FastRawViewer Changelog

What's new in FastRawViewer 2.0.8 Build 2009

Mar 15, 2024

Camera/RAW format support:
Nikon NEFX (Zf/Z8 Pixel-Shift sequences merged via NX Studio)
Camera support:
Canon EOS R100, EOS R5C
DJI Air 3
Fujifilm GFX100-II, X100VI
GoPro HERO12
Hasselblad CFV-100c, CFV-50c
Nikon Z f (standard/lossless compression only)
Olympus TG-7, OM-1 Mark II (standard resolution files only)
Panasonic DC-ZS200D / ZS220D, DC-TZ200D / TZ202D / TZ220D, G9 Mark II
Pentax K III Monochrome, KF
Sony ILCE-6700, A7C-II, A7CR, ILX-LR1, A9-III
Better handling of PhaseOne files
Minor changes and bugfixes:
DNG 1.7 support, incl JpegXL compression
(Faster) RawSpeed3 decoder
Implemented PhaseOne flat field correction control (on/off) via UseP1Correction hidden setting
Fixed PhaseOne flat field correction problem
The number of rating stars shown is limited to five
It is possible to close/accept Title/Description edit dialog via Ctrl-Enter (Cmd-Enter on Mac)
New GPS display formats: dd mm.mmmm and dd.dddddd
DNG Display: ignore vendor-provided linear limit for DNG files w/ Stage3 opcodes.
Images sorting by Vendor/Model.

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.7 Build 1986 (Jul 23, 2023)

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.6 Build 1971 (Feb 19, 2023)

Camera Support:
Hasselblad X2D 100C
OM System OM-5
Sony A7R-V
Canon
EOS R6 Mark II
.CRN files: embedded RAW is displayed
Fujifilm
X-H2
X-H2S: support for pre-1.03 firmware files with the error in metadata
X-T5
New features/minor fixes:
Filename filtering: the Invert filter checkbox implemented for filename filtering, if checked it inverts match: only unmatching files are displayed.
FilmstripFileOpenDelay hidden setting improved/changed:
if set to zero: next/prev file switch in standard selection mode will work as fast as in Advanced selection mode
default value is now zero (existing installations are not affected because value is read from settings and std. value in previous versions is 255 msec)
FilmstripDefaultOpenDelay hidden settings script is renamed to FilmstripLegacyOpenDelay
new hidden settings script: FilmstripNoOpenDelay to set hidden setting value to zero
Note: for existing installation old value (stored in preferences) will be used, so use the FilmstripNoOpenDelay script to set it to new default.
Fixed too strict metadata checks for PhaseOne files that prevents display of such files.
Support for HEIF files created by Fujifilm X-H2S
Note: these files are 24Mpix and does not contain embedded preview, so increase HEIC size limit for thumbnails in Preferences - Performance section
Usage tips: font size in tip selector is affected by standard dialogs font size. Default font size is 1/45 of tips window size.
Improved drag file to Folders panel experience
Fixed: Sharpener/Sharpen RAW files only setting does not work right on secondary windows
Bug fixed: file drag from filmstrip to main display window may cancel subfolder browsing mode.
Improved UX/UI when file drops to Folders panel are disabled
Sony Small/Medium lossy compression (YCbCr files): built-in jpeg displayed
New hidden option StartupProgressDisplay: controls display of progress dialog during application start, default is on on Windows/off on Mac.
Limited macro expansion support in Preferences - External editors: it is possible to use macro tokens which will be expanded into system-specific paths.
Targeted to ease Affinity Photo 2 support under Windows, use
%localappdata%MicrosoftWindowsAppsAffinityPhoto2.exe
to run Affinity Photo2 as an External Editor.
New hidden setting (and corresponding scripts): ForceRestoreFloatingPanels.
If set: floating panels position/size will be forcibly restored on startup.
Intended to use on system with multiple displays with different resolution/scaling
Mac:
legacy graphics is controlled with new hidden option GPUCompatibilityMode3 to reset all previous changes
warn if locked file(s) moved (/moved to rejected).
Bug fixed:
Fixed information panels geometry/position save/restore if FastRawViewer was closed from Maximized or Fullscreen window state.
If the file was not moved for some reason (e.g. attempt for locked file move on Mac while locked move was not enabled), it was still removed from the list of displayed files
Zoom anchor at mouse cursor/Only if mouse pointer is inside the image was not worked properly for vertical images.

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.5 Build 1945 (Sep 2, 2022)

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.4 Build 1912 (Mar 23, 2022)

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.3 Build 1900 (Jan 17, 2022)

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.2 Build 1891 (Dec 7, 2021)

Camera Support added:
DJI Mavic 3
Fujifilm GFX50S II, X-T30 II
GoPro HERO10
Nikon Z fc
Sony ILCE-7RM3A (A7R-IIIA), ILCE-7RM4A (A7R-IVA)
Preliminary/limited support:
Sony ILCE-7M4 (A7-IV)
Canon EOS R3
Nikon Z9 (Standard compression only; for High Efficiency raw compression embedded JPEG is displayed)
Minor Changes:
Added predefined patterns for EXIF time in rename dialog/tokens drop-down (hhmm and hhmmss).
New feature: the ability to set additional arguments when executing applications from within FastRawViewer as an External Editor ('Run program').
Additional arguments are added to the line with the path to the application, separated by |
For example, if you want to call Adobe DNG Converter with additional switches '-d /path/to' (which means 'write the generated DNGs to the /path/to folder'), the line will look like the following: /Applications/Adobe DNG Converter.app|-d|/path/to
New setting: Preferences - Grid Mode - Return to Grid mode via double-click on single file view
If enabled, double click in the single image view window will cause switching (back) to grid view
Fujifilm RAF files: now we read XMP embedded blocks (e.g. ratings set via camera menu)
New additional subsetting for Zoom - Zoom anchor at mouse cursor:
Only if mouse cursor is inside the image.
EXIF Table: user-selectable options for 0/1/2 decimal digits in GPS arc-seconds display.
Hidden preferences (compatibility) parameter GPUCompatibilityMode to use OpenGL2/GL ES 2.1 instead of modern version. Default: on for macOS bigSur and newer, also for Catalina/Intel HD4000 GPU graphics
New settings: Interface - Standard dialogs font size and Menus font size.
macOS Catalina/HD4000 graphics driver bug workaround.
Improved first start user experience.
macOS: fixed issue when closing/starting the program from maximized window state.
New checkboxes in Rename dialog:
[ ] Use last used pattern: for multi-file rename, will restore the rename pattern that was applied right before
[ ] Also for single file: the same for single file (only if [ ] Extended parameters is checked)
Bug fixes:
OE/UE data were not created for secondary window if file opened not via copy from main window.
macOS BigSur/M1: drag-n-drop fixes.
GPS data were not displayed when browsing JPEG files in Single File View mode if Lone JPEGs: On prefetch prefetch mode were used.
NoGPSStatus hidden settings script was missing.
Show summary after copy/move: source folder was displayed in message instead of destination.
If global rejected folder option is on, but path to this folder is not set in Preferences: global selected folder selector arrives before Preferences dialog appear.
Fixed FRV to Lightroom drag-drop issue.
Statistics panel does not update after changing panel settings via gear menu
Fixed histogram numeric aliasing problem

