User Guide

Chapter 9: Customizing
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Zoom options Default zoom
mode
Specifies the default zoom level for images in the
Viewer.
Reset zoom mode
to default on
every image
change
Resets the zoom mode to the selected default
when the displayed image changes.
Resize Resizes the image based on the selected option.
For more information about how these choices
affect the Viewer, see Automatically shrinking or
enlarging images.
Setting RAW Image Preview options
When you process RAW files using the RAW Processing tool, ACDSee saves the processing
settings to the database. By default, ACDSee also saves a preview of the processed photo with
those settings, to a cache on your computer's hard disk. The preview photo is useful because
the Viewer can open it very quickly. If you have a lot of photos, the previews can take up a lot
of space. You may want to use the RAW Image Preview options to limit the amount of space
that the cache uses on your computer's hard disk, to empty the cache, or to turn off the RAW
Image Preview option.
To change the RAW Image Preview options:
1. In the Browser, click Tools | Options.
2. In the Options dialog box, click RAW Image Preview.
3. On the RAW Image Preview page, select Use RAW Image Preview to use previews of
RAW images.
4. If you select this option, it activates the other options on the page.
5. To change the folder where preview files are stored, click Browse, select or create a
different folder, and then click OK.
6. Set or change the other options as described below.
7. Click OK to apply your changes and return to the Browser.
RAW Image Preview options
Use Raw
Image
Preview
Checkbox Activates or deactivates the other controls in this section.
Cache
Location
Browse to select an alternative location to cache RAW Image
Preview files.
Disk usage Choose from the following options:
x Unlimited cache - allows RAW Image Preview (RIP) files
to occupy unlimited space on your computer hard disk.
x Maximum size of cache on disk - set a limit on the
amount of space that RIP files can use on your
computer. After this limit is reached, the oldest files will
be replaced by the newest.