ACDSee
ACDSee is an image organizer, viewer, and image editor program for Windows, macOS and iOS, developed by ACD Systems International Inc. ACDSee was originally distributed as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.0 and later supplanted by a 32-bit version for Windows 95. ACDSee Pro 6 adds native 64-bit support. The newest versions of ACDSee incorporate modern Digital Asset Management tools like Face Detection & Facial Recognition (Ultimate 2019).
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 tree view of the file structure for navigation with thumbnail images of the selected folder, and a preview of a selected image. ACDSee started as an image organizer/viewer, but over time had image editing and RAW development (Pro version) capabilities added. The thumbnails generated by ACDSee are cached, so that they do not need to be regenerated, and stored on disk as a database.
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, and additional image editing capabilities. In 2012, ACDSee Free was released, without advanced features.
Between creating the first digital asset manager and, more recently, the world’s first digital asset manager and RAW editor with layers, ACDSee has led the innovation of creative software solutions since 1994. Extending beyond the realms of image viewing, digital asset management, relational databases, format conversion, and cataloging, ACDSee has expanded into image editing, online functionality, plug-ins, image manipulation, support for RAW images, layered editing, video, and much more, growing and changing every year since. Lately, for instance, ACDSee has branched into image editing mobile apps on Android and iOS.
Where it All Started
From developing one of the world’s first digital asset managers to more recent innovations, such as the world’s first digital asset manager and RAW editor with layers, ACDSee has been on the cutting edge of creative software since 1994. Branching out from image viewing, digital asset management, format conversion, relational databases, and cataloging, to image editing, plug-ins, support for RAW images, online functionality, image manipulation, video, layered editing, and much more, ACDSee has evolved each and every year since its inception. Recently, ACDSee has expanded into image editing apps on a variety of mobile platforms.
After nearly a quarter of a century of software innovation, the ACDSee brand now serves individuals and businesses in every corner of the globe.
Digital Asset Management & Productivity
Advanced AND/OR Search
Choose from numerous search criteria, including ACDSee Metadata and EXIF & IPTC fields. Built-in logic for AND/OR states let you narrow down results to a microscopic level.
Improved Quick Search
Launch your search with Quick Search and get results right away. Choose from various search types and fine tune your results.
Import Options
Import your options from ACDSee Photo Studio 2022. Note: Importing can only be done from the same edition. E.g. Home 2022 to Home 2023
Improved OneDrive™ Support
Keep your OneDrive™ files online until you are ready to view or edit them, then download individual files or whole folders. Easily move files from your PC into OneDrive™, and control whether OneDrive™ keeps local copies or offloads them to the cloud.
SendPix™ Integration
Use SendPix™, integrated into Photo Studio, to send your photos to friends and family. ACDSee will automatically convert your RAW images to JPEG so everyone can view them everywhere. Use the web, desktop, or mobile applications to easily access your images wherever you need them.
Improved Media Mode
ACDSee’s database-driven view for accessing previously browsed folders in Manage Mode and cataloged folders has undergone numerous interface improvements. Plus, you can now assign and read ACDSee Metadata, EXIF, and IPTC.
WEBP File Support
Support for transparent and animated .WEBP files.
Camera RAW Update
Popular camera models from Canon, Fujifilm, Olympus, and more have been added to the list of 700+ supported RAW file types.
Facial Recognition & Face Detection
The Face Detection & Facial Recognition tool will find the humans in your photographs so you can name them for quick searching. ACDSee will immediately learn which names to put to which faces, and suggest possible matches when needed.
Import Face Data
Import face data from Lightroom™ and Picasa™ and save the effort of renaming everyone in your images. Facial Recognition will then find any matching faces in your ACDSee database.
People Mode
AI-driven mode for identifying and managing people in your portfolio.
Keyword Management
ACDSee comes pre-loaded with a variety of usable sample quick keyword sets. Export keyword lists and share them with other users. Save countless hours of manual entry by importing established keyword lists.
Duplicate Finder
Find duplicates across a variety of folders and locations. Rename or delete detected duplicates to keep your file collection under control.
Batch Rename
A dynamic and efficient process for renaming multiple files. The options are almost endless.
Batch Resize
Resize multiple images to any dimension, following pixels or percentages, along either edge, or as a print size.
Crop Tool
Relative positioning functionality allows you to crop multiple images in seconds.
Watermark Tool
Add watermarks with more accuracy – particularly beneficial for applying watermarks to a batch of images.
Location Data
Add photo locations from anywhere in the world to your photos. You can then recall and view that information for reference at any time. Use the map to select groups of files for further workflow steps, and select photos for display in View mode.
Multiple Image Baskets
Create up to five image baskets to gather and hold images and media files from all over your hard drive. Name individual image baskets and use them to easily view, edit, or share their content.
Auto Advance
Adding metadata prompts ACDSee to automatically advance to the next image, allowing you to organize entire folders without moving your hands from the keyboard.
Cloud Access
Get files from the team over Dropbox ™ or OneDrive ™ or back up existing work with direct access to cloud sync root drives within Manage mode.
