ACDSee Photo Manager Pro

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Product Description

Achieve total control of your photography workflow and get back behind the lens faster with ACDSee Pro 5.

Features

Develop

Bring out the absolute best in your photos
ACDSee Pro 5’s Develop mode is your non-destructive workshop where you can process your RAW images and apply non-destructive adjustments to your JPG and TIFF files. With the flexibility of ACDSee Pro 5’s non-destructive editing, you’ll arrive at your desired result quickly and safely.

Get the best RAW results
See incredibly accurate default color, contrast and exposure right from the start of your RAW processing workflow. A wide RGB color gamut preserves your camera's vibrant colors for true-to-life representation. With color management control, you can be confident that what you're previewing reflects the desired color and tone of your RAW conversion.

Tune your images
Get the correct white balance, color, exposure and tonal distribution for your images in Develop mode. Add vibrance while protecting skin tones, and adjust saturation, brightness and hue on a color-by-color basis. Fine tune tonal distribution with the combined Tone Curves and Levels tool. Avoid color clipping during RAW conversion by leveraging your image's histogram.

Geometry

Get it Straight
Adjust geometry, and fix perspective, distortion and lens vignetting with full control over pixel size and resolution.

Reduce Noise
Pro 5’s advanced noise reduction algorithm lets you control different aspects of noise with the luminance and color sliders.

Achieve HDR Results with a single exposure
Get amazing single-exposure HDR results from your RAW images using the Lighting tool, powered by ACDSee’s patentedLCE (Lighting and Contrast Enhancement) technology.

Smarter Sharpening
A new user-controlled edge detection mask slider lets you focus the sharpening effect more to edges and textures without amplifying any pre-existing noise in areas with little detail.

Split Toning

The new Split Toning tool gives you complete control over the balance of tones in the shadows and highlights of a given scene, opening up a world of creative possibilities. Create sepia or tinted black & white, or add a tinted color to highlights and another to shadows to create a dramatic toning effect.

Perfect every color
Adjust saturation, brightness and hue on a color by color basis with Advanced Color, and leverage the information provided in the Histogram and Clipping Display overlay windows to perfect your images.

Contrast control
Gain the ultimate in contrast control with the combined Tone Curves/Levels tool. Use the Luminance Histogram to apply curves or to adjust the black-point, midpoint and white-point.
 

Edit

Bring out the best in your photos

Once your global non-destructive adjustments have been completed, add finishing touches at the pixel level to create brilliant images. Remove flaws, repair red eye, and add watermarks, text and vignettes with ease. Edit specific areas of images with Selections tools, and experiment with peace of mind knowing you can revert to your Developed photo or your original image at any time. Simultaneously apply edits to multiple photos, for the ultimate in express editing.

Eliminate flaws
Easily remove red eye from your photos. Full controls in the Red Eye Reduction tool allow you to adjust the color and the intensity for a natural look. Plus magically erase flaws, blemishes and other unwanted objects with the Photo Repair tool’s powerful Heal and Clone options.

Achieve the best light and color
Rescue photos that are too light or too dark with the Lighting tool, powered by ACDSee’s LCE (Light and Contrast Enhancement) technology. Instantly lighten shadows and reduce highlights in one click, or adjust individual sliders to fine tune every aspect. Change the tonal range and color balance of your photos with easy-to-use adjustment tools.

Take your photography to the edge
The new Split Toning tool gives you complete control over the balance of tones in the shadows and highlights of a given scene, opening up a world of creative possibilities. Create sepia or tinted black & white, or add a tinted color to highlights and another to shadows to create a dramatic toning effect.

Special Effects

Apply and fine-tune a range of pre-set effects quickly and easily with the Special Effects palette, now including:

• Lomo Effect
  Apply the popular Lomo effect to give an edgy, retro feel to your photos.

• Collage Effect
  Creatively display your photo in a collage of prints.

• Orton Effect
  Give an ethereal, pastel-like touch to your portraits and landscapes.

Frame your work
Add vignettes to your images and get creative results by blending the vignette with blend mode and opacity adjustments.

Put your photos to work for you
Using the new Drawing Tools palette to add lines and shapes such as squares, circles and arrows to draw attention to certain elements in your image. You can also adjust the width, feathering and blending of your brush to create subtle or dramatic drawing effects. The Text Overlay tool adds to the creative and practical possibilities.

