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
Viewing and configuring a slide show
You can view a slide show of images from the Browser, or from the Viewer. You can also configure your slide show to start automatically whenever you run it, and set the slide show options to adjust how long each image is displayed, set the background color, apply transition effects, and add header or footer text.
To start a slide show from the Browser:
Do one of the following:
In the File List pane, select a group of images.
In the Folders pane, select a folder or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain images.
Click Tools | Auto Slide Show.
Click OK.
To start a slide show in the Viewer:
Click View | Auto Slide Show.
In the Slide Show Properties dialog box, select or change the slide show options as described below.
To save your settings as the default slide show behavior, select the Save current settings as default check box.
Click OK.
To configure a slide show:
Do one of the following:
In the File List pane, select a group of images.
In the Folders pane, select a folder or use the Easy-Select bar to select multiple folders that contain images.
Click Tools | Configure Auto Slide Show.
In the Slide Show Properties dialog box, select or change the slide show options as described below.
To save your settings as the default slide show behavior, select the Save current settings as default check box.
Click OK.
Slide show options
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File Selection |
Slide show contents |
Specifies the locations and images you want to use in the slide show. |
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Always use these contents for this selection type and start slide show automatically |
Retains the current Slide show contents setting and starts automatically the next time you launch the slide show. | |
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Basic |
Select transition effects |
Select or clear the check box next to each transition effect. The slide show will randomly select transitions from your choices. |
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Background color |
Specifies the background color. Click the color picker arrow to select or change the color. | |
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Image delay (in seconds) |
Specifies how long you want the slide show to display each image. | |
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Advanced |
Transition quality |
Drag the slider to the left to improve slide show speed, or drag to the right to improve the quality of the transition effects. |
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General settings |
Select or clear any of the following options:
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Slide order |
Select one of the following options to specify the order to display your images:
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Text |
Display header text |
Displays a text caption at the top of each image. Set the options to specify the text you want to display. |
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Display footer text |
Displays a text caption at the bottom of each image. Set the options to specify the text you want to display. | |
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Save current settings as default |
Retains the current settings on all of the tabbed pages and applies them the next time you view a slide show. | |
Slide show text options
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Alignment |
Specifies the alignment of the text captions. |
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Background color |
Specifies a background color for the caption text. |
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Text |
Specifies the text to display as a caption. |
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Font |
Opens the Font dialog box where you can select or change the font options for your text. |
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Insert Metadata Tag |
Inserts file-specific information called metadata into the caption. Click to open the Choose Property dialog box and select the metadata you want to insert. |