How to install IrfanView PlugIns?

  1. Download all PlugIns, see below
  2. Click on the PlugIn file (irfanviewpluginsXXX.exe)
  3. PlugIns will be installed into IrfanView "PlugIns" directory

Note: A normal IrfanView version includes the following (most important) PlugIns:

  • Effects
  • Paint
  • Ansi2Unicode
  • Icons
  • Slideshow-EXE
  • RegionCapture
  • Tools
  • Video

What's New

  • New PDF PlugIn (thanks to Pdfium guys)
  • Option to save slideshow as MP4 video (Thanks to Shao Voon Wong)
  • New options menu: Append current image to PDF (Options-Multipage images)
  • New options menu: Edit multipage PDF (Options-Multipage images)
  • New "Adobe 8BF filters" PlugIn (also for 64-bit 8BF, thanks to Sinisa Petric)
  • New in Advanced Batch dialog: All effects (Effects Browser dialog) can be used
  • New in Properties-Extensions dialog: Load only minimal (browsing) extensions
  • The selection rectangle can be resized on corners (with CTRL = proportional)
  • Change for "Paste into Selection": you can move/resize the selection
  • rectangle/image; click to apply selection image to main image
  • New option in "Compare images" dialog: Show difference image
  • New effect in Image-Effects menu: Skew/Shear image
  • New hotkey: CTRL + SHIFT + G: Start Google Maps with GPS of the loaded file
  • New command line option: /fs_exit
  • if started in fullscreen mode; ESC closes fullscreen and IrfanView
  • Old/obsolete JPG options disabled: "Load as grayscale" and "Save as grayscale" (easy to forget; can be re-enabled using new INI flags)
  • Removed very old PlugIn: FiltersUnlimited
  • Several PlugIns are changed/updated, please install the newest versions