FlashView Changelog

What changed in each FlashView release.

1.8.11 Current

Edit no longer sharpens raw files on its own - sharpening and structure now start at zero, and search results load completely when you ask for more.

New

  • Regenerate thumbnails - Shift+right-click a folder in the folder tree and choose Regenerate thumbnails to rebuild its previews from scratch.

Improved

  • No automatic raw sharpening - Sharpen and Structure start at zero for raw files in Edit, exports add no hidden sharpening, and existing edits keep their values.

Fixed

  • Loading more search results - after loading more, the "... and N more" button now disappears instead of showing an outdated count.

1.8.10

FlashView now opens WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP and icon files, F5 is faster and large folders scroll smoother. The slideshow keeps running on a second monitor beside the grid, copying to a folder can be cancelled, deleting and rating are safer on network drives - plus many fixes in Edit.

New

  • More file formats - FlashView now opens WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP and icon files; animated GIFs show their first frame.
  • Slideshow beside the grid - on a second monitor the slideshow keeps running while you work in the grid, and S starts it there directly.
  • Cancel copying - Copy to folder can now be cancelled from the status bar, just like export and card import.

Improved

  • Faster F5 - F5 scans a folder only once and rereads ratings only where something may have changed.
  • Smoother large folders - returning to a big folder, undo and sorting no longer hold up the window, and sorting itself is faster.
  • Thumbnails last longer - folders you open regularly keep their thumbnails; only folders you have not visited for 30 days are cleared.
  • Delete warning on network drives - deleting on a NAS or USB stick now warns you that the files cannot go to the Recycle Bin.
  • Search filter count - the number on the search's Filter button now shows exactly what clicking it will display.
  • Raw previews in the loupe - small embedded previews of raw files are no longer stretched beyond their own size.
  • Clearer prompts - a failed update asks before opening the download page, and moving a license fits licenses with several computers.

Fixed

  • Sort by rating - sorting by rating no longer falls back to file name, and rating a picture no longer makes it jump away.
  • Ratings saved reliably - quick rating changes, also on network drives, now land correctly in the file and are no longer lost on exit.
  • Safer deleting - deleting a JPEG no longer removes the matching raw file's .xmp, and a failed write can no longer cost the original JPEG.
  • Card import - unreadable folders on the card are reported, the check really reads from the card, and cancelling no longer leaves an empty folder.
  • Edit matches export - whites stay white, export sharpens like the preview, straightening leaves no black corners, and black-and-white styles match the preview.
  • More Edit fixes - Save copy keeps the state at the click, rotating with crop and redactions stays consistent, and a missing look is now reported.
  • Updates and uninstall - closing the update window with X no longer installs anyway, and uninstalling no longer hangs after the trial has ended.
  • Smaller polish - Esc closes only the open overlay, Cancel in Settings undoes live changes, and folders under shortcuts no longer appear twice.

1.8.9.1

Copying a style now carries the Tint of raw files as well.

Fixed

  • Style includes Tint - copying and pasting a style, presets and applying a style to a selection now carry the Tint value too.
  • Clearer paste prompt - the confirmation when pasting a style now says style instead of look.

1.8.9

Keyboard shortcut help (F1) now opens in its own window, the trial shows its remaining days in the status bar, and JPEGs sent to an external editor keep their camera data.

New

  • Shortcut help in its own window - F1 opens the keyboard shortcuts in a separate window you can move aside, even to a second monitor, and keep working.
  • Buy from the lockout window - when the trial has ended, the lockout window now offers Buy a license next to entering a key.
  • License changes apply automatically - a purchased upgrade now takes effect in FlashView without entering your key again.

Improved

  • Trial status always visible - the status bar shows the days left during the whole trial with a Buy link, not just in the last week.
  • Clear trial ending - in the last week the status bar also says that a license is required to keep working.

Fixed

  • Camera data for external editors - the JPEG handed to an external editor now carries EXIF data such as capture date, camera and copyright.
  • Sticky zoom and Fit - after choosing Fit, browsing no longer jumps back to the old zoom, and small images are no longer stretched beyond their pixels.
  • Help key - on US keyboards the / key no longer opens the help, and ? typed in the search field stays in the field.

