Important note for Windows Vista
users:
Install the Windows Graphics, Imaging,
and XPS Library from Microsoft and get even faster performance from FastPictureViewer:
Download and install now for Windows
Vista,
Vista/64,
Server2008 or
Server2008/64.
After nearly 30,000 installs of the standalone codec package, we felt that the image decoders it contains
were ready for prime-time. Starting with build
112 (October 2009), the WIC RAW Codec Pack is an integral part of FastPictureViewer and installed by default.
The pack contains 15 WIC-enabled image decoders and
extends the Windows operating system with thumbnails and image previewing in Windows Vista Explorer, full viewing and slideshows in Windows Photo Gallery and (on Windows 7), support for Windows Media Center. Applications built on the .NET Framework 3.x and Windows Presensation Foundation, plus all
existing 32 and 64-bit WIC-enabled applications, also benefits from the codecs and gains the ability to open new image formats.
The bundled decoders currently includes support for TGA, DNG, CR2, CRW,
ERF, RAF, 3PR, FFF, DCR, KDC, RAW, RWL, MRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, RW2, PEF, ARW, SR2, SRF
and X3F image formats, spanning
14 manufacturers and vendors including Adobe, Canon,
Epson, Fuji, Hasselblad, Kodak, Leica, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax,
Sigma and Sony and covering more than
300 digital camera models.
All decoders works on all 64-bit and 32-bit editions of Windows 7 and Vista (and, with some restrictions and performance limitations, on old versions of Windows such as XP SP3 and SP2).
Restart your computer after installing FastPictureViewer with the bundled decoders and Windows will start recognizing your raw files just like JPEG's, and even let you search on metadata (such as focal length used, or date taken) directly from Explorer on Windows 7 and Vista!
FastPictureViewer now comes with a pre-registered Pro trial license - freely try out
all Pro features, no questions asked!
Believe it or not, build 110 was the 100th
public release of our nifty image viewer,
which also reached 400,000 downloads
in early October 2009
and a hair above 1 million website visitors
in its first 18 months. To
celebrate this little event, starting with version 1.00 (Build 110) FastPictureViewer
Professional comes as a
pre-registered trial version if you are a first time user
(i.e. if you never has a trial before).
This saves you the hassles of the evaluation request form and hopefully gives more people an opportinity to try the Pro edition!
You can optionally add some additional
image decoders such as for
AT&T's
DjVU or Adobe Photoshop PSD
(Ardfry) and you'll be all set for
native 64-bit (and 32-bit) ultrafast
viewing of JPEG, TIFF, BMP, PNG, GIF, HD
PHoto, TGA, and 21 raw formats including
the latest and greatest from Canon,
Nikon, Sony, Pentax, Olympus and more!
When the trial
expires the program reverts to the free Home
Basic Edition, which can be used
indefinitely with great JPEG and
HD Photo support but tethered shooting,
raw image formats viewing and external
decoder support will be turned off until
you enter a license key (the image
decoders will continue to function for
other Windows applications and Windows
Explorer for as
long as you keep them installed).
Registered
and trial users can download and install FastPictureViewer 1.x at any time to upgrade their
installed copy. New licensees can simply enter their license key in
an installed
Home Basic edition or Pro trial, there is no need to download
or (re)install a separate version.
You can get a zipped version of the installer
(32-bit
or
64-bit) if your firewall/proxy does not like MSI files.
The freeware Home Basic edition can be used
indefinitely for personal, non-profit or educational
uses but we reserve the right to discontinue
the free version, or add / remove features from the free version, at any time.
Built-in automatic multilingual support (setup in English):
Chinese (Traditional and Simplified), Dutch, English, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish.
Czech language coming soon. Contact us if you'd like to contribute or improve
a translation!
Έρευνα για τον ελληνικό μεταφραστή Etsitkö suomalainen kääntäjä. Procurando
brasileira português tradutor.
