User Guide

Chapter 1 Welcome
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adjusting exposure, white balance, sharpness, and noise, taking your digital photography to a whole
new level.
• Save settings so you can use them repeatedly.
• Process multiple RAW images in a single step.
• View RAW files faster than ever before.
Batch processing allows you to manage thousands of images at once.
Simultaneously resize, change color depth, convert to sepia, crop, rotate, reduce noise (grain),
sharpen, change exposure, rename, add text, add copyright, copy, move, and convert the format of
images all in a single operation. You can then save these settings for future use.
Insert IPTC information in batches too, including captions, keywords, copyright, credit, origin, and
others. This feature allows you to apply unique information to one file, or the same information to
multiple files, in one operation. The benefits of setting IPTC information in batches are speed and
efficiency. Setting IPTC information also makes it easy to find and identify the photographer, similar
sets of photos, or a single specific photo.
Streamline your workflow
Personalizing your desktop workspace is essential to creating a streamlined workflow. With ACDSee
Pro, it's easy. You can tailor a wide range of functionality to suit your personal preferences, making it
easier and faster to the use the application in your daily workflow.
• Customize the buttons to display on the File List toolbar.
• Customize the workspace layout to suit each of your workflows. Save each layout and then
quickly load that workspace for a specific task.
• Customize the image/media decoder to use for a specific file extension.
• Customize the Properties tab and create custom Info Tips. Configure both the properties and the
Info Tips information to display in the Choose Properties dialog. The Choose Properties dialog is
where you select information from EXIF, IPTC, ACD Database, and File Properties.
• Preview images in the Browser with a histogram and essential properties information.
• Use keyboard shortcuts to quickly assign categories and sort files. You can also customize your
own keyboard shortcuts.
• Create and save contact sheet print settings.
• Use the new feature on the Status bar in the Viewer to set ratings or tag your photographs.