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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 images in another application
You can open a file in another program from within ACDSee. For example, you can open documents in the application used to create them.
To use the shell open and edit commands:
Click File | Shell.
Select one of the following options:
Open: opens the file using the application that Windows associates with its file extension.
Edit: opens the file using the default system application, or opens a dialog box where you can select an application.