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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 25, 2013 8:55:35 GMT -5
As many of you know, I use the FREE FastStone Image Viewer software for processing my photographs. Well, a new version has been released this year.
On 1/28/2013 FastStone Image Viewer 4.7 was released. Several minor updates were added, but most significant was the addition of NOISE REDUCTION.
Updates include:
Version
4.7 (January 28, 2013)
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- Added Touch Interface (tap,
swipe, pinch) support throughout the application
- Added a new mouse gesture to
move between images: Click at the bottom part of the preview window to
switch to the next/preview image
- Improved the Copy/Move dialog.
Now it shows an image comparison window and allows you to
select Replace, Skip and Rename when handling file name conflicts
- Added an option to let you manually
select which photos to download in the "Download Photos"
tool
- Improved the Print dialog
- Added a new browser mode (under
menu "View"->"Layout"), which provides a bigger
image viewing area
- Added a "Reduce Noise"
tool
- Improved the Straighten/Rotate
dialog. Now it is possible to preserve aspect ratio when rotating an
image
- Improved the "Set Wallpaper
Anywhere on Desktop" tool with "Drop Shadow" and
"Cut" effects
- Improved the "Text" tool in
"Draw Board". Now you can see a preview of fonts in
the font name list
- Improved "Crop Board"
by adding "Original Ratio" to the "Paper Ratio"
list
- Improved "Image Comparison"
by adding an option to Auto-Fit images to the window
- Improved folder navigation in
Windows Libraries
- Updated the RAW format library.
Added support for SRW, NRW, RWL files. Added an option in the Raw tab of the Settings to enable/disable Raw
files
- Added a new skin called OSX
- Many other minor improvements and bug fixes
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Post by johny on Feb 27, 2013 16:12:21 GMT -5
I am amazed how good this is. I have NX2 and CS5 and do very little other than highlights and shadows. This is very fast seems almost too good to be true.
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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 27, 2013 16:29:21 GMT -5
I am amazed how good this is. I have NX2 and CS5 and do very little other than highlights and shadows. This is very fast seems almost too good to be true. John, I have been using it now for several years, and over time several improvements and updates have been released. I used to have to process with Faststone Image Viewer then switch to another application for sharpening, cloning, and noise reduction. Now with the latest version I can process it all using this software. The best part of all is that it is totally FREE for personal use!  |
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Post by hunter58 on Mar 3, 2013 11:09:47 GMT -5
I've been using FastStone for probably a year and half now. I always use it to preview my raw images. I love the side-by-side view for up to 4 images at once. When editing you can also view before and after side-by-side as you edit. I've recently been using Elements for raw editing as I find it does a better job but I always finish in FastStone for cropping, any cloning and adding my sig. I usually use Noise Ninja for noise reduction but I'm going to have to update to the new version to check out there noise reduction feature.
I actually like FastStone so much that I did register it and sent them $15 but the free version is fully functional.
Hunter
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