New in FastRawViewer 2.0.1 Build 1862 (Aug 3, 2021)

New in FastRawViewer 2.0 (Aug 3, 2021)

New in FastRawViewer 1.7.4 Build 1736 (May 24, 2021)

New in FastRawViewer 1.7.3 Build 1715 (May 24, 2021)

New in FastRawViewer 1.7.2 Build 1696 (Jan 6, 2021)

New in FastRawViewer 1.7.1 Build 1693 (Jan 6, 2021)

New in FastRawViewer 1.7.0 Build 1684 (Nov 25, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.6.1 Build 1664 (Oct 2, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.6.0 Build 1636 (Jun 25, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.7 Build 1636 (Jun 9, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.7 Build 1634 (Jun 3, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.6 Build 1615 (Apr 15, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.5 (Feb 13, 2020)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.4 (Nov 11, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.3 (Aug 27, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.2 (May 27, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.1 (May 2, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.5.0 (Mar 29, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.12 (Mar 4, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.11 (Mar 4, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.10 (Mar 4, 2019)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.9 Build 1358 (Aug 29, 2018)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.6 Build 1250 (Apr 2, 2018)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.5 (Apr 2, 2018)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.4 (Apr 2, 2018)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.3 Build 1149 (Aug 7, 2017)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.1 Build 1122 (May 17, 2017)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.0 Build 1120 (May 16, 2017)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.0 Build 1119 RC (May 9, 2017)

New in FastRawViewer 1.4.0 Build 1112 Beta (Apr 28, 2017)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.9 Build 1070 (Apr 4, 2017)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.8 Build 1045 (Feb 2, 2017)

HIGHLIGHTS:
Natural files sort order implemented
3 new cameras supported (931 total)
Fixed lot of minor issues
MAJOR CHANGES AND NEW SETTINGS:
Natural sorting is turned on by default, and for files it replaces the old Filename, alphabetical system.
Hidden setting FilmstripSelectedItemContrast moved to the Preferences - Interface - Selected/active files contrast slider.
New hidden setting: ShiftClickSelectionMode and scripts ShiftClickSelectionModeDefault.reg/.sh
This setting modifies the behavior of Shift-Click (selecting a range of files) in the Grid and Filmstrip.
First limit of selected files range is always Shift-Clicked file.
To add this setting present to Registry/Settings, launch FastRawViewer, go to the Preferences, and press OK without making any other changes to Preferences (or run the script ShiftClickSelectionModeDefault.reg/.sh)
New setting Copy/Move/Reject - Copy/Move folder selector starts at controls where the browsing for destination folder for Copy/Move actions starts:
Last used: browsing starts with the folder that was used as a destination for the previous action
One level up from last used: browsing starts from the folder which is the "parent" relative to the last used
Current folder: browsing starts in the current folder
One level up from current folder: browsing starts from the folder which is the "parent" relative to the current folder
Specified folder: opens a text input line to enter folder path
New setting: Other - Check global folders presence on startup (ON by default) turns on the checking for the existence of "global folders" if FastRawViewer is configured to use the said global folders:
Start without filename - Specified folder
Open folder dialog starts at - Specified folder
Use global rejected folder - Subfolder for rejected files
Copy/Move folder selector starts at - Specified folder.
Natural sorting (one that considers digits in file/folder names to be ordinal numbers and sorts those numbers in natural order):
to sort files, use: Preferences - File Handling - File sort order: Filename, natural sort; Filename natural sort, reversed.
to sort folders in the Folders Panel: Folders Panel - (gear)Settings - Use natural folders sort order.
CAMERA SUPPORT:
Nikon D5600
Panasonic GX800/850/GF9
Sigma sd Quattro H (embedded JPEG thumbnails only)
MINOR CHANGES:
OS X: The PDF Manual is copied during the installation of the application into the Resource folder, and is accessible through Menu - Help - PDF Manual
The folder containing scripts for additional settings is accessible through Menu - Help - Auxiliary settings scripts (OS X: the settings scripts are copied into the application's resource folder)
The Key/Mouse capture window is now very different from standard dialogs, and we hope that its contents will stand out better now.
BUG FIXES AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
support for DNG files containing embedded images
support for out-of-camera DNG files recorded by Magic Lantern firmware
fixed black level setting for Sony A350 cameras
recognize Olympus 12-100/4 IS lens correctly
fixed an error in calculation of the Baseline Exposure for Canon 5D mk4
Sony A7RM2: fixed the issue with files that do not have black level tag in metadata (possibly due to a bug in pre-release firmware)
Canon D2000C: reading black level from file metadata
Leaf Aptus 22 è Aptus 75: fixed orientation of thumbnails in Grid and Filmstrip windows
RAW files without an embedded preview: fixed the cases when "Decoding error" status was displayed in Grid / Filmstrip windows, instead of correct one, "No thumbnail"
Photoshop Elements 15 added to the list of programs recognized on first FRV run
Fixed internal/external JPEG orientation match if raw data processing is disabled for this file/data format.
Disabled Do not recall network/removable media on startup check if Start without filename is set to Specified folder
Fujifilm cameras BaselineExposure (Adobe hidden exposure correction) values are now in sync with recent Adobe software.
Improved sorting of files contained in a folder, to better determine the order after sorting:
in RAW+JPEG mode, when files with the same names but different extensions are present, JPEG will be paired with a RAW file with the first extension, extensions being sorted in alphabetical order. That is independent of the sorting mode the user had chosen.
fixed the sorting bug that occurred when files with the same names were present in a folder.
when the primary sorting key is not unique, additional keys are used: file name (if the sorting was not 'by name') and file extension; additional keys ensure that the sorting of files inside a folder is stable.

