Two Monitor Workflows

Submitted by Charles on Thu, 05/11/2023 - 13:13
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Hi there, I'm coming here from Lightroom, and am wondering about some 2-monitor workflows I'm used to. I typically use LR in one of two ways:

  1. main monitor Grid, secondary monitor "Loupe" (i.e. full frame single image)
  2. main monitor Loupe, secondary monitor 100% zoom or 200% zoom, for checking critical sharpness

For the first case, I seem to be able to drag the filmstrip off onto the second monitor, and that more or less works as expected.
For the second case, I haven't been able to find a way to make FRV work like that. There doesn't seem to be any way to drag off the second "window" in 2-window mode (what is really splitscreen afaict, as there is no second window - just a splitscreen in the main window), nor does there appear to be any way to lock the second "window" to display the same image as the first. I'm constantly zooming in and out of images as I'm culling, which is distracting and a bit annoying.
Am I missing a way this can be accomplished, or is this kind of workflow just not supported?

lexa

Thu, 05/11/2023 - 13:54

Dear Charles:



Yes, in fact  secondary windows are 'just a split screen', currently there is no way to drag one of sub-windows out of the main window space.

To display same window in both main and secondary window use 'copy' (->1) button at the main window top, or drag image from the main (left) window to the secondary (right) one. Yes, there is no way to automatically display same image in both windows: you're the first person who asked for such function (2/4 window mode usually used to compare different images, not the image to itself)

 

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Alex Tutubalin/FastRawViewer team

CrushGravel

Sat, 08/15/2026 - 15:17

I realize this is an old post, but I came here looking for the same/similar type of functionality.  Would love to see multi-monitor functionality added to allow 2 views of the selected image.  I use a workflow like this within Capture One so that one monitor has a "loupe/viewer" window generally set to a higher magnification/zoom level than the main window (or vice versa).  This would be really helpful to have in FRV and is a feature or option that I miss.

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BruceBanner

Sun, 08/16/2026 - 04:10

I second this workflow. I'm a working professional and for high volume shoots it is imperative to use two monitors, one for Loupe (single image, whereby a quick zoom to check critical focus exists, and even leaves the user 'zoomed in' (if you wish) as you 'scroll' through subsequent images), and the other monitor a full grid. Multi Window is nice, but it's not enough. I would love (and PAY) to have a similar workflow to LR in terms of arrangement (LR is just SLOoooww and FRV is speedy and using Jpg previews is more than enough to begin the culling process).