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Face Detection & Facial Recognition
The AI-powered Face Detection & Facial Recognition tool will find the humans in your photographs so you can name them for quick searching. ACDSee will immediately learn which names to put to which faces, and suggest possible matches when needed.
People Mode
AI-driven mode for identifying and managing people in your portfolio. Photographers from all walks of life will enjoy the ease of merging, renaming, or deleting faces in People Mode. Whip through tasks, like labeling unnamed faces, and quickly accept or deny batch labeling suggestions from the AI assistant for speedy naming of similar unnamed faces.
Migrating from another software?
Import face data from Lightroom™ and Picasa™ and save the effort of renaming everyone in your images. Facial Recognition will then find any matching faces in your ACDSee database. Learn more about migrating from Lightroom™.
Helpful tip!
Adding metadata prompts ACDSee to automatically advance to the next image, allowing you to organize entire folders without moving your hands from the keyboard!
- Photo management: ACDSee comes pre-loaded with a variety of usable sample quick keyword sets to speed up the process of manually assigning keywords. Export keyword lists and share them with other users. Save countless hours of manual entry by importing established keyword lists. Add ratings, tags, categories, customizable color labels, and other metadata to further organize your photos.
- Dynamic filtering: Stay organized by assigning Categories and Keywords to your images. Multi-select Categories or Keywords for efficient labeling or deleting. Filter through long lists by typing the Category or Keyword you’re looking for and watch as the filtered results are dynamically generated. Dig as deep as you need to with large Keyword and Category trees knowing ACDSee is optimized to perform.
- Advanced AND/OR Search: Choose from numerous search criteria, including ACDSee Metadata and EXIF & IPTC fields. Built-in logic for AND/OR states let you narrow down results to a microscopic level.
- Quick search: Launch your search with Quick Search and get results right away. Choose from various search types and fine tune your results.
- Location data: Add photo locations from anywhere in the world to your photos. You can then recall and view that information for reference at any time. Use the map to select groups of files for further workflow steps, and select photos for display in View mode.
- Video Metadata support: 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 All Video Metadata view. With Advanced Search supporting video-specific fields, and Auto Categories to search your video files, you have everything you need to organize and manage your videos – on your terms.
- Performance and Database maintenance: Fast launching, mode-switching, working with keywords & categories, RAW decoding, and database maintenance, ACDSee lets you focus on the task in hand.
Management & Workflow
Reject Tag
Not every frame makes the cut, so stop letting the missed ones slow you down. Mark blinks, blurs, and duds with the new Reject Tag as you review, then pull up your rejects and clear them out in a single pass. Take every shot with confidence knowing ACDSee will keep you sorted.
ACDSee 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, convert and resize batches of photos, and detect faces, all without ever slowing down. Track progress in real-time and experience a faster, more efficient workflow designed for high-volume demands.
ACDSee Tabs
ACDSee Tabs function just like web browser tabs, providing a familiar and intuitive experience. Open multiple folders within a single window and effortlessly switch between tabs to navigate your files, simplifying your workflow and enhancing your productivity with the clean, streamlined interface that brings all your digital asset collections together in one place. Pick up right where you left off – ACDSee Tabs retain your open tabs between sessions, making it easy to resume previous searches and folder views without starting over.
Batch functions
Batch renaming is a dynamic and efficient process for renaming multiple files. Add or remove text, use a template, rename in series, and more; the options are almost endless. Resize multiple images to any dimension, following pixels or percentages, along either edge, or as a print size. Relative positioning functionality allows you to crop multiple images in seconds. Add watermarks with accuracy – particularly beneficial for applying watermarks to a batch of images.
Time-saving tip!
Upgrading to the latest version of ACDSee Photo Studio is quick and easy. If you have ACDSee Photo Studio 2022 or higher installed, then upon first launch of ACDSee Photo Studio 2027 your options and select Presets will be automatically imported, allowing you to pick up where you left off without skipping a beat. If upgrading from ACDSee Photo Studio 2024 or higher, your custom keyboard shortcuts will also be automatically imported. Note: importing can only be done from the same edition. E.g. Home to Home.
