Best photo viewer for OSX

[nargalzius]

I'm looking for a photoviewer/utility similar to windows ACDSee

There's a carbonized ACDSee but it really sucks as it's not nearly as good as the windoze version.

I'm open to other software suggestions, but what I particularly hate about iPhoto et al is that you have to IMPORT stuff before you can see them. Plus the fact that its as slow as hell.

I just want a FAST, directory-based viewer where you can view files directly from a directory without having to go through that stupid import process.

[Edited on 11-7-2004 by nargalzius]

[S13]

try iView Multimedia Pro

[nargalzius]

cool, ok sana to, pero medyo mabagal din, I liked ViewIt better pero both still adhere to the "import" mantra

[bagwis]

Try Photo Mechanic 4. Most SportsShooters use them. You would still have to import or ingest your files to not only one, but two locations of your choice (if needed). It's pretty fast compared to iPhoto. You might want to try it.

[Edited on 11-7-2004 by bagwis]

[Edited on 11-8-2004 by bagwis]

[vicicasas]

Personally, I use ViewIt. It doesn't actually "import" the files per se ... but you can't use a directory-tree based method of viewing ala ACDSee. But it's still one of the fastest ones out there, and was satisfactory enough to warrant me registering the application. Biggest plus is the ability to assign hotkeys for destination folders, meaning I can scroll thru an entire data dump in slideshow mode and hit keys at any given time to move (or copy) good takes and notable images to separate folders for later processing.

[Edited on 11-7-2004 by vicicasas]

[mgd]

Graphic Converter (shareware) has a browser function that displays folder contents as thumbnails. No importing needed. You can traverse folders and locations using a directory tree. Photos can be viewed individually or in a slide show. It also has flexible batch options.

[yoyomar]

If you've got Photoshop CS, you can use its built-in File Browser tool.

[maryannemoll]

preview?

[peter_ob]

View your photos as icons and set the view options to the best viewing size.

[nargalzius]

mgd, just saw your post, i'll give graphic converter a try, looks promising - it just might oust my preference for ViewIt hehehe

about the Photoshop browsing - honestly, does anyone actually do that? i mean fire up photoshop just to browse through images (without the intention of editing them of course)? hehehehe I think not.