User Guide

Plug-ins are applications that extend the functionality of ACDSee. You can use
plug-ins to send e-mail, upload images to a server, create contact sheets of your
images, find duplicate files, and create archives of your files. This chapter provides
information about the various types of plug-ins, how to disable them, and change
their order.
About ACDSee plug-ins
ACDSee comes standard with many different plug-ins. However, you can down-
load new plug-ins from our Web site:
www.ACDSYSTEMS.com/english/products/plug-ins/
There are six types of plug-ins:
•
Image Decode: This type of plug-in converts a file from a binary format to
the image displayed in ACDSee. Decode plug-ins allow ACDSee to dis-
play images of many different file formats. The files that you can view
with ACDSee depend on which decoding plug-ins are installed on your
computer.
• Image Encode: This type of plug-in converts the image displayed in
ACDSee to a binary file format. Encode plug-ins allow ACDSee to save
(or convert) images to many different file formats. The files that you can
edit and save with ACDSee depend on which encoding plug-ins are
installed on your computer.
• Archive: This type of plug-in allows ACDSee to display and save archives
of many different file formats. The archives that you can view and create
with ACDSee depend on which archive plug-ins are installed on your
computer.
•
Camera: This type of plug-in allows ACDSee to browse images on your
digital camera and transfer them to a folder on your hard disk drive.
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Using ACDSee plug-ins