User Guide

ACDSee Pro 3 User Guide
On Image Double-click with left mouse
button
Automatically sets brightening to optimum for that area of the image. A
brighter area (e.g. a face) works best.
Double-click with right mouse
button
Automatically sets the darkening compression to optimum for that area of
the image.
CTRL + double-click with left
mouse button
Increases the amount of brightening around that tone level while
decreasing the brightening in the rest of the image.
Use this method to quickly brighten a specific subject or area to bring it
out of the image.
CTRL + double-click with
right mouse button
Increases the amount of darkening around that tone level while
decreasing the amount of darkening in the rest of the image.
Scroll up or down with the
mouse wheel above the
image
Increases or decreases the amount of brightening applied at that tone
level in the image. Both the image and the graph show the changes.
SHIFT + scroll with the
mouse wheel above the
image
Decreases or increases the amount of darkening applied at that tone level
in the image.
Hold down "A"
+ scrolling or
+ dragging with the left
mouse button
Sets the brighten Amplitude slider directly.
Hold down "A" + SHIFT
+ scrolling or
+ dragging with the right
mouse button
Sets the darken Amplitude slider directly.
Click and drag up and down
on the image (left mouse
button).
Increases or decreases the amount of brightening amplitude applied at
that tone level in the image. Both the image and the graph show the
changes.
(Only works if the image is actual size - no zooming.)
SHIFT + click and drag up
and down on the image (left
mouse button).
Decreases or increases the amount of darkening applied at that tone level
in the image.
(Only works if the image is actual size - no zooming.)
Adjusting color
Advanced Color lets you make color adjustments for saturation, brightness and hue. You can make adjustments to the entire image,
or adjust on a color by color basis. Advanced Color contains Saturation, Brightness and Hue tabs. You can click each tab to make
adjustments using several controls. For explanation on the controls, see below.
You can save your options as a preset
for future use.
To adjust color:
1. In Process mode, click Develop.
2. In the Develop pane, select the Tune tab.
3. In the Advanced Color group, select the Saturation, Brightness or Hue tab, and make adjustments as described below.
4. Click Done to save your changes and return to the mode you were in previously. Or click Save and select from the drop-
down list:
Save as: Saves your changes, with the option of saving your file with a different name and file format.
Export: Exports your image with all your edits applied to a specific file format and resolution.
Copy to clipboard: Copies the edited image to a clipboard.
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