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.7 Build 1016 (Dec 28, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.6 Build 1002 (Nov 12, 2016)

Highlights:
Complete rewrite of folders panel internal code, fixed occasional crash issues.
Fixed lot of minor issues
Camera support:
Olympus E-PL8
Sony RX100-V
Sigma sd Quattro (JPEG previews only)
Canon 80D/5D4 sRAW/mRAW
Improvements:
Further improvement of EXIF IFD parsing for JPEG files
In Grid mode the ratings and labels for the files that do not have previews are now displayed and can be changed
New bottom bar setting 'Selected files count' (off by default).
Sony-E cameras: if lens connected via dumb adapter, Lens: unknown is shown in EXIF Lens info.
Adobe Photoshop CC 2017 added to list of automatically found programs (on first FRV start).
If focal length recorded in EXIF data is 0mm, no Lens: 0mm shown in EXIF table.
Problems fixed:
OS X: removed an unnecessary check of OpenGL version; this check was disabling FastRawViewer on 2006 MacMinis.
About dialog is sized according to system font size
Fixed memory leak happening while browsing Foveon raw files
Implemented an additional integrity check for Samsung NX raw files
Orientation of JPEG previews for Sigma Quattro and Merill cameras is read from the EXIF block of the embedded JPEG (not all Merill cameras set this orientation correctly, possibly a problem with certain versions of camera firmware; but all Quattro cameras set the orientation correctly)
When an external JPEG is used as a thumbnail - the orientation of the thumbnail is compared to the orientation of the image, and those external JPEGs that are already rotated will be displayed correctly
The external JPEG as thumbnail option works only in RAW+JPEG mode, as it should
Use external JPEG as thumbnail now works for all image formats
File/folder drop in main program window works in all cases.
Fixed handling of Fuji X-Trans compressed files with incorrect data size tag in metadata.
Restored 'Read XMP blocks from RAW', was broken in early 1.3.6 builds.
'Flash was used' icon in EXIF summary string (EXIF panel and bottom bar) resized correctly after interface font changed.
Fixed problem with Sony SR2 metadata parsing.

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.5 Build 982 (Oct 12, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.4 Build 966 (Sep 29, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.3 Build 948 (Aug 2, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.2 Build 937 (Jun 6, 2016)

FEATURES ADDED:
Context menu for single file displayed in the main window, similar to that in the grid / filmstrip. During the first launch of this version of FastRawViewer, a dialogue offering to enable this feature will appear, as previously the right click shortcut was used for Mouse drag.
Set the Folder tree filtering through Menu - File - Folder tree filter:
Start folder tree at current folder (Ctrl-T) - limits the display to the current folder and its subfolders
Start folder tree at one level up (Ctrl-Shift-T) - limits the display to the folder one level above the current, including subfolders
Move folder filter one level up (Shift-T) - will move the "filtration point" up one level
Reset folder filtering (Alt-T) - show full folder tree.
OTHER IMPROVEMENTS:
The new setting Interface - Force open folders panel if started without filename, forces the display of the Folders panel: if FastRawViewer was started without specifying the name of the file / folder, or if the specified file / folder can't be opened. By default, this is enabled.
Improved detection of lenses mounted onto Sony cameras through Sigma MC-11 adapter
New option File Handling - Copy-Move-Reject - Show progress bar on copy / move / reject: No / Always / Multiple files
Substantially improved the performance of batch operations (all of them, but especially of the operation that moves files "one level up", i.e. from a folder / subfolder to a folder).
New hidden setting, UseGPSStatus, enables/disable GPS Status field check when displaying GPS data.
The new hidden setting, DisableRawDecoding (through DisableRawDecoding / EnableRawDecoding scripts):
If it is enabled, decoding of RAW data, and subsequently computing and displaying of histograms, statistics, OE / UE is not performed and FastRawViewer behaves as a JPEG / embedded thumbnail viewer.
To restore the decoding of RAW data temporarily (without changing the settings / registry / defaults), use the command line switch -enableraw.
Thus one instance of FastRawViewer can be used as a JPEG viewer, and another instance can be launched (as an external program) from within this instance as a (single-file) RAW viewer, using a shortcut; given this shortcut has a CMD file containing something like 'FastRawViewer -enableraw %1' assigned to it.
The new setting Interface - Activate program on file drop with options:
None (behavior as 1.3.1),
Fullscreen (default),
Always.
If this option is enabled, passing the file without starting a new copy of FastRawViewer (e.g., by dropping the file onto the program icon in OS X, or in a single instance mode) - FastRawViewer window is activated, that is it is brought to the foreground and gets the keyboard focus. This happens in Fullscreen mode only, if the Fullscreen option was selected above; or in any mode, if the Always option was selected.
BUGS FIXED:
Screen sharpening was reset to "minimal state" when changing settings.
Current sharpening mode was restored to a wrong state.
When switching between folders in the Grid mode, zoom value (when not in Fit to screen mode) could be doubled for each folder change.
Fixed the behavior of the program during the browsing to the next (/ previous) file if the current file was moved, while Grid / Filmstrip were not visible.
When opening a file located in a folder from the list of Favorite folders (for example, by dropping it onto the program window), FastRawViewer switched to Grid Mode
The first file opened from the first opened folder had Copy / Move / Run actions disabled
Fixed crash on broken EXIF tags in some cases

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.1 Build 922 (May 11, 2016)

Limiting the displayed folder tree:
You can right-click on any folder in Folders panel, choose Start folder tree at [foldername] in menu, and the displayed folder tree starts from that folder (and includes its subfolders). An additional panel will appear at the top of the Folders panel, with the (x) and [↑] button and the following message: Folder filter On.
The (x) button turns off the filtration, and displays the entire folder tree again.
The [↑] button will move the "root" of the filtration one level higher.
With default settings, folder filtration is not stored. This can be changed by turning off the following setting: File Handling - Program Startup - Reset folder tree filtering on start.
When changing the current folder for any reason (opening a file or folder through any method, unloading the current file) to a folder "beyond the current filter," the filter automatically turns off.
Other changes:
Program settings, keyboard shortcuts, EXIF settings, and the bottom bar are saved only "immediately after a change" (same behavior as previously), but not when exiting the program. This way, you can use scripts to set hidden settings while FRV is launched, with changes made by the scripts being preserved upon exiting the program (if, of course, the settings weren't changed through Preferences after the script was run) and applied upon the next launch.
If the default keys for Grid/Filmstrip navigation (arrows, Home, End, PgUp/PgDn) are assigned to some action, then the Grid/Filmstrip will ignore these keys regardless of the current possibility to perform those actions (for example: if the Undo action is assigned the Up arrow, then in FRV 1.3, if it is possible to Undo, that is the Undo stack is not empty, the Undo action will be performed. If not, then you will navigate through the Grid).
Folders Panel: a tooltip with the complete path to a folder has been added.
Color Management settings - Color space for Thumbnails: a new ProPhoto variant has been added for the support of several (old?) PhaseOne (and Kodak?) digital backs.
The maximum size of a thumbnail which can be read from a RAW file is limited to 128Mb. The maximum size of a file from which a thumbnail will be read is limited to 2Gb.
Windows/Folders panel: displays share name for network volumes.
Contrast controls buttons are disabled in highlights inspection mode.
A check for possible access beyond the file size when reading thumbnails has been added.
AVX2 detector: will also check for OS AVX support.
Shortcuts Editor: Save button renamed to Export to avoid confusion
New statusbar item 'Current file selection status', shows is current file selected or not.
Camera support:
Canon 1300D
Fuji X-Pro2 compressed format
Nikon D500
Pentax K-1 (incl. pixel-shift mode)
Bugs fixed:
A bug in the processing of the built-in color matrix for PhaseOne files has been fixed.
Bug fixed: external programs #5 and #6 was never listed in context menus.
Fixed bug in lossy DNG ('fast load' DNG) processing.
Fixed a bug when Move to next if rating set/if label set worked the same way as if rating or label set
Fixed bug with files filtering if sort order set to EXIF timestamp

