Initially incorporated in 1989, ACD Systems Ltd. Let's take a look at the company and its flagship product ACDSee Pro, the premium edition that handles Raw formats. And certainly, if you prefer to edit the pixels, it's an excellent choice. According to Paul Ellis, ACD Systems product technology manager, 'Non-destructive JPEG editing is something that we are considering for�a future release.' Meanwhile, it's otherwise a complete toolbox at a very reasonable price, suitable for anyone from student to pro. If you're shooting primarily Raw format, look into them, too.ĪCDSee is evolving, too.

If you are shooting dozens of images at a time or doing lots of batch processing on your images, you should look into the workflow solutions that offer metadata editing. It compares not to Aperture and Lightroom but to Photoshop Elements. With the exception of Raw processing, ACDSee changes the pixel data, like traditional image editing software. Products like Lightroom and Apple's Aperture have changed how images are edited, leaving the pixel data alone in favor of appending a recipe of changes to the metadata header of the image file. Like Lightroom, it has relied on user feedback to evolve into a particularly useful tool.īut the photo workflow software category is not just evolving anymore.

The Imaging Resource Digital Photography NewsletterĪCD Systems ( ) calls ACDSee Pro a 'photo manager.' Designed to streamline a photographic workflow, it competes on the Windows platform only with Adobe's Lightroom. ACDSee Pro - Bargain Photo Manager With All the Tools By MIKE PASINI

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