FastRawViewer vs Photo Mechanic
FastRawViewer
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Photo Mechanic
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| Figure | FastRawViewer | Photo Mechanic |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | $12.42/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 1 | 6 |
| Spec score · Photo Viewer Software | 8.3 (#4) | 7.9 (#10) |
| Spec score · Photography Software | 8.1 (#10) | 7.8 (#19) |
| Spec score · Photo Culling Software | 8.0 (#12) | 7.8 (#16) |
| Founded | 2008 | 1996 |
| Support | The contact page provides license-key recovery and FAQs, and says the maker will answer forum questions without requiring registration. | Camera Bits provides a knowledge base, contact support, and user forums where users can ask Photo Mechanic developers and support staff questions. |
| Trial | The maker offers a fully functional 30-day trial. | Photo Mechanic and Photo Mechanic Plus are free for 30 days with no payment information required, limited to one trial per customer. |
Plans
Photo Mechanic
- Photo Mechanic$14.99 a month
- Photo Mechanic Plus$24.99 a month
- Photo Mechanic$149 a year
- Photo Mechanic Plus$249 a year
- Photo Mechanic$299, paid once
- Photo Mechanic Plus$399, paid once
In their own words
FastRawViewer
FastRawViewer has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Photo Mechanic
Photo Mechanic is a media browser for viewing, organizing, managing, and exporting digital photos on macOS and Windows. During ingest from memory cards, users can view thumbnails, cull, rate, and tag pictures while copying them. Metadata features include captions, copyright, keywords, IPTC fields, variables, structured keyword lists, and code replacements. Batch editing can copy, delete, tag, watermark, rename, resize, or add IPTC metadata to multiple images.
The software can apply saved GPS tracking logs and add city, state, and country names to photo metadata. It uploads directly to services including PhotoShelter, Zenfolio, Amazon S3, Flickr, and SmugMug, can send files through an existing SMTP email server, and can make web galleries from templates. Photo Mechanic Plus adds an image database for cataloging pictures across storage locations.