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 902 (Apr 21, 2016)

MAJOR CHANGES:
Grid Mode:
FRV supports the display of file previews in the main window
Operations with multiple files:
When displayed in a Grid and in the Filmstrip panel, files can be marked.
Undo: reversing file operations:
All file operations (copy/move/rejected)
All operations preformed with ratings/labels
Group orientation changing
Highlights inspection Mode:
(Menu - View - Highlights inspection or Shift-H or the 'H' button in the bottom bar).
This mode decompresses highlights, compressing the shadows (the opposite of the Shadows boost action), is intended for visual inspection of the highlights when Overexposure display isn't enough (for example, in the case when a formally not-overexposed channel becomes overexposed after white balance is applied to it).
Sharpening for display:
Under the default settings, this is turned on through the 'S' key or the 'USM' button at the bottom of the screen (in the E/D/S group).
This is supported only on videocards with Framebuffers support (everything recent), in Direct-X mode, DirectX 9.0c support is needed (meaning that it doesn't work with old Intel chipsets).
Two sharpening settings are supported, which can be changed in a cycle - 1st setting is on, 2nd setting is on, sharpening is off. (as is on left, sharpened on right)
Tone curves (contrast settings) reworked:
In the Image Display settings it is now possible to select either between 4 standard "colorimetric" tone curves or to use Variable Contrast tone curves.
By default, Variable contrast curves are selected, allowing the Contrast setting on next file setting and changing the contrast with arrow-shaped buttons at the bottom bar (this replaces the dropdown with the list of tone curves that used to be there in previous versions) or through Menu - Adjust - Increase Contrast (keys: K, Shift-+), Decrease Contrast (Shift-K, Shift--).
Variable Contrast allows one to set 11 standard values (from -5 to +5), and 6 "Ultra contrast" values, from U+0 to U+5.
Compatibility with Adobe RAW Converters:
The range of standard values (-5 to +5) approximately corresponds to the Adobe Contrast slider values (-100 to +100). The "Ultra" values correspond to Adobe Contrast values +100, with the Blacks slider being between -20 and -100.
To record the fields for Contrast and Blacks in the Adobe-compatible format, use the setting XMP - Adobe compatible Exposure, Contrast and White Balance - Write Adobe-compatible Contrast/Blacks into XMP files
If this setting is on, the values for Contrast and Blacks will be recorded in newly-created XMP files and also to existing XMP files with Adobe Process Version set to 2012.
PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS:
The new Parameter Preferences - GPU Processing - Store all renderings in GPU memory is recommended for discreet video cards with video RAM of 1GB and more. If this parameter is on, all of the representations of the current file (RAW, intJPEG, extJPEG) are stored in video memory, thus making switching between the representations nearly instant.
Increased performance due to support of AVX2 commands (works with 64-bit Windows and with OS X). For Intel Core i3/5/7 4xxx/5xxx/6xxx processes, with AVX2 instruction set, the refresh speed for the RAW display when image control parameters (White Balance, Exposure Compensation, etc.) are changed increases by 15-20%. To enable and disable AVX2 support for the processes with this instruction set, the UseAVX2/NoAVX2 scripts can be used. The capabilities of the processor are determined when FastRawViewer is launched, and if AVX2 instruction set is not supported, the code that takes advantage of this instruction set is disabled.
Control over concurrent RAW processing: Prefs.ProcessingMaxParallel, can be changed through editing or by launching the SetProcessingMaxParallel script. This is intended to be used on highly multi-cored computers (for example, 2 6-core CPUs with HyperThreading are 24 cores from FRV's point of view): when processing small RAW files on such computers, it may be useful to limit the concurrency to 10 or 15 threads. The default value is 255, that is no more than 255 cores will be used.
OTHER CHANGES:
New mode for setting white balance: through per-channel EV corrections in Preferences - White Balance - White balance edit mode; Range: +-3EV.
New hidden (scripts) customization: EnableFoldersRefresh/DisableFoldersRefresh enables/disables automated Folders tree refresh
New settings: 'Grid/Filmstrip' - Grid View font size' and 'Filmstrip panel font size'. These settings adjust the font size used to display the file name and the size of the stars for the rating field.
Preferences - Other - Debug log: an option to record error messages only
Ability to use DNG ForwardMatrix instead of ColorMatrix for image display (changeable via scripts).
When Apply Adobe hidden exposure correction setting (in Preferences) is disabled, the setting Set hidden exposure correction to is also disabled
XMP files now contain certain technical info for exposure correction, white balance, and contrast to facilitate technical support.
New settings in Registry/OS X Preferences: ScrollBarsWidth and ScrollBarsHeight, allowing to set the sizes of the scrollbars in pixels.
The setting for warnings on Move to same folder' and Warn on delete are expanded - it is now possible to warn only if several files are to be moved or deleted.
New XMP - Refresh XMP metadata and thumbnails after batch operation setting has been added. This enables the full re-read of previews and metadata after a batch operation (Rotate, Rating, Label) with XMP was preformed
Support for black and white JPEG previews for full-color RAW files
New Filmstrip display mode: unchecking Thumbnails Size - Display thumbnails will result in only filename, rating, and label displayed. This mode is useful when displaying the filenames as a list in a vertically-oriented Filmstrip, with or without ratings and labels.
Centering of the image selected in the Filmstrip when the image is the rightmost or leftmost: this setting is now in Interface - Grid/Filmstrip - Center edge Filmstrip items, replacing the script used for this purpose in the previous version.
The image which is currently processed (reading and decoding) is highlighted in the GridFilmstrip with a red frame
Statusbar setting dialog is made scrollable and doesn't occupy the whole screen on OS X anymore.
File name and folder name in the bottom bar: if those do not fit in the field they are abridged by replacing the middle characters with dots.
Exposure Stats panel reworked: the new setting (on the gear icon) Show pixels counts (default: off) enables the legacy display of the number of pixels and percents. By default only the percents with an increased number of significant digits are displayed.
XMP Metadata panel: the size of the stars in the ratings is scaled when the font size for the panels is changed.
Support for AnalogBalance tag in DNG.
New hidden setting WheelScrollLines to change the number of lines scrolled with a single wheel movement. The default is 2 lines, to change the number you can edit and run WheelScrollDefault script.
If the change of the sizes of GridView/Thumbnails causes the change in number of elements in a row/column, the currently active element is positioned close to the center of the viewport
