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Powerful and user-friendly software application that allows you to easily search images using Exif data and categorize them using their metadata.

Freeware

Whats new:>>

Numeric tags like ISO are no longer sorted as strings.
Fixed issue with the refreshFile JavaScript function.
Removed Java 7 specific builds. PhotoGrok still works in Java 6 and 7 but Java 8 is required to show maps

http://www.haplessgenius.com/photogrok/

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A user-friendly and intuitive photo viewing application that comes with support for various RAW files created by different camera models.

Changelog

The graphics subsystem can be switched between DirectX and OpenGL without installing a different version:

A technicality, but an important one, so it's first on the list. There are no separate DirectX/OpenGL Windows installers anymore; the graphics subsystem (DirectX/OpenGL) can be chosen without re-installing the program

Filtering the file list by the XMP ratings and labels:

This can be turned on through Menu - File - Filter Files by rating/label or through the funnel icon on the preview panel bar.
The necessary rating/label values should be selected in the dialog that appears (the filter rules work on the logical 'AND' basis, meaning that if both ratings and labels are given, only those files that conform to both conditions are displayed).
The first time the filter is turned on for a given folder/catalog, it reads all of the XMP files, with the progress indication displayed in the bottom bar of the program (the running 'reading metadata' message).
If the XMP data is changed by an external program while FastRawViewer is open, refresh the ratings and labels in FastRawViewer the standard way: by using the 'gear' icon in the preview panel - choose 'Refresh thumbnails/ratings.'
Favorite Folders' Panel:
This panel allows one to keep a list of often-used folders, and lets one readily access them. A click on an item (folder) in this list opens the chosen folder in the Thumbnail.. A double-click opens it in the Thumbnails, and loads the first file in the main window.
To add a folder: use the context menu in the Folder tree gear icon in the panel header, and choose 'Add current folder to favorites'
When you attempt to add a folder that is already in the list, it is moved to the top of the list
To clean up the list: the context menu on an element (right-click) allows one to delete that element; or, to clear the entire list, use Menu panel -> 'Clear favorites list'.
Sorting the file list by the EXIF Timestamp:

For this sorting mode, DateTimeOriginal and SubSecTimeOriginal EXIF tags are used)
Can be turned on through Preferences - File Handling - File sort order
if this sorting mode is turned on, the first time a folder containing image files is accessed, FastRawViewer will read the EXIF data from all of the files in the folder, and XMP blocks in the files and XMP sidecar files will be analyzed. On slow discs/cards, this reading and analisys might take a while.
Files with EXIF timestamps differing by less than a second will be sorted alphabetically.

New action Menu - View - Toggle Zoom (default key Z):

The zoom level for Toggle Zoom can be set through Preferences - Zoom - Toggle Zoom zoom to; the default value is 100%. Something similar had been implemented in Lightroom, but we did it slightly differently - see manual for details.

Minor improvements:

New folder panel setting: Shorten long folder names:

In the folder tree, long names (more than 12 characters) will be displayed as '5FirstCharacters...5LastCharacters', while the full name of the folder will be displayed as a tooltip.

New setting in the XMP Preferences - 'Read ratings/labels from XMP blocks embedded into RAW files' enables the reading of XMP ratings and labels everywhere they are used:

XMP rating/label of the current file (XMP Metadata panel, status bar)
Filmstrip/Thumbnails panel's rating and label display
filtering files by rating and label.
If the setting is turned off (default state, for higher filtration speed), then ratings/labels are read only from sidecar files, ignoring data in the XMP block even if it is present in the RAW file.
If the setting is turned on, then the default rule for reading other XMP data is used: when embedded and an external XMP blocks both exist, the more recent variant will be used.
The 'XMP - Read XMP data embedded into RAW files' item has been removed from the Preferences; the behavior of the program in regards to embedded XMP blocks is now controlled only by the new setting.
Windows: new checkbox in the installation program: 'Add FastRawViewer to Open With right click menu for raw/jpeg files'
New option for displaying EXIF data: size of the file in megabytes
Filmstrip: new hidden (not shown in the Preferences) behavior settings accessible via registry/defaults scripts.

