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Contents Chapter 1: Getting started ................................................................ 1 Welcome to ACDSee Pro 2.5 .................................................................................... 1 What's new in ACDSee Pro Photo Manager 2.5 ........................................................... 1 Improved Digital Asset Management ...................................................................... 1 Greater Flexibility in Editing ................................................................................. 4 Improved Usability .............................................................................................. 5 Starting ACDSee Pro 2.5 ......................................................................................... 6 About the ACDSee user interface .............................................................................. 6 The Browser....................................................................................................... 7 The Viewer ........................................................................................................ 7 Edit Mode .......................................................................................................... 7 Using the Browser .................................................................................................. 7 About Browser panes .......................................................................................... 8 Working with Browser panes ................................................................................ 9 Moving panes ..................................................................................................... 9 Docking panes .................................................................................................... 9 Stacking panes ................................................................................................. 10 Resizing panes ................................................................................................. 10 Resetting the Browser layout .............................................................................. 10 Using the Viewer .................................................................................................. 11 Viewing images in full screen mode ..................................................................... 12 Using the Viewer panes ..................................................................................... 12 Returning to the Browser ................................................................................... 12 Using Edit Mode ................................................................................................... 13 Editing images ................................................................................................. 13 Working in Edit Mode ........................................................................................ 13 Closing Edit Mode ............................................................................................. 15 Importing files with ACDSee .................................................................................. 16 About removable devices ................................................................................... 16 Organizing and managing files in ACDSee ................................................................ 17 Searching with ACDSee ......................................................................................... 17 Sharing images with ACDSee ................................................................................. 17 ACDSee Pro 2.5 - User Guide System requirements............................................................................................ 18 Getting help.......................................................................................................... 18 Using the Quick Start Guide ................................................................................... 18 Chapter 2: Importing photos .......................................................... 21 About the Device Detector ..................................................................................... 21 Importing photos from a device ............................................................................. 21 Importing photos from a scanner (TWAIN) ............................................................... 27 Importing photos using Windows Image Acquisition .................................................. 28 Importing photos from a CD or DVD ....................................................................... 28 Importing photos from a mobile phone .................................................................... 29 Creating a renaming template ................................................................................ 29 Taking a screen capture ........................................................................................ 31 Chapter 3: Browsing ....................................................................... 33 Browsing files in the File List pane .......................................................................... 33 Sections of the File List pane .............................................................................. 33 Maximizing the File List pane .............................................................................. 34 Using the Windows Explorer right-click menu ........................................................ 34 Browsing using the Folders pane ............................................................................ 34 Selecting multiple folders ................................................................................... 35 Creating and managing folders ........................................................................... 35 Browsing files by date or event .............................................................................. 36 Adding descriptions and thumbnails in Events view ................................................ 37 Browsing favorite files .......................................................................................... 38 Creating a shortcut ........................................................................................... 38 Creating a new folder ........................................................................................ 38 Deleting a shortcut or folder ............................................................................... 38 Browsing RAW files ............................................................................................... 38 Changing view modes ........................................................................................... 39 Customizing the Details view mode ..................................................................... 39 Filtering files ....................................................................................................... 40 Grouping files ...................................................................................................... 41 Navigating through groups in the File List ............................................................. 41 Removing groups from the File List ..................................................................... 42 vi Contents Selecting files in one or more groups ................................................................... 42 Sorting files ........................................................................................................ 42 Sorting files using column headers ...................................................................... 43 Custom sorting files .......................................................................................... 43 Selecting files ...................................................................................................... 43 Previewing images ............................................................................................... 44 Comparing images ............................................................................................... 44 Gathering images in the Image Basket .................................................................... 47 Chapter 4: Viewing ......................................................................... 49 Zooming ............................................................................................................... 49 Setting the zoom level ................................... ...