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Open an image from a selected directory in the viewer. Click the File Menu, then Thumbnails. A box will open and fill with thumbnails of the images in the ... IrfanView IrfanView Overview FileMenu EditMenu ImageMenu OptionsMenu ViewMenu HelpMenu AvailableHotkeys IrfanViewFileMenuThumbnails Thumbnails      Openanimagefromaselecteddirectoryintheviewer.ClicktheFileMenu,thenThumbnails.Aboxwillopenandfillwiththumbnailsoftheimagesinthedirectory.   Ontheleftsideisatreeviewwithdrivesanddirectories.   Doubleclickanythumbnailtoopenthatimageintheviewer.Ifyouchangedirectoriesbyopeninganotherimage,thethumbnaildisplaywillshowthoseimages.   Toclosethedisplay,clickExitonthedisplay’smenubarorpressESC.     File:  Moveselectedfilesallowsyoutomoveallselectedthumbs(files)toanotherdirectory.   Copyselectedfilesallowsyoutocopyallselectedthumbs(files)toanotherdirectory.   Deleteselectedfilesallowsyoutodeleteallselectedthumbs(files).   Startslideshowwithselectedthumbs:Clicktostartslideshowwithallselectedthumbs(files)andcurrentslideshowsettings.Note:Theactual/globalslideshow(slideshow.lstfile)isnotchanged.   Saveselectedthumbsascurrentslideshow:Clicktosavetheselectedthumbsastheactual/globalslideshow(slideshow.lstfile).   Appendselectedthumbstocurrentslideshow:Clicktoappendtheselectedthumbstotheglobalslideshow.   Startbatchdialogwithselectedthumbs:Clicktostartthebatchdialogwithallselectedthumbs(files).   TransferselectedfilesbyFTP:ClicktostarttheFTPdialogwithallselectedthumbs(files).   SaveselectedfilenamesasTXT:ClicktosavetheselectedfilenamesinaTXTfile.   JPGLosslessOperations:ClicktostarttheJPGlosslesstransformationsdialogwithallselectedthumbs(files)andtransformallJPGfiles.Youcanrotate,flip,crop,optimize,cleanorsetJPGcommentorIPTCinfoforallselectedJPGfiles.   Note:JPGlosslesstransformationisonlyavailable,iftheJPG_TransformPlugInisinstalled.Forviewing/editingtheIPTCinfoandJPGcomment,theIPTCPlugInisrequired.   Createcontactsheetfromselectedthumbs:allowsyoutocreatealargeimage(contactsheetorcatalog)withallselectedthumbs(files).Adialogappearsandyoucanchoosetheoptionsfortheresultimage.   StartPanoramadialogwithselectedfiles:ClicktostartthePanoramadialogwithallselectedthumbs(files).   Saveselectedthumbsasanimage:Clicktohaveyourselectedthumbsmadeintoasingleimageandsaved.Adialogletsyouchoosethedirectorytosavetheimagein.ImagesareselectedbyclickingoneachthumbwhileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,orbyusingtheSelectalloption(seebelow).   Saveselectedthumbsassingleimages:Clicktohavechosenthumbsmadeintoimagesandsavedindividually.Adialogletsyouchoosethedirectorytosavethemin.ImagesareselectedbyclickingoneachthumbwhileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,orbyusingtheSelectalloption(seebelow).   SaveselectedthumbsasHTMLfile:Clicktomakeapageofthumbsthatcanbeusedinawebbrowserorataninternetwebsite.AdialogletsyouchoosesomeHTMLoptionsandthedirectorytosavethefilein.Imagesareselectedbyclickingoneachthumb,whileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,orbyusingtheSelectalloption(seebelow).CheckthishelppageforinfosandexamplesabouttheHTMLplaceholders. ThedefaultHTMLtemplatefilesarelocatedintheIrfanView“HTML”subfolder.Theycanbeeditedandchanged:youcanremoveunwantedlinesorvariablesoraddyourowncodelikeCSSstyles,etc.Youcanalsoprepareseveralfolderswithdifferenttemplates,fordifferentpurposes.   Printselectedfilesassingleimages:Clicktoprintallselectedimages(batchprinting).ImagesareselectedbyclickingoneachthumbwhileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,orbyusingtheSelectalloption(seebelow).   SendselectedfilesbyEMail:ClicktosendallselectedimagesbyEMail(englishPlugInEMailrequired).Imagesareselectedbyclickingoneachthumb,whileholdingdowntheCTRLkey,orbyusingtheSelectalloption(seebelow).   Openwithexternaleditor:Clicktoopenanalternateviewingoreditingprogramwiththeimageconnectedtothecurrentdisplayedthumbnail.Tousethisoption,youmustfirstsetupanexternaleditor.     Options:  Savecurrentsize/postionwillsavetheactualsize/positionofthethumbnailwindow.Youcanresize/movethethumbnailwindowmanuallywithmouse.   Selectallhighlightsallthethumbsforsavingthemasfiles(seeabove).   Setthumbnailoptionsletsyoucontrolthesizeandqualityofthethumbnails.Clickittoopenadialogbox.   