| This is a remarkably popular and prolific freeware image viewer and converter. The list of file types supported is one of its greatest attributes. See for yourself:
Supported file types:
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AIF, ANI/CUR, ASF, AU/SND, AVI, BMP/DIB, CAM (Casio JPG), CLP, Dicom/ACR,
DJVU, EMF/WMF, EPS, FlashPix (FPX), FSH, G3, GIF, ICO/ICL/EXE/DLL, IFF/LBM,
IMG (GEM), JPG2000, JPG/JPEG, KDC, LDF, LWF, MED, MID/RMI, MOV, MP3, MPG/MPEG,
NLM/NOL/NGG, PBM/PGM/PPM, PCX/DCX, PhotoCD, PNG, PSD, PSP, RAS/SUN,
RealAudio (RA), RLE, SFF, SFW, SGI/RGB, SWF (Flash/Shockwave), TGA,
TIF/TIFF, WAV, WBMP, XBM, XPM.
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Support for Apple QuickTime allows IrfanView to read following formats:
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MOV, QTIF, Mac PICT, FLI/FLC
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Microsoft Media Player PlugIn allows IrfanView to read following formats:
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ASF, AU/SND/AIF, AVI, DAT (VideoCD), MID/RMI, MOV, MP3,
MPG/MPEG, WAV, WMA, WMF
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In addition to extensive file type support, this utility also offers:
- Multi-language support
- Thumbnail and preview options
- Slideshow
- Drag and drop
- Fast directory viewing
- Batch conversion
- E-mail options
- Audio CD player
- Print options
- Color depth adjustment
- Scan support
- Cut and crop
- Effects (sharpen, blur, Photoshop filter factory)
- Image capturing
- Extracts icons from EXEs and DLLs
- Lossless JPG rotation
- Many hotkeys
- Many command-line options
Another feather in the Irfanview hat is their bragging right to serving as the first Windows graphic viewer in the world to offer animated-GIF support. With options like these, why would you need anything else?
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