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- Price: Free to try (7-day trial); $49.99 to buy
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: February 10, 2009
- Total Downloads: 229,228
- Downloads last week: 3,788
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 9 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on April 30, 2009
ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 promises to be a program that bridges the gap between high-powered photo alteration software and online sharing programs. With a dizzying amount of options and sophistication, it may do all it promises but it could leave users overwhelmed.
This program opens up with an opportunity for users to take a virtual tour of the program and learn about all its features. This is an excellent place to start, because the ACDSee Photo Manager gets confusing in a hurry. This is not a bad thing, however. Users familiar with Photoshop's options will find everything from cropping and coloring tools to more advance masks and red-eye removers once a picture is selected. Users with photo editing experience will love the versatility of this program, but those without the basics will need a lot of experimenting before they get comfortable with all the icons and options.
Photo alteration is only half the story with ACDSee, which makes it unique. The other side of the program is a confusing collection of file trees, icons and options to save and categorize your photos. This will also require a long trip through the Help menu to sort out. However, once the knowledge is gained, users will enjoy a myriad of opportunities, even one that allows direct uploading to Flickr.
This program is a heavy-hitter, giving users unparalleled tools and flexibility, its only drawback is that newcomers to photo editing could be overwhelmed. Especially with the short 7-day trial that will even have more experienced users scrambling to test all this program offers. That said, experienced users looking for a way to edit and manage images should definitely check ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 out.
Publisher's description
From ACD Systems :The easy way to organize and share your photos. Manage your image collection with ease. ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 has everything you need to quickly organize and find photos, fix flaws and share favorites. New features in ACDSee 2009: Organize up front - set categories, keywords, and create backups and more as you pull images in from your camera. Save your frequently-used searches for ongoing use. Easily share your categories, keywords and ratings with other ACDSee users by embedding them in your image. View images from around the world with UNICODE support. Restore your original anytime, for worry-free editing. Add custom borders, drop shadows and edge effects. Try the enhanced slideshow features, including pan & zoom, black & white, and sepia effects, plus support for music files.
Version build 108 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version build 108 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 9 votes
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Version: ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 11 build 108
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Version: ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 11 build 108
"Good update for this well know program"
Pros: Powerful and very wide coverage of probably all kinds of philters. Particularly useful it will deal with Kodak Photo CD which has been abandoned by many application e.g Picas
Cons: Quite difficult to use until you get to know it:: the interface is too complex for beginners
Summary: A good buy for the experienced user needing more than camera to PC facilities.
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Version: ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 11 build 108
"i like to make beats and i want to be an music enginer"
Pros: it helps me make music and a semi studio on the computer
Cons: nothing at all.
Summary: i like the product vecause it helps me learn alot. and its alot of tools to use ob here. and i really like it
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Version: ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 11 build 108
"I liked to much, it is easy to handell andammazing"
Pros: slide show maneging my photos , actually it is wounderfull
Cons: Nothig I dont like about it>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 11 build 108
"Easy to download,to use and to enjoy."
Pros: So marvelous in storing great amount of photos and arranging them ,preventing them from being lost. I like its capability of making a slide show and easy manipulation of photos. It`s my favorite photo manager in another way.
Cons: Really I like everything about it.
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