1.8.8

Color labels now show as a soft frame around the picture in the grid. Send an image to Photoshop or another editor and return - plus an Edit button in the toolbar. Ctrl with the arrow keys browses your images while the folder tree keeps the focus. Enter now opens and closes a picture, and the EXIF panel shows the file date.

New

  • Edit button - a third mode button next to grid and loupe opens Edit, and loupe takes you out of Edit back to the picture.
  • Several external editors - every editor FlashView finds gets its own "Edit in ..." entry, and Reblum now works alongside Photoshop.
  • Color labels in the grid - a labeled tile shows its color as a soft frame around the picture, easy to spot from a distance.
  • Browse from the folder tree - Ctrl with the arrow keys moves through your images while the folder tree keeps the focus.
  • Enter both ways - Enter opens the selected picture in the loupe and now also takes you back to the grid.
  • File date in the EXIF panel - the file date appears below the capture date, so you can see which date the Date sort uses.

Improved

  • F5 in the loupe - F5 now also rescans the folder while you are in the loupe and keeps you on the current picture.
  • Pick and reject at a glance - the status bar shows a green check for pick and a red cross for reject, and reject uses one symbol everywhere.
  • First click only activates - clicking into the picture of a FlashView window in the background brings it to the front without zooming.
  • Calmer folder switching - the loading overlay only appears when a folder takes longer than half a second.
  • Smaller download - the installer is about 4 MB smaller.

Fixed

  • License at startup - a license file briefly held open by a virus scanner or backup tool no longer makes FlashView report an invalid license.
  • Error when closing - closing FlashView no longer occasionally shows an error message.
  • Welcome card flicker - on slower PCs the welcome card no longer flashes all three steps at once during startup.

1.8.7.1

Fixed

  • Black thumbnails - opening a folder for the first time no longer leaves an occasional black thumbnail until you scroll.

1.8.7

Card import can now create one folder per shooting day and rename files with a pattern. All new options are off by default, so nothing changes unless you switch them on.

New

  • One folder per shooting day - card import can split a multi-day card into one folder for each day.
  • Day starts at 4:00 AM - night shots after midnight stay in the previous day's folder, so a late concert is not torn apart.
  • Rename on import - rename files with a pattern built from placeholders for date, time, original name and a running number.

Improved

  • Folder layout by example - the import dialog shows the possible folder layouts as real example paths to pick from.

Fixed

  • Reset filter - the reset button in an empty view now really shows images again, even when only the RAW filter was hiding them.
  • New day folders - folders created by an import appear in the folder tree right away.
  • Screen readers - the folder tree now announces folder names to screen readers.

1.8.6.3

Fixed

  • Burst shots in order - sorting by date now keeps the frames of a burst in the order they were taken.
  • Import dialog freezes - the card import dialog no longer hangs when a network or other drive is unreachable.
  • Raw in full screen - landscape raw files no longer appear too small for a moment in full screen while you browse quickly.
  • Opening from Explorer - pictures opened by double-click in Explorer load faster and show the edited version right away.

1.8.6.2

Fixed

  • Second monitor sharpness - the second monitor now shows pictures at its full resolution, including raw files and zooming to 100 percent.
  • Choosing the second monitor - with three or more monitors, the loupe opens on the one nearest to the main window.
  • Smoother sliders on raw - Edit sliders respond faster on raw files with denoise switched on, especially on smaller screens.

1.8.6.1

Edit now develops raw files from all major camera makers, the edit toolbar takes the place of the filter bar, and presets became styles.

New

  • More raw formats in Edit - besides CR3 and ARW, Edit now develops CR2, NEF, RAF, ORF, RW2, PEF, SRW, 3FR, FFF and DNG.
  • Camera JPEG fallback - if a raw file cannot be developed, Edit works on the embedded camera JPEG instead of refusing.
  • Open with for raw and PSD - FlashView now appears in Explorer's "Open with" menu for raw and PSD files too.

Improved

  • Edit toolbar - the toolbar now replaces the filter bar while you edit, so it no longer covers the crop handles.
  • Styles instead of presets - a style holds the look and all sliders; pick one and press Apply, as often as you like.
  • Copy and paste a style - the shortcuts are now AltGr+C and AltGr+V, also in the new Style submenu of the context menu.
  • Fresh start per picture - each edit starts from neutral sliders instead of carrying over the values from the previous picture.
  • Search after F5 - search now finds images that were added, renamed or deleted once you press F5.

