Irfan Skiljan’s Irfanview is my favorite general, all-purpose image viewer and editor. The program is small (about 1.3MB), simple to use, has a range of useful features and makes solving many everyday image problems a worry free affair. Oh, yeah – and it’s totally free.
I use Irfanview for many things. If a family member or friend sends a photo that’s 4000 pixels wide, I can resize it with a couple of mouse clicks. If I have a PNG or TIF image that I want to convert to a JPG or a GIF, Irfanview does that, too. It also works with TWAIN scanners, including my Canon LiDE 200, making scanning in and editing new photos a snap. Advanced features include batch renaming and format conversion, icon file support, and tons of add-ons for specific uses.
I could go on and on – and I’ve only scratched the surface – but suffice it to say Irfanview is one of those applications I would hate to live without. Even If you only dabble with images on your PC (Irfanview, sadly, is Windows only), download the software and free yourself from image headaches.
February 11th, 2010 at 10:59 am
How did you enable irfanview to be used when scanning with the LiDE 200? I can’t seem to figure out how to use it instead of photowhatever that comes with the products installation. Please help. I loved using irfanview with my last scanner the LiDE 20, but this one doesn’t seem to give me the option to use it.
Thanks,
Doc
February 11th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
From the Irfanview File menu, choose “Select TWAIN Source,” select “CanoScan LiDE,” and click Select. Then from the File menu select “Aquire/Batch Scanning.” You should be good to go.