IrfanView Version 3.98

It’s coming up on something like 10 years that I’ve been using IrfanView Image viewer for Windows and it just keeps getting better. I’ve written about the unbelievable small, fast and efficient IrfanView features for viewing and even doing some light graphic design work like making favicons. This is one of the most useful software programs I’ve ever used and a tribute to the power of freeware.

IrfanView 3.98 Release Notes:

• Option to support IrfanView by installing Google Toolbar and/or Google
  Desktop Search (OPTIONAL !)
• New Thumbnail window option: Load thumbs from all subfolders (CTRL+F)
• Alpha blending effect added for slideshow/fullscreen
  (Properties->Fullscreen)
• New options for fullscreen/slideshow: Set text position/alignment
• PlugIn for AFPL Ghostscript: PS, EPS, PDF formats (see
  Properties->PlugIns)
• Support for CGM/SVG formats : CADImage.DLL (Shareware, see i_plugins.txt)
• Support for HDR format (Formats PlugIn, thanks Kevin)
• New option for DigiCam RAW formats: Load half size image
  (Properties->PlugIns)
• New effects added: Sepia, Raindrops, Fragment etc. (Thanks to GENiEBEN
• Option to set the start corner for crop and text-layout in batch mode
• New placeholders for Date/Time: %Y, %m, %d (see help file for examples)
• New placeholders: $M (multipage index), $d (directory name)
• Most of normal placeholders can be used for “/convert=” too
• Option to hide main window in Thumbnails mode (Properties->Misc 1)
• New lossless JPG dialog option: Set DPI value
• Set loading options for Ghostscript, MrSID, JPM: Properties->PlugIns
• New JPG save option: Reset EXIF orientation tag
• New advanced slideshow dialog option: Play in window mode
• Command line option for EXE Slideshow: /monitor=X (start on monitor X)
• Command line option: /dpi works now for /scan, /scanhidden and /batchscan
• New special INI options to hide caption/menu bar permanently (see FAQs)
• Support for 3GP format (Quicktime PlugIn)
• New hotkeys: Red eye, Fullscreen text, Direct print, Lossless JPG (see
  help file)
• Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions:
  Download from: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm
• Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (slideshow, print)

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