ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate: Detailed Review.What I Don’t Like: User Interface Needs Work. What I Like: Excellent Organizational Tools. Pros who have already adopted a Lightroom-based workflow will be better off staying with that setup, although anyone set on looking for a professional-quality alternative should take a look at DxO PhotoLab or Capture One Pro. Overall, the inclusion of all these features in a single program provides an appealing and comprehensive workflow, although it might not be polished enough to satisfy a demanding professional. The layer-based editing features could use a bit more refinement and probably won’t be replacing Photoshop as the standard for image manipulation software, but they are still quite capable and workable despite some minor user interface issues. It has excellent organizational tools for managing a growing image library, and the RAW editing functionality is equally capable. For casual and semi-professional photographers, ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate is an excellent introduction to the world of RAW editing. I am very pleased that ACDSee has arrived on the MacOS word. I have installed the beta version and it's already much faster than GC when viewing lots of files. Yes, it might be more expensive than GC, but rest assure that when this becomes a finished product it will do much more than GC. I have my data on its location, can I just view it please?įree software that supposedly can be used for viewing pics, for example Xee, are qood and convenient since they come free, however, they come nowhere near the features of GC or other paid software.ĪCDSee is a fantastic software on Windows (and it has a very long history of enhancements and updates), and I had been looking for something like that for ages. I have an inherent dislike for software that wants to import my data to its own whatever-structure (be it db,file structure, xml, etc). in the new version) is cool and comes free, but definetely, it does not do what graphic converter or ACDSee do. People here also complain that as the number of photos gets larger, iPhoto becomes more unresponsive (i have not tested this myself though, cant' tell). I recently discovered that my RAW files remain in iPhoto for ever, even after I am done with editing, I guess that's fine for some users, not for me. "Why do you need another software, your mac already has software for this: iPhoto and Preview", "what's wrong with windows users that want everything done the windows way", "I am absolutely fine with iPhoto, I have thousands of photos on it", "yes, it keeps multiple versions of files, but what's the problem with this". When a question is asked in these forums about pics browsing software people often reply with quite a lot of criticism, for example: There are plenty of options on windows, out of which ACDSee has always been one of the best (I was using FastStone, which is free - others use Irfanview). Ever since I bought my MBP, I have been looking for some decent software to browse photos on my external hard disk. I rarely participate in posts about arguments for/against software, but I felt like participating in this one.įirst of all, I am a recent Mac convert and I am all positive about it, but not to the extent that some people preach.
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