IrfanView Reviews & Product Details

IrfanView seeks to create unique, new and interesting features, unlike some other graphic viewers, whose whole "creativity" is based on feature cloning, stealing of ideas and whole dialogs from ACDSee and/or IrfanView! (for example: XnView has been stealing/cloning features and whole dialogs from IrfanView, for 10+ years).

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Ameer H.

Corporate Communications Lead

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

1/20/2021

"Best image viewer ever!"

5/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

IrfanView is such a great piece of software, that sometimes I have difficulty believing it's free. No hidden costs, no trials and no pro version, it's completely free! It opens any image format you throw at it and if it can't then there are numerous plugins on their website which can expand the software! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

Absolutely nothing. It's a shame most people don't know about this essential software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark M.

Owner

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

9/23/2020

"Irfanview Rocks"

4.5/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

Irfanview has been my primary image viewer for YEARS. There is almost nothing it won't open, and year after year, the updates and plug-ins have only improved the software. Irfanview is also a great piece of software for batch processing or renaming of images, resizing/cropping, rotating, and adjusting image colors. Also while not extensive, the effects included are very useful for manipulating pictures. It also doesn't hurt that it is freeware and has been well updated and supported for over a decade. This type of longevity from an app, without becoming bloatware is rare and appreciated. It does what it does extremely well, using very few resources (generally) and hasn't changed from its core functionality. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

While Irfanview is primarily an image viewer, I do (at times) wish it had more image manipulation capabilities. Also, its thumbnail gallery view is a little resource-intensive, and its plug-ins for non-image media could be improved. I do wish it had more effects, and/or the effects included had more nuanced settings. I would also like to see it auto-update, but so far that hasn't been on offer, meaning if I want the latest version I have to remind myself to go and get it every couple of months (or in some cases years). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

This is a fantastic piece of software for viewing and managing image files. Do check it out. It's as good or better than most of the software that comes pre-installed with your OS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

Nearly anytime I need to view images. . . Irfanview is my go-to app. It is also excellent at resizing small, low-quality images up to larger sizes while preserving as much quality as can be expected. Irfanview also allows me to side-step all of the (usually inferior) in-house image viewer apps my OS might want me to use. Taking control of how I view and process my images has always been important to me, and Irfan view does this extremely well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Retail

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/27/2021

"Easy to use for non graphics experts"

5/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

The free version has a lot to offer users. You can crop, adjust colors, remove backgrounds, and resize images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

The help documentation is not robust, and it can sometimes be confusing to learn how to use certain functions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Walter J.

Software Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/18/2020

"Excellent Lightweight Image Editor"

5/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

IrfanView works well, is small, and strictly for manipulating existing images or changing the file type. I've used this program for decades, it's my go-to image editor if I can use it.

It is considerate about associating file extensions and gives you full control over what to associate with the program so it plays nice with other image editors if you want to use something more powerful for certain types of files. It's also easy to update or change the file associations inside the program in properties and settings.

It has a GUI batch image processor built in that is easy to use and reasonably powerful with wildcards and rename pattern naming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

One of IrfanView's strengths may be a weakness for some - it only manipulates images - it can't create them. When I create "programmer art" I need to use another program. So it's not a general art program.

IrfanView's other weakness is it doesn't deal with PNGs with transparency well, so I use other software for those. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to resize images, change the image bit depth, crop images, sharpen the image and convert from one image format to another. The program is small so it loads fast and works well to do a quick change on one or two files but with the batch processor scales well to changing hundreds or thousands of images.

It has a number of image utility functions where you can convert a series of images to a larger one, take screenshots, convert an image to grayscale, sepia, do limited color switching and negative the image values to name a few I use a lot, but there are a lot more and there are plug-ins as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Forester, GIS Analyst

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

6/29/2020

"Excellent image viewer with basic editing tools"

5/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

It opens at a blink of an eye almost any image and it can apply basic editing very easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

Multilingual system should be changed in a more translator friendly format. The current system with dll is not so common these days. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering IrfanView:

Do not expect advanced editing with this software. It is the best image viewer with basic editing tools. The plugins it has can expand its use to almost any format. My opinion is that it is good for personal and professional use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is IrfanView solving and how is that benefiting you?

When capturing screenshots it is quite easy to implement basic editing. Batch conversion is also very useful when you have a big number of images to edit, convert or whatever you do with images. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Brian R.

VP Operations

Information Technology and Services

4/13/2020

"I use it to modify images"

5/5

Elmer B.

Senior Software Engineer - PHP

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

7/16/2020

"Fast and does what is needed"

5/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

Irfanview loads very fast even on slower machines. It is faster than Window's default image viewer. 80% converts to various formats fast, and has a batch converted, and resizer for easy conversion, example for web image optimizations. Screenshots have a fast key, and easy saved to folder when needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

Image conversions may lose quality sometimes, especially with transparencies. Other image tools might fare better. You may need plugins for some file formats. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Vira M.

Head of Product Engineering team

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/26/2020

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"This program is very useful and simple in applying."

4/5

What do you like best about IrfanView?

Mostly I use this program for printing of big drawings. Program works very fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about IrfanView?

That roller for mouse is for opening of next file. Will be better use it for changing of scale for drawing. And also will be great if you will add button "hand" for moving of drawing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.