Stake your claim
Claim ownership of your images by adding watermarks. Pro 5’s Batch Edit tool makes it simple to apply watermark overlays to groups of photos at once.

Online

Publish your work

Easily share and protect all your files with your free ACDSee Online account, including 10 GB of storage space*. Drag and drop images - including your RAW files - from ACDSee Pro 5's Online mode to your free, personal space in the cloud. Use ACDSee Online as a backup source or share your images with select contacts, facebook and twitter or the rest of the world.

Manage your photos online
Simply drag and drop select images or folders directly from ACDSee Pro 5 to your ACDSee Online space. You can also set up automatic uploading of content from specific folders. Complete other workflow tasks while your files upload in the background. Easily organize your photos in your online space account using hierarchical folders. You can even apply the same organizational structure you have on your desktop.

Display beautifully
The simple, clean, advertising-free interface of ACDSee Online puts the attention squarely on your photos. Nothing will detract from the beauty of your images.

Control access

By default, your photos on ACDSee Online are private and secure. Keep them under lock and key, or create public albums to share with the world. You also have the option of setting passwords to grant access to a select audience, and giving them the ability to download images at full-size.

See your Stats
ACDSee Online lets you see view counts, views by day and highest ranked photos, at absolutely no charge.

Share socially
Extend the reach of your photos. From ACDSee Online, you can e-mail selected photos or entire albums. Upload to Facebook or tweet about your album on Twitter. Display your photos in full-screen slideshows and order prints directly via MyPix. Showcasing your photos has never been this effortless.

Store safely
Your images are safe on ACDSee Online. The service is powered by Amazon Web Services™, the same reliable and secure infrastructure that backs Amazon.com and its worldwide network of sites.

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Editor's Review

ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 is a professional-level photo application, allowing professional and amateur photographers to arrange their photography collection, edit and process photos, and export high quality web or print-ready images.

Built for complete organization or large photo collections and high quality editing, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 includes support for a range of image formats, including RAW images. From recovering lost detail to simple levels adjustments, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 includes a range of features that make it one of the top choices amongst professional photographers and photography enthusiasts.

While a range of photo editing tools are available, few feature built-in organizers or simple photography collection tools. Equal parts photo editor and organization tool, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 includes a full photo library and event or album-based organization system. Photographers, particularly those with large portfolios and photo collections, can easily export edited photos straight to ACDSee Pro Photo Manager's built-in library.

With support for RAW file formats and high resolution digital photos, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager is a favorite amongst serious digital photographers. Lost detail and overexposed images can easily be recovered, allowing photographers to put a greater focus on editing and less of a focus on perfecting exposure while in the field. Compatible with ultra-high resolution images and multi-exposure HDR photography, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager is one of the most pro-friendly applications available.

For new users, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager offers a range of simple editing features. Adjusting levels and color saturation are simple, with a slider-based interface controlling most photo details. While definitely an application aimed at professionals and dedicated photographers, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager is also usable for new photographers and home users.

When compared to other pro-level photography suites, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 certainly stands up as a worthy application. While lacking the ultra-slick interface of some other pro-level photography applications, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 includes a combination of power and user-friendliness that's always welcome in a photography suite.

ACDSee Pro Photo Manager: What We Liked

Support for RAW photography allows users to recover lost detail and enhance images non-destructively.

Ultra-high resolution photography is supported, perfect for creating panoramas and stitched images.

While clearly aimed at professional photographers and enthusiasts, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager includes a range of simple home user tools.

ACDSee Pro Photo Manager: What We Didn't Like

When compared to competing photography suites, ACDSee Pro Photo Manager's interface can seem slightly outdated.

ACD Systems Support

Users can access online support via the ACD Systems website. Knowledge base articles, software FAQs, and updates are available online. Email and toll-free phone customer support are available for registered users and customers in need of order information.

About ACD Systems

A global leader in imaging and photography software, ACD Systems was founded in 1989 to provide CD-rom based software and image encoding applications. Offering a range of imaging and multimedia applications, ACD Systems' software is used by a range of Fortune 500 clients and has received praise from industry publications.

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