Need to open Photoshop PSD files , perhaps to make some quick fixes , or suddenly for export to another format? How about an EPS file ? Irfanview is an excellent program that, among many functions , allows us to view PSD files without any problem.
In fact , it is an excellent program to replace the default image viewer for Windows, to bring support not only to many formats.
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Supported file formats in IrfanView
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| Extension | Format Name | Read | Save |
| Graphic formats: | |||
| ANI, CUR | Animated Cursor | X | |
| AWD* | Artweaver format | X | |
| B3D* | BodyPaint 3D format | X | |
| BMP, DIB | Windows Bitmap | X | X |
| CAM* | Casio digital camera format (JPG version only) | X | |
| CLP | Windows Clipboard | X | |
| CPT | CorelDraw Photopaint format (CPT version 6 only) | X | |
| CRW/CR2* | Canon RAW format | X | |
| DCM/ACR/IMA* | Dicom/ACR/IMA file format for medical images | X | |
| DCX | Multipage PCX format | X | |
| DDS* | Direct Draw Surface format | X | |
| DJVU, IW44* | DjVu File Format | X | |
| DXF, DWG, HPGL, CGM, SVG* | CAD Formats (Shareware PlugIns) | X | |
| ECW* | Enhanced Compressed Wavelet | X | X |
| EMF | Enhanced Metafile Format | X | X |
| EPS, PS, PDF, AI* | PostScript Formats (Ghostscript required) | X | |
| EXR* | EXR format | X | X |
| FITS* | Flexible Image Transport System | X | |
| FPX* | FlashPix format | X | |
| FSH* | EA Sports FSH format | X | X |
| G3* | Group 3 Facsimile Apparatus format | X | |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | X | X |
| HDR* | High Dynamic Range format | X | |
| HDP, WDP* | Microsoft HD Photo format | X | |
| ICL, EXE, DLL | Icon Library formats | X | |
| ICO | Windows Icon | X | X |
| ICS* | Image Cytometry Standard format | X | |
| IFF, LBM* | Interchange File Format | X | |
| IMG* | GEM Raster format | X | |
| JP2, JPC, J2K* | JPEG 2000 format | X | X |
| JPG, JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | X | X |
| JLS* | JPEG-LS, JPEG Lossless | X | X |
| JPM* | JPEG2000/Part6, LuraDocument.jpm | X | X |
| KDC* | Kodak digital camera format | X | |
| LDF* | LuraDocument Format | X | X |
| LWF* | LuraWave Format | X | X |
| Mac PICT, QTIF, MP4* | Macintosh PICT format (Apple Quicktime required) | X | |
| MNG, JNG* | Multiple Network Graphics | X | |
| MRC* | MRC format | X | |
| MrSID, SID* | LizardTech’s SID Wavelet format | X | |
| DNG, EEF, NEF, MRW, ORF, RAF, DCR, SRF/ARW, PEF, X3F, RW2, NRW* | Digital camera RAW formats (Adobe, Epson, Nikon, Minolta, Olympus, Fuji, Kodak, Sony, Pentax, Sigma) | X | |
| NLM, NOL, NGG* | Nokia/LogoManager files | X | |
| PBM | Portable Bitmap format | X | X |
| PCD | Kodak Photo CD | X | |
| PCX | PC Paintbrush format from ZSoft Corporation | X | X |
| PDF* | Portable Document format | X | X |
| PGM | Portable Greymap format | X | X |
| PIC* | Softimage PICT | X | |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | X | X |
| PPM | Portable Pixelmap format | X | X |
| PSD | Adobe PhotoShop format | X | |
| PSP* | Paint Shop Pro format | X | |
| PVR* | DreamCast Texture format | X | |
| RAS, SUN* | Sun Raster format | X | |
| RAW, YUV* | Raw (binary) data | X | |
| RLE* | Utah RLE format | X | |
| SFF* | Structured Fax File | X | |
| SFW* | Seattle Film Works format | X | |
| SGI, RGB* | Silicon Graphics format | X | |
| SIF* | SIF format | X | |
| SWF, FLV* | Macromedia Flash format | X | |
| TGA | Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter (TARGA) | X | X |
| TIF, TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | X | X |
| TTF* | True Type Font | X | |
| TXT | Text (ASCII) File (as image) | X | |
| VTF* | Valve Texture format | X | |
| WAD* | WAD3 Game format | X | |
| WAL* | Quake 2 textures | X | |
| WBC, WBZ* | Webshots formats | X | |
| WBMP* | WAP Bitmap format | X | |
| WMF | Windows Metafile Format | X | |
| WSQ* | Wavelet Scaler Quantization format | X | |
| XBM* | X11 Bitmap | X | |
| XPM* | X11 Pixmap | X | |
| Video/Audio: | |||
| AIF | Sound file, Audio Interchange Format | X | |
| AU, SND | Audio format used by Sun and NeXT machines | X | |
| MED* | MED/OctaMED sound format | X | |
| MID | Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) | X | |
| MP3* | MPEG audio layer 3 format | X | |
| OGG* | OGG Vorbis sound format | X | |
| RA* | Real Audio sound format (Real Player required) | X | |
| WAV | Windows audio file | X | |
| ASF | Advanced Systems Format | X | |
| AVI | Audio Video Interleaved | X | |
| MOV*, MP4* | QuickTime Movie format (Apple Quicktime required) | X | |
| MPG, MPEG | Moving Pictures Experts Group format | X | |
| WMA, WMV | Windows Media Audio/Video format | X |
* = PlugIn required, see the plugins page.
Another reason why Irfanview is an application that is always on my list of critical applications with each reinstallation , it is a powerful image manager . In few steps I can , for example , take a picture folder and make a change in size. This change , plus be faster, keeps all the quality of the original photos , so it’s a perfect way to reduce these photos with tens of megapixels , in a more acceptable size for the web.
Apart from the application , we also have plugins that extend the functions of the program, which can be downloaded.
In summary, Irfanview is an excellent application for Windows that is a very good tool when we want to modify, or simply view and manage many images.
(source: arturogoga)
