IrfanView

RATING:

4.7

(12)

About IrfanView

IrfanView is a Windows-based graphic design and photo editing solution that helps individuals and businesses view, convert, optimize and print images on a centralized platform. It allows professionals to utilize the built-in paint option to draw circles, arrows, and lines, among other shapes. IrfanView allows employees to insert overlay text, create watermarks, sharpen images, and add effects to edit images based on individual preferences. It enables users to insert speech and thinking bubbles with custom colors, fonts, size, and shape. It also lets team members preview imagws, create slideshows, capture screens, change color depth, pixelate images, resize photos, and from within a unified platform. IrfanView allows staff members to manage batch conversion and scannin...

IrfanView Pricing

IrfanView is available for free and on a perpetual license at $12.

Starting price: 

$12.00 one time

Free trial: 

Not Available

Free version: 

Not Available

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IrfanView Reviews

Overall Rating

4.7

Ratings Breakdown

Secondary Ratings

Ease-of-use

4.5

Customer Support

4.5

Value for money

4

Functionality

4.5

Most Helpful Reviews for IrfanView

1 - 5 of 12 Reviews

User Profile

Kevin

Verified reviewer

E-Learning, 51-200 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed September 2022

Using Irfan View

I use Irfan View as my screen image capture tool of choice, allowing me to setup windows just as I need them and then capture the layout perfectly. I can then edit the captured images, adding text and callouts, highlighting areas with boxes and annotations, and then scale and save each image in one of a myriad of file formats. I have never found a bitmap file type that this program does not support. It also has a great batch processor that can convert, re-size, rotate and generally manipulate the images in a number of really useful ways.

PROS

The screen capture capability of this program is truly awesome, with so many different types of capture available.

CONS

The out of the box functionality allows you to step through all of the images in a folder displaying each one in sequence using the pc's arrow keys, however when the last image has been displayed if the arrow key is depressed again the program kind of falls off the end and there is no easy way of getting back to where you were. There needs to be a warning that you are on the last image in the folder and there are no more images to view.

Benjamin

Real Estate, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2023

Way easier than Photoshop

It's an awsome product, simple to use and Free so whats's not to love! I think everyone can use this product and love it the way I do.

PROS

I was referred by a friend after fighting to understand Photoshop. This is SOOOOO easy my 8 y/o grandson uses it often also. I've used Irfanview as a photo editor for at least 10 years now and ZERO complaints. Did I mention it was FREE. I recommend this app to ppl all the time.

CONS

NONE noted. I cannot think of anything I don't like about Irfanview. It literally does everything I want out of a photo editor by simply clicking buttons.

Reasons for switching to IrfanView

Photoshop was way too complicated for me...I just needed a simple to use phot editor and once I learned about Irfanview I abandoned Photoshop and other programs I was spending hours trying to figure out. I opened the program and it was pretty self explanatory with lots of cool features to use.

Roger

Business Supplies and Equipment, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

1

VALUE FOR MONEY

1

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed June 2023

Problem customer

Difficulty

PROS

Not much. I am confused and wish to remove the product.

CONS

Please make contact. I am having great difficulty operating the site

David

Professional Training & Coaching, 1 employee

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2023

THE image editor for Windows

All the power I need and more, and the price is awesome!

PROS

Fully functional image editing. I've used Irfanview on literally dozens of PCs and deployed it for my companies and my home school. It has functions I've only scratched the surface of and capability to handle all the images and figure out and open some corrupt files that other image viewers & editors cannot "see". The thumbnail feature is an awesome way to find that needle in a haystack, and the batch converter is an invaluable asset for cross-platform image display such as web development.

CONS

There are so many features and capabilities that there is a bit of a learning curve to get into the swing of basic operations, and operating is menu-driven - while you get to see image updates as you apply filters and effects, finding and applying those things means finding them in textual menus.

Reason for choosing IrfanView

Lower cost. Far, far lower cost. After learning how Adobe/Oracle farms me and uses and sells my information, I am truly glad I've gotten away from their products.

Reasons for switching to IrfanView

So much more capability and, feature-for-feature, more user-friendly.

Bruno

Design, 1 employee

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

3

Reviewed June 2022

I use IrfanView based on an image viewer. So when I want to quickly see images on my pc especially i

I have been working with this program for several years as an image viewer. Using it I don't need to depend on the windows viewer or Bridge in Photoshop. The best benefit is the preview of images, and the effects browser that quickly shows how the photos will look, that is, the final result of the edited photo and also the feature of including slideshow.

PROS

First I would like to highlight the best feature: the speed with which the images are opened and displayed on the PC. Its usability is good in the image sample requirement. It integrates very easily into my flow work, because I need to visualize images quickly and this software does that, helping me to find photos and follows up on image editing.

CONS

One of the features I wish was easier is editing images using the palette in photo editing. Even to insert texts I found it difficult to use compared to others programs on the market. The usage navigation I find a little complicated because the effects paths We have to search carefully to find it. But even so, it integrates very well because it is fast and It has time-saving image effects.

Reason for choosing IrfanView

It is a lightweight program that fulfills the purpose of Image Preview and other features involved in image editing.