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FastRawViewer 1.5

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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.

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 1.5.5

Camera support

• Canon EOS M200
• Leica M10 Monochrom, SL2
• Nikon Z50, D780, P950
• Olympus E-PL10, E-M1 Mark III
• Panasonic S1H
• Sony A9-II

Minor changes and bugfixes

See details in 1.5.5 Release announcement in our blog.

What's new in FastRawViewer 1.5.4

Camera support

• Canon EOS M6 Mark II, EOS 90D
• Fujifilm X-A7, X-Pro3
• GoPro HERO5, HERO6, HERO7, Fusion
• Leica C-Lux
• Olympus E-M5 Mark III
• Sony ILCE-6100, ILCE-6600
• Better support for Nikon Coolscan NEF files
• Preliminary support: Canon EOS M200

Minor changes and bugfixes

See details in 1.5.4 Release announcement in our blog.

What's new in FastRawViewer 1.5.3

Camera support

• Canon G7X Mark III, G5X Mark II
• Fujifilm GFX100
• Sony RX0-II, A7R-IV, RX100-VII

Minor changes and bugfixes

• Several changes in GUI behaviour and tunables
• Fixed crash if .TIF-extension file is really not a TIFF
• Several minor bugfixes

See details in 1.5.3 Release announcement in our blog.

What's new in FastRawViewer 1.5.2

Camera support

• Olympus TG-6
• Panasonic S1, S1R, DC-FZ1000-II
• Updated Adobe compatibility data for several cameras
• Note: to view S1R HighRes images one needs to set Preferences - Performance - RAW size limit to at least 190Mpix (from default: 120Mp for 64-bit FRV)

Changes

• New settings to support/force High Linear mode in Adobe software.
• Latest version of Adobe Lightroom Classic added to the list of known apps.
• Exif panel: added extended lens information display.

See details in 1.5.2 Release announcement in our blog.

What's new in FastRawViewer 1.5.1

Camera support

• Canon: EOS R, EOS RP, EOS M50, PowerShot SX70 HS, EOS 250D (preliminary support)
• Leica D-LUX7, Q2
• Panasonic DC-G90/95

Minor changes and bugfixes

• Support for XMP/xmp on case sensitive filesystems
• Thumbnail display problems fixed for some DNG files
• Embedded JPEG display problem fixed for Fuji DBP 680 digital back
• Minor tunables for thumnail cache.

See details in 1.5.1 Release announcement in our blog.

What's new in FastRawViewer 1.5

• TIFF/PNG format support
• On-disk thumbnail cache
• _Selected folder feature
• Overlay grids

See details in our blog post.