Photography Workflow Course by Alec Watson
Feature Comparison: Photo Studio Ultimate
| Feature |  ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2018 |  ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2019 |  ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can automatically identify faces in photos with Face Detection & Facial Recognition and assign names to faces | |||
| Face Detection suggests names once you have assigned a name one or more times | |||
| Displays a queue of images being scanned for faces | |||
| Can clear the queue of images being scanned for faces | |||
| Can embed face data in images for safe keeping | |||
| Displays your Cloud Sync Drives, such as Dropbox or OneDrive, as a node in the Folders pane, allowing you to navigate cloud content like any other folder | |||
| Can create up to 5 image baskets | |||
| Duplicate Finder is streamlined | |||
| Batch Convert File Format is streamlined | |||
| Comes pre-loaded with a variety of sample quick keyword sets | |||
| Can import and export keyword lists | |||
| Can copy pixels from a source to a target area, then analyzes the target area and blends them with the Blended Clone tool | |||
| Can color grade images non-destructively by importing and applying LUTs as Develop mode filters | |||
| Can view, navigate, and print PDFs | |||
| Can view, navigate, and print Office documents—even sheets on multi-tabbed Excel documents | |||
| Can create color LUTs out of adjustment layers | |||
| Can select multiple layers at once | |||
| Can load multiple images into the Layers pane at once | |||
| Can align layers | |||
| Can combine multiple images with different exposures to create one image with an optimal dynamic range | |||
| Can combine multiple images with different focal distances to create one image with a greater depth of field | |||
| Can add layer effects between image, object, and text layers | |||
| Can snap objects, text, and images to the top, bottom, sides, or corners of your canvas while moving | |||
| Can add rulers and guidelines for precise positioning of layers | |||
| Can add text layers | |||
| Can expand the canvas around layered content or create solid backgrounds | |||
| Brush on or grade color brightening, hue, contrast, saturation, color overlay, tone curves, vibrance, white balance | |||
| Smart Erase available in the Repair groups | |||
| Can copy and paste masks | |||
| Automatically advances to the next image when adding or removing metadata | |||
| Option to automatically save in Edit and Develop mode | |||
| Can view adjustments made to your images in Develop mode from within Manage or View mode | |||
| Can create selections based on the brightness in images | |||
| Support for HEIF files | |||
| Can import & export ACDSee Actions | |||
| Able to import & export Edit & Develop mode presets | |||
| Can control brightness and contrast on a color by color basis in Black & White mode | |||
| Print adjustments available to compensate for printer’s exposure, contrast, and sharpness handling | |||
| Manage mode keyboard shortcuts are customizable | |||
| Can color grade your images by importing and applying LUTs as Edit mode filters | |||
| Can adjust contrast in specific tones, target brightness ranges to bring out contrast details | |||
| Layered editor available |
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