The abridgement of the folder names in the Folders panel has been reworked - they now no longer reduced abruptly, instead an attempt is made to use the full width of the panel.
The hidden FilmstripFileOpenDelay (see manual) setting has been reworked; the minimum wait period for the transition to the next file in the Filmstrip grid is reduced to 10 msec, while the standard value is set to 255.
The maximum number of entries for the recent folders list has been increased to 10. The visited folder is stored in the list even if no files from this folder were opened (but the folder does contain RAW and/or JPEG files)
New File Handling - Warn on empty folders setting. If this setting is on, and the folder doesn't contain the supported file types (filters are off) a warning will appear in the Filmstrip and in the Grid.
New RAW+JPEG - Use external jpeg as thumbnail if no built-in preview present setting. If the setting is on, and the RAW file doesn't contain an embedded JPEG but an external JPEG to this file exists, this external JPEG will be displayed in the Filmstrip and in Grid view.
New option for displaying white balance: 'Channel EV Correction'. In this mode, the amount of per-channel exposure compensation (in stops, EV) necessary to white balance the image is displayed.
New hidden TryJPEGRawDecode setting.
Keyboard shortcut editor: the location and the size of the keyboard shortcut editor window are restored upon a new launch.
What's new/Tips are opened (for the first launch of a new version of FastRawViewer or if the Tips display is "on") if start with "last visited folder" or "last opened file" is active.
For the filenames that differ in extension only and are located in the same folder:
New setting XMP - Warn if overwrite XMP for file with same name. If it is "on", FastRawViewer will ask user for confirmation before overwriting an XMP sidecar file containing settings for a file with the same name but different extension
New setting XMP - Disable batch XMP operations if files with same name are selected. If it is "on" and the selected files contain filenames that differ in extension only, the batch editing of XMP (setting or changing orientation, labels, ratings) will be grayed out / disabled in Menu - Select/Batch and in context menu.
The setting XMP - Enable XMP editing for JPEG files is deleted, XMP name conflicts are detected as described above.
Focus Peaking:
If a Focus Peaking mode is disabled in Preferences, the corresponding button is removed from the bottom bar
New menu items Contrast Edges On and Fine Details On replicate the buttons in the bottom bar
Those menu items can have shortcuts assigned to them (no shortcuts are assigned to them by default)
A group of menu items (old ones, Focus Peaking Turn Edge/Details/None, and the two above-mentioned new ones are moved to sub-menu Menu - View - Focus Peaking
The setting Preferences - Interface - Hide floating panels replaces the previous 'Do not hide panels outside of main window', adding more flexibility, with the following options to process pressing the Tab key:
Hide All - all panels will be hidden
Those inside main window - only the panels inside the main window will be hidden
Do not hide - Tab has no effect on the panel visibility
Copy/Move have been re-worked:
up to 5 last folders which were destinations for Copy or Move operations are stored (two lists are maintained separate for Copy and Move)
these lists are available upon program relaunch.
The destinations in the lists have hotkeys assigned.
The list is shifted down by one position after Copy (Move) - Select destination, the selected folder becomes the topmost in the list.
Support for RawPhotoProcessor is enhanced:
new setting RPPS Template points to a file to be used as a proto while creating .rpps file if none exist for the current raw file
new setting Never write Green2 white balance for RGB files: switches off the recording of the separate white balance coefficient for the second green channel, even when white balance coefficients for G1 and G2 channels differ significantly.
New Interface - Grid/Filmstrip - Stop Thumbnail decoding while RAW file being processed setting:
No - Thumbnail decoding is not postponed while RAW decoding takes place, with the two competing for processor resources.
Single file mode - Thumbnail decoding is postponed in Single File View Mode until the RAW decoding is finished; in Grid mode, the two happen concurrently.
Single file and grid modes - Thumbnail recording is postponed for any RAW decoding action.
EXIF panel reworked:
limits to resize have been removed
tooltips show the values for each line
the obsolete setting "reserve NNN lines" has been removed
New setting Hide panels floating within main window in Grid mode:
all panels that are floating inside the main window will be hidden once a display mode is switched to Grid View mode, and displayed again when changing to Single View mode
The setting 'Hide filmstrip' replaces the previous 'Hide docked filmstrip', the option "Always" is removed, the floating filmstrip is controlled through the general setting for floating panels.
New control for Statusbar: Text fields width: Auto, Minimum allowed, Maximum allowed:
Auto: same behavior as previously, i.e. the width of the text fields in the bottom bar (file name, EXIF summary, etc.) is adjusted according to the length of the information, displayed in the field (within certain limits)
Minimum allowed: the width of the fields is set to the minimum allowed value
Maximum allowed: the width of the fields is set to the maximum allowed value
CAMERA SUPPORT:
Canon 1DX Mark II, 80D
Fujifilm X-Pro2 (only uncompressed RAW files), X70 and X-E2S
Leica M (Typ 262), X-U (Typ 113)
Nikon D5
Olympus Pen-F and SH-3
Panasonic ZS-60/TZ81/85 and TZ100/101/ZS100, GX80/85
Phase One IQ3 100Mpix and IQ150
Sony ILCE-6300, RX10-III, ILCA-68 (A68)
YUNEEC CGO4
BUG FIXES:
When the size of the Thumbnails was changed or the Thumbnail cache was purged, the files which were in the queue for Thumbnail extraction are no longer stuck in the queue.
A bug in processing of damaged .eip files was fixed.
If monitor profile was changed, thumbnails in grid/filmstrip were not re-rendered
Fixed incorrect processing of LinearizationData tag for Linear DNG files
For DNG files in portrait mode and with bitmap-preview the thumbnail orientation was changed to landscape
In DirectX mode, first compiled shader was not saved (program functions was not affected, but next start slightly slower).
If External Program was missing, 'Delete' button in warning dialog not worked as expected.
Correct processing of UserComment EXIF tag.
EXIF and Folders panels do not change the height when toggling their visibility with Tab key.
OBSOLETE FUNCTIONS, DELETED:
The setting 'After current file moved' - no point in it while working with a group of files.
The setting "Go to next file if current one is filtered out" removed, FRV behaves as this setting is 'always on' .
The button 'Ignore EXIF rotation data' is deleted - please use an option to rotate a group of files
Windows: Software OpenGL mode is no longer available. It was never used in all of version 1.2's history, but occupies 4MB in the distribution.
"Delete previous file" deleted
"Restore last moved-to-_Rejected file", replaced with Undo
"Save Last Seen file in folder" deleted, please use Recent files
"Open a file by number" deleted.
Preferences - Interface - Alternate key handler deleted. This parameter can now be set through the scripts (No)AlternateKeyHandler, (No)GlobalAlternateKeyHandler.

