| VIEW PHOTOS |
| ▪ | Get Photos Fast
Get photos from your camera or any photo storage device such as scanners, USB mass storage devices, and CDs. You can even set up a profile which remembers all your settings. |
| ▪ | Quick View
See your photos onscreen instantly - whether you’re opening an image attachment to an email, or double-clicking on a JPEG from Windows Explorer. Fast flip and zoom your photos. |
| ▪ | Showroom
Bring your photo memories right onto the desktop. Set a folder path to your favourite shots, then sit back and watch. A sleek movable window appears that displays your photos in sequence. |
| ▪ | Quick Search
Find the shots by simply typing a keyword into the Quick Search bar. ACDSee instantly returns matches for that word in image captions, author information, and notes. |
| ▪ | Folder Selection
Select the folder and breeze through the thumbnail previews. Drop your shots into special favourite folders, find duplicates of your pictures, and generate complete file listings for easy perusal. |
| BROWSE PHOTOS |
| ▪ | Basic & Advanced Browsing
Easily refine your searches down to the very last detail, no matter how big your collection. View the contents of multiple folders with the Easy-Select checkboxes. |
| ▪ | Extensive Format Support
Get support for audio, video & images, in 100+ formats including BMP, GIF, JPG, JP2, PSD, CRW, CR2, DCR, NEF, ORF, DNG, MRW, PEF, RAF, RAW, TTF (fonts), PNG, RAS, SGI, TGA, TIFF... |
| ▪ | Analyze Photos in RAW
If you’re curious about RAW and want to learn more, ACDSee 9 is a great place to start. See all your RAW photos including RAW camera metadata. |
| ▪ | CD & DVD Browsing
Browsing capabilities also include CDs and DVDs. You can quickly and easily browse through all your CDs that are detected by the Device Detector. |
| ▪ | Photo CD Database
ACDSee acts as a digital asset manager, allowing you to store photos on CDs and offline, while also allowing you to view thumbnails without having to reload them into your computer. |
| ORGANIZE PHOTOS |
| ▪ | Photo Categories
Tailor your photo categories and folders to suit the subjects you shoot. Tag your photos with keywords, categories, or rate them and then find photos later based on those criteria. |
| ▪ | Calendar View
The Calendar View automatically organizes your photos based on the date they were taken. View photos by day, month, or year. Plus your photos get displayed in an organized event list. |
| ▪ | Auto Categories
When getting photos from any device, ACDSee automatically matches up your photos with categories based on their camera information, IPTC data, database information, and file properties. |
| ▪ | Photo Groups
Group By is a powerful new way to group your photos based on certain EXIF camera information, file properties, and database information. |
| ▪ | Sorting Filters
Super quick and easy to use "Filter By" gives you improved sorting and display capabilities, making it easier to find and show photos that are assigned to particular ratings or categories. |
| BATCH PHOTO CHANGE |
| ▪ | Multiple Photos Rename
Rename multiple photos or the contents of an entire folder, with the stroke of a key. Instantly change confusing digital camera file names into names you recognize. |
| ▪ | Batch Image Conversion
Convert batches of image files to JPEG or modify specific settings within formats like PNG, PSD, and TIFF. Rename, resize, rotate, add EXIF info, adjust the exposure of a single image or a group. |
| ▪ | Photos Controlling
Save your valuable time and effort. Batch Set Information allows you to update EXIF and database information info, and view previews of new values for any number of images all at once. |
| ▪ | Keywords & Categories Making
Create new keywords and categories, copy values from one file to another (e.g., copy database notes to EXIF comments), map values from one file to another, and create and apply stored text. |
| QUICK PHOTO FIX |
| ▪ | Red-Eye Reduction
One-click red-eye reduction makes fixing photos easy. With this improved editing tool you don’t even have to click directly on the problem area in order to fix it. |
| ▪ | Shadow / Highlight Adjustment
Automatic photo correction for poorly exposed photos. Correct photos that are too dark or too light, without affecting areas of the image that don’t require adjustments. |
| ▪ | Photo Repair
Fix common photo defects such as blemishes, flares, lens scratches, and other imperfections, so your photo memories always look great, no matter how you choose to show them. |
| ▪ | Photo Healing
Fix a picture while maintaining its colour and texture sensitivity. For example, use it to remove scars from a subject's face, leaving the area looking natural and in context with the rest of the photo. |
| ▪ | Crop & Effects Tools
Quickly crop your photos. Easily apply zooming tools and choose from over 30 brilliant effects and special effects, including Sepia, Swirl, Bulge, Oil Paint, Blur, Ripple, Shift and Twirl. |
| CREATE |
| ▪ | Slideshow & Screensaver Making
Create slide shows with transition effects and sound, and share them on CD, VCD or by e-mail. Create Flash and PDF slide shows with custom audio, as well as personalized photo screen savers. |
| ▪ | Audio & Image Mixing
Mix multiple audio tracks into your slide shows without the hassle of learning overly complicated software. A unique function also enables you to synch audio to slides. |
| ▪ | HighMAT and MPV Support
ACDSee's support of HighMAT and MPV mean that you can burn your image files to CD, DVD, and VCD, and take your PC experience into the living room, or watch your pictures come to life on TiVo® DVR. |
| ▪ | Add Text Comments
Create text captions, and add them to your photos for fun. Add styles and special effects to the text you write. Styles include talk and thought bubbles as well as drop shadows. |
| PRINT PHOTOS |
| ▪ | Print Layouts
Reduce the complexity and confusion of printing multiple photos using a variety of print layout options with helpful guidance that makes it easier than ever to print your photos from home. |
| ▪ | Print Wizard
Customize your print sizes, or print to popular sizes. Choose from a full set of standard and custom print options. Set preferences for each picture, then flip between pages to print multiple photos. |
| ▪ | EXIF Printing Support
EXIF 2.2 printing support ensures the colours recorded by your camera are printed in the same high-quality tones and shades. Just select the EXIF 2.2 check box and ACDSee 9 will forward your photo's EXIF information to your printer. |
| SHARE PHOTOS |
| ▪ | Send Photos by Email or Mobile Phone
Send images directly, without having to open an external email application or using your preferred email application. You can also automatically resize your photos for efficient email sharing. |
| ▪ | HTML Album Generator
Post and share your photos on the web. Create the thumbnails and links of the web page, control over layout of the web page. It’s quick and easy and you don’t have to know HTML. |
| PROTECT PHOTOS |
| ▪ | Private Folders
Protect your personal photos in a secure area so only you can view them. Just move them to a Private Folder, set a password, and ACDSee Photo Manager will keep them under lock and key. |
| ▪ | Folder Synchronization
Use the sync feature to synchronize folders on your PC with network folders or an external hard drive to protect you from local hard drive failure. |
| ▪ | Save & Archive Photos
Instantly save and archive your collections of photos to trusted formats, no matter the size. Archive your files in .ZIP, PDF, LZH, TAR, GZIP, TGZ, etc. |
| ▪ | Burn Basket
The Burn Basket makes creating CDs and DVDs drag-and-drop easy. Make hard copies of your photo collections faster than ever before, then give them as gifts to family and friends. |