Features
ACDSee 18 is packed with
tools to help you organize your photos, perfect your best,
and inspire your friends and family. With an impressive
array of automatic functions designed to keep your workflow
flowing, a host of new filters to keep the creativity
coming, and quick access to the cloud, ACDSee 18 gives you
unprecedented efficiency.
Manage Mode
 ACDSee
SeeDrive -NEW
Passage to the Cloud
Conveniently take care of all your cloud-related tasks
right from Manage mode. Upload images to and download
from ACDSee 365, organize, control privacy settings, and
share with your family, friends, and the world with
ACDSee SeeDrive.
 Folder
Tree -IMPROVED
Your Harmonious Folder Structure
ACDSee
smoothly displays your folder tree in the same style as
your OS, which means zero confusion.
 (No)
Importing
Get Right to it
There's no need to import your photos into a separate
library. Browse your collection right away. Sort by
date, event, edited state, or other criteria in real
time.
 Metadata
Much Metadata
Classify files by camera and EXIF information, and edit
IPTC metadata as you go. Customize the Metadata tab to
display only the details that matter to you.
 Search
No More Hide and Seek
Enter
keywords, search only specific folders, narrow it down
by your camera's file information, or find that one
specific image with the Quick Search bar. Build detailed
searches and save them for ongoing use. You can even
filter for photos that don’t have keywords assigned to
them.
 Organize
Organize Like a Boss
By
creating categories, adding hierarchical keywords and
phrases, rating, tagging, and color labeling your
photos, you’ll never lose a photo again. Your
photography workflow will become clearly defined and
your process streamlined.
 Map
Breezy Geocoding
Capitalize on Map view by finding and organizing your
photos by location. Select a pin on the map, and use
ACDSee to write the matching location details into the
appropriate IPTC fields in just three clicks.
View Mode
 Auto
Lens View -NEW
More Than Just Rose-Tinted Glasses
Quickly preview your images in a variety of filters as
you browse them with View mode using Auto Lens View.
 Support for Windows Touch Gestures™ - NEW
Make Some Gestures
Motion
through your viewing process quickly and elegantly on
your tablet or mobile device with ACDSee 18’s support
for Windows Touch Gestures™.
 Auto
EQ -NEW
Instant Light
View
your images with an immediate exposure boost on the fly
with Auto EQ.
 View
it All
Examine any area in on a pixel level with the Magnifying
Glass and Navigator. You can also view the histogram and
all of your metadata properties alongside any photo.
Edit Mode
 1-Step
EQ -NEW
Step One: 1-Step
Enjoy
the simplicity of automatic exposure adjustment with
1-Step EQ. ACDSee’s patented LCE (Lighting and Contrast
Enhancement) technology powers 1-Step EQ’s intuitive
corrections as you open the image.
 Filters -NEW
Apply Some Magic
When
you need some mystery or a dash of charm or fancy, apply
a variety of brand new effects without needing to go
through a complicated, multi-step process.
 Selections -IMPROVED
Super Selections
Selection and Drawing tools are now streamlined for
quick access, allowing you to focus your adjustments
exactly where you want them, and add drawing elements as
you go.
 Navigator Window -IMPROVED
Crystal Clear Zooming
Automatically find your way around your image when
zoomed in to the finer details with the improved
Navigator in Edit mode.
 Lighting and Color Tools
Complete Lighting and Color Control
Alleviate the age-old struggle of too much or too little
light in your photos. Instantly lighten shadows and
reduce highlights in one click, or fine-tune by
adjusting individual sliders. Change the tonal range,
white balance, and color balance of your photos with
easy-to-use adjustment tools.
G radients
Graduate with Gradients
Subtly
blend effects across or around your photos with radial
or linear gradients. Choose a linear gradient for images
that aren’t evenly exposed, or that need fine tuning in
only select areas. Apply a radial gradient to create
off-center vignette effects, multiple vignetted areas,
or to draw focus to a single object.
 Geometry/Repair Tools
Achieve an Effortless Overhaul
Reduce
red eye, rotate, flip, crop, resize, and repair for full
control over your finished product.
 Brush
Localize Your Edits
Quickly smooth on any editing effect to a specific part
of your photo with the Edit Brush. Correct lighting,
color, and just about any aspect of your photo on a
large or minute scale. Add special effects to specific
areas of your photos.
 Noise
Reduction
Quiet it Down
Rescue
grainy, high ISO photos with ACDSee's Noise Reduction
controls. Get smoother and more natural results, while
saving as much edge detail as possible.
 Add
Tools
You’ve Been Framed!
Add a
border, vignette, or text to your favorite photos.
Customize the color, texture, and thickness to suit your
shot. You can also blur or raise the edges, and add a
drop shadow to perfectly complement the mood and
atmosphere of your photo.
 Blur
Direct the Eye
Blur
areas with little or no attributes, while still
maintaining the sharpness and detail of your photo. Use
it as a creative effect, or as a noise reduction
technique. Choose from a variety of blur styles — even
achieve a bokeh effect.
S pecial Effects
Add Some Photo Wizardry
Take
your photos out of the realm of the mundane with more
than 50 special effect filters. Brush them onto specific
areas of your photos, fade them across with gradients,
and save them as presets.
365 Mode
A CDSee
365
The Silver Lining
Fully
integrated with ACDSee 18, ACDSee 365 provides you with
hassle-free access to other innovative software
solutions, sharing, cloud-based photo management, and
storage. Access ACDSee 365 directly through Manage mode
with the ACDSee SeeDrive pane.
ACDSee
SeeDrive -NEW
Passage to the Cloud
Conveniently take care of all your cloud-related tasks
right from Manage mode. Upload images to and download
from ACDSee 365, organize, control privacy settings, and
share with your family, friends, and the world with
ACDSee SeeDrive.
Plus More
 Smart
Indexer -NEW
Automatic Adaptability
In
order to maximize your overall ACDSee experience, the
Smart Indexer catalogs folders and adds them to the
ACDSee Database when your computer is idle. The Smart
Indexer is so smart that it knows when you’ve made
changes and automatically keeps everything up-to-date,
so that you don’t even have to think about it.
 PicaView -NEW
Peek a View
Revel
in the convenience of a sneak peek of your images
through your OS’s context menu, as you go, with ACDSee
PicaView. Save time not having to open your images in an
application to identify them, view their EXIF
information, and launch them in ACDSee for further
editing without any bother at all.
R AW
support/Color Management
RAW and Colorful
View
RAW files from all the major camera manufacturers.
Similar to a photo negative, a RAW image is undeveloped,
so ACDSee displays a JPEG preview of the file. You can
then convert it to other file formats, like JPEG, TIFF
or PNG. Enjoy proper color management, so what you see
on your screen is true to hue.
 Multiple Databases
Limitless Databases
Create
as many ACDSee databases as you like, and quickly and
easily switch between them.
 Sharing
Sass-Free Sharing
Sharing doesn’t have to be a struggle. Send your shots
through e-mail, upload to flickr™, SmugMug™, and
Zenfolio™, and share to Facebook™ in a flash. Customize
slideshows of your images for friends and family.
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Smart
Indexer -NEW
Support
for Windows Touch Gestures™ - NEW
