Program for the initial viewing of raw files

What program do you use to view your raw files as soon as you download them on to the computer? I want something that lets me view each photo and zoom in easily, so I can decide whether or not to keep the photo or delete it.

I tried windows live photo gallery, but it takes forever to load each picture. I tried DPP but its not easy to delete each photo without having to go back to the main window. I also tried zoombrowser but it doesnt zoom in properly, so I cant tell which photos are sharp.

So what to you use to initially view your raw photos?

maybe LR would do the trick....
Try it out for free for 30 days from the Adobe website...
You can zoom delete whatever from Library or develop mode but it is a resource hungry programme and you will need a reasonable amount of RAM and a decent CPU to cope....

Irfanview
http://www.irfanview.n​et/
Open the first file in the folder and then scroll through them with the Next/Previous arrows, fast zoom and Delete button on the tool bar. And free.

I use Bridge, Lightroom is much the same for this. There's a program that Lloyd (username PictureCrazy) recommended, very quick for this task, you could find it with search. I prefer to do my whole workflow in Bridge.

I use DPP. simply down load all the photos, press the select all button and click the open in edit button on top left. Then you can scroll through the entire batch & cull as you wish.

Here is a great tutorial on how this & other DPP features work http://www.usa.canon.c​om …tArticleAct&art​icleID=386

Of course you must use a Canon Camera

rooeey wrote in post #6626689
maybe LR would do the trick....

Nope!

While I love LR for processing raw files it's not too good for the initial viewing and culling of images. That's because you've got to wait for it to import all the images before you can view them.

I'm looking for the same sort of thing as the OP to run on my new Netbook. I'm going to try out ACDSee Pro first, then Irfanview. Does the latter display the actual rawfile of the embedded jpeg?

Try Photo Mechanic it is excellent

http://www.camerabits.​com/site/index.html

W.T. Jones wrote in post #6626942
I use DPP. simply down load all the photos, press the select all button and click the open in edit button on top left. Then you can scroll through the entire batch & cull as you wish.

Here is a great tutorial on how this & other DPP features work http://www.usa.canon.c​om …tArticleAct&art​icleID=386

Of course you must use a Canon Camera

How do you delete from the edit image window? There is no delete button that I can see. I have to go back to the main window to delete, which is annoying.

I am going to try infranview next....

Ok I just watched the tutorials for DPP and the workflow one showed how the woman used check marks on the images she wanted to delete, then deleted them all together. I will give that a try! I had a play with infranview and that works pretty well too! Thanks everyone for your replies.

Try FastStone Imaging Viewer. Free for personal use.

www.faststone.org

I like Faststone, but I can't seem to find a way to "rate" the images in a way that Bridge will then recognize the ratings. For now, I just use Bridge to do the initial culling, but something faster would be nice.

Bridge works for me.

I cull my images with it, then import to PS for further work.

I sort by kind after copying to computer , and put raw in one folder and jpg in another .
I use DPP or preview and when I find a bad one , I save as picture # trash , picture # trash, picture # trash etc . Then trash the pictures # and trash # . IE - img 009999 trash
If you sort by kind all the trash ones are together. Hope that helps .

Seconding the vote for DPP. Use the Quick View Tool, assign 3s to the ones you don't like, select all the 3s from the edit menu, and delete.

I agree that it's annoying that you can't delete an open file. Sometimes I'll be working on a file and decide that it's not worth saving. I wish I could delete the file and move on to the next one (without backing out of the edit window).

PhotoMechanic is fastest.

I use iView, since all images go there first anyway for adding IPTC and cataloguing....