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 901 RC 8 (Apr 19, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 900 RC 7 (Apr 18, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 898 RC 6 (Apr 17, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 896 RC 5b (Apr 16, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 894 RC 5 (Apr 9, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 893 RC 4 (Apr 6, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.7 Build 757 (Apr 3, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 885 RC 3 (Mar 31, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.3.0 Build 883 RC 2 (Mar 30, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.6 Build 755 (Mar 24, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.5 Build 750 (Feb 15, 2016)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.4 Build 742 (Dec 22, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.3 Build 740 (Dec 21, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.2 Build 737 (Dec 11, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.1 Build 732 (Dec 2, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.2.1 Build 430 (Nov 10, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.4 Build 707 (Oct 26, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.3 Build 668 (Aug 10, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.2 Build 664 (Jul 28, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.1 Build 658 (May 18, 2015)

CHANGES:
Filmstrip/Thumbnails Panels:
New preview size, 75x50 pixels
the filename can be displayed in the tooltip
Folders Panel:
Display of folder and drive icons can be turned off to save space
Removable media change monitoring can be turned off
Windows: the display of letters for removable drives with no media inserted can be turned off
Windows: experimental support for operations with non-mounted volumes (\\NAS\share\path)
Preferences - Removable Media - Show unmounted network volumes in Folders panel, this setting will switch on the display of the contents of the current un-mounted volume in this panel (if this setting is Off, the network devices that do not have a drive letter assigned will not be displayed)
Such a volume will be displayed in the panel only after an image file (RAW or JPEG) from this volume will be opened using standard actions: Drag-n-Drop, Menu - File - Open, Menu - File - Open Folder.
Again, this is an experimental support, it was subjected only to a limited testing.
If you encounter any problems, including FastRawViewer crashing, please turn it off.
CAMERA SUPPORT:
Canon: 750D, 760D
Leica: Monochrom (Typ 246)
Nikon: 1 J5
BUGS FIXED AND PROBLEMS SOLVED:
Bug fix: if the user cancelled (after a warning) the operation of "Move to _Rejected",new files wouldn't open through the Thumbnail/Filmstrip panel (File-Next File and other "File" actions - continued to work).
Bug fix: EXIF parser improved for better handling of incorrect EXIF data
Windows: fixed FastRawViewer shut-downs caused by the OS's icon and folder provider being buggy or just crashing (the problem was noticed only for the versions of Dell Backup & Recovery released before September 2014):
the icons built into FRV are used by default in the Folders panel (to use the system icons, go to Preferences - Interface - Use built-in drive/folder icons)
The icons built into FRV are used in the FRV (as opposed to system's) file select dialogs (to use system icons, go to Preferences - Interface - Use built-in icons in Open File/Open Folder dialogs)
During the first start of FRV, it searches for Dell Backup & Recovery - and if it is found, Preferences - Interface - Use system Open File/Open Folder dialogs is turned off.
Windows: a problem caused by "too intensive monitoring" of removable media is fixed, the strain on removable media is now decreased
Windows: the monitoring of removable media on disks A: and B: is turned off by default, these disks are completely ignored.
It can be turned back on (may be necessary if you have a card reader on A:/B:, for instance) through switching off
Preferences - Removable Media - Disable A: and B: floppy access (this setting in Preferences was created because many users have a floppy controller enabled in BIOS, but no floppy drive physically connected to the controller on the motherboard, and as a result any request to A:/B: can take several seconds; generally, this request occurs during the program start, to check for the presence of a floppy disk in the disk drive).
Windows: fixed crash when opening file from network share w/o drive letter assigned.
OS X: FastRawViewer crash occurring for slow media / network media devices when opening an explicitly specified file (by dropping it in, or identifying it in the command line) placed very deep in the folder hierarchy (deep nesting level) is fixed.

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.1 Build 657 (May 16, 2015)

NEW, MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS:
Filmstrip/Thumbnails panel previews the current folder's files. The thumbnails are extracted from the previews built into the RAW files; if the RAW file has no preview (such as with Cinema DNG), then the thumbnail isn't displayed. Aside from the thumbnail, the panel optionally shows the file name, rating, XMP label, title, and description. What exactly is displayed and how it is displayed can be controlled through the 'settings' button (gear) on the panel title.
Folder panel with folder tree display, and fast navigation through it.
Removable media support (flash cards, etc.):
automatic detection of an inserted card, and a possibility to automatically start browsing in the most recent folder.
unmounting a card without exiting FRV.
If one closes the new panels and restarts FRV, then it will behave as previous versions (doesn't decode previews, does not monitor changed media), correspondingly the performance remains as it used to be.
Support of display and editing of XMP/IPTC Title and Description. Displayed on the XMP data panel, can be edited via Alt-D.
The color scheme of the informational panels can be tuned through Preferences - Interface
NEW, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS
Menu - File - Reveal in Finder (Mac) / Show in Windows Explorer Displays the currently opened file in the file structure
Mac: Proxy Icon in the window title, acts like with all Mac programs (the icon can be dragged to other programs; Command-Click displays the menu with the folder hierarchy).
New Feature: "File Handling - Open Folder dialog starts at" with the options
Current folder
One level higher
Fixed folder
CHANGES:
Preferences have been reworked, the new descriptions are available in the documentation.
The default manner of starting without specifying a file to be opened is Last Visited Folder.
Support of Open Multiple Folders has been removed (obsolete)
The default buttons for opening/closing informational panels have been changed; instead of letters, now the F2-F7 keys are used. Old settings will continue to work, until the user resets the settings to defaults.
BUG FIXES:
XMP recording during switching between the files has been prohibited
If a file has both an XMP block inside, and an external sidecar file, and both blocks have the tag xmp:MetaDataDate, then the more recent set of XMP data is used.
Processing speed of large folders on slow storage devices (network, removable media) has been significantly increased
Bug fix: when changing the sort order of files in a folder, the new order was applied only starting with the next folder; the current one wouldn't be re-sorted.
Bug fix: the "XMP Rating Plus' action was applied only if a file already had a rating.
NEW CAMERA SUPPORT:
Canon: EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R, EOS M2, EOS M3
Fujifilm: XQ2, X-A2
Nikon: D5500, D7200
Olympus: SH-2, TG-4
Panasonic: TX70/71/ZS50
Pentax: K-S2
Samsung: NX500

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.0 Build 636 (Apr 29, 2015)

