Once you’ve found the picture you want, a double click gets you the single image view. Faststone supports every camera model that anyone who actually uses RAW files would own. Oh, and if you like working with RAW files, no problem. It stores the preview thumbnails in a database, so once you it loads them the first time, the thumbnails fly up on the screen the next time you view the directory. Faststone doesn’t just show images, it can also give you video previes. It has thumbnails (though you can choose list or details view) in the main pane, and a preview of the selected picture for getting a bigger view without selecting a picture. The browser (see Browser Image below) has the familiar Windows tree for navigation. There are two views in Faststone - the browser, and the image view. If you are familiar with Photoshop Elements, Infranview is like the Editor, and Faststone is like the Organizer. The main difference is that Infranview is about the single image where Faststone is about the browser. Like Infranview, Faststone supports a boatload of file formats and coverts between them. Like Infranview, Faststone provides lightning fast image viewing.
Don’t even mention Photoshop to Beavis - my trusty by aged Dell Laptop - or his 512 MB of RAM will whimper like a puppy that wants your steak from the dinner table.
Not to mention, not everyone can afford Photoshop’s frequent upgrades. But, sometimes, you just need a little something and loading Photoshop seems like a waste. Let’s face it, at the end of the day, there is Photoshop, and there is everything else. Bobby Freidin’s recent article on InfranView inspired me to write about my favorite lightweight photo viewer and editor.
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