Helpful tip!
Copy as Path makes copying filepaths a breeze. With a single click from the context menu, you can instantly copy the full path of any asset to your clipboard, ready to paste wherever you need it.
Speedy tip!
Whip through your file management process with customizable keyboard shortcuts available for every stage of your workflow. Use batch functions to manage multiple files at the same time.
- ACDSee Home Page: Take charge of your workflow from the moment you launch ACDSee. The 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 importing images, finding duplicates, or cataloging files—all from a single screen.
- Database Management: Create as many ACDSee databases as you like, and quickly and easily switch between them. Use separate databases for separate clients, keep work and personal files separate while working on the same machine, or experiment with a new keywording and labeling system without losing an established system.
- Metadata Management: Simplify the process of migrating and sharing category and keyword metadata by integrating your ACDSee metadata with IPTC and vice versa. Import IPTC Keyword and Category data from received photos into ACDSee, to ensure seamless photo organization, regardless of their source. Intuitively embed ACDSee Category and ACDSee Keyword metadata to your photos to share with friends and family.
- Media Mode: Streamline your folders using ACDSee’s database-driven Media Mode, which only displays folders you’ve cataloged and previously browsed in Manage Mode. Sort, group, or filter your files in any combination, as well as assign and read ACDSee Metadata, EXIF, and IPTC.
- Duplicate finder: Find duplicates across a variety of folders and locations. Rename or delete detected duplicates to keep your file collection under control.
- Cloud access: Get files from the team over Dropbox ™ or OneDrive ™ or back up existing work with direct access to cloud sync root drives within Manage mode.
- OneDrive™ support: Keep your OneDrive™ files online until you are ready to view or edit them, then download individual files or whole folders. Easily move files from your PC into OneDrive™, and control whether OneDrive™ keeps local copies or offloads them to the cloud.
- Image baskets: Create up to five image baskets to gather and hold images and media files from all over your hard drive. Name individual image baskets and use them to easily view, edit, or share their content.
- Customizable appearance: ACDSee Photo Studio is completely customizable. For enhanced workflow efficiency, you can tear off, move, stack, dock, and hide panes and toolbars anywhere you like.
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Comprehensive file support
Enjoy comprehensive support for all of the most popular file formats. Be ready for the next generation of image formats with support for opening, editing, and saving files in JPEG XL (JXL), read/write static AVIFs for superior compression, view transparent and animated .WEBP files, work directly with GoPro RAW images to perfect your adventures, and so much more. View supported file formats.
Camera RAW update
Built-in support for over 750 RAW camera models and climbing proves keeping pace with new camera technologies & equipment has been a touchstone of ACDSee software development. View supported cameras.
ACDSee Mobile Sync
Wirelessly and instantly send photos and videos directly to ACDSee Photo Studio from your mobile device by scanning the QR code on your monitor! The app is available on iPhone and Android. Learn more.
SendPix™ integration
Use SendPix™, integrated into Photo Studio, to send your photos to friends and family. ACDSee will automatically convert your RAW images to JPEG so everyone can view them everywhere. Use the web, desktop, or mobile applications to easily access your images wherever you need them. Learn more about SendPix™.
High ISO support
ISOs above 200,000 are supported in cameras by Canon, Nikon, Pentax, and Sony.
Helpful tip!
ACDSee Photo Studio can decode HEIF files – a high efficiency media container format type for images and image sequences. The HEIF file format is used by Apple, so you can read your iPhone image files in ACDSee Photo Studio with no compatibility issues.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) Editing Tools & Filters
AI Image Generation
Dream up entirely new imagery! Start from a text prompt, choose a preset visual effect, or bring in reference images for character, style, and composition.
Generative Fill
Fill in the missing details of a photo as if they were always there.
Generative Edit
Describe a change in words, or use reference images to guide the look.
AI Remove
Erase unwanted objects without a trace.