NEW, MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS:
Filmstrip/Thumbnails panel previews the current folder's files. The thumbnails are extracted from the previews built into the RAW files; if the RAW file has no preview (such as with Cinema DNG), then the thumbnail isn't displayed. Aside from the thumbnail, the panel optionally shows the file name, rating, XMP label, title, and description. What exactly is displayed and how it is displayed can be controlled through the 'settings' button (gear) on the panel title.
Folder panel with folder tree display, and fast navigation through it.
If one closes the new panels and restarts FRV, then it will behave as previous versions (doesn't decode previews, does not monitor changed media), correspondingly the performance remains as it used to be.
Support of display and editing of XMP/IPTC Title and Description. Displayed on the XMP data panel, can be edited via Alt-D.
The color scheme of the informational panels can be tuned through Preferences - Interface
Removable media support (flash cards, etc.):
automatic detection of an inserted card, and a possibility to automatically start browsing in the most recent folder.
unmounting a card without exiting FRV.
NEW, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS:
Menu - File - Reveal in Finder (Mac) / Show in Windows Explorer Displays the currently opened file in the file structure
Mac: Proxy Icon in the window title, acts like with all Mac programs (the icon can be dragged to other programs; Command-Click displays the menu with the folder hierarchy).
New Feature: "File Handling - Open Folder dialog starts at" with the options:
Current folder
One level higher
Fixed folder
CHANGES:
Preferences have been reworked, the new descriptions are available in the documentation.
The default manner of starting without specifying a file to be opened is Last Visited Folder.
Support of Open Multiple Folders has been removed (obsolete)
The default buttons for opening/closing informational panels have been changed; instead of letters, now the F2-F7 keys are used. Old settings will continue to work, until the user resets the settings to defaults.
BUG FIXES:
XMP recording during switching between the files has been prohibited
If a file has both an XMP block inside, and an external sidecar file, and both blocks have the tag xmp:MetaDataDate, then the more recent set of XMP data is used.
Processing speed of large folders on slow storage devices (network, removable media) has been significantly increased
Bug fix: when changing the sort order of files in a folder, the new order was applied only starting with the next folder; the current one wouldn't be re-sorted.
Bug fix: the "XMP Rating Plus' action was applied only if a file already had a rating.
NEW CAMERA SUPPORT:
Canon: EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R, EOS M2, EOS M3
Fujifilm: XQ2, X-A2
Nikon: D5500, D7200
Olympus: SH-2, TG-4
Panasonic: TX70/71/ZS50
Pentax: K-S2
Samsung: NX500

New in FastRawViewer 1.1.0 Build 624 RC 2 (Apr 25, 2015)

NEW, MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS:
Filmstrip/Thumbnails panel previews the current folder's files. The thumbnails are extracted from the previews built into the RAW files; if the RAW file has no preview (such as with Cinema DNG), then the thumbnail isn't displayed. Aside from the thumbnail, the panel optionally shows the file name, rating, XMP label, title, and description. What exactly is displayed and how it is displayed can be controlled through the 'settings' button (gear) on the panel title.
Folder panel with folder tree display, and fast navigation through it.
Removable media support (flash cards, etc.):
automatic detection of an inserted card, and a possibility to automatically start browsing in the most recent folder.
unmounting a card without exiting FRV.
If one closes the new panels and restarts FRV, then it will behave as previous versions (doesn't decode previews, does not monitor changed media), correspondingly the performance remains as it used to be.
Support of display and editing of XMP/IPTC Title and Description. Displayed on the XMP data panel, can be edited via Alt-D.
The color scheme of the informational panels can be tuned through Preferences - Interface
NEW, MINOR IMPROVEMENTS:
Menu - File - Reveal in Finder (Mac) / Show in Windows Explorer Displays the currently opened file in the file structure
Mac: Proxy Icon in the window title, acts like with all Mac programs (the icon can be dragged to other programs; Command-Click displays the menu with the folder hierarchy).
New Feature: "File Handling - Open Folder dialog starts at" with the options
Current folder
One level higher
Fixed folder
CHANGES:
Preferences have been reworked, the new descriptions are available in the documentation.
The default manner of starting without specifying a file to be opened is Last Visited Folder.
Support of Open Multiple Folders has been removed (obsolete)
The default buttons for opening/closing informational panels have been changed; instead of letters, now the F2-F7 keys are used. Old settings will continue to work, until the user resets the settings to defaults.
BUG FIXES:
XMP recording during switching between the files has been prohibited
If a file has both an XMP block inside, and an external sidecar file, and both blocks have the tag xmp:MetaDataDate, then the more recent set of XMP data is used.
Processing speed of large folders on slow storage devices (network, removable media) has been significantly increased
Bug fix: when changing the sort order of files in a folder, the new order was applied only starting with the next folder; the current one wouldn't be re-sorted.
Bug fix: the "XMP Rating Plus' action was applied only if a file already had a rating.
NEW CAMERA SUPPORT:
Canon: EOS 5DS, EOS 5DS R, EOS M2, EOS M3
Fujifilm: XQ2, X-A2
Nikon: D5500, D7200
Olympus: SH-2, TG-4
Panasonic: TX70/71/ZS50
Pentax: K-S2
Samsung: NX500

New in FastRawViewer 1.0.5 Build 539 (Feb 16, 2015)

NEW ACTION: MENU - FILE - CLEAR _REJECTED FOLDER
Allows one to permanently delete (not just send to Trash/Recycle bin) the contents of the _Rejected folder.
It will ask again if you are sure, you will need to set the checkmark, and after that the OK button will become active. The second checkbox controls the deletion of Read-Only files.
Attention! Mac OS X does not support access control for the FAT file system (memory cards), and all files will be deleted regardless of read-only checkbox state.
The Clear _Rejected folder action is unaccessible and invisible in the menu if the _Rejected folder is set as global. A shortcut cannot be assigned to this action.
BETTER HANDLING OF EXTERNAL MODIFIED FOLDER:
Processing situations, when the contents of the current folder are changed by an external program while the user is attempting to navigate to the next/previous file:
if all files are deleted (or the current folder is renamed): FRV issues a warning and stops displaying the current file;
if some of the files are deleted and the requested navigation to next/previous file is impossible, then:
if the current file is also deleted, FRV will try to maintain position in the list: if the deleted file was, for example, the 10th, but it is deleted and thus the relative positioning is impossible, FRV will go to the 9th or 11th file, correspondingly (if they exist)
b) if the current file is not deleted, but moving forward/back is impossible ( because all files before/after have been deleted) FRV will beep, showing a question mark instead of the current file number, and will forbid moving in the direction where the attempt has been made and proven impossible.
NEW PREFERENCE: OTHER - USE HIGH SPEED PREVIEW FOR FUJIFILM X-TRANS
As obvious from the name, this preference speeds up work with X-Trans (at the cost of quality, otherwise the preference wouldn't exist). When first launching and when resetting to default settings, this one will automatically turn on on computers:
with processors that are older than Intel i7,
for i7 (i3, i5) of the first generation, if the number of cores is less than 4 (hyper-threaded cores are counted in as real).
For faster devices, this setting is unnecessary, as the speed is already acceptable with standard unpacking.
MINOR CHANGES AND BUGFIXES:
When copying a file while choosing a folder, the chosen folder will become the second (not first) in the list of Recent folders. The first in the list of Recent folders will remain, as it should be, the current folder.
New camera support:
Olympus E-M5 Mark-II, including HiRes (64Mpix) files.
A bug has been fixed when dealing with poorly formatted Panasonic MakerNotes.
Bug fix: after calling up the preference dialog on Mac OS X, some of the informational windows would occasionally disappear.

