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Functions and Features

Undo

Ctrl Z

Undo the last action

Show Paint Dialog

F12

Display or Hide the IrfanPaint Plugin Toolbar. This toolbar can be snapped to either edge of the IrfanView window so that it moves if the window is moved or resized. See Editing With IrfanPaint.

Create Custom Selecton

Set precise size and position of selection instead of dragging with the mouse. Choose from standard screen sizes, pixels, cms, or inches, or restrain the aspect ratio of the selection. You can move the selection with the right mouse afterwards. Holding down the control key while resizing the selection with the mouse will maintain the aspect ratio.
Minor Bug: The selection will be cropped if you try to move it when the top of it is not on the screen.

Insert text

Ctrl T

Overlay text on an area of an image. Usually the background of the text is transparent, but you can change this to a coloured background to make a quick label. Font size, typeface, and colour can all be changed.

Cut - selection

Ctrl X

Cut the selection, leaving a hole in the image with the default window background colour showing through. You can change this colour too.

Cut - leave selection

Cut the rest of the image leaving the selection. Handy, for adding a simple black, white, or coloured frame border.

Crop selection

Autocrop Borders

Ctrl Y

Ctrl Shift Y

Crop the image to the selection.

Crops any area of uniform colour from image

Copy

Ctrl C

Copy the image inside the selection to the clipboard

Paste

Ctrl V

Paste the clipboard contents into Irfan View replacing the entire image, or paste it into the selected area to add it to the current image.

Delete - clear display

D

Clear the current image without closing Irfan View

Clear Clipboard

Empty the contents of the clipboard