#Fastrawviewer dng previews full size#

I know this will sound effete or snobbery, but FRV is more pro grade, while Lightroom is consumer grade. And, since I prefer ACR anyway, much of LR is duplicitous for me. To me, FRV is lighter, more capable (in things I use) and less prone to issues than Lightroom. The makers of FRV told me they are working to integrate EXIF search, which would be great.

Not to mention the annoying system freeze that LR does occasionally, even on my full loaded 2017 iMac. There is no catalog to deal with - of course there are good things you can do with catalogs, but you can also do the same things with the finder and folders. When I insert a card into my card viewer I can select all in FRV and copy the images into my chosen image folder. From there I can right click and go right into Photoshop (ACR) to begin processing. until I am somewhat down the processing road, is determine how well focused the image is (quickly) and, if there is a clipping potential, how far I can go to recover highlights and shadows. I can (as I could in LR) quickly judge a set of photos from an aesthetic point of view.

#Fastrawviewer dng previews full size#

I have it set up to show thumbnails on one monitor, and a full size image view on the other. Rather, I will look at them in a set, and process the one I like best, then move to the next set. I tend to do things in a slower, more methodical way, and I do not bring in hundreds of photos at a time, so I am not looking for a fast and easy way to cull images. I prefer to do my raw edits in ACR, and then in Photoshop. I have never liked Lightroom, yet I have owned it since the product was born, and still use it regularly.

Or, in fact, to be praiseworthy of something before you actually use it. It is always easy to be critical of something before you have actually used it.