Danny Brenner180445
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Has anyone tried this new ACDSee Pro Photo Manager and can recommend it?
http://www.acdsystems.com/products/acdseepro/index
http://www.acdsystems.com/products/acdseepro/index
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Danny Brenner180445
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I have installed the free trial an noticed that the software does not recognize D200 NEF files. Also, D2X NEF files look over saturated and under exposed so it seems that the software is not compatible with Nikon RAW files. Anyone here with more experience with that software.
Just guessing, but ACD may use the Kodak color management system, as does their other (since merger) product - Canvas. You may have to look see it is picking up your monitor profile settings, and that any rendering intent is set correctly. I've yet to look at the app itself, but as with anything to do with color, keep digging, as it's never intuitive
Have you non - Nikon raw files to compare rendering?
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magnaman
Active member
I did read somewhere on their site or in a readme file that there was an encryption issue with D2X RAW files they are working on so hopefully they'll fix it.
John_I
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Workflow lookslike it could be interesting but doen't recognize nef apparently. Am I missing a setting?
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ebola
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hi, youcan see the list of raw supported cameras on page:
http://www.acdsystems.com/products/acdseepro/rawformats
sou can see that the new 'raw' marketinged program does not support d200, and i think its a little bit funny... anyway if you have any saturation problems, i think its not the problem of the program, caue it can use any type of color space... so you can manually handle the colore profile settings for acdsee... and it handle correctly... (i think...)
so the only problem yet is that the brand new program does not support the almost 2 month old nikon d200... and this is sad
(i think anyway that the raw processing is not enought fast as they told it... so... not the perfect solution.... and all these wrote by me who thought always that acdsee is the best photo viewer program.... but now.. hmm...)
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http://www.acdsystems.com/products/acdseepro/rawformats
sou can see that the new 'raw' marketinged program does not support d200, and i think its a little bit funny... anyway if you have any saturation problems, i think its not the problem of the program, caue it can use any type of color space... so you can manually handle the colore profile settings for acdsee... and it handle correctly... (i think...)
so the only problem yet is that the brand new program does not support the almost 2 month old nikon d200... and this is sad
(i think anyway that the raw processing is not enought fast as they told it... so... not the perfect solution....
and all these wrote by me who thought always that acdsee is the best photo viewer program.... but now.. hmm...) --
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Hybrid
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Yes, I've had a full copy of it since last week (someone from ACDSee saw my photolog and offered me a free copy to use and give feedback on. Pretty cool!).
So far I haven't as much of a chance to play with it as I want but I like what I'm seeing. It seems very fast when searching for filenames and keywords and the RAW handling (D70) looked ok from the limited tests I did. I will definitely be playing more with this soon and it may just become my main program (just depends how it fits in with my plans to use ACR).
Best bet is to grab the free trial... It may be perfect for you, then again, it may not
Cheers,
Stephen
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So far I haven't as much of a chance to play with it as I want but I like what I'm seeing. It seems very fast when searching for filenames and keywords and the RAW handling (D70) looked ok from the limited tests I did. I will definitely be playing more with this soon and it may just become my main program (just depends how it fits in with my plans to use ACR).
Best bet is to grab the free trial... It may be perfect for you, then again, it may not
Cheers,
Stephen
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James Grove
Senior Member
Another new version already! Gees these guys at ACDSystems are getting through them verion numbers!
I dont like it, it doesnt support the D200 there are colour issues with the D2x. The last time i looked you could batch add IPTC data, and i am unsure if you can add IPTC data to RAW images in it.
If these have been fixed then its worth a look at. Until then i'll stick to Photo Mechanic and IView MediaPro 3
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Rick Ashford
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I have been an ACDSee user and big fan for years now, upgrading to the latest versions when they become available. I have RAW files in my system from the Sigma SD10, Pentax *istDS, and Sony DSC-F828, and on versions prior to this latest release, ACDSee has not recognized any of these RAW files.
They are pretty good about coming out with upgrades -- I'd say that the almost simultaneous release of the D200 and Photo Manager is the reason that D200 NEF files are not yet supported. Be patient... they will be. I feel certain I will be upgrading to this new Photo Manager. However, I have to admit that my curiosity is greatly piqued by Adobe's Lightroom. I am anxious to see when it will be released for Windows.
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They are pretty good about coming out with upgrades -- I'd say that the almost simultaneous release of the D200 and Photo Manager is the reason that D200 NEF files are not yet supported. Be patient... they will be. I feel certain I will be upgrading to this new Photo Manager. However, I have to admit that my curiosity is greatly piqued by Adobe's Lightroom. I am anxious to see when it will be released for Windows.
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to a bleeding sorting , selecting and storing programme!
anyone else with me on that one??
Basically, i can understand there's potential speed advantage to inbuilt rendering for preview, but then again MacOS and XP now have OS component viewers.
There ought to be a standard way to, e.g. pass crop values from programme to programme, for one thing. I might very much want to sort and organise and crop in one go, and then pass through a more capable develop stage. Can this be so darn hard?
Bottom line for me is that the whole game needs a OS level (or such like abstract and lower level) plugin architecture, so i can use Bibble if i want, or Capture or whatever, called from wherever i am, preferably with something like folder level previews having rollover tool tips that launch a converter interface, instead of right click i.e. fewer actions to get going, a launch option in the box that announces file and EXIF.
Seriously, too, proprietary databases have to go. At the very least you should have a straight ODBC or similar option to connect one of your own choosing. At the very least, for data integrity, any database should be thoroughly documented, not a black box you need reverse engineering skill to understand, if low level tinkering is once your only way to recover lost data in emergency.