Roadmap:
See what's coming: check out the
roadmap in the user's forum and follow us on Twitter
for up-to-the-minute inside news.
Minimum system requirements (Windows 7, Windows Vista
or
Server 2008
warmly recommended!):
FastPictureViewer was initially created on Windows Vista
for Windows Vista and runs on Windows 7,
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
and Windows Server 2008. Developement is currently hosted
exclusively on Windows 7 64-bit,
where both the native 64-bit and
native 32-bit versions of the
program and codecs are produced.
The program also runs on Windows XP SP3 with some limitations but beware that some
XP display drivers have quirks that might prevent them to support FastPictureViewer's
hardware-accelerated mode: use Windows Vista or later, 64-bit if your system supports
it, for best GPU support and optimal performances (yes, Vista outperforms XP hands
down, and is far more robust).
Windows 7 and Vista also offers more robust and better performing tethered shooting
abilities for FastPictureViewer Pro for both 32 and 64 bit editions.
A 3:50 totally convincing introduction to FastPictureViewer
The demo runs on a standard modern $500 HP Pavillion Desktop PC: Core2 Quad 2.33GHz,
8GB, 64-bit Windows 7, ATI 4650, nothing really fancy, yet it shows instantaneous
and smooth handling of hi res pro DSLR images.
One thing you can do to support us is to go out there on the web and tell others
what you like (or don't?) about FastPictureViewer. Online communities, forums,
chat rooms, blogs, social networks... Helping spread the word is definitely one
of the best ways to support this product! We are basically just starting and could
use some help to let people know about our product. Don't hesitate to contact
us is you are a writer and plan to review or blog about FastPictureViewer, we'd
love to hear about it!
You can use the code below to link to this page from your website or blog:
FastPictureViewer ships in a kind of 'safe mode' where hardware acceleration,
parallel image loading and smooth scaling are turned off by default. You might want
to try turning those features ON one by one from
the Options dialog and experiment a little bit with the settings to discover what
works best for your computer and your needs. The fastest configuration is
described in the FAQ.
Please note that the DirectX hardware accelerated mode uses techniques normally
intended to be used by computer games and may not work on all graphic cards. Newer/higher-end
gaming cards with fresh drivers tends to work best: make sure you are using the
latest driver for your card! If you run into any kind of display issue, please turn
OFF the GPU acceleration mode in FastPictureViewer and report the problem to your
card's manufacturer.
Recent Changes:
1.0.130.0 - 2010/02/06 - Adds support for Mamiya ZD MEF and Sinar CS1 files.
1.0.129.0 - 2010/02/01 - Fixes a rare crash occuring when deleting files with thumbnail strip displayed. Updated Russian translation. 1.0.128.0 - 2010/01/25 - New F10 hotkey. Rating from numpad. Adobe RGB for old NEFs. Supports old 1D/1Ds and
new Pentax K-x.
1.0.127.0 - 2010/01/18 - Fixes a 16-bit TIFF color management issue occurring on Vista and XP.
1.0.126.0 - 2010/01/16 - Canon EOS 1D MkIV's ISO 102'400 now displayed in EXIF, more thumbnail issues fixes.
1.0.125.0 - 2010/01/12 - Fixes occasional upside-down thumbnails and a Label vs. Urgency sidecar issue in ExpressionMedia mode.
1.0.124.0 - 2010/01/08 - Fix for Japanese registration names and Sigma X3F shutter speed display for SD9/SD10 cameras.
1.0.123.0 - 2009/12/28 - Includes the latest codec pack, with support for the new Canon EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR.
1.0.122.0 - 2009/12/18 - Pro release: defaults to full raw conversion when jpeg preview is smaller than the screen.
1.0.121.0 - 2009/12/07 - Added support for 30-bit display mode (Win7) and Direct3D 9Ex (Vista), bug fixes, optional alternate CMS.
1.0.119.0 - 2009/11/30 - Right-click zooming enhancements. Also fixes a serious (but rare) bug.
