ACDSee

ACDSee is a photo manager developed by years ago and is available in new versions. No other photo software saves you so much time. Enjoy the freedom to find, organize and edit your photos faster, easier and with better results than ever before. Instantly share your pictures online or on your cell phone.

Create quality prints or Flash and PDF slideshows.Very simple,popular and easy to use. It is hard to believe that managing digital images can be so quick and easy, but with ACDSee, it is.

As a media browser for your Windows folder system. Has a superfast navigation panel who lets you browse and view your picture collections right away.

Is an image manager provided for free trial by ACD Systems.You can install following components :
1. Photo Manager
2. Device Detector
3. Archive plug-ins
4. Command extension plug-ins
5. Image Plug-ins
6. Pane Extension
Offers you to install Yahoo toolbar at the beginning.You can choose yes or no.You can check or uncheck the extensions of image files associated automatically with ACDSee (bmp, gif, jpeg, tiff, wmf, xpm and many others). Same option have it for video files,archives and audio folders. Anyway,videos are not the speciality for acd see.

Options are:
1.File
create new window,shortcut or photo disc.
2.Edit
Here can add or remove from photo basket,set the rating and categories or search files.
3.View
View image and burn basket,reset the layout or preview.
4.Create
Do a slide show,a PDF or an ACDSee image showroom.Optional,you can configure HTML album or an archive.
5.Tools
- configure auto slide show or a screen saver
6.Database
-import or export a database or a photo disc to this tool.
7.Help
Contain tutorials, update options and other information about this photo manager .
You can organize you pictures by albums and set ratings for each of them.Can get photos from camera or card reader, from scanner or from mobile phone .Have incorporated a device detector. Can create a CD/DVD or a new photo disc.

The menu management is very practical, nice to look and intuitive. Zoom function is better than Photoshop CS2 because you have a horizontal bar and you can drag to the left or to the right to zoom in or zoom out with acd see.
You can group archives with folder ,show ACDSee thumbnails on folders or use multiple colors to highlight image files. Thumbnail style can be like XP or in 3D,landscape,portrait or ratio. You can decode next image in advance,hide mouse cursor in full screen or use Quick View. At Zoom options you can fit width ,height or image .
You can set the options for the Quick Search functions.Is very customizable software and you can download for free this image manager and use in trial mode .The program show you the attributes of the files (size,data,path etc.)
Auto Slide Show mean ACDSee will play images picture after picture and you can configure time between this two moments.You can filter,select group,view or sort photos by different criteria (size,type,date,rating,author,keywords etc.) .You have a calendar were can see the events and set your events.Can clear or invert files selection ,switch to day view or year view mode.
Can create albums in this program and send them by e-mail or share with ACD or with a file sharing software. The very intuitive menu allow you to navigate by albums with Back,Up or Forward buttons(up,in the left side of main menu ).
Duplicate Finder Wizard is a special feature and will compare files to find duplicates. Than, you can delete a part of them.If you have a large photo database this tool is useful.
Customer support can be founded at www.acdsee.com/support/index. ACD company offer you a forum were you can type questions or share your experience.