Best Free Image Viewer

by Johnny Karp 6 August 2008 11 Comments

Welcome to the Freeware Mission! We’re getting closer to the dream, a freeware only PC! Today I’m going to choose a free image viewer for my computer. I’ve used a lot of freeware programs to view my photos, but there is only one that really satisfied me. And that freeware program is…

It’s IrfanView! I’ve been using it for a while and I’m very happy with the way it works. The thing that I like about it is that it supports a very wide range of file formats. I even managed to convert a .cdr file into a .jpg with IrfanView. The other nice feature is that it includes some basic image editing possibilities.

IrfanView is a little more than an image viewer, it allows you to edit and convert your pictures, optimize, scan, print, create slideshows, batch processing, etc. If you’re not satisfied you can try to add some of the available plugins.

You can download IrfanView from here, it’s free!

My Evaluation	9.5
Operating System	Windows All
Size	1.24 MB
Author	Irfan Skiljan
Version Tested	4.20

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11 Comments »

Anonymous said:

Never heard of XnView ??

# 7 September 2008 at 7:39 am

Johnny Karp said:

Never

# 7 September 2008 at 9:23 am

Anonymous said:

Better alternatives are:
FastStone Image Viewer and Picasa

# 9 September 2008 at 7:44 am

Scott said:

XNView is even better.

But frankly nothing replaces a combination of the GIMP and Windows (built in) Photo Gallery.

# 29 September 2008 at 10:11 pm

USGroup1 said:

I love FastStone Image Viewer’s full screen features.

# 1 October 2008 at 4:56 am

JP1989 said:

Yes, I use FastStone Image Viewer too. Its very light and its perfect for old computers. But I also have Picasa and I find it really nice. I’m debating on letting FastStone go.

# 22 November 2008 at 7:07 pm

Johnny Karp (author) said:

@JP1989
I just finished testing and reviewing Picasa today, you can find the post on the home page. I found Picasa 3 to be really good indeed.

# 22 November 2008 at 7:46 pm

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[...] Alternatifler: IrfanView [...]

# 23 January 2009 at 10:08 pm

nick see said:

I tried all the ones mentioned in the comments (and the software reviewed) and personally like XnView best. It’s interface (reminiscent of old school ACDSee 3.1) was most familiar…it allows lossless jpg rotation…batch processing/easy renaming. I’m sure these other are good too…most did what I wanted but didn’t have the interface I was used to. I still use Picasa, as well…but for different purposes.

My combination: XnView for quick views. Picasa for searching / management. Gimp for editing.

# 6 February 2009 at 7:56 pm

Johnny Karp (author) said:

@Nick
Thanks for sharing your view. Now you really made me curious about XnView…

# 6 February 2009 at 9:42 pm

Drumhellar said:

I used to use Irfanview, but now it’s faststone all the way. Irfanview shows a lot of noise on any dark pictures and night shots. Faststone also has some pretty good looking frame masks which help turn a snapshot into a great looking picture.

# 15 May 2009 at 12:31 am