Will one of these photo - organiser companies realise how much better it could be if they just picked up the phone to a bigger raw developer, puhlease . . . . and i don't mean that there should just be an export / reimport loop, or a plugin that you have to use totally separately, as a modal "do this first, then return to main app" gig. I mean, possibly, let the sorter app interface call the underlying converter for consistency (with a switch to the standalone interface if you want). I also want user switchable CMS, in every app, but that's a long one, as i'm wierd enough to choose apps by CMS support already :-0
That was the one thing i thought Aperture would have got right . . . but, nope, i see it all as a control thing, as if everyone wants to be the next postscript. But this time, no open standards, de facto or otherwise. Adobe want you to use DNG, which may yet be good, but there's meta data that DNG is not using in some maker raw you don't get to keep unless you embed the original. I mean WTF, i should double the file size? . . .
Yes, i realise a hundred things already that complicate what i'm off on one about here, but the whole field is a mess, the way i see it, and in a nutshell, i see the major raw developers falling down on UI, and the UI - oriented developers ballsing up conversion (cough, Apple). With no-one giving way on almost lock - in solutions, i thik the net result of all this competition is going to be a very compromised eventual market leader (or worse, a few financially driven mergers that leave a steaming pile of code to be forever tidied, but never made whole)
end rant, or rather several mini - rants
anyone else with me on that one??
Basically, i can understand there's potential speed advantage to inbuilt rendering for preview, but then again MacOS and XP now have OS component viewers.
There ought to be a standard way to, e.g. pass crop values from programme to programme, for one thing. I might very much want to sort and organise and crop in one go, and then pass through a more capable develop stage. Can this be so darn hard?
Bottom line for me is that the whole game needs a OS level (or such like abstract and lower level) plugin architecture, so i can use Bibble if i want, or Capture or whatever, called from wherever i am, preferably with something like folder level previews having rollover tool tips that launch a converter interface, instead of right click i.e. fewer actions to get going, a launch option in the box that announces file and EXIF.
Seriously, too, proprietary databases have to go. At the very least you should have a straight ODBC or similar option to connect one of your own choosing. At the very least, for data integrity, any database should be thoroughly documented, not a black box you need reverse engineering skill to understand, if low level tinkering is once your only way to recover lost data in emergency.
Will one of these photo - organiser companies realise how much better it could be if they just picked up the phone to a bigger raw developer, puhlease . . . . and i don't mean that there should just be an export / reimport loop, or a plugin that you have to use totally separately, as a modal "do this first, then return to main app" gig. I mean, possibly, let the sorter app interface call the underlying converter for consistency (with a switch to the standalone interface if you want). I also want user switchable CMS, in every app, but that's a long one, as i'm wierd enough to choose apps by CMS support already :-0
That was the one thing i thought Aperture would have got right . . . but, nope, i see it all as a control thing, as if everyone wants to be the next postscript. But this time, no open standards, de facto or otherwise. Adobe want you to use DNG, which may yet be good, but there's meta data that DNG is not using in some maker raw you don't get to keep unless you embed the original. I mean WTF, i should double the file size? . . .
Yes, i realise a hundred things already that complicate what i'm off on one about here, but the whole field is a mess, the way i see it, and in a nutshell, i see the major raw developers falling down on UI, and the UI - oriented developers ballsing up conversion (cough, Apple). With no-one giving way on almost lock - in solutions, i thik the net result of all this competition is going to be a very compromised eventual market leader (or worse, a few financially driven mergers that leave a steaming pile of code to be forever tidied, but never made whole)
end rant, or rather several mini - rants
- kirbs
mikeinnyc
Well-known member
I've used ACD for years as my browser / organizer / fast viewing / printing utility. Now it does some image ehhancements and RAW processing too, with batch modes ... this could spare me from opening up PS all the time. Can't comment on RAW for D200 NEFs yet though
Overall very satisfied with the product.
Overall very satisfied with the product.
Jeff_edge540
Forum Enthusiast
Just got through looking at it and it looks ok. One big problem I see is you can't use an eye-dropper to set the white balance in the raw converter..???
Oh well, back to Bridge and waiting for Adobe Lightroom to come to PC's.
-Jeff
Oh well, back to Bridge and waiting for Adobe Lightroom to come to PC's.
-Jeff
4loops
Forum Enthusiast
On the website there is a tutorial on using with Raw files, how to set it up, without setting up the colors will be off. There is also color management, you need to set it to the correct ICC profiles.
4loops
Forum Enthusiast
yes, you can use ITPC with Raw files.
Sure you can. Click the Color tab in the RAW Processor and it works fine.
Tony.
Now I'm totally confused. I have ACDSee 7 and I've been using it to view and edit Minolta RAW files and also do batch operations on them. The comments here make it sound like it should never have done that (i.e. ACDSee 8 doesn't do raw unless pro version). Should I not be able to do RAW editing in version 7? I did get it with their full version Canvas Pro software as an add-on.
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Dominique Provost
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I totaly aggry with you !
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Jeff_edge540
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Sorry - but I still don't see it. I'm looking for the eye-dropper tool that lets you select a gray (neutral) part of the image to set the white balance. This tool seems to be missing on the Color tab of the Raw Processing panel.
I guess the only way to set the white balance is to use the presets or the sliders for temp and tint... bummer.
BTW: I'm converting canon CRW and CR2 files.
-Jeff
I guess the only way to set the white balance is to use the presets or the sliders for temp and tint... bummer.
BTW: I'm converting canon CRW and CR2 files.
-Jeff
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