Fixed

  • Copy image - Ctrl+C now copies exactly what you see: the edited result, correctly rotated, and raw files with the right colors.
  • Missing looks - Edit tells you when a look is not installed on this PC, and applying a style to many images stops instead.
  • Ratings kept with Lightroom - reading a sidecar while Lightroom writes it no longer wipes the rating of that image.
  • Folder tree - the folder tree no longer stops responding after a network folder goes offline.
  • Import folder date - card import names the folder after the day of the photos, not after older files the camera left on the card.
  • Sharpening preview - sharpening in the preview now matches the saved picture on colored edges.

1.8.6

FlashView can now edit your photos: crop, straighten, adjust light and color, apply looks and develop raw files, without ever changing the original. Pictures sent to Photoshop come back on their own.

New

  • Edit mode - press E in the grid or loupe to edit a picture, then Save, Save copy or Cancel; Ctrl+S saves too.
  • Your original stays untouched - edits are stored as a small recipe next to the photo plus a finished _edit.jpg, and can be reopened anytime.
  • Light and color - brightness, contrast, highlights, shadows, saturation and warmth, with a live histogram and a Before button for comparison.
  • Detail - sharpen, structure and vignette, plus denoise with an Auto button that measures the noise in the picture.
  • Raw development - CR3 and ARW files are developed from the raw data, with exposure in stops and white balance via Warmth and Tint.
  • Looks - six built-in looks such as Cinematic and Teal-Orange, your own .cube files, a strength slider and black and white with color filter.
  • Presets and copy look - save named presets, or copy a look with Ctrl+Shift+C and paste it onto a whole grid selection with Ctrl+Shift+V.
  • Crop, straighten, rotate - crop with fixed ratios, level a horizon by drawing a line along it, and rotate by 90 degrees losslessly.
  • Redact - hide number plates, faces or names with blur, black or mosaic boxes that can be moved, resized and rotated.
  • Photoshop round-trip - send a picture to Photoshop from the loupe; when you save there, FlashView shows the result next to the original.

Improved

  • Edited filter - a new button in the filter bar shows only your edited pictures or only the originals.
  • RAW only - the RAW filter now cycles through all formats, no RAW and RAW only (Shift+J).
  • Copy to folder - copy the selection to another folder from the grid context menu, together with its sidecars and edits.
  • Search actions - Select and Filter buttons under the search field act on the matching files in the current folder.
  • Rotate a series - Rotate in the grid context menu turns all selected pictures at once.
  • Remove edit - Remove edit in the context menu restores the original completely and moves the edit to the Recycle Bin.

Fixed

  • Black thumbnails after rating - rating many images at once no longer leaves black thumbnails when you come back to a folder.

1.8.5

Import straight from a memory card with Ctrl+I, lock the zoom while paging through a burst, and check for updates from the About dialog - plus quicker culling in very large folders.

New

  • Card import - Ctrl+I copies a whole memory card into one dated folder, checks every copy and can eject the card afterwards.
  • Flexible import folders - choose a year folder, a date folder, both or neither, and add a name such as the shoot or client.
  • Lock zoom - in the loupe's context menu, keeps zoom level and position while you page, ideal for checking sharpness through a burst.
  • Check for updates - a button in the About dialog looks for a new version right away and installs it in one click.

Improved

  • Faster paging - holding an arrow key in the loupe stays responsive and the sharp image follows as soon as you stop.
  • Quicker culling in huge folders - rating, flagging and deleting no longer cause a short freeze in folders with many thousands of images.
  • Smoother grid on modest PCs - thumbnails stay loaded more reliably and scrolling back no longer reloads them as often.
  • Grid keyboard navigation - arrow keys and Shift with arrows react faster in very large folders.
  • Sensible defaults on first start - the folder tree shows in the grid but not in the loupe, and thumbnail quality matches your hardware.
  • Zooming on network drives - zooming into an already loaded image no longer waits on the network drive.

