Professional photo organizer and editor.
ACDSee is a professional tool to organize, convert and edit photos. The photo manager packs in a lot of power and features a very intuitive graphical user interface with access to some of the most modern tools, giving you access to some of the cool features and tools the experts use.
Upon installation, you will be given the option to install the ASK.com toolbar. Since this is a commercial product and quite expensive at that, we were a little disappointed to find out that ACDSee comes with this as a default installation option. We highly suggest unchecking the ASK.com addon. You will also be asked for your email address and full name to activate the 7 day trial when the program first starts.
After getting ACDSee running, you'll automatically be taken to your My Pictures folder and from there, you can view the files in there. For our testing, we just decided to stick to this folder.
The Photo Manager can list photographs by several different parameters. You can list them by rating, album, places and people. By accessing the information about photos stored by digital cameras, you can view photos by a huge slew of different options. Some of the more common ones ACDSee Photo Manager will list are by shutter speed, image type, aperture, focal length, filesize and more (available under "Commonly Used"). Other photo properties ACDSee can list by are more technical in nature and include camera brand, camera model, ISO speed ratings, shutter speed, white balance, white balance based on brand name, GPS data and many more.
Editing photos is also surprisingly easy. You can edit photos in many ways like adding text to photos, borders, special effects, exposure and lighting, color balance and basic geometry like rotate/flip/crop/resize.
ACDSee Plugins are made available generally from ACDSystems, mainly image quality and effects adjustment though there are also third-party plugins available if you're willing to do a little bit of research. And though ACDSee is pretty easy to use, there are also a number of ACDSee tutorials floating around the web which teach you how to pull off different effects.
All-in-all, ACDSee will conveniently save all of your photo information in a compact database, making it easy to keep track of-, finding and editing photos easily.
Do note that after the 30-day trial period has ended (which allows you to run ACDSee effectively as a full version), you're require to obtain a serial in order to continue using the program.
Features of ACDSee
- Integrates with Facebook and Twitter.
- Advanced Image Viewing: Quickly browse and manage photos and videos from your computer.
- Advanced Search: Instantly find the perfect photo with advanced search and sorting capabilities.
- Automated Batch Processing: Automate common tasks with batch processing.
- Color Labels: Easily identify and organize photos with color labels.
- Creative Projects: Create and share photo books, calendars, cards and more.
- Digital Asset Management: Easily organize, view and search for your photos.
- Effects and Filters: Apply customizable effects and filters to your photos.
- HDR Merge: Merge multiple images to create stunning HDR photos.
- Layer Management: Create and manage layers for your photos and designs.
- Mobile Sync: Sync photos between your desktop and mobile device.
- Online Sharing: Share photos to popular online services.
- Photo Editing: Enhance photos with advanced editing tools.
- Print Layouts: Create print layouts with customizable templates.
- Raw Conversion: Develop and edit RAW photos and convert them to common formats.
- Watermarking: Protect your images with customizable watermarks.
Compatibility and License
This download is licensed as shareware for the Windows operating system from graphics editors and can be used as a free trial until the trial period ends (after an unspecified number of days). The ACDSee 2024 (27.1.1.2880) demo is available to all software users as a free download with potential restrictions and is not necessarily the full version of this software.
What version of Windows can ACDSee run on?
ACDSee can be used on a computer running Windows 11 or Windows 10. Previous versions of the OS shouldn't be a problem with Windows 8 and Windows 7 having been tested. It comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit downloads.
Other operating systems: The latest ACDSee version from 2024 is also available for Mac.
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