Lightroom, which the others have mentioned is a great way to organize & sift through reams of images. However, it does not get around the delay loading images off of the camera's memory card. The reason for this is pretty fundamental: you're loading a lot of data from a large RAW file over a relatively slow USB/memory card. As such, most programs will have this issue. The way to get around it is pretty much as you described: load up an "instant preview" version of the file (typically by converting it to a much smaller JPEG version) and buffer them in memory. Several photo-management programs do this behind the scenes, including Lightroom. The trick is that you usually have to "import" the program into their libraries before you can zip through them I don't know any that will do buffering on the card itself. In addition to Lightroom, I've also used iPhoto and Picasa for photo management they all have the same general issue. Most people's workflow is to get their pics off of their card and onto their hard drives ASAP, and so the programs are built with that in mind. In Image View Plus More I go to preferences (press 'p'), switch on "read the thumbnail". Then I turn on "categorization mode" (press 'k'). then I go through my new set quickly, marking those that I consider usable (on keys 1-0). Left hand over key 9 ('keep' category) and 0 (default category) and right hand over Page Up (next image). Takes me around 5-15 min to sift through 500 images this way. Then I go into categorization dialog and delete all images of category 0 (if I want that, otherwise, save the "Showlist" - which includes category tags - and then select all images from category 9). Then I go through it one more time, I might have accepted some duplicates which I can then analyse further. If I have a portrait with 5 different poses and I want only 1, I open them in raw mode (not thumbnail) and add them to image buffer 1-5 (ctrl+1 to ctrl+5). ![]() This means I can fast switch between them without developing the raw files and reading from disk. It can also do TONS of other useful things.And I find it easier to compare by switching fast in full screen than side by side comparisons. But I am going to look at some of the other products mentioned here.įast Stone Image Viewer - is my favorite. Judge raw images with a program that can display them not the embedded jpeg.ĭave, I use it to screen primarily for focus, motion blur, general lighting and composition. It also is a great down and dirty editor, more powerful than you would think. I use it for exactly what Dev4zu requested.an ability to quickly review images for edit selection. I've been using Faststone for years, and for viewing and quick editing, it has more power than you would think. The user interface of FastRawViewer is non-standard though.įaststone image viewer is a great free one. I'm on Win10 (all updates applied) and currently testing on an ancient i7 quad core with 16 GB RAM. For me the software works flawlessly and is extremely fast compared to other programs - latest version of DPP and DxO PhotoLab 4 included. The RAW viewer is also quite odd for R5 files.Ĭan you be more specific, please? Why are the thumbnails terrible and what is odd about displaying R5 *.cr3 files? Just out of curiosity. I just tried the Fast Raw Viewer and the thumbnails are terrible. Review by Mihaela Teodorovici on April 4, 2017. I suppose it is worth $20 for any amount of use. Download FastRawViewer - View your RAW files with ease by using this efficient image viewer that offers. The RAW viewer is also quite odd for R5 files. IMO, if you are on a Mac, it's Photo Mechanic! I should have added if I were a pro I'd look into Photo Mechanic, etc but for hobby shooting DPP is plenty for culling. Edit - Rating - Select Rejected Images Only then File - Move to Trash. As you scroll through press X for unwanted/unusable files. Edit - Select All - Quick Check - Full Screen. I always pre-cull using DPP before importing into LrC. DPP's downsizing algorithm for 'fit to screen' display is very good and contrasty which creates the illusion of sharpness. ![]() While it lacks the sophistication of dedicated viewers it is free and that viewing mode produces excellent images. Try Canon's DPP - Quick Check - Full Screen. It does but, the rendering is very slow for me. I would use Photo Mechanic if forced to go on the MAC. I use BreezeBrowser Pro because it has many more tools than just selections. ![]() I use fast raw viewer to pick the best exposure among the finalists.įastRawViewer permits very speedy review and selection of CR3 files for further processing. I start with Photo Mechanic - rename, metadata, and cull. I would like to have a software which will allow me to quickly review all the images and select the ones to be processed in PS.įastrawviewer and Photo Mechanic are excellent. I am looking for suggestion for Photo viewer.
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