User Guide

ACDSee 12 User Guide
Automatically
rotate images
Rotates your images automatically if your camera creates the information needed for this option to work.
Delete items from
the source after
import
Deletes items from the device after they are imported.
Advanced Opens the Advanced Import Options dialog box where you can change the date settings for files and
specify where to place RAW and JPEG files.
To set the ACDSee 12 database, use one of the following as the file date:
Exif date: Uses the EXIF date embedded in the image by the camera.
File modified date: Uses the date the file was last modified.
Specific date: Uses the date you select by clicking the in the calendar drop-down arrow.
To specify where to place RAW+JPEG files select one of the following:
Place both in chosen destination folder: Places RAW and JPEG files in the folder you have
selected under Choose destination on the Import From dialog box.
Place JPEG in subfolder: Places the RAW files in the folder you have selected under Choose
destination on the Import From dialog box. Then creates a new subfolder with the name you type
into the Subfolder name field, which activates when you select this option. All the JPEG files are
placed into the new subfolder.
Place RAW in subfolder: Places the JPEG files in the folder you have selected under Choose
destination on the Import From dialog box. Then creates a new subfolder with the name you type
into the Subfolder name field, which activates when you select this option. All the RAW files are
placed into the new subfolder.
Organize settings Organize settings
drop-down list
Displays the names of recently-used organize settings to use again.
You can also select one of the following:
Last used: Uses the organize settings from the last import.
None: Clears all the current organize settings.
Save organize
settings
Saves all the current organize settings so that to re-use later.
To edit saved settings, select the Save icon, and then type in a new name for the
organize settings, or save over existing organize settings.
The new name for the organize settings appears in the drop-down list.
Delete organize
settings
Deletes the saved import settings currently selected in the Import settings drop-
down list.
Metadata tab ACD Database Adds any information you type into to the following fields to the ACDSee 12
database as each file is imported:
Author
Notes
Keywords
Opens the Keyword Picker dialog box where you can select existing keywords.
EXIF Adds any information you type into ACDSee 12 to the EXIF information of each
imported file.
IPTC Adds any information you type into the following fields to the IPTC information of
each imported file.
Categories tab
Assigns the imported files to any category you select on this tab. You can select multiple categories.
Importing photos from a CD or DVD
You can download photos from a CD or DVD using the Import From dialog box, or the Folders pane. Before you import photos, you
can browse to the CD and view them just like any other folder and then simply copy and paste them into a new location.
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