IrfanView 4.25 is out with lots of new options and plugins (download separately).

An IrfanView YABR was released today: 4.23 with fixes to 2 toolbar buttons

Read about the previous release (IrfanView 4.22) if you want to know what’s new – the releases are nearly identical.

IrfanView was also updated recently to version 4.22. Along with the main program, the plugins package was upgraded as well.

Beside many fixes and changes, here are a few notable additions: new hotkeys; a command line option for passing a file containing a list of files in supported formats (/filelist=file.txt); the ability to create multipage PDF images.

Next on the Vista-compatible apps wave is my favorite image viewer, IrfanView – a simple, yet robust and powerful application, especially when coupled with the optional 47-plugin pack which raises the supported file formats to over 100.

Irfan Skiljan’s viewer has been around for more than 10 years. Though less actively developed in the last 2 years, IrfanView has been innovative in its category (e.g.: first viewer with animated GIF support), and the latest version is no joke.

Updates in IrfanView 3.99 include:
- export in PDF format
- integrated File Search
- new image zoom options
- FTP upload for images (thumbnail mode)
- support for several new formats (via plugins)
- new sorting modes for the thumbnail mode
- new command line options
- new Help in CHM format

Download options follow, as well as the complete changelog.

*** IRFANVIEW 3.99 DOWNLOADS ***

Get it now: Download IrfanView 3.99
exe installer, 1MB, MD5 hash: 20CBAD20518DB0CD50238AA851A3B2BC

To extend format support: Download IrfanView Plugins

*** CHANGES IN IRFANVIEW 3.99 ***

- Option to Search files (File menu or Thumbnails, Hotkey: CTRL+F)
- Support for PDF export (PlugIn) (Thanks to ComSquare AG)
- New Thumnails option: Load file list from TXT
- New zoom workwise: Centered zoom or based on old scroll position
- Zooming and scrolling is now possible in slideshow mode
- Many new effects added: Unsharp mask, Fish Eye etc. (Thanks to GENiEBEN)
- New Flash Plugin for Flash 5 or later! (Thanks to Remio)
- Option to transfer files by FTP (Thumbnails window, PlugIn)
- Option to set the Start folder (Properties->Misc 2)
- New image option: Auto adjust colors (Thanks to Andras Horvath, www.log69.com)
- New effect: Chromatic Aberration (Thanks to Thomas Strauss)
- Support for SIF format (Formats PlugIn)
- Support for PVR format (DreamCast Texture, Formats PlugIn)
- Support for AWD format (Artweaver Format, PlugIn)
- Support for VTF format (Valve Texture Format, PlugIn)
- WMF format check added, to avoid WMF vulnerability (Thanks to Jakub Debski)
- New Thumbnails sort options: Sort by portrait/landscape
- Fullscreen option: Use right mouse button for scrolling (Properties -> Misc 1)
- Fullscreen option: Set display multiplier (for wide screen displays)
- New placeholders for EXIF/IPTC: $E, $I => to load all EXIF/IPTC data
- Command line change for /resample! (see i_options.txt for examples)
- New command line options: /resize_long, /resize_short (see i_options.txt)
- New command line option: /panorama=(direction,file1,…,fileN)
- New command line options: /bright=value, /gamma=value
- Command line switch for /info: /fullinfo (write EXIF, IPTC and Comment)
- Updated CRW/CR2 PlugIn, please install newest Canon DLLs (see i_plugins.txt)
- Option to show a warning on ESC thumbnails exit (Thumbnails options)
- New options in dialog: Create custom selection
- Support for MP4 format (Quicktime PlugIn)
- At request of Luratech: JP2/JPM/LWF/LDF are not available in Batch mode
- New Hotkey: SHIFT + P = Copy current filename to clipboard
- Added YUV (4:2:0) format support to Formats PlugIn
- Help file format changed to CHM (Compatible with Windows Vista)
- Most PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions
- Some minor bugs/features fixed/added (add-all button, ANI/CUR loading, batch text)