Fast Picture Viewer cannot handle them well and when you are browsing through a directory of photos you have to wait up to a minute to have a TIFF file displayed. I think most photographers have TIFF files in photo directories, created when retouching a RAW file in Photoshop. On my notebook (only 4Gb RAM, quad core i7) start-up times are between 8 and 20 seconds when clicking on a RAW file thumbnail or when opening with the last used directory. Sometimes this integration does not work at all and you don't see any thumbnail in your Explorer. Mind you: I gave it max usage of RAM (it uses between 5 and 6 Gb then).The integration with Windows Explorer looks nice, but once you click on a thumbnail you may have to wait for many seconds to display a RAW file. It starts reasonably fast on my editing computer (W7, 12 Gb, 8 core i7, 1Gb graphics card) but not anywhere near the 'zero' seconds start claim. If the program would live up to its promises, it would be part of my workflow.The problem is: it is not fast at all. I like the clean interface (hardly any menu items, just shortcuts). Nowhere as fast as advertised and too many issues. The installer now remembers feature customizations when upgrading.īy Anonymous reviewed on February 22, 2013

The installer now remembers feature customizations when upgrading.

The program features a sleek, dark interface with a minimalistic design that contributes to put all the attention on the photo itself.įastPictureViewer is an attractive, easy photo viewer that's mainly focused on browsing large picture collections and doesn't include any extra tools like the ones you find in similar apps. I would say FastPictureViewer is especially addressed to users who just need a tool to quickly review photos and pick those which need further editing. FastPictureViewer doesn't include all the bells and whistles you could expect from an image viewer.

That said, don't expect to find many other features in this program. FastPictureViewer works only with JPG and HD photo formats, and also supports XMP ratings which are compatible with popular photo tools like Adobe Lightroom.

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