In this case, the “conclusion” and *very* misleading part is: “Not a word about browsing or culling, and this is for a reason: both Lr and ACR are raw converters and editors.” Such misinformation is the greatest evidence of bogus products that rely on tricking potential users into believing their bogus claims. This quote is from FastRawViewer’s own website:Īccording to Adobe, Lightroom is, "your go-to app for organizing, enhancing, and sharing your images." Adobe Camera RAW is described in the following way: "If you work with raw format photographs in Photoshop or Bridge, you use the Camera Raw plug-in to get the same kinds of editing results you'd get with Lightroom 5." Not a word about browsing or culling, and this is for a reason: both Lr and ACR are RAW converters and editors. Why can't I browse my photos in C1 and see which ones are good? These are unique applications that don't cost alot. The raw viewer application can display the jpeg and raw histogram for culling. I don't know how much this is true, but the authors suggest that you camera can go out of sec after some time, and raw digger can help you evaluate that. I won't have guestimate how much extra dynamic range I have from a jpeg histogram. I wanted it to know if my flat histogram will be telling me the truth. And you can then make your own color profiles for applications, or check the RAW histogram against the in-camera histogram of the jpeg. And the application let you look at the RAW data histogram before any modifications by raw converters. There are alot of in depth writeups about how to examine the RAW data, with and without a color card. The reason I got it was so I could examine my RAW data. I have not used it yet, I got it ahead of a new camera. The full version lets you create color profiles. I bought the set, but not the full version of Rawdigger. There is usually one around holidays, 40% off or so. Heck, I'd have paid $15 or $20 just for the video tutorials and info on the FRV website. YMMV, of course, but that margin is worth the $15 or so I paid for it. I even prefer culling JPEGs in it before importing. The chief benefit to me is being able to use more effective previews when culling, and before I commit Lr to importing and making all those 1:1 previews I need. There are tutorials on the site on how to do it. If you use a mainstream raw converter like Lightroom Capture One, DxO, Affinity, ACDSee, etc, you don’t need to buy either one, as the alleged ‘gains’ would be marginal at best (I personally don’t think there are any gains, just extra steps to reach the same destination!).ĭo not complicate your life unless you have a compelling, clear reason for it.įRV is designed to work well with a Lr workflow. Previewing and culling right off the SD or CF card saves lots of computing power and, potentially, space on your hard drives.I cannot make up my mind if I should buy combination or just FRV. If you shoot lots of pictures and then cull them, then you'll do yourself a favor by trying FRV. If you already use PhotoMechanic, you'll want to try FRV to see it's advantages, particularly if you shoot Sony or a brand that embeds a small JPG in the Raw file. I hit Shift-C to copy those that I chose to process to a designated Folder. I can select any image to fit to screen and then use shortcut "Z" to toggle between fit to screen and 100%. Using my up-down-left-right arrows, I navigate, with no delays on my 4mHz, 64-bit, Windows 10 PC. On opening, FRV displays 40 preview images on my 27" monitor. I open the images on the SD card, using a card reader to connect to my desktop or, when traveling, my laptop. It seems just as fast and flexible as PM. Without taking any more time, FRV converts the Raw file, unchanged generating full resolution images and histograms for use in reviewing. Hence, the dynamic range shown in the histogram is not accurate. The preview histogram is also derived from the embedded file. Sony, in particular and maybe others, embeds a rather small JPG in their Raw files, so when viewing full-screen, you don't see anywhere near full-resolution. It's quick and flexible, but the preview that it shows you is from the JPG embedded in the Raw file, not a Preview generated from the Raw file and converted to DNG or some other format for viewing. Both Chris and I have used PhotoMechanic to cull our Raw files, prior to discovering FRV. For example, I shot around 3,000 images in the last 24-hours, with my Sony a9 and a7RIII. Wildlife photographers take many images, particularly when shooting birds in flight. Canadian wildlife photographer, Christopher Dodds, clued me to FastRawViewer a couple of days ago.
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