Comments on: Tutorials and Plug-Ins for IrfanView–a Graphics Gem http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/ Mon, 20 May 2013 17:36:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Carputers News and Computer Tips » 2008 » July » 29 http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74463 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:54:23 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74463 [...] Samuel Dean has written a couple of great posts about IrfanView on the Web Worker Daily blog called IrfanView: Great Graphics On-the-Fly, and Free, and Tutorials and Plug-Ins for IrfanView–a Graphics Gem. [...]

]]> By: Sean http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74462 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:07:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74462 When I switched all my PCs to linux, Irfanview is one of the few apps I really missed. It is so lightweight and does some tasks so well. I haven’t found anything that really compares.

Luckily, with a little tweaking (downloading another dll) you can run Irfanview under linux with wine and it seems to work great.

I haven’t tried it with the plugins, but that might be the next step since some of these look really useful.

Here’s a link with the instructions for anyone interested:

http://madbuntu.com/2008/07/run-irfanview-under-linux/

]]> By: Samuel http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74461 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:36:17 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74461 @piethein and michael–I know exactly what you mean about the cropping in IrfanView. What I use in conjunction with it is this cool little pop-up ruler:
http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/04/07/5-offbeat-free-utilities-for-everyday-tasks/

It lets you see exact sizings for screenshots, graphics and photos very easily–also free.

Samuel

]]> By: Piethein http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74460 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:06:07 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74460 Yes that is true, you can just draw a selection rectangle and change it width and height. My “problem” with it is that I tend to deselect the rectangle sometimes on accident and that I can’t drag it over the canvas. It’s the only thing I can think of that I would like to see improved. I’m not trying to say it is useless the way it works now.

]]> By: Chris http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74459 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:47:15 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74459 I like FastStone Image Viewer.

]]> By: michael http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74458 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:05:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74458 The crop on Irfanview is just as workable as any other graphics editor; it just works a little differently (no diagonal sizing points, and no shape-dragging) and takes some getting used to.

But if you’re saying that you wish it worked like most other graphic editors, I agree. Despite its simplicity, it took me a while to realize how to use it.

OTOH I cannot say enough good things about Irfanview’s BATCH EDITING.

]]> By: Piethein http://gigaom.com/2008/07/21/tutorials-and-plug-ins-for-irfanview-a-graphics-gem/#comment-74457 Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:19:22 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/?p=2920#comment-74457 Ifranview too. I just wish the crop was a little better. With points that can be dragged like every other editor has.

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