Media Coverage

"ACDSee Pro 2 is the latest upgrade to ACD Systems' popular workflow-management software. Besides making it easy to download, organize, archive and locate your images. ACDSee Pro 2 provides powerful editing and RAW-processing capabilities. One-click Visual Tagging and extensive batch processing greatly speed up and simplify workflow.

Use ACDSee Pro 2 to download images from digital cameras, scanners, card readers and removable drives to your computer, then display them as thumbnails, resize them and sort them however you wish. Just double-click an image to view it at full resolution. With ACDSee Pro 2, RAW images display as quickly as JPEGs.

ACDSee Pro 2 can handle more than 100 file formats, including JPEG, TIFF, GIF and PSD. It can handle RAW formats from nearly all digital SLRs and many compact digital cameras that provide RAW recording (a list of compatible cameras is available on the ACDSee website).

In the Edit Mode (Modify > Edit Mode), you can adjust exposure, color and sharpness, reduce noise, resize, rotate and crop, apply more than 40 special effects, fix red-eye and other image flaws, watermark, add text, and correct perspective and lens distortion. A three-tab Shadows/Highlights feature is particularly effective. The Basics tab provides easy adjustment via two sliders. The Light EQ tab lets you adjust 10 different tonal ranges via sliders, a la a sound equalizer, while the Advanced tab lets you adjust curves via four sliders or by clicking and dragging in the graph or the image itself. Click the question mark in any adjustment screen to call up a help screen that clearly explains the feature.

Organizational features include the ability to use categories, keywords, favorites rating and metadata. The Properties pane (View > Properties) lets you view, add and edit EXIF and IPTC metadata. A Quick Search bar makes global searches quick and easy, while the Search pane lets you search for specifics such as ISO, focal length, keyword and image type.

The Create Slide Show wizard (Create > Create Slide Show File) makes it easy to create a slideshow, with a variety of transitions and audio, and save it to a CD. It's equally easy to create screensavers, archives of images and copyrighted HTML image galleries for web viewing. Thumbnail previews of images are retained in a virtual Photo Disc, so you can browse and search images that are no longer on your computer's hard drive, even when the CD containing the files isn't in the drive.

When it's time for printing, a color-management wizard helps you print images accurately with full color-management support for ICC and ICM color profiles.

ACDSee Pro 2 is Windows-only. Estimated Street Price is $129 ($90 for current owners of ACDSee products). You can download a free 30-day trial from the website."

“ACDSee 10 Photo Manager. Using Photo Manager’s PhotoDisc feature, Kim can organize photos on CDs, DVDs and other external storage devices the same way she organizes photo on her computer. PhotoDisc creates low-resolution copies of the photos Kim has stored on external storage devices, allowing her to put these thumbnail photos into categories and add keywords right from her computer. When she needs to edit or print a photo, Photo Manager tells her where to find the original. This feature makes it easy for Kim the use older pictures and photos from friends on the layouts.

Kim likes Photo Manager because…

It shows her Windows Explorer file tree on the left-hand side of the screen, allowing her to quickly select and import folders containing photos. It allows her to create categories and subcategories, where she can sort the same photo in multiple ways. It lets her assign multiword keywords to her photos, making it easy to find photos of specific people, places, and events that don't have their own categories. It includes simple one-click fixes for red-eye, color cast, and exposure, plus more advanced editing tools for things like curves. It reminds her quarterly to back up her photos, which she can do from inside the program.

“PIX MANAGEMENT Find and manage your images with ease using ACDSee 10 Photo Manager software, which now unzips files immediately for faster viewing and organizing. The instant Preview feature lets you simply scroll the mouse over thumbnails for instant viewing in the browser. Smart tools automatically import, rename and categorize new images when your camera is connected. Organize images the way that works best for you whether using Windows file folders, adding keywords and ratings or creating your own categories. Editing features include red-eye removal and a Shadow/Highlight tool for restoring detail.”

"If you're looking for a great photo management tool, look no further. ACDSee 10 has just about any feature you can imagine for keeping your photo collection tidy. Start off with its stellar organizational tools: Not only can you view photos by folders, but you can also view them byrating, by content (such as whether they show people), by those you've most commonly used or viewed, and by a mind-boggling array of photo properties, from the the focal length to the aperture used to the camera's make, model, and owner. In addition, the program includes a wide variety of editing tools that can change the exposure, reducered-eye, crop, resize, and more. You also can batch-convert photos, upload them to the Flickr photo-sharing site, and create movies from them. In short, ACDSee 10 will manage photos pretty much any way you want."

