Edit Menu

Click on the Edit Menu, or press ALT-E to access
these options. While the menu is open, click one
of the choices, or press the underlined letter
key to use that function.
 
Use the key or key-combination in parenthesis to
more quickly access the function without opening
the menu.
 

 
Undo  (Ctrl + Z)
Click on the Edit menu, select Undo (or use the
Undo tool on the toolbar.)
 
"Backs up" from the last action you took. Undo
will take back many functions of IrfanView. Keep
in mind that only one function may be undone;
The viewer does not save them up.
 
Functions supported by undo are: 3-D Button,
Blur, Brightness, Color Balance, Contrast,
Convert to greyscale, Crop, Cut, Decrease Color
Depth, Edge Detection, Emboss, Explosion, Fine
Rotation, Gamma Correction, Increase Color Depth,
Median Filter, Negative, Oil Paint, Pixelize,
Resample, Resize, Sharpen.
 

 
Add Text
Use the mouse to outline the area on the image
where you want the text to appear. Click the Edit
menu and select Add Text. A dialog box will open,
to allow you to add text to the image. For an
image of the dialog, and complete descriptions
of the options, go here.
  

 
Cut  (Ctrl + X)
Use the mouse to outline an area, click on the
Edit menu, select Cut (or use the Cut tool on the
toolbar.) The area inside the outline will be
removed from the image. The cut portion is placed
on the Windows clipboard, and may be pasted in
elsewhere.
 
This action may be reversed with the Undo command.
 
 
Crop  (Ctrl + Y)
Use the mouse to outline an area, click on the
Edit menu, select Crop. The area outside the
outline will be thrown away, and the image will
retain only that inside the outline.
 
This is used to eliminate unwanted space (usually
blank space) from an image. It can also center a
badly composed photo. Used with Resample (Image
menu,) you can eliminate a lot of background
"noise", and often have the same sized image
when you finish.
 
This action may be reversed with the Undo command.
 

 
Copy  (Ctrl + C)
Use the mouse to outline an area, click on the
Edit menu, select Copy (or use the Copy tool on
the toolbar.) The area inside the outline will
be placed on the Windows clipboard, and may be
pasted in elsewhere.
 
If you don't select an area with the mouse, the
entire image will be copied to the clipboard.
 
It is possible to copy a portion of an image,
use delete to remove the image, then paste the
copied portion back into the viewer. This has
the same effect as Crop.
 
 
Paste  (Ctrl + V)
Click on the Edit menu, select Paste (or use
the Paste tool on the toolbar.) Images stored
on the Windows clipboard will be placed in
IrfanView. If you already have an image open
in the viewer, it will be replaced by the
pasted image. If you first outline an area 
of the image, the pasted image will be placed
inside the outline, and sized to fit. This
lets you paste one image - or part of one - 
inside another. This technique allows quite
complex editing of images.
 
 
Delete  (D)
Click on the Edit menu, select Delete. Removes
the entire image from the viewer. This does not
affect the image stored on your hard drive (or
other storage media.)
 
There is also a delete option on the File menu;
this one removes the file from your hard drive
(or other storage media) completely.
 

 
Clear Clipboard
Click on the Edit menu, select Clear Clipboard.
Removes the contents of the Windows clipboard.
This is useful if you have placed a very large
image on the clipboard, as it takes up a great
deal of space. If you don't need the image for
later, use this feature to recover the space.
 
This is also a good security feature, if you
don't want others to have access to your images.

 
 
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