Irfanview

One of the best graphic programs I have come across when it comes to viewing any image format is Irfanview. Not only can this program view over 60 different graphic and video formats but it can also play several audio formats such as MP3, MIDI and Wav. It can even view Photoshop’s PSD format. This tiny program has many features such as:

• Thumbnail/preview option


• Slideshow (save slideshow as EXE/SCR or burn it to CD)


• Show EXIF/IPTC/Comment text in Slideshow/Fullscreen etc.


• Support for Adobe Photoshop Filters


• Fast directory view (moving through directory)


• Batch conversion (with image processing)


• Multipage TIF editing


• Email option


• Multimedia player


• Print option


• Change color depth


• Scan (batch scan) support


• Cut/crop


• Effects (Sharpen, Blur, Adobe 8BF, Filter Factory, Filters Unlimited, etc.)


• Capturing


• Extract icons from EXE/DLL/ICLs


• Only one EXE-File, no DLLs, no Shareware messages like "I Agree" or "Evaluation expired"


• No registry changes without user action/permission!

So if you ever get a picture from a friend that’s in a format your current programs can’t open, give Irfanview a try. Not only will you be able to open it, you can resave it in a format that you can use.