WHAT'S CHANGED:

Working with white balance:

Color Temperature/Color Tint (CCT/Tint) values set through the white balance adjustment dialog are now not calculated twice (first, to white balance coefficients, and then back, to CCT/Tint) when displaying the values for the current WB on the button and when recording those to an XMP file compliant to the Adobe format: the values displayed (and recorded to XMP file) are exact.
Note: values that are "set manually" are not kept forever, so if after setting them manually (resulting in Custom white balance) you choose one of the presets, and then go back to the Custom, a recalculation will occur.
CCT/Tint calculations for DNG and RAW files from Canon, Fuji, Olympus, Samsung, Sony now take into account the particular camera calibration. The calculated values for these formats/cameras should be practically identical to those in Adobe programs
The calculation of CCT/Tint when the color temperature is out of the standard Ill.A - D65 range (2850-6500K CCT) is improved, the calculated CCT values should be practically identical to those in Adobe programs.
Reading white balance presets from a RAW file (if those presets are present in the RAW file) Note: if two "neighboring" files from one camera have different sets of presets (for example, the second one is a DNG file not containing any WB presets; in this case FRV will use presets from an internal table), and white balance must be preserved as instructed by the "same camera" setting in Preferences, then
a) if possible, a preset with the same type of lighting (name) is used
b) if none exists, then a WB that is set as the default "for another camera" is used.
Settings for the Global/Local rejected folder were improved in terms of ergonomics.
Hidden (not included in the Preferences) settings of folder monitoring for showing/deleting files
New XMP setting - 'Warn about XMP writing errors'.
If turned on (default), the program will warn of any errors during XMP file recording
Preview panel: XMP sidecar files are read for JPEG files (if they exist), ratings and labels are shown in the panel.
Menu options which change XMP files (rotation, white balance, exposure correction) have been moved from View to a separate Adjust menu.
If the currently opened file is deleted from the folder with an external program, FRV will automatically move to the next file (same as if the file was deleted or moved in FRV)
MS Surface/Surface Pro: no additional activation is required after updating the Firmware version (BIOS).
You need to re-activate just once again for the new activation scheme to take hold (this re-activation can be done without waiting for the firmware update).
Right/Left arrows in Filmstrip/Thumbnails panel always navigate to the next/previous file, even if the current file is in the rightmost/leftmost column of the light table view
The number of external programs a user can launch is increased to 10
The setting 'External Programs - Check external program presence on startup' (in Preferences), if on (default), causes FastRawViewer to check the availability of all external programs listed in the pane.

FILE FORMAT SUPPORT:

DNG with a floating point, DNG with Deflate compression, DNG panoramas composed in Lightroom/Camera Raw Support are supported through Adobe DNG SDK.
Support for non-compressed NEF format for Nikon Series 1 cameras is added.
Support for Pentax K3-II 4-shot mode is added.
Can be turned on/off through Preferences - Performance - 'Use all subframes' for Pentax K3-II 4-shot files. Support for 4-shot mode works fairly slowly (since there is now four times as much data), use only if extremely necessary.
Support for the un-compressed format of the Sony A7* II cameras is added.
Support for Samsung NX1/NX500 12-bit/Normal compression mode is added.
More effective support for the .EIP format: thumbnails are loaded much quicker, and significantly less memory is used.
CAMERA SUPPORT:
BlackMagic URSA
Canon EOS M10, PowerShot G5 X, G9 X
Leica SL (Typ 601)

BUGS FIXED:

When sorting by the time of file creation, files with identical (to the second) time of creation are sorted alphabetically and in the proper order.
If the program is in the process of switching from the display of the current file to the display of the next file, and command to navigate to yet another file was given through the thumbnails, then the Copy, Move, and Delete Current File actions are not preformed until the transition to the next file is finished.
When changing the current folder through the Folders panel, the new file list was not "scrolled back to the beginning", fixed.
"Remember last opened file in folder" now works as it should if used together with navigation through Folders/Favorite folders
For Windows 10 at HiDPI screens: buttons size in Keyboard Editor is increased
After the Keyboard Editor was launched, Menu - File - Run contained Program1 .. ProgramN instead of the names of the actual programs, fixed.

