User Guide
ACDSee™ Pro User Guide
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Viewing images in another application ......................................................................................... 65
Creating a desktop screen saver ....................................................................................................... 65
Setting an image as the desktop wallpaper ................................................................................. 67
Chapter 7 Playing ............................................................................................................. 69
Playing audio and video files ............................................................................................................. 70
Automatically playing audio and video files ....................................................................... 70
The Media toolbar ......................................................................................................................... 70
Selecting part of a media file .............................................................................................................. 71
Saving video frames as images ......................................................................................................... 71
Adding or editing image audio ......................................................................................................... 72
Chapter 8 Editing ............................................................................................................. 75
Using the undo/redo system ............................................................................................................. 76
Previewing changes to images ......................................................................................................... 76
Resizing an image .................................................................................................................................. 76
Rotating an image .................................................................................................................................. 78
Flipping an image .................................................................................................................................. 78
Cropping an image ................................................................................................................................ 79
Resizing the crop window .......................................................................................................... 79
Adding text to an image ...................................................................................................................... 80
Adding a watermark to an image ..................................................................................................... 82
Selecting part of an image .................................................................................................................. 83
Saving or discarding changes in Edit Mode ................................................................................. 84
Saving tool settings ............................................................................................................................... 85
Repairing images .................................................................................................................................... 85
Removing flaws .............................................................................................................................. 85
Reducing red-eye ........................................................................................................................... 87
Straightening crooked photos .......................................................................................................... 87
Correcting perspective distortion .................................................................................................... 88
Correcting barrel, pincushion, and fisheye distortion .............................................................. 89
Correcting shadows and highlights ................................................................................................ 90
Adding light to shadows ............................................................................................................. 90
Adding shadows to highlights .................................................................................................. 90
Adding color to pale areas of a photo .................................................................................... 91
Tips for adjusting the shadows and highlights in your photos .................................... 91
Adjusting image light levels ............................................................................................................... 92
Automatically adjusting exposure .......................................................................................... 92
Adjusting image brightness ...................................................................................................... 92
Adjusting image levels ................................................................................................................ 93
Adjusting brightness curves ...................................................................................................... 94
Adjusting image color .......................................................................................................................... 95
Using the Histogram ..................................................................................................................... 95
Applying Auto Color ..................................................................................................................... 95