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I had all 4 running side by side, Faststone, Zoner, Breeze, and Photomechanic. Only Photomechanic showed correct color for .psd files. Maybe there is a setting on the others that changes this, but it would largely tip the balance in making a decision. BTW, my monitor is color calibrated and Lightroom/Bridge/PS CC all show the correct color as well.
The specific color cast was a dull greenish, especially visible on skin tones in .psd files. Photomechanic has a button that turns color management on or off. If I turn it off, then this green cast appears in Photomechanic as well.
Looks like color management is a separate setting that you have to turn on in some of these viewers. For example XNview also showed this color cast. I had to go into Options (F12) and go to color management and select the .icc profile that I had made using my monitor calibration. Lo- and behold, the colors now look correct.
I realize that my initial requirement was to cull raw images in the field. But, since I take so many bracketed photos, many of my "field" photos end up as tiffs or .psd files. So, viewing them side by side with raws is valuable.
Now that I realize I have to add color correction to the software, I'll have to re-evaluate them.
Edited on May 09, 2016 at 12:28 PM · View previous versions
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