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Comparing images

You can use ACDSee's Compare Images feature to compare a group of images. The tool highlights both the similarities and the differences in the properties, metadata, and pixel intensity levels of images you select. You can save your preferred images to a new location on your hard drive, or tag images you would like selected in the Browser, and then delete, move, rename, or alter the images.

To compare images:

  1. In the Browser, select the images that you want to compare.

  2. Click Tools | Compare Images. Up to four images display in the Compare Images Viewer.

  1. To change which image displays in the comparison view, do one or more of the following:

  2. In the Comparison List, right-click an image and select Send to Active View (indicated by a red box).

  3. In the Comparison List, drag an image to a box in the Compare Images Viewer.

  4. In the Compare Images Viewer, right-click an image and select Next Image or Previous Image.

  5. In the Compare Images Viewer, right-click an image and select File | Remove From View or click the Remove icon in the image toolbar.

  1. To tag images, do one of the following:

  2. In the Comparison List, click the checkbox that is located at the top of the image on the left side.

  3. In the Compare Images Viewer, right-click an image and select Tag or click the Tag icon in the image toolbar.

  4. Click Tag All to tag all of the images, or click Untag All to untag all of the images.

  1. Click OK. If you tagged the images, the tagged images are selected in the File List pane.

Compare Images toolbar

Previous

Swaps the selected image with the previous image in the Comparison List.

Next

Swaps the selected image with the next image in the Comparison List.

Zoom In

Increases the magnification of the selected image.

Zoom Out

Reduces the magnification of the selected image.

Zoom menu

Opens a menu of zoom options. Select from the following options:

  • Actual Size: displays the image at its original size.

  • Fit Image: displays the image at the largest magnification that fits in the Compare Images Viewer.

  • Fit Width: displays the image to fit between the left and right sides of the Compare Images Viewer.

  • Fit Height: displays the image to fit between the top and bottom of the Compare Images Viewer.

  • Zoom Lock: displays all images at the zoom option of the current image. If the zoom is adjusted, the new zoom level is applied to all images that you view.

  • Zoom To: opens a dialog box where you can select a zoom option.

Pan Lock

Locks the panned image area, so that when you zoom and pan an image to a specific area, the Compare Images Viewer displays the same area for all images you view.

Under exposure warning

Indicates pixels that may be underexposed. Click the arrow to open a dialog box where you can adjust the threshold values.

Over exposure warning

Indicates pixels that may be overexposed. Click the arrow to open a dialog box where you can adjust the threshold values.

Properties

Displays properties for each image in the Compare Images Viewer. Click the Metadata Setup button to specify which file properties are displayed.

The Compare Images tool displays the file properties in a field below each image. Differences in properties are bolded, while similarities are displayed in regular font.

Histogram

Displays a histogram for each image in the Compare Images Viewer.

Metadata Setup

Opens a dialog box where you can select the metadata to display for each image in the Compare Images Viewer.

One Image

Displays one image in the Compare Images Viewer.

Two Images

Displays two images in the Compare Images Viewer.

Three Images

Displays three images in the Compare Images Viewer.

Four Images

Displays four images in the Compare Images Viewer.

Help

Opens the Help file.

Image toolbars

Each image in the Compare Images tool has a toolbar located below it. You can use this toolbar to adjust each image individually.

Save

Opens a dialog box where you can save the image with a different file name and a different file format.

Previous

Swaps the displayed image with the previous image in the Comparison List.

Next

Swaps the displayed image with the next image in the Comparison List.

Zoom In

Increases the magnification of the image.

Zoom Out

Reduces the magnification of the image.

Delete

Deletes the image from your hard drive.

Remove

Removes the image from the Comparison List.

Tag

Tags the image so that it will remain selected when you close the Compare Images tool.

 

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