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ACDSee Pro 6 is the photo editing software of choice for many professional photographers. It offers powerful image editing and cataloging tools with secure online storage capabilities that let you store and access massive RAW images for editing and processing wherever and whenever you want or need them. ACDSee is oriented toward maximizing your workflow, too. The fully featured ACDSee Pro 6 is free to try for 30 days. It's not cheap, but it's hardly expensive as image editing software goes. It's well within the budget of sophisticated amateurs, and the price includes online storage space.
ACDSee Pro's installer lets you choose three options for handling file associations: 1) all image file types; 2) only unassociated types; and 3) custom settings that let you choose which file types ACDSee handles one by one. To use ACDSee's online tools and storage space, you'll need to create an account, though that's easy to do, and users who have registered for an account with the freeware version or one of ACD's other products can simply sign in with their existing user name and password, and ACDSee Pro will automatically link to your account. A Quick Start Guide popped up as soon as we logged on to our account. We recommend spending a few minutes clicking through this brief, well-illustrated guide. ACDSee Pro's user interface bears a strong resemblance to other top-quality image editors, with white fonts on a slate gray background. It has an efficient layout that you can customize to suit. ACDSee Pro's features are too extensive to list, but this program seems to have pretty much everything a pro photographer needs to develop, edit, and manage digital images. It also handles slideshows, image audio, screen capture, and external editors.
Both the 32-bit and 54-bit versions of ACDSee Pro 6 performed flawlessly: We even installed the 32-bit version in 64-bit Windows in Compatibility Mode with no issues. While novice photographers might not need (or want) all that ACDSee has on offer, serious photographers will like this full-featured editing and storage program.
Editors' note: This is a review of the full version of ACDSee Pro 6. The trial version is limited to 30 days.
Publisher's Description
From ACD Systems:
Packed with new features requested by professional photographers and advanced amateurs, ACDSee Pro 6 has everything you need to perfect your images, fast. Carry out digital asset management and all the essential tasks of your photography workflow, from import to final presentation, in one complete solution. Add in a powerful RAW 64 processing engine, improved color management, and more nondestructive processing tools--all running in a native 64-bit application that's Windows 8 compatible--and you'll quickly see the difference in your images. Achieve stunning results, stay organized, save time. ACDSee Pro 6 gives you total photography control.
What's new in this version: Feel the difference in your photography. ACDSee Pro 6 delivers more features photographers want, giving you even more control over your photography workflow.
- Smarter Sharpening - A new user-controlled edge detection mask slider lets you focus the sharpening effect more to edges and textures than non-textured areas.
- Split-toning - Take your photos to the edge in either Develop or Edit mode using split-toning to create sepia or tinted black & white, Or add a tinted color to highl... See all new features
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"OK but better programs out there"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 6.0.169
Pros
Quick workflow.
Many functions.
Much smaller file size than Lightroom 4.
Great to preview photos.Cons
The little batch processing functions are a buggy nightmare.
No before/after functionality makes it easy to mess up badly.
Can't back out of many functions. If you mess up, too bad.Summary
Not yet ready for prime time. I can't believe pros actually use this. If it were free, I'd probably keep it to preview pictures.
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"Some faster on 64 bit system"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 6.0.169
Pros
Speed has increased
Cons
None discovered so far
Summary
I haven't used this enough to find of there are any lurking bugs, but I have noticed an increase in speed with the 64 bit install. I mainly bought because of their $35 promo price. I'm not sure the increased functions from ACDSee 15 are very significant, but I haven't tried it on raw files yet.
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"At one time a premier program. Not worth the money now"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 3.0 build 355
Pros
Great cataloging and converting capabilities.
Cons
Database continually crashes and display not respond messages.Shutting program and restart takes forever. Not worth the frustration.
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"Best Picture Manager Software"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 5.2.157.0
Pros
+ Easy to Use
+ Very Powerful
+ FAST
+ Lots of USEFUL shortcutsCons
- Expensive but you get a lot for what you pay for
Summary
I've been using variants of ACDsee for well over a decade now and their latest incarnation maintains what is best about the software, fast and easy to use with countless wonderful features.
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"Great Program"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 5.2.157.0
Pros
Does a great job - Keeps pictures crisp - has great features.
