a reason to get your download from a major download site, that checks the software to some extent. Of course, you can never be absolutely sure of anything -- especially famous software from big companies...-68.236.103.195 15:43, 7 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Irfanview is pretty mainstream nowdays --211.28.152.3 12:15, 3 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

May 2007

yes i agree,irfanview is a great little program,for the huge number of formats supported and for it s speed,no loading times like in photoshop etc,so when you want to convert an image,or to view it very fast..there is nothing better.and regarding it s reliability i will quote ken rockwell on this one :"IrfanView's claim to fame is its huge base of formats it can decode. It can't run on Apple, but even with that it was a popular program when I worked in Hollywood for opening specialized motion picture film industry image file formats." http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/sw.htm#visinf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.79.239.175 (talk • contribs) 12:06, 11 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Who's to stop anyone from doing anything morally wrong or illegal? We largely rely on societal pressure, also known as civilization. An uncivilized person works inside and outside the bounds of acceptable behavior at will. We have to individually decide whether or not to trust people. Do you trust Microsoft? Do you trust Linus Torvalds? Do you trust Apple? If you personally feel fear that Irfanview, which is not listed on any spyware lists anywhere, is going to take control of your computer, than don't download it. I'd be more suspicious if Irfan sold it to some software company which proceeded to put out a new version immediately. --75.173.4.172 (talk) 17:52, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Freeware? Really?

If this is freeware then why do I have to choose a payment plan before downloading the program? tildetildetildetilde — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.114.183.173 (talk • contribs) 07:12, 2 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

You don't. Which site are you downloading it from? Try here [2]. Also, to sign your posts you put the actual tilde sign (~) not actually type out the word ;) --Android Mouse 08:49, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's not free for commercial use so shouldn't the article say that somewhere? 210.55.0.190 00:03, 29 August 2007 (UTC)jason[reply]

The reprographics shop where I work bought a single-copy license. Since then, it has saved us enough time and hassle in one week to pay us back for the license, which cost less than US$20. We work with large-scale black-and-white images, usually 400x400 dpi, 24"x36". --75.173.4.172 (talk) 17:46, 23 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CMYK jpgs

The streams embedded in pdfs are sometimes jpgs (/DCTDecode) that can be extracted by hand into a file and viewed. But they are not always RGB; they may be /DeviceCMYK -- 4 bytes per pixel instead of 3? Which image viewers can properly handle CMYK jpgs? Irfanview sort-of recognizes the file type but shows false color, and then saves as a wrong RGB. Image Analyzer says it can handle CMYK, but does not seem to do it by default -- maybe with the ImageFileLib plugin? -69.87.199.97 14:08, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

November 2007

the example images on this page are confusing — Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.179.67.162 (talk • contribs) 23:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Screensaver maker question

I've got an older version of Irfanview, and I've used the screensaver making function with no problems, everything worked fine, it's easy to use etc, but one major drawback is that you could only turn the screensavers off by pressing a key on the keyboard, moving the mouse didn't work. I was wondering if later versions fix that, or is it still that you can only use the keyboard? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.134.209.252 (talk) 08:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Editing and saving RAW files

Can IrfanView edit and save RAW files? The first sentence int the article is "IrfanView is a freeware image viewer for Microsoft Windows that can view, edit, and convert image files". --The High Fin Sperm Whale (Talk • Contribs) 23:33, 19 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it can, but you need to install a plugin, see... http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm AND you need some additional files from Canon as explained on the page above, i think RAW files are .CR2 format 79.66.214.77 (talk) 14:47, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

IrfanView userbox

Greetings. I just created an userbox for all the IrfanView users around here: {{User:ZeroOne/Userboxes/IrfanView}}. It looks like this:

This user contributes using IrfanView.

—ZeroOne (talk / @) 22:59, 21 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

An interview by Werner Schandor (23 May 2008) The Lord of the images. wienerzeitung.at; Austrian Times (Wiener Zeitung). English translation — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lexein (talk • contribs) 13:30, 12 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Irfan Skiljan - spelling of name

I've checked the reviews, interviews, the IrfanView helpfile (and the 5 domains listed there: http://www.irfanview.com, http://www.irfanview.net, http://www.irfanview.info, http://www.irfanview.at, http://irfanview.tuwien.ac.at) and have seen no accents or other modifications to the S in Skiljan. As of the time of this writing, of all the Wikipedia IrfanView articles in other languages, only the Croatian (Hrvatski) Wikipedia article http://hr.wiki.x.io/wiki/IrfanView shows "Irfan Škiljan" - is that correct in Hrvatski? Are any different spellings for Irfan's name used in any reliable sources? --Lexein (talk) 15:27, 29 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

So, per the above, I've reverted "Š" to "S" throughout the article, because no source I've found so far (other than hrWP) supports the "Š". I invite Irfan Skiljan himself to explicitly state, in a declarative sentence, the spelling of his name on his website, to finally just clear this up. --Lexein (talk) 20:52, 11 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Preloading

It should be mentioned as criticism that this program DOES NOT preload images! That is stone age! Proxide 02:16, 23 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, but if independent reliable sources don't state that, we shouldn't either. --Lexein (talk) 00:09, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Plugins

This entry is limited in scope. Plugins are available that make Irfanview a virtual media player. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.82.127.174 (talk) 20:14, 9 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks - it is stated that Irfanview plays audio/video files - is that not sufficient? The reviews have made no mention of any substantive media center-like features, just that it "can play" such files. --Lexein (talk) 00:08, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Plug-ins

There are add-ons to enable viewing video or listening to music, but I see no mention of this in the entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.229.217.188 (talk) 14:43, 14 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Done. See? We do read suggestions. In future, consider using the {{requested edit}} template, so more editors know about the request! --Lexein (talk) 17:02, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Toolbars

Just downloaded the EXE installer for 4.36 and it does not seem to install any toolbars. It asks if you want to install Google Chrome, but I think that's it. Someone might want to find a source for this and add it to the article. 00:34, 31 August 2013 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.13.229.94 (talk)

Ad

Isn't it an advertisement? Lingui-boss (talk) 12:46, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]