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If you are ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 user and transitioning to Pro 3, some tools you are used to

using are available in Pro 3. New to Pro 3 is the concept of modes. There are four modes: Manage, View,

Process and Online. The order of the modes allow you to easily manage, view, process, and publish your

images.

Pro 3 has Manage, View, Process

and Online modes allowing you

to access the tools you need

depending where you are in your

workow. You can easily switch

modes at any time by clicking a

mode button.

ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users

Introduction

Browsing and organizing

images

Viewing images

Processing images

Processing images with

Develop and Edit sub-modes

Publishing images

Key concepts

Summary of content (7 pages)

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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Introduction Browsing and organizing images Viewing images Processing images If you are ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 user and transitioning to Pro 3, some tools you are used to using are available in Pro 3. New to Pro 3 is the concept of modes. There are four modes: Manage, View, Process and Online. The order of the modes allow you to easily manage, view, process, and publish your images.
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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Introduction The Pro 2.5 Browser window is now Manage mode in Pro 3. Use Manage mode to browse, organize, rate, tag, and batch rename your images. Browsing and organizing images Viewing images Processing images Pro 2.5 Browser window Publishing images Folders in your computer are displayed in the Folders panel.
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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Introduction Browsing and organizing images Viewing images The Viewer window in Pro 2.5 is now called View mode in Pro 3. Use View mode to view, add captions and keywords as you view your images in full screen. Pro 2.5 Viewer Image magnification tools are moved to the Bottom toolbar in Pro 3. All editing tools have been moved to Process mode in Pro 3.
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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Introduction The Raw Processor in Pro 2.5 is now the Develop sub-mode in Process. Develop sub-mode supports nondestructive editing for RAW, JPEG, and other supported file formats. The Edit mode in Pro 2.5 is now the Edit sub-mode in Pro 3. Browsing and organizing images Viewing images Pro 2.
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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Introduction Browsing and organizing images Viewing images Process mode in Pro 3 has two sub-modes: Develop and Edit. Use the tools in Develop to apply changes to the entire image, and then take the image into Edit to selectively apply adjustments. In Pro 2.5, you could only access the RAW Processor if you had a RAW file. Now in Pro 3, you can take RAW, JPEG, and other supported file formats and perform non-destructive processing in Develop.
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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Introduction New to Pro 3 is the Online mode, where you can upload your images to your ACDSee Online account. ACDSee Online is an image storage and sharing service available to Pro 3 users. Browsing and organizing images Viewing images Processing images The top half of the Online mode window shows images in your ACDSee Online account.
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ACDSee Pro 3 tutorials: Pro 3 for existing users Browsing and organizing images Check to see if you learned these key concepts: »» Use the Manage, View, Process and Online modes depending where you are in your photography workflow. Viewing images »» Use Manage mode at the beginning of your workflow to browse, organize, tag, keyword and categorize your images. Processing images »» Review your images using the image magnification tools, and add information to your images as you view them in View mode.