FastRawViewer Software 2.0 (Download) User Manual
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FastRawViewer
– user manual
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Copyright © 2014-2016, LibRaw LLC,
How FastRawViewer Helps You
FastRawViewer
(FRV) is the only solution for those who:
Shoot in RAW and are tired of wasting hours or days on browsing through piles of shots and
sorting them.
Tired of rendering all those RAWs into JPEGs so that you can quickly browse through them
with your client, CMO, senior designer, editor in chief; or show them to your friends and
family members.
Are in constant need of very quick viewing, visually and technically analyzing, sorting through
hundreds or thousands of RAW shots, and selecting the apt ones for further processing.
Want to shoot in RAW, but don’t, fearing to get mired in sorting RAW files.
Are forced to use JPEG format, because your previous experiences tell you that it is impossible
to quickly select and show your client the images taken in RAW.
Are in need of tools to instantly adjust white balance and exposure (brightness) right while
browsing through the shot.
FastRawViewer
is the first and the only dedicated application with the purpose of extremely fast
culling and pre-processing of RAW images: i.e. display, visual and technical analysis, applying basic
corrections, sorting and setting aside or directly transferring the selected ones for further processing.
FastRawViewer
Strengths:
Display of the actual RAW as well as the actual RAW histogram
For the first time, a comfortable speed of RAW file viewing (together with histograms), provided
by
FastRawViewer
using the power of modern processors and video cards to process RAW
images:
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6-8 frames per second on a modern desktop computer for files from modern photo cameras
(16-36 Mpix, testing was conducted on a mix of shots from recent cameras, SSD recommended
for peak performance).
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24-30 frames per second for CinemaDNG 2.5k on the same equipment (we used Blackmagic
Pocket Cinema files for testing).
Support of almost every single existing RAW format (that is, almost every known digital
camera)
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, including native out-of-camera DNG files as well as the files converted to DNG.
Instant display of RAW files directly from any memory card or other file storage - without customary
delays for importing, creating catalogues, libraries, and temporary databases.
View JPEGs (including embedded JPEG thumbnails) – and also display the histograms.
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With only one significant exception: Foveon cameras are not supported.