ACDSee
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ACDSee is an
ACDSee's main features are speed, lossless RAW image editing, image batch processing, editing metadata (Exif and IPTC), rating, keywords, and categories, and geotagging. Judging the image quality of a picture is fast due to next/previous image caching, fast RAW image decoding and support for one-click toggling between 100% and fit screen zoom mode anywhere inside the image. Most of ACDSee's features can be accessed via keyboard.
ACDSee displays a
ACDSee's database can be backed up, and exported/imported as XML or binary. Each database and its associated thumbnails can also be loaded and saved as separate entities.
The photo manager is available as a consumer version, and a pro version which provides additional features,[3] and additional image editing capabilities.[4] In 2012, ACDSee Free was released, without advanced features.[5]
ACDSee is pronounced the same as AC/DC.
History
ACDSee was first released in 1994 as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.1. In 1997 32-bit ACDsee 95 was released for Windows 95. 1999 saw the release of ACDSee 3.0. Version 5.0 was released in 2002, and 7.0 in 2005.[6] Development of this line continues, with version 20.0 released in 2016.
This early version of ACDSee is sometimes known as ACDSee Classic or ACDSee 32.
ACDSee Pro was released on 9 January 2006 aimed at professional photographers. ACD Systems decided to separate its core release, ACDSee Photo Manager, into two separate products; ACDSee Photo Manager, aimed at amateur photography enthusiasts, and ACDSee Pro which would target Professionals by adding a new package of feature sets. ACDSee Pro's development team is based out of Victoria, British Columbia and was originally led by Jon McEwan, and more recently by Nels Anvik, who oversaw ACDSee Pro 2.5 through to Pro 5. The original ACDSee software was created by David Hooper, who also added a number of features to ACDSee Pro, such as Lighting correction (formerly known as Shadows and Highlights) and Develop Mode (in version 2.0). ACDSee Pro is written in C++, with the interface built using MFC.
Free version
In August 2012, ACD Systems released ACDSee Free, which retains all viewing features for the most common image formats (BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, TGA, TIFF, WBMP, PCX, PIC, WMF, EMF); it lacks a thumbnail browser, and support for RAW and ICO formats.[5] A reviewer at BetaNews found it "fast, configurable and easy to use".[5] The version runs on Windows XP or newer.[7] The product was discontinued in August 2013.[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ Aquino, Grace (1 November 2007). "ACDSee Pro 2 Photo Management Software". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
- ISSN 1522-4279.
- ISSN 1793-2394.
- ^ "Best Fit Guide" (PDF). ACDSee. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 June 2010.
- ^ a b c Williams, Mike (11 August 2012). "Need a quick-and-easy image viewer? Try ACDSee Free". BetaNews.com.
- ^ Elias, Rupinder Matharoo, Danhui Wu, Emily. "ACD Systems - Photo Editing Management Software". ACDSee Community. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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