ACDSee
Introduction[edit]
ACDSee is an image organizer, viewer, and image editor with layered editing, capabilities, 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. Currently, ACDSee is offered as a 64-bit application for Windows 10.[1]
ACDSee's main features are speed, lossless RAW image editing focused on color and tone-targeted image adjustments, image batch processing, editing metadata (Exif and IPTC), rating, keywords, categories, and geotagging. Assessment of the quality of an image 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 (Photo Studio versions) 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.
ACDSee’s Photo Studio software is available in 3 versions, Ultimate, Professional, and Home, and have a range of capabilities within each program. ACDSee also has a photo editing program for Mac users, a video editing program, video converters, and mobile applications, providing a full suite of editing capabilities.
History[edit]
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. In 1999 the company released ACDSee 3.0. Version 5.0 was released in 2002, and 7.0 in 2005.
This early version of ACDSee is sometimes known as ACDSee Classic or ACDSee 32.
ACDSee Pro was released on 9 January 2006 and was 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 Light EQ ™ (formerly known as light correction) and Develop mode (in version 2.0). ACDSee Pro is written in C++, with the interface built using MFC.
Since 1994, ACDSee has passed many milestones. In 1997 the program was used to manage photos in the blockbuster movie, Titanic. In 2005 ACDSee began offering RAW image support for its users. In 2009 ACDSee released their first Mac software, which is continually updated to this day. In 2014 ACDSee Ultimate 8 was released. This was the first release of a digital asset manager, RAW editor, and layered editor combination. In the present, ACD Systems releases a new version of their PC and Mac products each year. [2] Currently “the software runs on Windows 7 through Windows 10.” [1]
Digital Asset Management [edit]
ACDSee offers DAM capabilities within their PC and Mac products. The software works with the user’s computer’s filing system. In the latest versions of the PC and Mac product, ACDSee has added tools to their digital asset management feature, such as, “improved facial recognition and detection—meaning the application can identify and tag subjects in your photos based on names already in your database.”[3] The digital asset management tools offer a range of organizational features. “You can build galleries and albums, sort photos into categories (and file the same photo under multiple categories), make slide shows and upload the results to your own Web site.” [4]
RAW Support[edit]
ACDSee offers RAW camera support in all of their Photo Studio products. (Ultimate, Professional, Home, and Mac 6). ACDSee updates their RAW file formats several times throughout the year, and now offers over 600 supported file formats.[5] Recently, ACDSee introduced support for CR3 file formats. [21] ACDSee opens and renders RAW files directly from the computer’s file system and does not need to “add the RAW files to an internal catalog.” [6]
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