ACDSee is a complex, multi-purpose application that serves for viewing, organizing and editing images and digital photos. Furthermore, photos can be shared on social websites or your own space on the developer’s website.
The interface of ACDSee 14 is quite different from older in the good way. Navigating and editing pictures is so much easier now, and its response time is much faster. You are welcomed by four tabs - Manage, View, Edit, and Online.
In the Manage tab you select the images you want to view and edit. Labeling them is also possible, in order to prioritize files and easily spot them in folders. If you select an image without a label and switch to View mode, ACDSee will throw in all images found in the same folder as the one selected by you.
You can also import image files from external drives, batch convert, rotate or resize them, instantly create a slideshow, rate images, and others.
The Edit section is the one that encourages your creativity. Here you can perform photo corrections, such as red-eye and blemish removal and color adjustments for a natural look. Special effects include a wide selection of artistic filters that you can instantly test on the image, thanks to thumbnail preview. You can give your images a special touch with the aid of the built-in frames and borders.
The Online panel makes it easy to share your work. You can publish your projects to ACDSee Online platform and from here, to social websites. If you’re a Flickr or SmugMug user, sharing can be done from the Manager section via dedicated plugins.
All in all, ACDSee makes quite the image enhancer. There are upsides such as the image displaying speed (it’s outstanding for large files), but there are downsides as well, such as the complicated sharing process.
Limitations:
· 15 days trial
What's New in This Release:
Facebook friendly:
· Upload photos directly from ACDSee to your Facebook account, fast. Create a new album or select an existing one, add location and description details, and specify the privacy level.
Get to know your photos:
· Behind every photo are the technical details. Now you can access key shooting information while managing, viewing, and editing your photos. The new Info Palette conveniently displays a host of data alongside your photo, including white balance, metering mode, exposure program, and whether the flash fired. Plus, see the ISO, f-stop, shutter speed, exposure compensation, focal length, and more, all in one spot, without distracting you from your photos.
Look up locations:
· ACDSee uses the latitude and longitude information embedded in your photos to lookup the nearest readable address or place name. Simply select a pin on the map, choose “Reverse Geocode” and ACDSee will write the matching location details into the appropriate IPTC fields.
Gradient editing:
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