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http://www.libraw.com/

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Pictus is a fast, lightweight image viewer featuring an uncluttered interface and a variety of customizable settings. Image scaling, navigation, zoom and pan options can be adjusted, in addition to mouse actions and basic in-viewer image rotation and contrast adjustment.

Supports the most common image formats, including: JPG, GIF/Animated GIF, PNG, BMP, PSD (Adobe Photoshop), TGA, TIFF, PCX, PSP (Corel Paint Shop Pro), WBMP and XYZ.

License:   Freeware/Open Source

Whats new:>>

Restore performance of Lanczos3 filtering.

https://poppeman.se/pictus/

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ExifDataView reads and displays the Exif data stored inside .jpg image files generated by digital cameras. The EXIF data includes the name of the company created the camera, camera model, the date/time that the photograph was taken, Exposure Time, ISO Speed, GPS information (for digital cameras with GPS), and more.

License: Freeware

Whats new: >>

Added support for CR2 raw files

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/exif_data_view.html

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Effekt-Werkzeug, mit dem man farbige Zeichnungen oder Colorkeys aus Fotos erstellen kann; auch Schwarz-Weiß-Zeichnungen sind möglich; auch nur einzelne Bereiche der Fotos lassen sich mit den Effekten versehen.

Freeware

Was ist neu :>>

Verbesserungen, Outliner invert, Watermarks

http://foware.npage.de/fotoart.html

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ImBatch is a batch image processor with a nice graphical user interface. It will allow you to edit multiple image files at the click of a button by using scripts. The script will be created by combining Tasks. ImBatch can batch resize and convert images in minutes instead of hours or days if you do it manually.

Freeware

Whats new:>>

Added support of multipage image files.
Added support of PDF.
Added new command line option (-ap) for multipage files.
'Save To PDF' task: Fixed task working with 'Separate PDF file for every image' option on.
'Create Contact Sheet' task: Now the type of stored contact sheet files depends on the extension of 'File Name' option.
Improved Options dialog box.
Added translation for some controls in Add folders recursively confirmation dialog box.
Some improvements in 'Save to PDF' task interface.

http://www.highmotionsoftware.com/products/imbatch

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Alternate Pic View is a program that enables you to view image files and make some adjustments. It supports multiple formats, including BMP, JPG, PCX, TGA and WMF.

Freeware

Whats new: >>

French translation updated, help file added
Greek translation by www.geogeo.gr, thanks
Missing translations added
English help file corrected

http://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c_picview.php

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TSR Watermark Image software, is a free program for personal use that can add digital watermarks to all your images, photos and pictures with the transparency you decide. The program can also resize the images before the digital watermark is added.

Licence: Free for personal use

Latest Changes

Improved the UI on the watermarking page
Updated the language files for Danish, thanks Anders

http://www.watermark-image.com/

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Changelog

2015-11-24 6.9.2-7 Dirk Lemstra <dirk@lem.....org>
The DICOM reader now handles the rescale intercept and slope.
Added 'bmp3:alpha' option for including the alpha channel when writing an image in the BMP3 format. (reference http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=28733).

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http://www.imagemagick.org

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Mit "StudioLine PhotoBasic" können Sie Ihre persönliche Bildersammlung bequem auf dem Computer verwalten. Die Fotos lassen sich einfach in das Programm importieren. Nun können Sie beliebige Beschreibungen zu den einzelnen Bildern schreiben und später nach Stichworten aus diesen Texten anzeigen lassen.

