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SnapView Features

The core tools for fast Mac photo review, folder-first browsing, and lightweight culling before editing.

Key Features

  • Per-photo editing with Light, Color, Tone Curve, Film, Crop and geometry, and Watermark & Frame NEW 3.0
  • AI-powered first-pass culling that suggests Pick and Reject candidates while leaving the final choice to you NEW 3.0
  • Auto Enhance informed by scene brightness and color intent while avoiding overly aggressive changes NEW 3.0
  • Recipe Timeline with meaningful edit steps and named A/B snapshots NEW 3.0
  • Scene Sync for copying Light, Color, Tone Curve, and Film drafts across matching photos NEW 3.0
  • Film and Frame audition with temporary previews or one-step undoable apply NEW 3.0
  • Focus Lens for checking the current edit at 100% or 200% NEW 3.0
  • Face Lock Compare for aligning a selected face across two to four photos when confidence is sufficient NEW 3.0
  • QuickSRNet Large x2 AI enlargement for new Apple silicon settings, with included viewer previews and Supporter AI-copy saving NEW 3.0
  • Settings backups and version comparisons, selective restore with Supporter Pass, and included restore undo NEW 3.0
  • Clearer navigation and controls: continuous arrow-key browsing, resizable Navigator sources, 14-language settings search, and Light/Dark readability
  • No import process or heavy catalog generation
  • Ultra-fast directory browsing and keyboard preview navigation
  • Browse ZIP archives in real time without extracting
  • 4 versatile view modes (Main / Grid / Filmstrip / Pro Layout)
  • Pro Layout View with Action Strip, Info Strip, and thumbnail context
  • Quick Organize with 3 visible presets, GPS map review, and 3 previewed batch recipes
  • Apple Photos browsing, Photos-style Favorite heart, and Photos ↔ disk copy workflows
  • HDR photo viewing, quick HDR/SDR switching, and non-AI upscaling
  • Consistent sorting across Main, Grid, and Filmstrip with counter/context-menu controls
  • Select Tray candidate/final/excluded sets and selected-original handoff
  • Drag handoff from Main, Grid, and Filmstrip to Finder, Desktop, editing apps, and Photos
  • Command-P print/PDF save for images, selections, folders, ZIP, Photos, and contact sheets
  • Multi Monitor Workspace for Navigator, Quick Check, Histogram, Map, Filmstrip, and Select Tray panels
  • Persistent thumbnail disk cache for repeat Grid, Filmstrip, and Navigator browsing
  • Optional Supporter Pass for continued development, with Mac App Store purchase restore
  • Real-time playback/view of RAW, HEIC, and animated formats
  • Adjustable Smart Decoding Modes (Speed vs Quality priority)
  • Intuitive Fullscreen Slideshow review with transition effects
  • Real-time culling sync with Lightroom (XMP Rating, Pick/Reject)
  • Seamless integration with macOS Finder color tags
  • Visual Duplicate checking and batch cleaner
  • Side-by-side multiple image Compare Mode (up to 4 images)
  • AI-assisted Quick Check for blink, focus, and exposure signals
  • Image Export for smaller sharing copies (JPEG/PNG, social presets)
  • On-device OCR to recognize and copy text from photos
  • Capture date/GPS edits for supported photos
  • Intuitive Histogram, detailed EXIF info, and GPS Map panels
  • Seamless keyboard-centric File Management (Select/Copy/Paste/Delete)
  • Convenient Always On Top mode for multi-tasking
Creative Suite Preview: try it, then save with Supporter Pass.

Preview edits and culling suggestions in Creative Suite. Saving edited copies or recipes and applying culling decisions require Supporter Pass. Viewer AI previews and settings-file backups are included with Basic. Version 3.0 is available on the Mac App Store.

Supported Formats

Camera RAW

ARW, CR2, CR3, NEF, NRW, DNG, RAF, ORF, RW2, PEF, SRW, 3FR, FFF, CRW, RWL, SR2, IIQ

Still Images

JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WEBP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF, PSD, JPEG 2000, DICOM, EXR/HDR, TGA, ICNS

Video

MP4, MOV, M4V

Archives and Metadata

Direct ZIP archive browsing, XMP sidecar writing for ratings and flags

Fast Review Workspace

  • RAW and image browsing: open RAW, JPG, PNG, HEIC, TIFF, and supported video files directly from folders.
  • Direct ZIP browsing: inspect archived albums without extracting them first.
  • Keyboard-first views: switch with Q, W, E, R, T, and Tab.

Pro Layout View

Press Tab to bring folder navigation, filmstrip context, action controls, photo information, ratings, and color labels into one review surface.

SnapView Pro Layout View

Culling And Organization

  • Quick Organize: run up to three visible copy or move presets for repeated sorting.
  • Batch Actions: preview up to three export, copy, or move recipes before applying them.
  • Finder and Lightroom handoff: keep Finder tags and XMP-backed ratings available outside SnapView.

Inspection Tools

  • Quick Check: review focus, exposure, and closed-eye signals without handing decisions to automation.
  • Map Overlay: see GPS-backed location context beside the photo when location data exists.
  • Compare and Duplicate: inspect similar shots side by side and clean exact duplicate files.
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