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Photo Studio 2026
What’s New in ACDSee Photo Studio 2026?
Discover new and improved tools designed to simplify your editing and management workflow. AI Denoise removes unwanted noise while preserving detail, and AI Hair Masking makes selecting hair for adjustments quick and accurate. Apply intelligent adjustments across multiple images with AI Develop Presets, and take advantage of updates to AI Face Edit and People Mode for easier portrait work and organization. The new Home Page and enhanced tab system provide faster access to your projects, while the updated Activity Manager uses multi-threading to handle imports, batch exports, and other large operations in the background—so you can keep working without interruption. Additional improvements to video metadata and file format support give you greater flexibility throughout your workflow. ACDSee Photo Studio 2026 is packed with time-saving power to help you work smarter, complete tasks faster, and feel unstoppable.
AI DENOISE
Remove Noise, Not Detail
AI Denoise uses advanced machine learning to automatically detect where to reduce pixelated noise in your photos, so the important details stay sharp. Instantly clean up high-ISO shoots or grainy snaps to keep your images natural, sharp, and ready to shine. Run AI Denoise on an entire batch and cut down on editing time, while your photos emerge clean, detailed, and true to life.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026.
AI HAIR MASKING
Intricate Hair Selection in an Instant
Save even more time while editing your photos by letting ACDSee’s intuitive AI Hair Masking make one-click hair selections for you. This allows you to adjust the color and lighting of one of the trickiest elements in portrait photography – hair – without affecting the rest of the image.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026.
AI DEVELOP PRESETS
Untapped Non-Destructive Editing Prowess
Intelligent, non-destructive style at your fingertips. AI Develop Presets are an absolute game-changer for hobby and commercial photographers alike. When applied to a batch of photos, the AI analyzes each individual photo and applies gorgeous adjustments, significantly reducing the time you spend editing. Make your subject pop, correct background lighting, or imprint your authentic style on an entire catalogue of images with just a few clicks.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026.
AI FACE EDIT
New Portrait Possibilities
Effortlessly make retouching portraits feel intentional, not artificial. Enhance natural beauty or completely alter facial parameters using the tools in AI Face Edit that you already know and love – like skin smoothing, eye and eyebrow adjustments, nose contouring, teeth whitening, and more. Extend your capabilities with new additions for 2026:
AI Hair: Control individual hair color and clarity with adjustments for Temperature, Tint, Saturation, and more in the new Hair Group. Options for natural and unnatural hair colors give you full creative freedom to remain organic or push past societal norms. You do you!
Splotch Removal: Easily blend out blemishes, not texture, with the Splotch Removal tool added to the Skin Group.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026.
EXPANDED ACTIVITY MANAGER
No more waiting for tasks to complete—thanks to the updated Activity Manager, background processing lets you continue working while operations run. With multi-threading, multiple activities run simultaneously, so you can import, export* (one of the most requested enhancements), convert and resize batches of photos, apply Develop presets*, and detect faces and keywords*, all without ever slowing down. Track progress in real-time and experience a faster, more efficient workflow designed for high-volume demands.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026. *Export, Develop Presets and AI Keywords are not available in ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
FACE DETECTION & PEOPLE MODE
Narrower face labels in View Mode ensure no one is missed while using AI Face Detection on group photos. Find your people faster with new grouping options in People Mode, ACDSee Photo Studio’s AI-driven mode for identifying and managing people in your portfolio. Change modes without skipping a beat, your selection will remain right where you left it as you switch between modes.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
ACDSEE TABS
Pick up right where you left off. ACDSee Tabs can now retain your open tabs between sessions, making it easy to resume previous searches and folder views without starting over.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
ACDSEE HOME PAGE
Take charge of your workflow from the moment you launch ACDSee. The new Home Page gives you immediate access to essential tools. Jump into Quick Searches, filter your photos with one-click options like Recently Modified or Tagged, and perform common tasks such as creating or importing images, finding duplicates, or cataloging files—all from a single screen.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
VIDEO METADATA SUPPORT
Your video files are now a seamless part of your workflow. View GPS details and standard metadata fields in the Properties pane’s default view, or dive deeper into the video and audio streams with the new All Video Metadata view. With Advanced Search supporting video-specific fields, and many new Auto Categories to search your video files, you have everything you need to organize and manage your videos – on your terms.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
IMPROVED FILE SUPPORT
ACDSee Photo Studio 2026 is ready for the next generation of image formats with support for opening, editing, and saving files in JPEG XL (JXL). Positioned to modernize digital image storage and transmission, JPEG XL offers much better efficiency and quality for photography and digital art than plain old JPEG. Broaden your editing and metadata options with added IPTC metadata support for JPEG XL (JXL), and AVIF formats.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
IMPROVED DASHBOARD
Get insights immediately with the updated Dashboard Mode. More graphs and visual elements show statistics like photo counts by aperture or shutter speed, and you can toggle displays on or off as needed. Are you constantly using one focal length, aperture, or ISO range? That data can guide gear investments. Knowledge is creative power. The more you understand how you shoot, the better choices you can make – before, during, and after the shoot.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
CAMERA RAW UPDATE
New and popular camera models have been added to the supported RAW file types. View all supported RAW formats.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026.
IMPROVED CLONE TOOL
The Clone Tool now shows a live preview before placing the cloned content. Align lines, textures, and shadows accurately before committing changes for more intuitive editing.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026.
BEFORE/AFTER SLIDER IN DEVELOP MODE
Compare edits instantly with the Before/After Slider in Develop Mode. Drag the vertical bar to see the original image on the left and your adjustments on the right for accurate, real-time previews.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026.