Daneben stehen eine Vielzahl an Filtern für die Nachbereitung Ihrer Fotos bereit, von der Tonwertkorrektur bis zum Transparentfilter sind alle wichtigen Funktion mitgeliefert. Wenn Ihnen am Ende die Orginalversion des Bildes doch mehr gefällt, können Sie diese auch einfach wiederherstellen; das Programm speichert sie automatisch.

Ihre Bildersammlung können Sie dann als Diashow entweder fürs Web oder auf eine CD/DVD exportieren. Dafür stehen mehrere Vorlagen zur Verfügung.

Das Programm ist nahezu identisch zu StudioLine Photo. Unterschiede zwischen der hier angebotenen Basic-Version und der kommerziellen Vollversion: kein RAW-Support, keine Zeitleisten- und Stichwortdarstellung, keine Updates und Services. Außerdem muss man sich nach 30 Tagen kostenlos registrieren lassen, um das Programm weiterhin zu nutzen.

Whats new:>>

· Korrektur: von gelegentlichen Problemen beim Ziehen an den Ecken des Schneidewerkzeugs.
· Korrektur: falls das Schneiderechteck des Schneidewerkzeugs die Ecken eines gedrehten Bildes berührt, konnte das zu bearbeitende Bild nicht durch Ziehen an anderen Seiten vergrößert werden.
· Korrektur: von Problemen beim Drucken über Funktion "Individualdruck"
· Fixed: "Send via MediaCenter.email" context menu item was omitted for video files.
· Im Ladeassistenten kann nun auch die Option über die geregelt wird, ob ein Bild geladen werden soll oder nicht, auch mit gedrückter Umschalt-Taste (für Mehrfachauswahl) gesetzt oder entfernt werden.
· Für Bilder, die für Funktion "CD/DVD brennen" markiert sind oder Bilder, die in der Ansicht "Inhalt mit Unterordnern anzeigen" zum Export auf CD/DVD ausgewählt werden, wird nicht die Ordnerstruktur im Bildarchiv kopiert, stattdessen werden sie direkt in das Wurzelverzeichnis der CD/DVD exportiert.

http://www.studioline.net/DE/produkte/uebersicht-photo-basic/default.htm

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ExifTool kann mehr als nur Meta-Daten lesen und schreiben: Die von der Kamera gelieferten EXIF-Daten sind nicht immer korrekt, beispielsweise wenn das Kameradatum nicht stimmt oder der Kommentar noch auf den Vorbesitzer der Kamera hinweist. Solche Fehler korrigiert das Exif-Tool.

Die Sammlung von Perl-Skripten liest EXIF-, IPTC- und XMP-Daten und ändert diese auf Wunsch. Einen separaten Perl-Interpreter braucht man nicht. Für den vollen Funktionsumfang muss man sich mit der Kommandozeile vertraut machen, zum Korrigieren der Metadaten einzelner Bilder genügt das auf ExifTool aufsetzende ExifTool GUI.

Freeware

Changelog

Added new Canon and Sony LensType values
Added some new Nikon LensID's
Added a new PentaxModelID
Added preliminary support for Motorola maker notes
Changed format of XMP-photoshop:DocumentAncestors to write a simple Bag of strings rather than structures (since this is what the Adobe software writes, contrary to their own XMP specification)
Fixed problem where HASH references may be exposed when copying a list of structures to a non-list-type tag

API Changes:

Fixed problem with warnings on some systems about unimplemented functions for FileGroupID and FileUserID when -p and -if are used

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http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