Cons
Difficult to learn at first! But, works well after learning.
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"This program is not for professionals"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 5.1.137.0
Pros
When the program works it is a dream.
Does lots of things that makes the work flow easy
Easy to learnCons
I had 1800 character so I will cut it down to this
Program crashes and locks up all the time
I am a pro and have the latest computers 16 gigs of ram huge storage and fast vidio card.
You can not get customer service on the phone and it took them 2 days to get back to me with their same old answer take the program off and reload it. They make you feel like your are the only one to have these problems until I went to a workshop or convention and found out everyone was having the same problem of crashing and locking up. I have used the product from pro 3 and just don't have to have to go through the learning curve with a new program. Plus I keep thinking they must have fixed these really bad problems in the newer version only to find out I was wrong. Now I am thinking they would have to do to much back tracking to fix it so they can't at this point as it would cost to much so they keep hoping they sell it to newbee with out much demand for large files of 3 to 3 hundred images.Summary
If you can put up with the crashing,locking up frustration of never speaking to a customer service person and don't mind being treated like a mushroom --kept in the dark and fed a bunch of poop You will probable love the program as I said if it worked as it is sold it would be wonderful but that has not been my experience and I have had the program from Pro 2 and bought all the newer versions and the older programs worked better as they were simpler and not trying to do everyithing. But like a fool I keep buying the newest, thinking; in this version they muct have solved these very bad problems of crashing and locking up just to find out no the are still in the program and get pissed at my self but I know the program so well I just don't want to have to go through a new learning cruve with a new program. however If I was starting from scratch I would go to ADOBE LIGHTROOM from the start.
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"Easy to Use; Intuitive; Powerful"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 5.0.110.0
Pros
I got hooked on ACDSee Pro 2.
Features like the "Light EQ" and now the "Color EQ" in ACDSee Pro 5, make enhancing Digital Photos so easy, intuitive, and fun.
The "Sharpening" and "Shadow" adjustments are exceptional too.
With ACDSee Pro 5 I can completely process a Digital Picture into a Publishing Quality Masterwork within minutes. ACDSee Pro 5 is much more intuitive than any other Photo Processing Software that I have tried.Cons
It does not have all the Bells, Whistles, and Gimmicks of other Photo Software.
Summary
ACDSee Pro 5 is so Powerful and well designed that anyone can be creating Professional Quality Photography in less than 30 minutes just by playing around with it. There is no need to buy a "The Unofficial Guide" book for this software- can't say that for CS6! ACD's support on their web site is good too and clearly and quickly explains this softwares numerous features.
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"Nice Program !!"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 5.0.110.0
Pros
good options to pimp you pictures!
Cons
it crashed before but not now on my Windows 7 ultimate 64
Summary
Best picture program !!
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"Powerful and Intuitive."
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 5.0.110.0
Pros
Great workflow design. Powerful editing features. Easy sharing with FB, smugmug, etc. Reasonably priced.
Cons
Crashes occasionally.
Summary
I bought Lightroom, but didn't like the experience, especially the organizational scheme. It just didn't flow for me. Switched to ACDSee pro3 and have been with it ever since. I have about 20,000 images in it now and every year I value it's ease of use and power more than ever. Great product.
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"NOT as ADVERTIZED a TOTAL DISSAPOINTMENT"
Version: ACDSee Pro 6 4.0.237
Pros
easy to use WHEN it works
Cons
crashes, freezes, LOUSEY customer service, NOT professional, does not live up to promises (see below)
Summary
DO NOT BE FOOLED this software is a joke & cust service is non existent, recently I was working huge job and again acdsee 3 had "issues" when I moved files to another folder they corrupted and dissapeared, so in desperation I updated to "4" well it's really no better, crashes and freezes if you make it do any heavy lifting. I have an i7 960, 2 GB dedicated HD video card, 1.5 TB hard drive and 18GB of ram and their automated system tells me to upgrade my computer??? You cannot speak to a human, and tech support is ARROGANT and took a week to get back to me by email which is useless. If you are a dabbler and don't care about losing your stuff give it a shot it is cheap ish...
you get what you pay for & this software cannot keep up to professional standards and totally let me down as did the PATHETIC customer service! Buy ANYTHING else!!
