User Guide

8 | ACDSee Pro 3 Getting Started Guide
Search
ACDSee Pro also provides a sophisticated search tool
to help you nd the les you are looking for. You can
perform a simple search, entering a single search
parameter, or narrow your criteria by specifying
folders or categories to search within. If you nd
yourself performing the same search more than
once, you can save the search to reuse the next time.
To open the Search pane:
Click View | Search.
Database
If you are a new ACDSee Pro user, you may not
know that ACDSee Pro uses a database to record
information about your images. As you browse your
images, ACDSee Pro catalogs them and saves any
le properties or metadata that they contain, such as
the le name and date, and the type of camera and
camera settings used.
Then, when you organize your images using
ACDSee Pro, the custom metadata is also added to
the database. The more information you add, the
more easily you can search your les and nd the
exact image you are looking for.
If you want to move or copy an image to a dierent
computer or to a removable storage device, you can
embed the custom metadata in the image le or
you can export the database information. See the
ACDSee Pro 3 Help for details.
Properties
You can use the Properties pane to view the
information about your images, including
information in the database, and File, EXIF, and IPTC
metadata. You can also enter additional information
in this pane.
To open the Properties pane:
Click View | Properties.