User Guide

Chapter 2 Getting started
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About removable devices
With ACDSee, there are several ways to obtain images from your digital camera, scanner, or memory
card. For more information about how your device communicates with your computer, please consult
your device's Help file or manual. The different types of removable devices are:
• USB mass storage device: mass storage devices include removable memory cards that you can
attach to your computer using a USB card reader, and cameras that contain an internal memory
card, and can be attached directly to your computer. USB Mass Storage devices are detected by
your system as a removable drive.
• Windows Image Acquisition: cameras and scanners that use Windows Image Acquisition (WIA)
drivers.
• TWAIN: cameras and scanners that use the TWAIN interface. TWAIN-supported devices use
TWAIN drivers that you must install on your computer to communicate with the device. For more
information about drivers, and whether or not your device uses TWAIN, please consult your
device's Help file.
• Older model digital cameras: some older model cameras require an ACD Systems digital
camera plug-in. Newer camera models connect to your computer as a mass storage device, or
with TWAIN or WIA drivers, and do not require a camera plug-in.
Related topics
• About the Device Detector
• Using device profiles
Organizing and managing files in ACDSee
In addition to its browsing, viewing, and editing capabilities, ACDSee features integrated
management tools you can use to better organize and sort your images and media files. These tools
include batch functions (tools that can alter or adjust multiple files at the same time), category and
rating systems, and a powerful database to hold all of your important image information.
You can use ACDSee's batch functions to rename, resize, rotate, add EXIF information, and adjust the
exposure of a single image, a group of images, or the contents of an entire folder all at once. With the
category and rating systems, you can create a virtual folder structure, and use it to find related images
and media files with a single click.
ACDSee displays file properties and image information in an easily accessible Properties pane that you
can use to directly add and edit file information, including metadata and database content. You can
You may require DirectX and QuickTime to copy and view audio or video files.