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Changelog

    Big internal redesign.
    New tool form added – Layers. Layers mode removed from image modes. All image modes (currently standard and master/slave mode) have full layers support.
    Button Move & rotate layers removed. Button Move & resize layers renamed to Manipulate layers. When this button is clicked, a new pop-up menu is available. Right click on image area to see available options (more to come).
    Two new actions added to master/slave mode: import image as new layer and copy master layer to new slave layer.
    Possibility of using slave image for clone brush: press “C” on your keyboard while mouse cursor is on slave image. Select one of the cloning schemes and perform drawing on master image.
    Every layer can have it’s own assistant image (mask, contour, sidekick and stencil).
    A new internal 3×3 filter added: Nylon raster. Apply it few times to see the result.
    A new 3×3 filter mode added: binlogic(binary logic convolution). One internal and one external filter added as examples (Psychedelic nxor and Dark poster). This filter convolves image with binary logic kernel, i.e. pixels are not multiplied by appropriate kernel elements as with ordinary convolution. Instead, on each pixel is applied binary logic operation with byte value from kernel element. After operation on each pixel is finished, values are summed as in ordinary convolution. Each kernel element consist of optional sign (only “-” sign is acceptable), binary logic operation and byte value: [-]{Op}{Value}. Here is the list of valid binary logic operators:
        A – AND
        R – OR
        X – XOR
        !A – NAND
        !R – NOR
        !X – NXOR

    Note: parser is case insensitive, so you may use lowercase and uppercase characters interchangeably.
    Example of valid kernel values: Aff, !a0e, -xE0, -!Rf0.
    In this version some image processing actions are restricted only to background image. Actions restricted to background image are marked with (b.i.). In previous versions those actions produce quite a mess when applied on layers.
    A bug in warping action: some warping modes do not perform correctly when applied on transparent images with antialias option checked. This bug dates from version 0.4.0. due to internal changes in drawing surface. Bug fixed.

Note: again, because of big internal (and external – layers) redesign, this version may not be super-stable. Please, inform me on any bugs and program crashes.

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http://www.sigmapi-design.com/wp/

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Fotokorrektur läuft immer wieder auf die gleichen Arbeitsschritte hinaus. Einen pickt sich der JPG-Illuminator heraus, der sich auf das Aufhellen von Schatten und Abdunkeln der Lichter spezialisiert. Er bearbeitet zusätzlich den Kontrast und setzt Bilder in Schwarzweiß um. Wie der Name JPG-Illuminator schon sagt, richtet sich das Programm an Nutzer, die im JPG-Format fotografieren. Da es ohne Installation auskommt, startet es beispielsweise auch vom USB-Stick.

OS: 2000/2003/XP/Vista/Seven + 8

Freeware: Für privaten und kommerziellen Gebrauch

Was ist neu : >>

- Bugfix: Speichern-Fehler nach "letzte gespeicherte Bildformatierung anwenden"
- Bugfix: Fließkomma-Fehler bei starker Aufhellung kombiniert mit negativen Kontrast-Werten
- Bugfix: Fehlende Streckung in y-Richtung bei Ausrichten-Presets
- In der Liste der Filterpresets sind Trennlinien möglich, das Merkmal "*" (= unvollständiger Preset) wird nicht mehr angezeigt.

http://www.jpg-illuminator.de/

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Whats new:>>

ctrl+m zooms to mouse pointer location when viewing images (same as middle mouse button).
refreshFile script function now removes any cached thumbnail image.
Improved thumbnail scrolling speed on OS X and Linux.
Sorting non-catalog tree by DateTimeOriginal (see preferences) now works with multiple directories.
JavaScript execCommand now returns an object with 'returnCode' and 'response' string array. See scripting page for details.

http://www.haplessgenius.com/photogrok/

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Every digital photo contains a wealth of hidden information -- JPEGsnoop was written to expose these details to those who are curious.

Not only can one determine the various settings that were used in the digital camera in taking the photo (EXIF metadata, IPTC), but one can also extract information that indicates the quality and nature of the JPEG image compression used by the camera in saving the file. Each digical cameras specifies a compression quality levels, many of them wildly different, leading to the fact that some cameras produce far better JPEG images than others.

Freeware

Whats new: >>

- Added Photoshop (PSD) decoding
- Added "-offset*" and "-done" command-line flags
- Added batch progress report to window
- Fixed user DB warning message
- Added "Relaxed Parsing" mode and more robust handling of corrupt images

http://www.impulseadventure.com/