User Guide

Editing your images with an image editor
You can select images in ACDSee and have them open in an image editor.The
standalone version of ACDSee includes ACD FotoCanvas Lite to modify and
enhance your images. If you have installed ACDSee PowerPack, you can use ACD
FotoCanvas to edit your images.
You can configure ACDSee to work with a variety of image editors. Also, you can
configure which image editor ACDSee uses by default.
To edit an image using the default editor, do one of the following:
• In the Browser, select an image, and click Tools | Open in Editor.
• While viewing an image, click Tools | Open in Editor.
To edit an image using another image editor:
Click Activities | Edit | Editor, and select the name of the editor.
Adding an image editor to ACDSee
You can configure ACDSee to work with a variety of image editors.
To add an image editor to ACDSee:
1. Click Activities | Edit | Editor | Configure Editors.
2. In the Configure Photo Editors dialog box, click the Add button.
3. Browse to a folder on your hard disk drive that contains an image editing
application. For example, ACD FotoCanvas.
4. Select the executable file of the image editing application.
5. Click Open.
6. In the Application Name field, type a name for the editor.
7. Click OK.
Selecting a default image editor
You can specify which image editor ACDSee uses by default.
To set an editor as default:
1. Click Activities | Edit | Editor | Configure Editors.
2. In the Configure Photo Editors dialog box, select an editor from the
Editor Name list.
3. Click the Set As Default button. The default editor is highlighted with
bold text.
4. Click OK.
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