New in FastRawViewer 1.0.4 Build 530 (Feb 2, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.0.3 Build 522 (Jan 12, 2015)

New in FastRawViewer 1.0.2 Build 503 (Dec 29, 2014)

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES:
The decoding of lenses from MakerNotes for Canon, Fujifilm, Leica, Nikon, Panasonic, Pentax, Samsung and Sony cameras, as well as most cameras with fixed lenses. The EXIF/Lens field now looks correct in the majority of cases.
New Actions:
Menu - File - Open first file in folder (default shortcut Ctrl-Shift-left arrow)
Menu - File - Open last file in folder (default shortcut Ctrl-Shift-right arrow)
NEW CAMERA SUPPORT:
Fujifilm X-T1 Graphite Silver
Hasselblad Stellar II
Panasonic DMC-CM1
Samsung NX1
MINOR CHANGES:
The new setting 'Use System file/folder open dialog', default is ON. If you turn it off, a different (more compact) dialog is used when opening files.
(Windows) The new setting 'Other - Faster program close', is intended for the very rare cases when FastRawViewer's process is not completed in a reasonable amount of time.
When attempting to open a file, the reading of which is not allowed because of the standard permissions (access rights) setting, a warning is issued.
When flipping to a file, the reading of which is forbidden (through permissions or the Access Control List), "no permission for reading" is added to the list of reasons for not opening a file.
Debug log: different buttons for copying "as text" and "as html" to clipboard, to allow more flexibility while choosing the program for paste operation.
Alt-letter hotkeys have been added for access to the main/upper menu. If an analogous shortcut is added for access to some function of the program (through the Keyboard Shortcuts editor), then it will have priority over the upper menu. Therefore, when using the standard keyboard layout, there is no fast access to the Window menu, since the Alt-w command is assigned to the manual white balance setting tool.
BUGS FIXED:
Exposure correction: Autoexposure - autoexposure did not work for the first file opened in the session.
Exposure correction: Keep from prev. file: On the first RAW file during the session (if it doesn't have exposure correction saved in XMP) No Correction was always applied (but taking into account the Adobe hidden correction setting)
OS X: Dropping a file onto the FRV application icon and starting FRV through Open With now works in all cases.
OS X 10.10: Dragging a file into the FRV application window now works in all cases.
OX X: The application version displayed in Info always corresponds to the current application version.
Kodak DCS ProBack: In several cases, the preview ("Internal JPEG") of the file was incorrectly decoded.
Mac OS X full-screen mode:
OS X 10.7-10.10: Turning off "Use Lion Fullscreen" in the settings removes the option of going to fullscreen mode using the system GUI (the buttons on the window's upper bar)
All versions: independent of the method of switching to full-screen mode (window maximization on OS X 10.6, or turning on Lion Fullscreen for later versions), the upper bar menu buttons, the program hotkey, the buttons in the status bar, the state of the "checkmark" in Menu - View - Fullscreen and Close Fullscreen is synchronized with the state of the window.
When turning off Use Lion Fullscreen in the settings, if the program was in fullscreen mode then it returns to it.
When turning on Use Lion Fullscreen in the settings, if the program was in the maximized mode, the Menu - View - Fullscreen checkbox is unchecked.

New in FastRawViewer 1.0.1 Build 488 (Dec 8, 2014)

CHANGES TO AUTO EXPOSURE CONTROL
The Auto Exposure indication and the behavior of the program now default to align with Adobe RAW converters (Camera Raw/Lr).
NEW SETTING IMAGE DISPLAY - APPLY ADOBE HIDDEN EXPOSURE CORRECTION
IF THIS SETTING IS "ON" (DEFAULT):
Exposure correction is aligned with the one that is indicated in Adobe converters (that is Adobe Baseline exposure compensation is added)
If the exposure correction is set to zero or is "off", the brightness of the image is aligned to the brightness to the Adobe converters with the exposure correction set to zero.
THE SETTING KEEP EXPOSURE CORRECTION ON NEXT FILE IS REPLACED WITH THE FOLLOWING.
EXPOSURE CORRECTION ON FILE OPEN:
No correction (default) - if selected, no exposure correction is applied
Autoexposure - if selected, Automatic exposure correction is applied
Keep from prev. file - if selected, the exposure correction is inherited from the previous file (for the first file in session exposure correction is set to zero).
New setting does not allow to fully emulate the behavior of previous versions for the case if automatic exposure correction for the first file + "keep correction on next" were in use; to handle this, please press Shift-A once.
AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CORRECTION LOGIC REWORKED AND ENHANCED.
NEW SETTINGS IN PREFERENCES - IMAGE DISPLAY
FOR AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CORRECTION:
Fixed exposure shift - if selected, a fixed exposure correction is applied (Adobe hidden exposure compensation is added to the value)
ETTR-style autoexposure (shift histogram to the right) - if selected, the Auto Exposure correction is calculated so that the histogram is shifted to the right.
TO CONTROL THE ETTR-STYLE AUTO EXPOSURE YOU CAN SET THE LIMIT:
Unlimited - no limit
Hard limit - a hard limit
Virtual ISO (default) - soft limit, which depends on the ISO setting at which the image was captured.
SETTINGS FOR ADOBE EXPOSURE DIFFERENCE ARE MOVED FROM XMP TAB TO EXPOSURE TAB:
REPLACED:
"Use Builtin Adobe/FRV exposure difference when possible"
"Adobe/FRV exposure difference for other files"
WITH:
"Image Display - Override Adobe exposure correction to NN EV"
Most likely you don't need this setting because all the offsets for the exposure correction between Adobe convertors and FRV for the cameras that are supported by Adobe are already in FRV.
OTHER CHANGES:
The setting for "Image Zoom on next file" is moved to Interface tab
for OS X Color Management is enabled by default.
The description of the system monitor profile is displayed in Preferences - Color Management.
The program now starts with the screen size it had previously.
The last size of the program window before going to fullscreen/maximize is stored in the settings.
Increase exposure: shortcut Alt+= is added
New setting for EXIF display window: Show row labels (enabled by default)
If it is turned off, only the values from EXIF will be shown and the names (like Shutter, Aperture, etc.) will be omitted.
This is intended for the case when only few fields from EXIF are displayed and their meanings are obvious without annotations.
DELETED SETTINGS:
Start in fullscreen
Remember maximized
BUG FIXED:
The formatting of the window with EXIF data is fixed.
In floating windows of variable size (such as histogram and EXIF) the resize grip behaves more predictably.
Histogram window: if you move it out of the dock using the button on top of the histogram window it regains the previous size, as it was adjusted during the current session.