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ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 & ACDSee Pro 2.5

Both ACDSee Pro 2.5 and ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 offer a full set of features to help you view, organize, edit and share your photos but. Which one is the best choice for your needs? The ACDSee photo management product that’s right for you can depend on a number of factors, including what format you shoot in, how you organize your photos and what you ultimately need to do with them. To help in the choice, the ACDSee team offers this quick quiz to determine whether ACDSee Pro 2.5 or ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 best suits for your photo management needs.

	I want to quickly browse my images. When it comes to viewing your photos, ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and ACDSee Pro 2.5 both offer the ultimate in speed and flexibility. View your images at any size, by date or event, file properties, and category. Instantly preview larger versions of your thumbnail images. And the Quick View mode is the fastest way to open an e-mail attachment or a file on your
	I sometimes want to view RAW image files but do not shoot in RAW or process RAW. View your RAW images as easily as your JPEGs in ACDSee Photo Manager 2009. View the list of supported camera RAW formats.
	I like to compare similar images in order to choose the best shot. ACDSee Pro 2.5's Compare Image feature allows you to view and compare the properties, metadata and pixel intensity levels of up to four images at once.
	I need to quickly sort through hundreds of photos from a shoot. With ACDSee Pro 2.5's visual tagging, you can quickly tag the photos you want to cull or perform your workflow on.

	I want to easily fix common photo flaws. Eliminate red-eye, heal blemishes, erase unwanted objects, and adjust exposure, all at the click of a button, with ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and ACDSee Pro 2.5.
	I like to adjust selected areas of my photos. Easily apply effects like blur, saturation and color to selected areas of your photos with the Selections Tool.
	I use histograms to analyze my photos. ACDSee Pro 2.5 displays histograms when previewing and editing your images.
	I like to add unique effects to my photos. ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and ACDSee Pro 2.5 include more than 20 special effect filters, such as Vignette, Oil Paint and Stained Glass.
	I use special wide-angle and telephoto lens. Fix common lens distortions such as barrel, pincushion, and fish-eye in ACDSee Pro 2.5. You can also fix perspective distortions.
	I need precise controls over shadows and highlights. ACDSee Pro 2.5 includes the Light EQ and Advanced tabs for complete control over tone bands and the actual tone-mapping curve.

	I share photos with friends and family. From ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and Pro 2.5, you can e-mail your photos without worrying about resizing. Create online albums, and easily upload your shots to image sharing websites like Flickr and SmugMug.
	I have a blog or personal website. From ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 or ACDSee Pro 2.5, post a photo widget on your website or blog, powered by your free ACDSee Sendpix online album. Create screen savers and slide shows of your favorite photos, and share them with friends and family, or display them on your website.
	I print photos at home. ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and Pro 2.5 easily create contact sheets and high-quality prints with optimized print templates.
	I need to protect my photos from copyright infringement. Use ACDSee Pro 2.5 to quickly watermark your photos when publishing them, in order to safeguard your work.

	I have a camera that allows me to shoot in RAW With ACDSee Pro 2.5’s non-destructive RAW processing, you can manage and edit RAW files with complete precision and control. View the list of supported camera RAW formats.
	I often need to make multiple edits to multiple photos. With ACDSee Pro 2.5's Batch Processor, you can perform up to 13 functions on up to hundreds of photos at once. Rotate, crop, resize, adjust color, watermark and more.
	I have specific color profiles for each of my devices. ACDSee Pro 2.5 supports color management with ICC profiles to help improve color matching between devices.

	I need to be able to easily organize my growing photo collection. With ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and Pro 2.5 you can organize your Windows® file folders, add keywords and ratings, edit your metadata, and create your own categories.
	I want photos automatically organized for me. Both ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and ACDSee Pro 2.5 help you import, rename and categorize your new images whenever your camera or storage device is connected.
	I work with XMP and DNG files. ACDSee Pro 2.5 supports XMP sidecar files, and reading and writing to XMP metadata for currently supported IPTC fields. You can also edit metadata in DNG files.
	I want to find my photos fast. Quickly retrieve photos using keywords, captions, file or folder names, or IPTC data, or find that one photo out of thousands using the Quick Search bar in ACDSee Photo Manager 2009 and ACDSee Pro 2.5.
	I am familiar with ACDSee and want to customize my experience so it works best for me. In ACDSee Pro 2.5, save your favorite workspace layout and file sort order, customize shortcut keys, and create a Custom Pane that displays the file information you refer to the most.