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FastRawViewer 1.7.2

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Read about FastRawViewer 1.7.2 and FastRawViewer 1.7.1.

Try FastRawViewer 1.8 Technology Preview now

FastRawViewer 1.8 doesn’t add any new user-oriented features. In this version, we focused on the “internals,” specifically on the fundamental functions of the program: accelerating the display of RAW files (and other formats of course).

Read about FastRawViewer 1.8: Technology Preview.

User Manual

There is a single FastRawViewer Manual (in pdf format) for both Windows and Mac OS X versions (the manual comes with the installation, too).

Quick-Start Resources

Use this to acclimate yourself to the interface, tools (RAW histogram and statistics, over- and underexposure indication, focus peaking, exposure correction, white balance, ratings, labels, titles, descriptions etc), Preferences, file handling and navigation, and get an idea as to how to customize the FRV setup for your preferred workflow.

Quick Start Tips

(in .pdf format)

• for Mac OS X
• for Windows

A Quick Start Tour video to help one start comfortably using FastRawViewer immediately after the very first launch.

Workflow Tutorial

Below are several resources that can be used to acquaint oneself with the RAW workflow that we have developed, integrating FastRawViewer into a process that starts at the memory card and goes up to the RAW converter.

They can also help one recognize and analyze operator errors so as to improve shooting discipline.

A flowchart of the suggested RAW-based workflow (in .pdf format).

A video Tutorial of the complete RAW-based workflow.

A transcript of the video Tutorial (in .pdf format), with images.

Minimal System Requirements

for Mac OS X

FastRawViewer for Mac OS X requires any Intel-based Mac (excluding very old 2005-2006 models based on 32-bit CPUs:  Core Duo and Core Solo) with Mac OS X 10.6+ installed. We recommend a video card with OpenGL 2.1 support (that's every native Mac video card that works with OS X 10.6). An OpenGL emulator will be used if such a video card is not present in the system; some of the advanced features of FastRawViewer will take significant time to render without hardware support for OpenGL.

for Windows

FastRawViewer for Windows requires a computer with SSE3-compatible CPU (that is, manufactured after 2004) and not-so-ancient video card. It works on a variety of 32/64 bit Windows platforms: XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1,10 (we suggest Windows 8.1/64-bit or Windows 10/64-bit).

FastRawViewer for Windows uses hardware graphics acceleration:

• Graphics based on Microsoft DirectX: DirectX 9.0 is required, DirectX 9.0c support or later is recommended
• Graphics based on OpenGL - requires a video card with at least OpenGL 2.1 support.

If Your Browsing Speed is Low,

or You are Experiencing Graphics Issues

If you are experiencing sluggish behavior, or any graphic issues, updating video drivers may be very helpful. In fact, we suggest to keep your video drivers up-to-date in any case.

• For Intel graphics, please follow http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/sb/CS-033757.htm and select your model from the list.
• For NVIDIA, please use http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
• For AMD/ATI, please use http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
• For DirectX installs, the minimal necessary version of DirectX is at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109
• If you've updated video drivers via Windows Update, you may need to reboot you system to apply update in full.

Some links to help detecting which card you have in your system:

• http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/36253
• http://www.wikihow.com/Find-Out-What-Graphics-Card-You-Have
• http://pxserver.com/WinAudit.htm

What's new in FastRawViewer 1.7

• Support for HEIC/HEIF File Formats

(in 64-bit version of Windows, and in regular (not Legacy) version for macOS)

• XMP support for TIFF, PNG, HEIC/HEIF files
• A quick way of switching between Regular and Photo (without "beautifications") view modes
• Other/minor changes and bugfixes

See details in our blog post.

FastRawViewer Version History

You can find FastrawViewer version history here.