1.0.118.0 - 2009/11/27 - Maintenance release (small bug fixes).
1.0.116.0 - 2009/11/16 - Added recognition and support for the .jxr (JPEG XR) file extension.
1.0.115.0 - 2009/11/09 - XMP Information Head Up Display window, with star rating, color label and urgency.
1.0.114.0 - 2009/10/26 - Minor update for Nikon D3s ultra-high-ISO display.
1.0.113.0 - 2009/10/20 - Added support for the Sigma X3F raw format.
1.0.112.0 - 2009/10/18 - Merging of the Codec Pack with the standard installer. Minor fixes and enhancements (thumbnail strip).
1.0.111.0 - 2009/10/07 - Minor maintenance, fixes a rare activation issue and one specific preference setting that was not saved.
1.0.110.0 - 2009/10/02 - Pre-registered trials for all new users.
1.0.109.0 - 2009/09/21 - Work around an issue with certain 0-byte files on Windows 7, other minor enhancements.
1.0.108.0 - 2009/09/14 - Added thumbnail strip and jumbo-thumbnail previews (Windows 7 and Vista only).
1.0.107.0 - 2009/09/07 - Added support for the WIC RAW Codec Pack, plus some feedback-induced improvements.
1.0.106.0 - 2009/08/18 - Added recently used folder context menus and Windows 7 taskbar jump list integration.
1.0.105.0 - 2009/08/13 - Pro update: Nikon NRW (P6000) support and partial Photoshop PSD support through Microsoft PSD codec.
1.0.104.0 - 2009/08/10 - Added a rename function (F2) (Pro Edition: adds powerful, customizable template-based renaming).
WIC Acquisition Plug-in (ALPHA) for Photoshop CS3/CS4 (2008/08/16
- 2009/01/22) - Let you
import images in Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS4 (and probably older versions, not tested)
through Windows Imaging Component codecs. In short in let
you import the latest raw formats into Photoshop, sometimes months before Adobe's
own ACR (Adobe Camera RAW). Also comes handy when 3rd party raw converters lag behind
new camera releases from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax or Panasonic
etc. Also
works with JPEG XR (HD Photo), TIFF and standard image formats like PNG, GIF, BMP
and ICO. Appears in Photoshop's File->Import
menu after installation.
Updated on Jan 22, 2010 to support 64-bit Photoshop
CS4. (freebie, unsupported, 90KB)
Dcraw.exe - Dave Coffin's free DCRAW raw converter, ready to use, compiled
with full optimizations in both 32 and 64-bit versions, portable, with no external
dependencies (Version 8.99/1.432, 2009/12/25, x86, x64, 626KB)
ExtractJPEG.zip
- Contains a .reg file that adds an "Extract JPEG..." context menu option
to Windows Explorer. This command uses dcraw.exe to quickly extract (dump) the preview
JPEG embedded in most raw files (freebie, unsupported, 2KB).
Requires dcraw.exe (see above) to be in "C:\Program Files\DCRaw\"
CopyPath.zip - Totally off
topic: yet another "Copy Path" shell extension. This one is special it a few regards: 1)
It's the first copy path extension ever written (and actually one of the
first shell extensions ever written outside of Microsoft:
the initial version was created in 1994 for the Shell Technical Preview that ran on Windows NT 3.51. The Shell TP eventually
turned out as the Windows 95 Explorer about a year later. 2)
It only weights 9KB - about 1/10
or less of the size of similar shell extensions out there. 3) It can extract URLs from Internet Shortcuts (the menu option becomes "Copy URL". 4) It works with multiple files selected.
32-bit (9x, NT, 2K, XP, Vista, 7, 2008).
EuroM.zip - Evem more off
topic: a number generator for the EuroMillions lottery (requires .NET 2.0, freebie,
unsupported, 23.9KB). If you win the lottery with "our" numbers, please
remember us ;-)))
Axel Rietschin Software Developments is a
Microsoft BizSpark startup.
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