Have a DSLR & shoot RAW? ACDSee has Photo Manager Pro 2

If you are interested in taking ACDSee Photo Manager to the next level, you may want to try the ACDSee Photo Manager Pro 2 beta. The primary difference between ACDSee 9 and ACDSee Pro is it’s capability to process RAW images.

For those of you that don’t have DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) cameras, they have the ability to take photos in a RAW format. A raw image file is a file that needs to be processed. Generally the camera processes the photo into a jpeg for you. The advantage with a raw file is that you can do it yourself later & control things like color saturation, contrast & sharpness. You can read more about them on Wikipedia.

When you download & install Pro 2, it will import your ACDSee 9 database automatically. (I’m continuing to build my database in ACDSee 9 until the final Pro 2 software is available. So you may want to consider doing that.) It has a cool mouse over feature where the image pops open. I think that scrapbookers will love this!

ACDSee Pro 2 has some features that are different than ACDSee 9. Some of the image adjustments offer more options like for Shadows & Highlights. ACDSee’s Tech Writer blogged about using it recently.

So you’re saying to yourself, Connie, that’s great & all, but what does it mean?

Well here is a photo below that I tweaked to enhance the color of the rose. The frog didn’t care that the sun that he was enjoying had washed out my photo!

There is also a Selection Feature where you can select a portion of the image (like the background) and make adjustments to it creating special effects such blur the background or make it black & white (color isolation effect).

Info on the ACDSee Pro 2 beta is available here if you’d like to try it. If you sign up now, you can get 30% off the purchase price when the product is available this fall.

If you shoot RAW, tell us why you enjoy that? & what options it gives you?

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