ACDSee Pro Photo Manager

ACDSee Pro Photo Manager is one of several utilities for picture management that are developed by ACD Systems. The program enables you to perform an incredible number of tasks, including viewing, editing, moving, copying, publishing, and archiving pictures. The price is a bit high, but in my opinion this application is worth it.

Getting pictures from your camera, scanner, or mobile phone is very simple with this application. ACDSee Pro Photo Manager displays an easy to use wizard for downloading pictures from these devices. In fact, there's a wizard for just about anything (emailing, uploading, synchronizing, or archiving images). These wizards can help you a lot.

The creation of executable picture slideshows is supported. You can also create slideshows that are embedded in a PDF file, or you can create CDs and VideoCDs. The application can even generate HTML pages with your pictures embedded.

The thing which I like most about this software is its user interface. It displays the pictures in the middle. It's possible to resize the thumbnails just by dragging a slider. You also have the option to sort your pictures based on several criteria (date, file size, author, etc.) because the application can read EXIF information.

Pluses: The program supports batch operations. You can use it to batch rotate, resize, rename, or process pictures on your computer. Ratings can be provided for each picture, allowing you to sort the pictures depending on their rating. Duplicate images can also be found with this application.

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In conclusion: ACDSee Pro Photo Manager is the greatest photo management tools I know. Congratulations to the publisher.

version reviewed: 2.0