
FastPictureViewer v.1.00 Build 124
FastPictureViewer is a small and fast application, so simple compared to usual image viewers that it’s purpose might not be immediately apparent. As a minimalist picture viewer, the program is optimized to do just one task: browse entire folders of digital photos as quickly as possible, while allowing for sharpness checks (instant flip to 100% view) and enabling single-click copy of the keepers to a preset folder, along with single-keystroke Adobe XMP and Vista rating/labeling. A small EXIF panel coupled with an instant, high-precision RGB histogram give you all the information you need about the picture. That’s about it, but it makes for one of the best and fastest image culling tool available, also ideal for full-screen chimping directly off the camera over USB2. Of course FastPictureViewer can just as well be used for speed-browsing, rating or labeling an existing picture collection, but it does not offer any image editing, enhancing or cataloging function, it’s just a bare bone viewer.
Main features:
Full Unicode support, handles image and folder names in any written language.
Instant flip to the next image using either the keyboard, a mouse click or the mouse wheel.
High precision linear R,G,B histogram with optional compression and per-channel normalization.
EXIF shooting data display with shutter speed, f-stop, ISO speed, exposure compensation and more.
Easy browsing of tens of thousands (yes!) of images at a time, even in deeply nested sub-folder hierarchies.
Instant switch between fit-to-window and 100% mode views from a single key press, with optional high-quality image rescaling.
Adobe XMP sidecar files creation (stores rating, labels, urgency settings in Adobe XMP-compliant metadata format).
Embedded metadata writer for JPEG/TIFF/HD Photo files (Adobe XMP rating/labeling and Windows Vista rating).
Mouse ‘click-and-hold’ instantaneous 100% zooming and configurable 50%-6400% right-click magnifier.
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