High ISO Support
ISOs above 200,000 are supported in cameras by Canon, Nikon, Pentax, and Sony.
ACDSee Mobile Sync
Wirelessly and instantly send photos and videos directly to ACDSee Photo Studio from your mobile device by scanning the QR code on your monitor! The app is available on iPhone and Android.
Online Support
Find the help you need as you work with our new context sensitive online help. Press F1 while performing any function in ACDSee to be taken to the relevant online help page.
GoPro Support
Work directly with GoPro RAW images, and perfect your adventures.
Support for HEIF
Decode HEIF files – a high efficiency media container format type for images and image sequences – in ACDSee Photo Studio.
SVG File Format Support
Support for SVG files has been added to ACDSee Photo Studio.
Performance
Fast launching, mode-switching, working with keywords & categories, RAW decoding, and database maintenance, ACDSee let’s you focus on the task in hand.
Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts in Manage Mode
Whip through your management process with customizable hot keys available for every stage of your workflow.
Compatibility
Enjoy comprehensive support for all of the most popular image formats. ACDSee also provides comprehensive color management.
Appearance
ACDSee Photo Studio is completely customizable. For enhanced workflow efficiency, you can tear off, move, stack, dock, and hide panes and toolbars anywhere you like.
Photo Editing Tools
Noise Reduction
Reduce noise in your images caused by high ISO or long exposure. Use the Luminance and Tone sliders for greater results.
Tone Curves
Precise curve control through numerical display of curve points.
Red Eye Tool
Automatically remove red eyes from the faces in your photos.
Repair Tools
Smooth away blemishes and flaws without strenuous, targeted color corrections or blending.
Add Border
Add a border to your favorite photos. Customize the color, texture, and thickness to suit your shot.
Add Vignette
Add a vignette and adjust the size, color, and opacity to perfectly complement the mood of your photo.
Special Effects
Instantly transform your photo with special effects that can turn images into a pencil drawing, collage, Bob Ross-style painting, and many more unique looks.
Tilt-Shift
Use the Tilt-Shift effect to create emphasis on specific subjects in your photos, or make your photos look like miniature landscapes.
Rotate
Rotate your images at preset or custom angles in Edit mode. You can save your settings as a preset for future use.
Flip
Flip your images both vertically and horizontally in Edit mode.
Resize
Resize your image by adjusting its dimensions in pixels, percentage, or actual/print size. While resizing, you can also choose an aspect ratio and a resampling filter to adjust your resized image’s appearance.
Exposure
Use the Exposure tool to automatically or manually adjust your image’s exposure, contrast, and fill light. Target specific areas of your image using the Edit Brush or Gradient tool to limit where the exposure adjustment occurs.
Levels
Use the Levels tool to precisely adjust the contrast and light levels in your images.
Auto Levels
Automatically correct the exposure levels of your images. Auto Levels makes the darkest image pixels darker, and the brightest pixels brighter.
Light EQ™
Adjust areas in your image that are too dark or too light, without affecting other areas of the photo. You can also simultaneously brighten dark areas that are too dark, and darken areas that are too bright.
White Balance
Instantly give your photos more warmth or coolness, or use the White Balance tool to remove unwanted hue from your images.
Color EQ
Use the Color EQ (hue, saturation, contrast, and brightness) tool to adjust overall colors in your image or each color individually. The advanced tools can subtly fine-tune and enhance colors, or completely change individual colors in your images.
Split Tone
Split Tone allows you to tint shadows and highlights with non-destructive edits.
Black & White
In Black & White mode, increase or decrease the contrast of each individual color, and specify the brightness range that the contrast adjustment will target.
Color LUTs
Use ACDSee’s built-in Color LUTs to seamlessly color grade your images, or import and apply LUTs as non-destructive filters.
Sharpen
Sharpen your photos by enhancing medium and high contrast edges.
Blur
Apply different kinds of blur to your photos.
Add Noise
Add noise in your photos while preserving details that you want to retain.
Clarity
The Clarity tool adds subtle definition to the details in your image. Use it to enhance the contrast of midtones in your images, without overpowering the shadows and highlights.
Edit Mode Brush
Brush on adjustments in parts of your image without affecting others, or apply them in gradual progressions using linear and radial gradients.
Text Tool
Add text to your image. Customize font, size, color, style, justification, opacity, and much more.
Blend Modes & Opacity
Use a Blend Mode while applying your edit. Choose from 25 Blend Modes, like Overlay and Multiply, and adjust the opacity of that Blend Mode to affect your final image.
PRICING
ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2023
The ultimate file manager, RAW photo editor & layered editor
$59.95 USD
Full Price: $149.99 USD
ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2023
Your photos will thank you
$49.95 USD
Full Price: $99.99 USD
ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2023
Say Goodbye to Digital Clutter
$29.95 USD
Full Price: $59.99 USD
ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac 8
Powering Active Imaginations
$39.95 USD
Full Price: $99.99 USD
Luxea
Video Editor 6
Share your world at the speed of life
$59.95 USD
Full Price: $79.99 USD
| ACDSee Photo Studio Standard, Professional, and Ultimate |
$59.99 – $149.99 MSRP
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