I just thought I would let you know there is a new version of ACDSee Photo Manager 10 available. ACDSee Photo Manager is an imaging photo program that is great at keeping digital scrapbook supplies organized.

Here are the new ACDSee features:

ACDSee 10 features with videos showing some of the new features.

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And lastly if you want to visually see how ACDSee Photo Manager can organize your digital scrapbook collection see these videos

Thanks for link!

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I am really really glad I upgraded to version 10, some y great new features. But the one I LOVE LOVE LOVE is being able to upload to SmugMug from within ACDsee. I store my layouts on SmugMug for my family to see (and as an added backup source). It is TONS quicker to upload thru ACDsee. Worth the price of the upgrade for me with just that one feature

It is a nice package... but it is not the fastest viewer on the market. I did some timing tests using RAW images on a number of products.. and ACDSEE falls right in the middle... photo Mechanic is #1, Breezebrowser #2, Thumbsplus #3, ACDSee was #4, Picasa was #5, XnView was #6, Bridge (CS3) was #7, Idimager was #8 and bringing up the rear (unfortunately) was Lightroom as #... I still use Lightroom for my professional needs as it is a complete editing/cataloging solution.. but boy is it SLOW. Anyway.. just thought I would share...

Not much of an upgrade from Version 9 but here are the differences:
- Mouse over thumbnail to zoom it
- Keywords with spaces (IPTC)
- Integrated unzipping of archives (only ZIPs)
- Red eye correction fixed and improved
- Basic selection tools (shape/freehand/magic wand)
- Apply modifications (corrections/effects) to selections
- Integrated upload to Flickr and Smugmug
- Blog photo widget, feed from Sendpix online album
- Create Microsoft PowerPoint presentations (PowerPoint required)
- New type of Calendar view, with thumbnails (not mentioned on the webpage)

Might want to check out Photo Manager Pro 2 too if you are a photographer...

Ok.. I've been playing with Photo Manager 2 Pro for a few days now... I have to say - it ain't all that bad! Their references to the speediest preview on the market is way off for large NEF (RAW) files.. but for Jpgs already in the catalog.. it isn't bad. The interface is still a bit cluncky unless you have a >19" monitor (too much on the screen for use with a 15" screen that I have at work).. and I don't like how double clicking an image brings you to an editor... I typically just want to be brought to a full page viewer but at least it loads relatively fast (again except for RAW).

They definetely added some nice RAW editing tools.. but missed the boat on functionality. Like, for some reason, you can apply the same RAW settings to multiple files from within the RAW editor.. only one at a time! That's really really a poor decision since if you are working say with a portrait session, I like to apply all my changes to a single photo and then apply the same settings to all the rest and then further tweak each one. Having to manually do this or create a preset is silly and I'm sure will be addressed in the next update. Finally, the RAW editor needs to be loaded rather than being just a part of the main UI ala Lightroom.... I would have liked to have seen this integrated better into the main screen rather than having a seperate editor load each time.

The other thing I still don't like as well is the IPTC editor and how they use categories. Lightroom has that well in hand with keywords in lieu of catgories - there also isn't an easy way to convert categories into keywords to store in IPTC..

So.. all in all.. a step in the right direction.. but it ain't Lightroom. If you only use JPG, then it is a decent product but you might as well just get Photo Manager 10 and save a few $$$.. if you do RAW and want an allinone package.. you might wait until the next update comes along to correct some of these misteps..

I will admit that it was faster than Lightroom is... If only Adobe would put out an update for LR that made it 50% faster... I think everyone would be hard pressed to find a better all-in-one DAM solution than LR.

anyone.. enjoy!

I don't use SmugMug, but I do use flickr-- and isn't it great?? I love that I can upload a lo or a blinkie *snaps* like that!


Pesto- I am playing around a bit with Pro 2, since i finally have a camera that shoots RAW. but I am a complete amateur there! Thanks for the feedback on Pro 2

Great.. enjoy the trial.. Like I mentioned, pro2 is not bad for the average RAW user.. but they still have some work to do to appease the pro photographer. It's still a move in the right direction though..

You do realize that you can do uploads to smugmug and flickr without version 10 right? You can use api's that add this functionality directly to windows. Then, you can either use explorer or just drag/drop from acdsee to do the upload.. I use one for my Gallery2 gallery all the time.. auto resizes and FTP's to my host.

Smugmug: http://www.shahine.com/garage/conten...ToSmugMug.aspx

Flickr:
http://www.ludicorp.com/flickr/uploadr_v2.4.exe

and if you don't like that... check out these 37 other ways to get photos to flickr..http://brentevans.blogspot.com/2007/...ickr-from.html

Good luck!