ThefirstoptionisUseResampleinsteadofResizeforcreatingthumbnails.Clickthecheck-boxtohavebetterqualitythumbnailsdisplayed.Thismaytakelongerfortheimagestoappear.ThenextoptionisThumbnailsize.Clickonthesize-boxtosetasizeforthethumbnails.Thedefaultis80x80pixels.   Ontheoptionsforthethumbnaildisplayyoucanalsosettheborder/backgroundcoloroptionsforthumbnailsandthebackgroundcolorforthethumbnailwindow.Andyoucandisablethedisplayofawarning,ifthescreenisactuallynotconfiguredfor24bitsperpixel(truecolor).   YoucanSetthenumberoftheMRUDs(mostrecentlyuseddirectories)forthethumbnailview.IfyouwanttocleartheMRUDlist,presstheClearMRUDsbutton.   Theinfotextshowedifyoumovethemouseoverathumbnailcanbedisabledorconfigured.Checkthispageformoreinfosabouttextpossibilities.   WithoptionShowcommonshellfoldersyoucanset,ifalsospecialpersonalfolderslikedesktop,mypictures,etc.shouldbedisplayedabovethedrivesinthedirectorytreeview.Aftermodifyingthisoption,thethumbnailwindowhavetoberefreshedtoseethemodification.   Usefullfilepathforsorting(ifsubfoldersloaded)letsyoucontrolwhichfilepartsareusedforsortingifsubfoldersareloaded.Eitherfullname(incl.path)orshortname(name+extensiononly).Shortnamehelpsyoutofindduplicatefilenames.   Whendonemakingyourchoices,clickOKtosaveandexit.ClickCanceltoexitwithoutmakinganychanges.   Sortthumbnailsallowsyoutosortthefiles/thumbnailsinthecurrentfolder. Note:Inthethumbnailmode,youhavemoresortoptionsthaninthenormal/windowmode,likeSortbyEXIFDateorbyImagewidth/height.Thesesortoptionsarenotsaved,theyareavailableonlyduringthethumbnailwindowlifetime. Note:youcanalsosortthumbnailsmanually,usingdrag&drop.Youcanselectoneormanythumbnailsandmovethemtoanotherlocationinthethumbnailslist.  LoadfilelistfromTXTfileletsyouimportacustomfile/thumbnaillist.   Loadthumbsfromallsubfolderswillscanallsubfoldersofthecurrentfolderanddisplaythethumbnails.     View:  Directorytreewillhide/showthedirectorytreeontheleftsideofthumbnailwindow.   Mostrecentlyuseddirectorieswillhide/showtheboxwithlastuseddirectoriesonthetopsideofthumbnailwindow.   Removeselectedthumbsfromlistwillremovethethumbnailsfromthethumbnaillist(NOfiledelete,displayonly).   Refreshreloadsthedirectorytreeandallimagesinthedirectoryandrefreshesallthumbnails.     Hint:Youcancopy/movefiles/thumbnailstothefoldersinthedirectorytreeusingthemouse.HoldtheSHIFTkeytomovefiles,asinWindowsExplorer.   Thumbnails IrfanView>Thumbnails Overview Introduction FrequentlyAskedQuestions Installation UninstallIrfanView SupportedFileFormats PlugIns CommandLineOptions Toolbar FileMenu Open Reopen Openwithexternaleditor Openas Thumbnails HTMLexport Slideshow SlideshowfromCD BatchConversion/Rename Searchfiles RenameFile MoveFile CopyFile DeleteFile Save(originalfolder) SaveAs SaveforWeb Save,OptionsJPEG/GIF Save,OptionsJPEG2000 Save,OptionsJPM Save,OptionsLDF Save,OptionsLWF Save,OptionsPNG/PBM/PGM/PPM/ICO Save,OptionsTIFF Print SelectTWAINSource Acquire/Batchscanning CopyShop MRUDs Exit EditMenu Undo Paintdialog Createcustomcropselection Maximizeandcenterselection Inserttextintoselection Cut Crop Copy Paste Delete(Cleardisplay) ClearClipboard ImageMenu Information CreateNew(empty)image CreatePanoramaimage Rotate VerticalFlip HorizontalFlip Resize/Resample Canvassize IncreaseColorDepth DecreaseColorDepth ConverttoGreyscale Negative Colorcorrections Histogram Autocolorcorrection RedEyeReduction Effects EffectsSetup FilterFactory SwapColors Palette OptionsMenu Properties,Settings Properties,Start/Exitoptions Properties,JPEG/PCD/GIF Properties,Extensions Properties,Viewing Properties,Browsing/Editing Properties,Fullscreen/Slideshow Text/PatternOptions Properties,Video/Sound Properties,FileHandling Properties,Language Properties,PlugIns Properties,Miscellaneous StartMultimediaPlayer StopAnimation Extractallframes SendfilebyEMail JPGLosslessOperations JPGLosslessCrop Capture/Screenshot StartOCR Sortdirectoryfiles SetasWallpaper Minimize AlwaysonTop ViewMenu TitleBar/Caption Directorycountdisplay FullScreen Displayoptions NextFileinDirectory PreviousFileinDirectory FirstFileinDirectory LastFileinDirectory RandomFileinDirectory Refresh Start/StopAutomaticViewing ZoomIn ZoomOut LockZoom Originalsize LockScrollposition ShowHEXview Multipageimages HelpMenu IrfanViewHelp InstalledPlugIns Thanks Registration Checkforupdates UsageInfo AvailableHotkeys Hotkeys IrfanView en PoweredbyHelpmaxGuideSource