“You've got a well-trained staff, the best camera gear on the market, and a client list that's chomping at the bit for your images. The next step in managing your appointments, images, and marketing efforts is upgrading or shopping around for the software that will help you keep your workflow in check. Read on to see some of the newest software solutions, as well as photographer testimonials that speak to how they've implemented these solutions into their workflows. For additional information on each company's software, check out the individual websites. ACDSee - www.acdsee.com - Category: Image Editing, Image Management, Processing, Slideshow, Workflow

ACDSee Pro 2 puts a new level of control and convenience into photographers' hands, featuring next-generation workflow management and raw processing functionality. The updated version of this "one-stop" software package for viewing, processing, editing, cataloging, publishing, and archiving digital images is rich with features. The capabilities of ACDSee Pro 2 leverages the power of today's DSLRs and supports an expanding variety of raw-format files.

”The Channel Mixer, and the fact that it's available for batch processing, will save a ton of time creating B&W proofs to show a client after a portrait or wedding session. This item alone is worth far more than the price of the software in time savings, even over other batch-conversion processes I've tried in the past."-Norman J. Wilson”

“ACDSee Pro 2 puts a new level of control and convenience into photographers' hands, featuring next-generation workflow management and raw processing functionality. The updated version of this "one-stop" software package for viewing, processing, editing, cataloging, publishing, and archiving digital images is rich with features. The capabilities of ACDSee Pro 2 leverages the power of today's DSLRs and supports an expanding variety of raw-format files. “The Channel Mixer, and the fact that it's available for batch processing, will save a ton of time creating B&W proofs to show a client after a portrait or wedding session. This item atone is worth far more than the price of the software in time savings, even over other batchconversion processes I've tried in the past. - Norman J. Wilson.”

“For customers that need somewhat greater functionality, ACDSee, from ACD Systems, is a good choice. Of the asset management solutions the company currently has available, ACDSee 9 Photo Manager provides a good combination of power and ease of use. While not as sophisticated as the company's Pro Photo Manager, photographers just starting out with organizing images will get up and running quickly, while longtime photographers won't quickly exhaust its capabilities. Photo Manager is easy to use: that's a good selling point for anyone who wants to avoid a steep learning curve. Installation requires no special knowledge. Another good selling point is the application's built-in image editor, which includes a selection of basic image optimization tools, such as being able to automatically optimize (batch process) multiple photos, a handy feature for anyone who doesn't want to spend more time in front of the computer than behind the camera. ACDSee 9 Photo Manager runs on Windows-based computers and has a list price of $39-95”.

“What started primarily as a photo organization and management application has grown into a powerful editor, too, with excellent nondestructive RAW file processing, image comparison and enhancement tools, and all of the fast viewing and organization features for which ACDSee is well known.

You’ll find Curves and Levels, color controls, independent shadow and highlight adjustments, and a new Photo Repair tool with both cloning and healing modes to fix random noise, blemishes or dust. In healing mode, the software removes blemishes while analyzing local pixels to maintain the surrounding color, luminance and texture.

The latest version also features a new noise-reduction mode, which identifies noise pixels and adjusts their values based on neighboring pixels, making it particularly well-suited for removing noise caused by shooting digital cameras at higher ISO equivalents or during long exposures. You’ll also find lens correction tools to remove the perspective distortions caused when you shoot with wide-angle lenses.

In addition to photo-editing tools, ACDSee Pro also offers sharing features, like the ability to create Flash or PDF slideshows, complete with transitions and playback controls. Plus, you can create HTML galleries to post to your Website.”

"Have you ever seen a cool product highlighted in Creating Keepsakes and thought “Ooh—I wish I knew more?” Now you can! ACDSee Digital Bundle - Keep your digital supplies organized with the new ACDSee Photo Manager 10. You’ll discover the fun of “shopping” for elements in your own collection."

"The latest version of the well-established ACDSee Photo Manager offers easy uploading to Flickr, virtual calendar integration, the ability to create PowerPoint presentations, and localized effects to help bolster the expansive suite of tools. ACDSee's power and professionalism elevate it well above most of its competitors."