ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Information

Many of us scrap in ACDSee Photo Editor 4 because it doesn’t have a high learning curve & it has some great features that make it user friendly.

Download: ACDSee Photo Editor 2008

ACDSee Photo Editor 4 Tutorials

If you have never used ACDSee Photo Editor, here are the tutorials for Photo Editor 4 and most are still applicable.

• ACDSee Photo Editor 4 Creative Tutorials

Shortcuts Toolbar

A shortcuts Toolbar for menu commands like New, Open, Save, Undo, etc has been added to the right side of the File Menu for convenience.

New Scrapbook Sizes, Manager Custom Sizes and Bleed Options

ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 will have common digital scrapbook sizes so now you can quickly get started! If your size isn't there, you can create and save your own custom size.

Crop Image/Object and Rotate

Crop now defaults to the item that is selected.

• If you would like it to be the workspace, that radio button needs to be selected

Crop & Rotate

• Select the image to crop
• Click on Crop
• Note the rotate handle in the center just above the image

Now the cropping isn't limited to rectangular or square areas.

A video on Cropping Objects and Rotating Crops

Save to Web

Projects can easily be saved for uploading to the web as jpeg, gif or png files.

Project Templates

New from Template: Photo Editor 2008 has a number of templates to get you started with creative projects

Two awesome designers have partnered with us. They have created templates for you to make scrapbook pages, cards, and hybrid projects.

• Andrea Gold of Go Digital Scrapbooking

• Maggie Lamarre of Dragonflaire Studios

• Vicki Stegall of Vicki Stegall

Save as Template: create your own template & save it for future use

Use Templates Easily

It is now easier than ever to use your favorite templates with ACDSee Photo Editor 2008

Choose one of the preloaded templates - File | New from Template or a psd template of your choice - Add Image

The template will open in layers in the object palette.

Move the paper or photo into the workspace & position over the layer In the object palette, move the paper or photo down so that it's positioned under the layer you're going to replace Select both the paper or photo & the layer of the template by using the ctrl key + click on each layer

Click on Trim to Shape (top right in bar just above object palette)

Continue replacing the other layers

A video on doing templates in ACDSee Photo Editor 2008

Improved Text

Easier Text Tools

• Select the Text tool, click on the work area and you create a 1 line title.
• Select the Text tool, click and drag the mouse to set the width and height of your paragraph and you have created a multi-line paragraph or journaling box.
• Have the ability to copy a large amount of text from your word processor into the journaling box.

Custom Text Path

• Choose the smooth polygon tool or polygon tool. (Choose the foreground color to be transparent and background color to be black)
• Create a path that will be the path for the text
• Select the text tool.
• Select the Path... Button
• Select the Bind Text to Path Button and click OK
• Click on the path
• Start typing your text
• Delete the path object when done

Custom Shape Path

• Choose a drawing tool (Choose the foreground color to be transparent and background color to be black)
• Draw a shape
• Select the text tool.
• Select the Path... Button
• Select the Bind Text to Path Button and click OK
• Click on the shape
• Start typing your text
• Delete the shape object when done

Soft Scale Option

Sepia

Under Effect | Color | Sepia - give the newly improved Sepia a try!

Adjustments Effect

For each layer a multitude of Effects can be added, modified & deleted.

On the Object Palette, it's the little notepad on the left side under the eye.

You have the freedom to modify them as long as the file is saved in apd format (ACDSee Photo Editor's native file format)

Once the file is flattened the ability to make adjustments no longer exists.

Selection Tool

Now, you can drag an object behind other objects by holding Tab key and drag.

• Select an object behind other objects in the Object Palette and then Tab + drag.
• You can also select an object behind overlapping objects by right-click over the topmost object, and then click select submenu from the context menu.