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FastRawViewer 1.5

The update is FREE for all registered users!

See What's new and changed below

Download Links

for Mac OS X/macOS

Mac OS/macOS 10.9-10.14,64-bit App: FastRawViewer-1.5.2.1501.dmg
Mac OS Legacy (10.6-10.8): FastRawViewer-1.5.2.1501-Legacy.dmg
(compatible with both 32-bit and 64-bit systems running on 64-bit CPU)

for Windows 7 - Windows 10

64 bit: FastRawViewer-1.5.2.1501-x64-Setup.exe
32 bit: FastRawViewer-1.5.2.1501-Setup.exe

For Windows XP (SP3) - Windows Vista

32 bit: FastRawViewer-1.5.2.1501-WinXP-Setup.exe

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)

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:

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.

While you are downloading...

Right during the first launch of FastRawViewer to familiarize yourself with the program and to flatten the learning curve, please visit Preferences (FastRawViewer→ Preferences):

... and Keyboard Shortcuts (File→Keyboard Shortcuts):

Just by browsing through those menus, you will get a very good understanding of the program and see how to set different options for viewing, analyzing and sorting Raw files to do it literally "on-click".

While running through the possibilities FastRawViewer offers you, you can set, save, exchange, and load your favorite shortcuts and adjust the program controls according to your preferences.

Also, if, at some point while using FastRawViewer you realize that it would be good to have some additional features in this program, which as it seems are currently missing, please, look at the Preference menu again. It is highly probable that these features are already there – you just have to fine tune FRV to your needs.