ACDSee Pro 6.0 Release Notes
New Features
- Runs as 64 bit application on a 64 bit operation system*
- Develop Brush – Apply local non-destructive adjustments to your images
- Edit Brush
- New Noise Reduction
- Advanced color – Completely rewritten with updated color models
- Clarity – Mid-tone contrast adjustment
- Black and White Mode – Develop
- Hierarchical Keywords
- Smart Blur – Added to Edit mode Blur filter
- Red Eye – Added to Develop mode and improved in Edit mode
- Post-Crop Vignette
- Soft Focus
- Cross Process
- Sharpen – Added a detail slider for more control
Enhancements
- Color Management architecture completely revisited
- Choose Microsoft ICM or Little CMS as the Color Management Engine
- Auto-detects monitor profile (when correctly set in operating system options)
- Easier access to Soft Proofing through menu commands and keyboard shortcuts
- Print dialog gains direct access to color management options that influence print pipeline, including gamut warning (Little CMS only) and soft proofing
- Metadata Improvements
- Lens model information support added for select manufacturers
- Lens Model added to Auto Categories
- Detailed White Balance information can now be found in the EXIF section of the Properties pane
- Flash Bias information can now be found in the EXIF section of the Properties pane
- Added support for Sony and Panasonic maker notes
- Blu-ray disc support added to the Burn Basket
- Increased width of various controls in Develop and Edit mode to amplify usability (adjustment sliders and curve control)
- Can now set ratings and color labels from status bar in View, Develop, and Edit mode
- Improved video playback supporting HD formats**
- Added Expand All and Collapse All commands to the context menu of both the Category and Keyword trees
Fixes
- Fixed an issue that prevented database backup names from being longer than 16 characters
- Fixed an issue that would not allow the preservation of Unicode file names when burning to optical media
- Fixed an issue that would not allow use of the space bar to pan an image when zoomed in while in the Edit mode
Sharpen filter
- Fixed an issue that caused video files to not be correctly detected during Import when camera connected directly to computer
- Develop mode tools panel will scroll with the mouse wheel when hovering over the scroll bar
- Fixed an issue that caused the Restore to Original command to fail on images developed in ACDSee Pro 2.5 or earlier
Trimmed Functionality
During the life of a software product, there are times when some functionality needs to be retired rather than maintained. The following functional points have been removed in ACDSee Pro 6:
- In the database backup wizard, the ability to backup database and files to optical media has been removed
- Removed ability to burn a slideshow to optical media at end of Create Slideshow wizard
- Removed HighMAT, MPV and HTML Slideshow options from Burn Basket
- Removed Create Video or VCD wizard
- Removed Publish to TiVo
- Removed Device Detector
Known Issues
- Content of iPhone and other WIA devices does not display correctly when browsed directly with ACDSee
Not Supported
- ACDSee does not preserve the transparency in GIF and PNG files
- ACDSee does not preserve layers in PSD and TIFF files
- ACDSee does not preserve EXIF and IPTC metadata when a PSD file is edited
More Information
For information about ACDSee Pro 6 and to access additional resources, please visit the Product Support and Resource page online. Additional information and resources include:
- software updates
- supported file formats
- supported camera RAW formats
- community site, including peer-to-peer product forums
- ACDSee knowledge base
- support
* Native 64 bit is not supported on WinXP. The following functionality is not supported in the x64 build of ACDSee Pro:
- Import from Scanner
- Various image, video and archive formats – see supported file formats for more information
** Only supported on Windows 7 and Windows 8