FastPictureViewer Professional

Spec sheet

What it does

FastPictureViewer Professional is a Windows image viewer designed for rapid photographic culling, rating and review.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Purpose

FastPictureViewer Professional is an image viewer designed for photographers and photo review workflows.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Intended users

The maker describes users including professional and amateur photographers, photo studios, stock-photo agencies, magazine photo editors, minilabs, and print shops.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Trial

The maker offers a free, fully featured evaluation for several weeks; the standard installer includes a trial license for first-time users.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Security

The FAQ says the program’s binaries are digitally signed and that optional update checks send no personally identifiable information.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Support

The maker lists email support and says requests are typically answered within one business day.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Headquarters

Geneva, SwitzerlandRead 28 Sep 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Maker

Axel Rietschin Software Developments is a privately held software company headquartered at 36 Rue de Carouge, Geneva, Switzerland.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Batch processing

Its rule-based batch processor can copy, move, delete, rename, and export files according to metadata and other criteria.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Batch workflow

Batch commands can copy, move, rename, delete, back up, export and convert images according to ratings and other criteria.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Bookmarks

The product provides persistent quick bookmarks and automatically saved external bookmarks that work across sessions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Codec extensibility

Additional formats such as DjVu and DICOM can be added through suitable Windows Imaging Component codecs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Color management

The viewer supports ICC version 2 and version 4 color management.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Company size and founding

LinkedIn lists Axel Rietschin Software Developments as a 2–10-person company founded in 1990.Read 15 Oct 2026 · ch.linkedin.com

Compatibility

The download page lists a 64-bit AVX release and legacy 64-bit and 32-bit releases.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Culling and metadata

It provides XMP rating and labels, IPTC editing, EXIF information, and an RGB histogram.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Current release

The downloads page lists Professional 1.96.401.0, dated May 25, 2025, as the current 64-bit AVX build and also provides legacy 1.9.360 builds.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Documentation

The help center includes installation videos, getting-started material, IPTC and reverse-geocoding guidance, regex, bookmarks, feature lock-down and CEIP topics.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

File formats

Professional format support includes PNG, GIF, BMP, RLE, DIB, ICO, TIFF, multipage TIFF, Adobe DNG and RAW files for more than 380 camera models.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Image formats

It supports more than 400 camera models’ RAW formats; additional formats such as PSD, OpenEXR, JPEG 2000, TGA, HDR, and DDS are available through the Codec Pack add-in.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Independent product description

TechSpot lists it as Windows-only freeware for fast RAW/JPEG culling with color management, zoom, histogram and EXIF tools.Read 15 Oct 2026 · techspot.com

Independent usage criticism

A Reddit discussion describes FastPictureViewer as slightly quicker than alternatives but says the software appears nearly abandoned.Read 15 Oct 2026 · reddit.com

IPTC editor

The batch IPTC editor writes headline, caption, keywords, location and other IPTC fields.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Legacy compatibility limit

Windows XP, Vista and 32-bit users must use the legacy 1.9.360 branch because current 1.95-and-later builds dropped those targets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Licence

Professional is proprietary commercial software licensed per user, while Home Basic is freeware for personal, nonprofit or educational use.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Limit: editing and interface

Clubic notes limited editing, an austere interface and restricted plugin support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · clubic.com

Limit: licence delivery and support

Multiple Trustpilot reviewers from 2018–2021 reported payment without receiving a licence or download link and said support did not respond; several sought PayPal refunds.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Limit: missing editing

Netzwelt says the viewer cannot edit or convert images and argues that basic editing or conversion would improve it compared with freeware alternatives.Read 15 Oct 2026 · netzwelt.de

Limit: trial and prerequisite

Softpedia says the unregistered edition has a 45-day trial with nag screens and requires Windows Imaging Component installation.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softpedia.com

Metadata ratings

It writes Adobe XMP-compatible ratings, labels and urgency metadata.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Other workflow tools

The product includes reverse geocoding for IPTC location fields and a plugin that groups images by GPS position or date and time.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Platform limit

The maker documents FastPictureViewer as Windows-specific and does not provide a native macOS edition.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Plugin API

Plugin development uses native C++ with ATL/COM and requires Authenticode-signed modules.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Praise: delivery and speed

A 2023 Trustpilot reviewer said the purchase link arrived within minutes and praised the software as very fast, including for viewing PSD files.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Praise: Lightroom workflow

Photographer Sarah Matheson reports fast RAW browsing, one-key rating and tagging, rule-based file actions and ratings that Lightroom reads through XMP.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sarahmatheson.net

Praise: metadata panels

Softpedia praises translucent panels for histogram, GPS, XMP and EXIF data, keyboard-driven review and quick handling of large image sets.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softpedia.com

Praise: responsive workflow

Clubic describes very fast image reading, responsive operation and useful metadata handling.Read 15 Oct 2026 · clubic.com

Privacy and payments

The privacy statement says online billing is handled by a third-party partner and that the maker does not receive customers’ credit-card details.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Publishing integrations

Publishing plugins target Facebook, Flickr, SmugMug, Zenfolio, PhotoShelter, 500px and local disk.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Rating on Clubic

6.4 out of 10 from 120 ratings.Read 15 Oct 2026 · clubic.com

Rating on Softpedia

1.8 out of 5 from 272 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · softpedia.com

Rating on Trustpilot

4.0 out of 5 from 8 reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · trustpilot.com

Review throughput

The maker says a trained user can review about 3,000 to 4,000 RAW images per hour on suitable hardware.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Sales terms

The purchase page says sales are final and describes refunds as available when the maker cannot fix or work around a reported, reproducible technical issue that significantly disrupts normal operation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Scripting

The help material documents more than 100 script or macro variables plus command-line options.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Security and privacy

The vendor says PayPal handles payments, card details are not sent to it, registration data is limited to necessary account and transaction fields, and the site is malware-scanned daily.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

System requirements

The current builds target Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.x or Windows 10 and require a 64-bit AVX-capable processor; the maker recommends 8 GB RAM and at least 1 GB GPU memory for large DSLR files.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Tethering

It supports tethered shooting with MTP/PTP-compatible cameras, including multi-camera USB workflows.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Trial behavior

A time-limited evaluation enables all Professional features and then reverts to Home Basic with those features disabled.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Web API capabilities

The plugin host documents OAuth 1.0A HMAC-SHA1, HTTP GET/PUT/POST REST calls, multipart encoding, image conversion, metadata writing, DPAPI token storage and ETW tracing.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Zoom and inspection

The product provides instant 100% zoom, RGB histograms and EXIF shooting information.Read 15 Oct 2026 · fastpictureviewer.com

Plans and prices

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Where Specifiction places it

• Photo Culling Software#3 of 268.7