IrfanView questions & answers

Opens a wide variety of image formats and converts between them
Usha Kumari
Answer by Usha Kumari

You can try using the "Replace Color" tool in IrfanView to change the mixed background to a single color shade.

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Question by Yana
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August 27, 2015
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Answer by Alex Urbach

All the plugins available for IrfanView come with their own installer. By default, the packages are developed to copy the necessary files into IrfanView "PlugIns" directory. If you have such plug-in, launch its installation package and it will copy all the files where it's required. Restart IrfanView and the plug-in should be available for using.


There is also a page created by the developers where you can acquire various plug-ins.


Plugins page: http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm

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Question by di22
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December 14, 2010

I want to create an HDR photo using IrfanView. I have the Riot plug-in installed. How can I do it?

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Answer by Dan Angel

Riot plug-in is used to save the projects for webpages. It is not used to create HDR images. IrfanView is just a simple image viewer that doesn't have tools for creating HDR files. You can try to create such a file using the instructions from the official forum or another utility from Software Informer database.

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Question by Guest
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April 9, 2010

How can I edit the shapes so that they become oval and round instead of square or rectangular?

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Answer by Dan Angel

Unfortunately, you can't change the format of a shape from rectangular to oval/round. If you want, you can add new shapes using the Paint tool. Press the F12 key to open the tool and click the ellipse icon to draw a new shape. You can configure the shape format using the tools below Click to viewenter image description here.

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Question by Guest
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September 28, 2009

I used to be able to make a frame and choose colors for a picture frame. Now I can't find this option. Can you help me?

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Answer by Pete Clapp

Click on File > Open and choose the picture you would like to add frames to. Go to Image > Change Canvas Size or press Shift + V key. A box will appear and you will be able to create a frame selecting the size and the color.

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Question by Guest
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April 9, 2010
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Answer by Joan 9

This program is an image viewer and editor.
You will not be able to edit audio files with it.

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Question by John Miller
448 views
April 14, 2010

How to open a file or folder on the screen (1)?

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Answer by Leonard Moore

IrfanView is mostly an image viewer. However, it has the ability to use other editors that you have installed on your computer to modify the current picture that is viewed. The screen that you talk about is the screen for this kind of job. IrfanView lets you use 2 editors. To change / modify the available options, you need to open IrfanView and go under Options > Properties / Settings (or press the P key) > Miscellaneous. From there you can choose what programs to use for screen 1 and screen 2. To open the current file in screen 1 (using the first tool selected from the above menu) just press Shift + 1 key.

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Question by Hal L Hunt
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March 17, 2010

My CPU jumps to 100% when I run this application. What can I do?

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Answer by Pete Clapp

IrfanView is a small application that shouldn't consume many resources. In order to fix your problem, I suggest you to remove the software using its uninstaller or Add or Remove Programs feature (Control Panel > Uninstall a program) and download and install it again from an official source. Also, when you run the software, press Alt + Ctrl + Delete key combination, open Task Manager and close all unnecessary applications.

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