User Guide

Contents
Chapter 1: Getting started ................................................................ 1
Welcome to ACDSee Pro 2.5 .................................................................................... 1
What’s new in ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 ........................................................... 1
Improved Digital Asset Management ...................................................................... 1
Greater Flexibility in Editing ................................................................................. 4
Improved Usability .............................................................................................. 5
Starting ACDSee Pro 2.5 ......................................................................................... 6
About the ACDSee user interface .............................................................................. 6
The Browser....................................................................................................... 7
The Viewer ........................................................................................................ 7
Edit Mode .......................................................................................................... 7
Using the Browser .................................................................................................. 7
About Browser panes .......................................................................................... 8
Working with Browser panes ................................................................................ 9
Moving panes ..................................................................................................... 9
Docking panes .................................................................................................... 9
Stacking panes ................................................................................................. 10
Resizing panes ................................................................................................. 10
Resetting the Browser layout .............................................................................. 10
Using the Viewer .................................................................................................. 11
Viewing images in full screen mode ..................................................................... 12
Using the Viewer panes ..................................................................................... 12
Returning to the Browser ................................................................................... 12
Using Edit Mode ................................................................................................... 13
Editing images ................................................................................................. 13
Working in Edit Mode ........................................................................................ 13
Closing Edit Mode ............................................................................................. 15
Importing files with ACDSee .................................................................................. 16
About removable devices ................................................................................... 16
Organizing and managing files in ACDSee ................................................................ 17
Searching with ACDSee ......................................................................................... 17
Sharing images with ACDSee ................................................................................. 17