| Lyn is a lightweight, blazing-fast media browser designed specifically for Mac, supporting JPEG/RAW/HDR/JXL and many other image and video formats. It offers non-destructive editing, metadata management, geotagging, and one-click sharing features, making it an efficient image viewer for photographers and designers.
### Features:
1. **Ultra-fast image browsing for all formats**:
– Native support for **JPEG, PNG, TIFF, JPEG 2000, TGA, PPM, BMP** and all standard image formats
– Perfect compatibility with **JXL (JPEG XL), HDR, OpenEXR, Radiance** and other high dynamic range formats
– Supports **all major camera RAW formats** (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Leica), with an integrated latest RAW parser
– Supports **animated GIFs, PDF documents, and QuickTime videos**
– Uses Metal hardware acceleration for fast rendering of large images and RAW files
– Supports multi-monitor configurations, allowing simultaneous display of images on different screens
2. **Non-destructive image editing**:
– All editing operations do not modify the original file, changes are merged only during export
– Provides a complete editing inspector panel:
– Basic adjustments: exposure, white balance, tone, brightness, contrast, saturation
– Advanced adjustments: highlights, shadows, curves, levels, selective color
– Creative effects: black and white conversion, sepia tone, halo, film grain
– Supports basic geometric transformations: crop, rotate, flip
– Saves editing presets for quick application to multiple photos
3. **Powerful metadata and geotagging management**:
– Fully supports **EXIF, camera manufacturer annotations, GPS, GeoTIFF, IPTC** metadata parsing and editing
– IPTC preset feature for batch adding copyright information, keywords, and descriptions
– Built-in map view for easy geotagging via drag-and-drop
– Supports creating custom location libraries for quick marking of frequently used shooting locations
– Supports filtering photos by tags, metadata, and shooting parameters
4. **Efficient file management and batch processing**:
– Provides four view modes: thumbnail, list, grid, and full-screen view, with customizable presets
– Supports batch renaming, batch format conversion, and batch resizing
– Built-in smart folder feature for automatic filtering of photos based on conditions
– Supports direct browsing of **Apple Photos, Aperture, iPhoto, and Lightroom** libraries without importing
– Supports user-switchable thumbnail caching for faster browsing
5. **Convenient sharing and export**:
– One-click sharing to popular platforms like **Flickr, Dropbox, SmugMug, 500px**
– Supports exporting in various formats, with customizable export quality and dimensions
– Supports creating slideshow with music, customizable transition effects and duration
– Supports printing, with options to set print size, resolution, and margins
6. **User-friendly operation experience**:
– Follows the classic ACDSee operation logic, with automatic navigation of images in folders using the left and right arrow keys
– Supports Apple Remote and Magic Trackpad gestures
– Supports customizable keyboard shortcuts to meet different user preferences
– Supports automatic switching between dark and light modes, perfectly adapting to system appearance
– Provides full-screen mode for focused image viewing and editing
Version 2.4.9 Update:
– Fixed issues with opening images using Finder.
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