rutt
Apr-28-2005, 09:40 AM
This is an OS X freeware program for browsing and editing image files. Among other things, it can perform a full screen slide show of the files in a folder, allowing one to mark/unmark each file and control the slide show (forward/back) either with the mouse or one touch keyborard shortcuts. At the end of the slide show, one can either delete all the marked images or select them, after which it is easy to move them into a different folder (or make a folder to move them into.)
I've only had this program for a few hours, but have tested it quite a bit in that time. I love it. It's very fast, beating the previous champs xv and Preview by noticeable amounts. I never have to take my fingers off the keyboard while editing, which I like very much.
Here is how this fits into my workflow. After a shoot I have a flash card full of images. I shoot jpeg+raw. I use the jpegs for large high quality previews. The high level view is this:
Copy the jpegs off the card into a hd folder.
Automatically rotate the jpegs using the EXIF info
Look at each one as large as possible, marking the ones to keep/delete.
Delete the bad ones.
Fetch the raw files for the good ones.
I have some command line utilities to help with steps 1, 2, and 5. I'll provide more information about this on request. I've been using a customized version of an old unix program, xv, to do 3, but it's slow compared to CocoViewX and also no longer supported. My primary requirement for this tool is that it be fast. I want to be able to burn through up to a thousand shots (from a baseball game, say) deleting the bad ones with a keystroke and not waiting for the next image. I don't want to have to touch the mouse. I want full sized previews so I can tell how good the focus is and detect other issues. CocoVewX wins on all these fronts.
Here is web site: http://www.stalkingwolf.net/software/cocoviewx/
I've only had this program for a few hours, but have tested it quite a bit in that time. I love it. It's very fast, beating the previous champs xv and Preview by noticeable amounts. I never have to take my fingers off the keyboard while editing, which I like very much.
Here is how this fits into my workflow. After a shoot I have a flash card full of images. I shoot jpeg+raw. I use the jpegs for large high quality previews. The high level view is this:
Copy the jpegs off the card into a hd folder.
Automatically rotate the jpegs using the EXIF info
Look at each one as large as possible, marking the ones to keep/delete.
Delete the bad ones.
Fetch the raw files for the good ones.
I have some command line utilities to help with steps 1, 2, and 5. I'll provide more information about this on request. I've been using a customized version of an old unix program, xv, to do 3, but it's slow compared to CocoViewX and also no longer supported. My primary requirement for this tool is that it be fast. I want to be able to burn through up to a thousand shots (from a baseball game, say) deleting the bad ones with a keystroke and not waiting for the next image. I don't want to have to touch the mouse. I want full sized previews so I can tell how good the focus is and detect other issues. CocoVewX wins on all these fronts.
Here is web site: http://www.stalkingwolf.net/software/cocoviewx/