ACDSee 8 Photo Manager 8.0 Online Manual
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Welcome to ACDSee 9- What's new in ACDSee 9
Getting started
- Getting photos
- About the Device Detector
- Using device profiles
- Getting photos from a profiled device
- Updating or deleting a device profile
- Getting photos from a digital camera
- Getting photos from a mass storage device
- Getting photos from a mobile phone
- Getting photos from a CD
- Getting photos from a scanner (TWAIN)
- Creating a renaming template
Taking a screen capture
- Browsing
- Browsing files in the File List pane
- Browsing files in one or more folders
- Browsing files by category, rating, or classification
- Browsing files by date or event
- Browsing favorite files
- Changing view modes
- Filtering files
- Grouping files
- Sorting files
- Selecting files
- Previewing images
- Comparing images
- Gathering images in the Image Basket
- Viewing
- Zooming images
- Viewing and configuring a slide show
- Starting a slide show automatically
- Viewing images with Auto Advance
- Displaying text on images in the Viewer
- Synchronizing the Viewer to a folder
- Viewing offline images
- Using ACDSee Quick View
- Viewing images in another application
- Creating a desktop screen saver
- Setting an image as the desktop wallpaper
- Creating a desktop slide show
- Playing
- Editing
- Using the undo/redo system
- Previewing changes to images
- Resizing an image
- Rotating an image
- Flipping an image
- Cropping an image
- Adding text to an image
- Selecting part of an image
- Saving or discarding changes in Edit Mode
- Saving tool settings
- Repairing images
- Adjusting image light levels
- Adjusting image color
- Sharpening or blurring an image
- Adding and removing image noise
- Changing batches of files
- Applying special effects filters
- About special effect filters
- Applying a Bathroom Window effect
- Applying a Blinds effect
- Applying a Bulge effect
- Applying a Colored Edges effect
- Applying a Contours effect
- Applying a Crosshatch effect
- Applying a Dauber effect
- Applying an Edge Detect effect
- Applying an Emboss effect
- Applying a Furry Edges effect
- Applying a Granite effect
- Applying a Mirror effect
- Applying a Negative effect
- Applying an Oil Paint effect
- Applying the Old effect
- Applying a Pencil Drawing effect
- Applying a Pixelate effect
- Applying a Pixel Explosion effect
- Applying a Posterize effect
- Applying a Rain effect
- Applying a Ripple effect
- Applying a Scattered Tiles effect
- Applying a Sepia effect
- Applying a Sheet Metal effect
- Applying a Shift effect
- Applying a Solarize effect
- Applying a Sunspot effect
- Applying a Swirl effect
- Applying a Topographic Map effect
- Applying a Water effect
- Applying a Water Drops effect
- Applying a Wind effect
- Creating a custom special effect filter
- Organizing
- Copying and moving files
- Copying images
- Pasting files and folders
- Replacing or overwriting files
- Renaming a file or folder
- Storing files in private folders
- Renaming multiple files
- Creating categories
- Assigning categories and ratings
- Creating and assigning keywords
- Adding database and EXIF information to multiple files
- Changing the date and time properties of images
- Viewing file properties in the Viewer
- Using the Properties pane
- Backing up your files to another computer
- Creating archives of your files
- Managing database information
- About the ACDSee database
- Excluding folders from the database
- Cataloging files in the database
- Converting an older database
- Importing database information
- Importing file information from other sources
- Exporting database information
- Generating file lists
- Backing up your database
- Restoring database information from a backup
- Maintaining the database
- Optimizing the database
- Rebuilding thumbnails
- Quarantining files
- Searching
- Sharing
- Printing
- Customizing
- Setting options
- Setting the General options
- Setting Browser options
- Setting the Quick Search options
- Setting File List pane options
- Setting the Thumbnail Info options
- Setting the Thumbnail Style options
- Setting the Details View options
- Setting the Preview pane options
- Setting the Folders pane options
- Setting the Organize pane options
- Setting the Calendar pane options
- Setting the CD/DVD Management options
- Setting File Management options
- Setting the database options
- Setting Viewer options
- Setting the Viewer Display options
- Setting ACDSee Showroom options
- Setting ACDSee Quick View options
- Customizing and configuring
- Shortcuts
- Plug-ins
- File formats
- Credits and acknowledgements
- System requirements
- Using myACD
- About the ACDInTouch service
- Customer service and technical support
- Glossary
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:
In the Browser, select the images that you want to compare.
Click Tools | Compare Images. Up to four images display in the Compare Images Viewer.
To change which image displays in the comparison view, do one or more of the following:
In the Comparison List, right-click an image and select Send to Active View (indicated by a red box).
In the Comparison List, drag an image to a box in the Compare Images Viewer.
In the Compare Images Viewer, right-click an image and select Next Image or Previous Image.
In the Compare Images Viewer, right-click an image and select File | Remove From View or click the Remove icon in the image toolbar.
To tag images, do one of the following:
In the Comparison List, click the checkbox that is located at the top of the image on the left side.
In the Compare Images Viewer, right-click an image and select Tag or click the Tag icon in the image toolbar.
Click Tag All to tag all of the images, or click Untag All to untag all of the images.
Click OK. If you tagged the images, the tagged images are selected in the File List pane.
Compare Images toolbar
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Previous |
Swaps the selected image with the previous image in the Comparison List. |
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Next |
Swaps the selected image with the next image in the Comparison List. |
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Zoom In |
Increases the magnification of the selected image. |
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Zoom Out |
Reduces the magnification of the selected image. |
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Zoom menu |
Opens a menu of zoom options. Select from the following options:
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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. |
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Under exposure warning |
Indicates pixels that may be underexposed. Click the arrow to open a dialog box where you can adjust the threshold values. |
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Over exposure warning |
Indicates pixels that may be overexposed. Click the arrow to open a dialog box where you can adjust the threshold values. |
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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. |
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Histogram |
Displays a histogram for each image in the Compare Images Viewer. |
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Metadata Setup |
Opens a dialog box where you can select the metadata to display for each image in the Compare Images Viewer. |
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One Image |
Displays one image in the Compare Images Viewer. |
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Two Images |
Displays two images in the Compare Images Viewer. |
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Three Images |
Displays three images in the Compare Images Viewer. |
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Four Images |
Displays four images in the Compare Images Viewer. |
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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.
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Save |
Opens a dialog box where you can save the image with a different file name and a different file format. |
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Previous |
Swaps the displayed image with the previous image in the Comparison List. |
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Next |
Swaps the displayed image with the next image in the Comparison List. |
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Zoom In |
Increases the magnification of the image. |
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Zoom Out |
Reduces the magnification of the image. |
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Delete |
Deletes the image from your hard drive. |
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Remove |
Removes the image from the Comparison List. |
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Tag |
Tags the image so that it will remain selected when you close the Compare Images tool. |
