ACDSee 5.0 PowerPack Review

Edit activities: Editor, Convert, Resize, Rotate, Exposure

The ACDSee browser has several fundemental image editting features as well as links to other editors, and if available the ACD FotoCanvas editor. Probably one of the most often used features will be rotation, ACDSee features lossless JPEG rotation, this means that the image is rotated without loss or a change in file size, all EXIF headers are also maintained. ACDSee also now has an Auto rotation feature which can be used to automatically rotate images tagged with the EXIF orientation flag (from cameras with orientation sensors - Canon G3 etc.). Auto rotate will also rotate images which have been tagged as rotated in-camera (rotated manually).

Convert Allows you to convert the selected image(s) to another image format. You can choose for this to be a replacement action or to create copies	Resize Provides the ability to resize the selected images by either a percentage or to fit within a certain size (can also be used to enlarge)
Rotate Images can be rotated or flipped, the Options dialog allows you to specify the use of lossless rotation (default) and the replacement of the original image	Correct Exposure This feature can be used to make levels / gamma curve adjustments to the image, black and white points can be adjusted along with the overall image gamma

Print activities: Print, Print Contact Sheet, Order Prints

ACDSee features some fairly powerful print output options, all of which can be used with single or multiple image selections. Firstly there is the standard 'Print' option, this provides the ability to produce single image-per-page prints or thumbnail index. Image captions can be customized including EXIF Metadata. Other options include a standard contact sheet or online printing, currently only for US residents and only via Ofoto.

Print Print images with or without header / footer / captions as a single image or thumbnail index. Caption can include EXIF Metadata.	Print Contact Sheet Print a contact sheet of selected images. Caption can include EXIF Metadata.
Order Prints Send selected images to an Ofoto account for printing

Create activities: Wallpaper, Archive, Contact Sheet, Print Contact
Sheet, FotoAngelo, HTML

The Create category includes Archive and Print Contact Sheet which we have previously discussed. In addition to this are the Wallpaper (set current desktop to selected image), Contact Sheet and HTML options. Contact Sheet allows you to create indexes of images on a single image along with captions and headers / footers. HTML can be used to create basic HTML web galleries.

Contact Sheet Generate images containing an index of the selected images, this can be any layout you desire with our without captions	HTML Generate basic HTML web galleries from selected images. Click here for a snapshot of a sample gallery

Share activities: E-mail, HTML, SendPix

ACDSee allows you to share your images by E-mail, as a HTML web gallery (as above) and on their own photo sharing service, SendPix. You can transmit images as an e-mail attachment at a preset compression and maximum image size.

E-mail Send selected images as attachments to an e-mail, note you can specify the compression level and maximum image dimensions	E-mail (sending) Further into the process of sending images attached to an e-mail
SendPix The process of sending images to ACDSee's own photo sharing service is straightforward enough. Click here for more information.

Extra activities: Slide Show

The last available activity is a slide show function which can be configured to display images in a basic manner or with fade / wipe transition effects between each image.

Slide show Setup page for slide show, with or without transition effects	Slide show (transition effects) There are a wide range of transitions available which can be applied