Fixed

  • False write errors - fast culling no longer reports "rating not saved" by mistake, and a briefly busy file is retried instead of losing the rating.
  • Compare reference - rating or deleting the candidate in compare no longer moves the reference image along.
  • Re-exported images - zooming in now shows the new version of a file that was exported again from Lightroom.
  • Delete during folder loading - an image deleted while the folder was still loading no longer reappears.
  • Up and down in the grid - right after switching to the grid, the arrow keys no longer jump to the wrong row.

1.8.4

Sort and filter by camera data such as camera, lens and ISO, large folders appear sooner, and the grid scrolls smoother.

New

  • EXIF sort and filter - after turning on "Enable EXIF sort & filter" in Settings, sort by capture date and filter by camera data.
  • EXIF filter panel - Shift+E opens filters for camera, lens, photographer, ISO, aperture, shutter speed and focal length.

Improved

  • Large folders appear sooner - the first images show while a big folder is still being read.
  • Scrollbar dragging - the scrollbar follows the mouse immediately, even in folders with many thousands of images.
  • Smoother grid scrolling - the grid reuses its tiles instead of rebuilding them, so scrolling stays even.
  • Memory use in huge folders - folders with 100,000 images and more no longer fill up the PC's memory.
  • No short freezes in the folder tree - opening a recent folder or expanding a very large folder no longer stalls the window.
  • Clearer sort names - "Date" is now called "File date", next to the new "Capture date".
  • Tidier Settings - compare and EXIF options moved to the General tab.

Fixed

  • Small tiles - with many columns, the file name no longer runs under the color label and pick marks.
  • Keyboard focus in the grid - arrow keys no longer stop working after a big jump, F5 or a filter reset.

1.8.3.1

Fixed

  • Update check at startup - FlashView also checks for updates when the last opened folder is not reachable, such as a sleeping network drive.
  • Update notes - long release notes in the update dialog now wrap instead of being cut off.
  • Download progress - the update progress bar no longer appears stuck at 0%.

1.8.3

Compare two images side by side, show a histogram, sort from the filter bar, and update FlashView with one click.

New

  • Compare - C shows two images side by side with matching zoom, so you can pick the better of two.
  • Histogram - H shows an RGB and brightness histogram in the loupe.
  • Sort from the filter bar - Shift+O sorts by name, file date, stars, color label or size, ascending or descending.
  • One-click update - FlashView downloads a new version, checks its signature and installs it, for both installer and portable.
  • Tile size with the mouse wheel - Ctrl with the mouse wheel changes the number of columns in the grid.

Improved

  • Sort per folder - the sort order is remembered per working folder, and the selected image keeps its place on screen when you re-sort.

Fixed

  • Columns menu - the "Columns" entry in the grid's context menu now opens its submenu.
  • Export with Hide RAW - turning on Hide RAW alone no longer enables the Export button.

1.8.2

Export selected images to a folder, filter by date, and auto-advance to the next photo after rating.

New

  • Export to folder - Ctrl+E saves the selection or filtered images as JPEGs, with optional renaming, resizing and quality setting.
  • Date filter - Shift+D filters by date range, with quick picks for today, last 7 days, last 30 days and this year.
  • Auto-advance - Caps Lock moves to the next image after every rating, and Ctrl+Z takes you back to the image you changed.
  • Loupe context menu - right-click the picture for auto-advance, slideshow, EXIF, full screen, second monitor, copy and undo.

Improved

  • Grid context menu - now also offers select all, clear selection, slideshow, export, full screen, second monitor, undo and delete.
  • Toolbar with long paths - a long folder path no longer pushes the Settings and About buttons out of the window.
  • Company networks - license activation and update check now work behind corporate proxy servers.

1.8.1

F5 now refreshes folder structure and reloads changed images, smoother grid resizing, and stability fixes.

New

  • F5 reloads changed images - after editing or exporting in another program, F5 shows the new picture in the grid and loupe.
  • F5 updates the folder tree - new folders appear and deleted folders disappear without restarting.
  • Write error notice - if ratings cannot be saved, for example on a lost network drive, the status bar now says so.

Improved

  • Grid resizing - resizing the window or panels keeps the selected image, or else the first visible image, in place.
  • Esc and T keys - Esc in the grid no longer jumps into the folder tree, and T in the loupe takes you to the folder tree.
  • First filter after restart - filters show results right away from the last session, even in very large libraries.
  • Recent folders on network drives - an unreachable recent folder is reported after about 3 seconds instead of blocking the list.

