User Guide

ACDSee™ Pro User Guide
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Absolute Colorimetric Rendering intent, generally used for proofing. Based on a device-
independent color space, reproducing colors within the available
gamut perfectly, and reducing colors outside of the gamut to the
nearest reproducible hue (at the expense of saturation).
ACD InTouch Data exchange service for staying in touch with new developments
at ACD Systems.
acquire Often used term to describe the process of locating images on
peripheral devices (such as scanners and digital cameras) and add-
ing the images to your hard drive. Can also refer to taking screen
captures.
album Collection of images, often organized by theme or event. In ACD-
See, albums contain shortcuts to where the images are stored on
your hard drive. ACDSee versions 5.0 and earlier save albums using
the .ais file extension.
aliasing Process that smooths lines and curves in a digital image that
become distorted due to low resolution.
anchor Method of fixing an object such as a selection to a screen, page, or
image location. In ACD Photo Editor, the selection marquee disap-
pears after you anchor the selection to an image.
antialiasing, anti-aliasing Software technique for reducing jagged lines, or 'jaggies'. Uses
shades of gray and color to smooth out the contrast between adja-
cent pixels. Although this technique may result in some loss of over-
all image clarity, it significantly reduces the appearance of jaggies.
aspect ratio An image's width-to-height ratio. For example, an image with an
aspect ratio of 3:1 has a width 3 times larger than its height.
archive Collection of files saved as a single file for storage. Archive files usu-
ally use compression to reduce their size. You can use archiving soft-
ware such as ACDSee and ACDZip to create and view archives.
azimuth Angle of shadows that extend from the edges of image details. In
ACDSee and Photo Editor, you can control azimuth when applying
the Emboss effect to an image.
background processing Tasks or programs that function without user interaction.
banding Disruption in a digital image's color gradation. Banding can also
occur when printing images on a multipass color printer.