Fixed

  • Double-click on partly visible tiles - clicking a tile at the bottom edge no longer scrolls a whole row, so double-click opens the right image.
  • Lightroom settings protected - FlashView no longer overwrites an XMP file it cannot read, so develop settings from other programs stay intact.
  • Stars after network hiccups - a short network drive dropout while opening a folder no longer makes stars disappear.
  • New images on first F5 - thumbnails for newly added images now load on the first F5.
  • Settings dialog crash - closing Settings while changes were still being applied no longer crashes on slow PCs.
  • Smaller polish - clearing the cache in Settings always takes full effect, damaged thumbnails repair themselves, and slow PCs open images from the grid faster.

1.8.0

FlashView can now be bought: a Buy button in the About dialog leads to the license purchase, and the free trial runs for 60 days.

New

  • Buy a license - without an active license, the About dialog shows a Buy button that opens the purchase page in your browser.
  • 60-day trial - the free trial now runs for 60 days, then a license is needed.
  • Release license - a visible button in the About dialog frees your license for a new PC or a reinstall.

Improved

  • Pasting license keys - keys copied from the license email with spaces or line breaks are now accepted in full.
  • Recent folders on network drives - a sleeping network drive no longer freezes the start screen, and unreachable recent folders stay in the list.
  • Hide RAW - now also hides TIFF files, which usually are working copies of RAW files.
  • Network folders with RAW files - folders with many RAW or TIFF files open faster on network drives.

Fixed

  • Activating after the trial - entering a license key after the trial has ended now opens FlashView instead of closing it.

1.7.11

FlashView now opens TIFF and HEIC files, and you decide how much it downloads from cloud folders. Editing in a filtered grid behaves predictably, and F5 picks up ratings changed while FlashView was closed.

New

  • TIFF support - .tif and .tiff files from Lightroom or Photoshop open in the grid and loupe.
  • HEIF/HEIC support - .heic, .heif and .hif files open; a hint appears in the tile if the Windows codec is missing.
  • Cloud thumbnail modes - choose Off, Preview or On for OneDrive and Nextcloud files that are not yet on your PC.
  • Click to load cloud images - in Preview mode the first few cloud tiles load automatically, any other one loads with a click.
  • Clear selection with Ctrl+D - the counterpart to Ctrl+A removes a multi-selection.
  • Terms of use - the installer shows the terms of use, and the About dialog links to them.

Improved

  • Hasselblad previews - 3FR and FFF files now show a proper color preview.
  • F5 rereads outside changes - ratings changed in another app while FlashView was closed now show up after F5.
  • Cloud downloads detected - F5 notices when a cloud file has been downloaded and shows its thumbnail.
  • Second monitor follows faster - with F11 the second monitor shows each image right away while you scroll through the grid.
  • More responsive while loading - buttons react immediately and holding the arrow keys no longer lags while thumbnails load.

Fixed

  • Editing in a filtered grid - rating an image out of the filter removes the right tile and moves on to the next image.
  • Neighbor stays selected - after an image leaves the filter, the next image is selected instead of the selection jumping.
  • Undo restores filtered tiles - undo brings back images that had been rated out of the current filter.
  • Rating in the loupe under a filter - returning to the grid no longer shows images that no longer match the filter.
  • DNG and SRW previews - some DNG and Samsung SRW files no longer show a black preview.
  • F11 shows the current image - opening the second monitor now shows the image selected in the grid, not an older one.
  • Settings icon - the settings button shows the correct gear icon again.

1.7.10

A single click in the loupe now zooms, a double-click returns to the grid, and thumbnails can be even sharper.

New

  • Activate license button - the About dialog now has a visible button to enter your license key.
  • Hi-Res thumbnails - a third thumbnail size of 640 pixels gives a sharper grid on large screens.

Improved

  • Click to zoom in the loupe - a single click toggles between fit and 100 percent, a double-click goes back to the grid, like Lightroom Classic.
  • Faster sharp image after browsing - when you stop on an image in the loupe, the full-quality version appears sooner.

Fixed

  • Rating filter with 0 stars - "at least 0" now shows all images and "at most N" includes unrated ones, like Lightroom Classic.

1.7.9

Thumbnails are sharper by default, and the mouse wheel scrolls the grid one row at a time.

Improved

  • Sharper thumbnails - the default thumbnail size is now 480 pixels; a Performance setting keeps the smaller, faster size for slower PCs.
  • Smoother wheel scrolling - each mouse wheel notch scrolls exactly one row in the grid, like Lightroom Classic.

1.7.8

Ratings, labels and picks now travel cleanly between FlashView and Lightroom Classic, and the settings are organized in tabs.

New

  • Color label format setting - choose Lightroom-style or universal English label names for best compatibility with your other apps.
  • Number pad shortcuts - the number pad keys now set stars and color labels.
  • Canon EOS R6 Mark III - CR3 previews from this camera now display correctly.

Improved

  • Lightroom Classic compatibility - rejects set in FlashView are recognized by Lightroom Classic, and color labels by Bridge, Photoshop and digiKam.
  • F5 refreshes ratings - F5 now always picks up stars, labels and picks changed in another app.
  • Faster sorting and filtering - sorting, filtering, deleting and F5 keep the thumbnails already shown instead of loading them again.
  • Settings in tabs - settings are grouped into tabs, and Cancel now undoes changes that were applied live.
  • Grid proportions - tiles keep their shape when you switch to more columns instead of becoming narrow.

1.7.7

Press S for a slideshow, and FlashView can now be activated with a license key.

New

  • Slideshow - press S to play your selection or the whole filtered folder, with an adjustable speed from 1 to 30 seconds.
  • License activation - enter your license key to activate FlashView.

Improved

  • Wheel browsing on the second monitor - the mouse wheel now moves to the next or previous image in the F11 window too.
  • Sharp taskbar icon - the portable version now shows the full-size icon in the taskbar.

Fixed

  • Empty thumbnails on 16 GB PCs - visible thumbnails no longer stay blank after opening a folder or switching Recursive.

1.7.6

Show your pictures on a second monitor with F11, and use FlashView in Russian.

New

  • Second monitor - F11 opens a loupe window on your second monitor without taking the focus away from the main window.
  • Russian language - the full interface is now available in Russian, using Lightroom terminology.

Improved

  • Clearer F1 help - shortcuts are grouped more compactly and mouse actions have their own section.
  • Tour wording - the tour now points out that rating is optional and FlashView works as a plain viewer too.

1.7.5

Smoother sorting in very large libraries and steadier keyboard scrolling in the grid.

Fixed

  • Sorting in huge libraries - changing sort order or group depth no longer briefly freezes the window.
  • Holding Up or Down in the grid - the selection no longer jumps back and forth during fast keyboard scrolling.

1.7.4

Opening a picture from Explorer no longer starts a long scan of all subfolders.

Improved

  • Quick open from Explorer - in a folder FlashView has not seen before, a double-clicked image opens without subfolders, avoiding long scans in cloud libraries.

Fixed

  • Folder settings kept - opening a picture from Explorer no longer overwrites the group depth you chose for that folder.

1.7.3

A picture opened from Explorer now appears right away, even in large cloud folders.

Fixed

  • Instant display from Explorer - a double-clicked image shows immediately instead of waiting until the whole folder has been scanned.
  • No welcome screen flash - opening an image from a cloud folder no longer briefly shows the welcome screen.
  • Settings remembered - recursive and sort changes made after opening a picture from Explorer are now saved for that folder.

1.7.2

Faster browsing in the loupe right after opening a folder.

Fixed

  • Fast first steps in the loupe - the first arrow-key presses are quick no matter how you opened the folder, not only via the grid.

1.7.1

A short tour for new users, a rating bar, and FlashView no longer downloads cloud files on its own.

New

  • Getting started tour - a short three-step tour after opening the first folder, with a quick-start box on the welcome screen.
  • Repeat tour - restart the tour at any time from the settings.
  • Rating bar - press R or the star button to rate, label and pick with the mouse, in the loupe and the grid.
  • Cloud folder awareness - OneDrive and Nextcloud files that are only in the cloud show a cloud icon instead of being downloaded.

Improved

  • Filter bar clearly labeled - the filter bar now has a "Filter" label and every filter button explains itself in a tooltip.
  • Recursive and group depth - the depth field is now called Group depth, only appears with Recursive, and no longer suggests a subfolder limit.
  • Shortcut change - recursive is now Shift+R, because R opens the rating bar.
  • Simpler settings - content and display settings are combined in one compact section.

Fixed

  • Stars in a filtered grid - stars no longer go missing on thumbnails that load while a filter is active.
  • Cloud files and filters - using a filter no longer triggers downloads of cloud-only files.
  • Welcome screen - the welcome screen no longer stays on top of the empty-filter hint.

1.7.0

Find any picture by name with Ctrl+F, refresh a folder with F5, and filter large libraries without freezes.

New

  • Search - Ctrl+F or F3 opens a quick search across your whole library and jumps straight to the image or folder.
  • Rescan with F5 - F5 in the grid picks up new and deleted files and ratings changed by other apps.

Improved

  • Filtering large libraries - the first filter shows its progress, and every filter after that applies instantly.
  • Page Up and Page Down - the grid now scrolls by whole rows, so every row is fully visible once.

Fixed

  • Crash when filtering - narrowing a very large grid to a few images with a filter no longer crashes FlashView.

1.6.10

Folders open much faster, and filtering no longer freezes the window in very large libraries.

Improved

  • Much faster folder scanning - reading a folder with 100,000 images takes a fraction of the time it did before.
  • Responsive while scanning - the window stays usable and shows a counter while a large folder is being read.
  • Last image remembered - FlashView also remembers your position when you only scroll the grid, and when opening from Explorer.

Fixed

  • No more freezes when filtering - star, color label and pick/reject filters on libraries with hundreds of thousands of images keep the window responsive.

1.6.7

Browsing a picture opened straight from Explorer is now as fast as browsing from the grid.

Fixed

  • Fast browsing after direct open - holding the right arrow after opening an image from Explorer is no longer slower than going through the grid.

1.6.6

More raw formats, and a reject filter that can hide your rejects.

New

  • More raw formats - Fujifilm RAF, Hasselblad 3FR/FFF and Samsung SRW files now open.
  • Hide rejects - the reject filter now cycles Off, Only and Hide, so you can cull without seeing rejected images.

Fixed

  • Folder tree on restart - the folder tree highlights the folder you were in, not just the top of the library.
  • Fit after maximizing - the loupe image fits the window correctly after maximizing or restoring.
  • Keyboard in the folder tree - Up and Down in the folder tree no longer jump into the grid.
  • Damaged RAF files - malformed RAF files no longer crash FlashView.
  • Clearing thumbnails - clearing stored thumbnails in the settings no longer makes the grid flicker.

1.6.5

Rendering is stable on PCs with AMD integrated graphics.

Fixed

  • AMD integrated graphics - folders with very small images no longer stop the display on AMD Radeon integrated graphics.
  • No upscaling in the loupe - small images are shown at 100 percent at most instead of being enlarged to fit the window.

1.6.4

Smoother on PCs with less memory, and zooming works with the full resolution right away.

Improved

  • Less memory on smaller PCs - FlashView adapts how many thumbnails and images it keeps loaded to the memory of your PC.
  • Faster switch to the loupe - the loupe shows the image and its neighbors sooner after leaving the grid.

Fixed

  • Zoom while loading - zooming before the sharp image has loaded now zooms to the real image size, and the zoom stays when it arrives.

1.6.3

A new welcome screen, and FlashView reads picks and rejects from Lightroom Classic.

New

  • Welcome screen - the first start shows buttons to open a picture folder or your Pictures folder, plus up to five recent folders.

Improved

  • Lightroom Classic picks - picks and rejects set in Lightroom Classic are now read from XMP sidecars.

1.6.2

Stability fixes for the new per-folder position memory.

Fixed

  • Last image saved on exit - the image you looked at just before closing FlashView is now reliably remembered.

1.6.1

An About button, a clearer F1 help, and FlashView remembers your last image in every folder.

New

  • About button - a toolbar button opens the About dialog with version and links.
  • Last image per folder - every folder remembers the image you looked at last.

Improved

  • F1 help in two columns - shortcuts are grouped and the help scrolls on small windows.
  • Recent folders - opening a recent folder shows the grid at the image you looked at last.

1.6.0

Maintenance release with stability fixes.

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