AI Super-Resolution
Maximize the pixels in your images with ACDSee AI Super-Resolution. AI Super-Resolution intelligently upscales images while reducing noise and blurriness, eliminating artifacts, and maintaining details. It improves contrast and sharpness, resulting in clearer, more detailed upscaled images. Prepare multiple shots for large-scale printing, breathe life into old photos, or upscale low-resolution images in one swift move with Batch AI Super-Resolution.
Selection Tools
Lasso
Click and drag using the Lasso to draw the exact area you wish to select. Upon release of the mouse button, the selection will automatically complete by connecting the start and end points.
Magic Wand
Use the Magic Wand to click on an image and magically select similar pixels based on their brightness, color, or RGB values. Choose whether to select only pixels that are touching the one that was clicked on, or select all similar pixels in the photo.
Rectangular and Elliptical Selection Tools
Select a rectangular or elliptical area of your image by clicking and dragging with the Rectangular or Elliptical Selection tools. Hold shift while using the Rectangular or Elliptical Selection tools to create perfectly square or round selections.
Repair Tools
Dehaze
Transform a dull, muted image into one that feels sharp, dimensional, and alive with the Dehaze tool. Applying Dehaze restores depth and vibrancy by cutting through the haze, fog, or smoke to show richer contrast, clearer details, and more accurate colors. It’s especially useful for landscape photography where distant mountains, city skylines, or natural vistas lose impact due to haze, but it’s equally powerful for everyday shots that need clarity and punch.
Skin Tune
Use the Skin Tune tool to even tone and restore glow in your subjects, as well as brighten and smooth.
Clone tool
Remove image flaws using the Cloning Brush for strong, simple textures or uniform colors.
- Red Eye tool: Automatically remove red eyes from the faces in your photos.
- Rotate & straighten: Rotate your images at preset or custom angles in Edit mode. Specify the straightening angle by drawing a line on your image. You can save your settings as a preset for future use.
- Flip: Flip your images both vertically and horizontally in Edit mode.
Color Correction Tools
Curves
Change the tonal range of your image using the Curves tool. Select the RGB color channel to adjust the entire range of the image, or select a specific color. Get precise curve control through numerical display of curve points and adding or deleting points on the curve.
Color LUTs
Use ACDSee’s built-in Color LUTs to seamlessly color grade your images, or import and apply LUTs as filters.
Color EQ
Use the Color EQ (hue, saturation, contrast, and brightness) tool to adjust overall colors in your image or each color individually. The advanced tools can subtly fine-tune and enhance colors, or completely change individual colors in your images.
Split Tone
Split Tone allows you to tint shadows and highlights.
Black & White
In Black & White mode, increase or decrease the contrast of each individual color, and specify the brightness range that the contrast adjustment will target.
Lighting Tools
Light EQ™
Adjust areas in your image that are too dark or too light, without affecting other areas of the photo. You can also simultaneously brighten dark areas that are too dark, and darken areas that are too bright.
Exposure
Use the Exposure tool to automatically or manually adjust your image’s exposure, contrast, and fill light. Target specific areas of your image using the Edit Brush or Gradient tool to limit where the exposure adjustment occurs.
Levels
Use the Levels tool to precisely adjust the contrast and light levels in your images.
Auto Levels
Automatically correct the exposure levels of your images. Auto Levels makes the darkest image pixels darker, and the brightest pixels brighter.
Creative Tools
Grain Tool
Give your images a cool, vintage appearance with the Grain tool. Adding Grain can improve your photos in many ways by giving images some texture and depth. In certain cases of badly focused photos, adding Grain can give your image more detail and even make it easier to view.
Special Effects
Instantly transform your photo with special effects that can turn images into a pencil drawing, collage, Bob Ross-style painting, and many more unique looks.
Text Tool
Add text to your image. Customize font, size, color, style, justification, opacity, and much more.
Helpful tip!
Press SHIFT while you click & drag when using the Brush tool to draw a perfectly straight line horizontally or vertically. Auto-complete a new line from where the previous line left off by pressing SHIFT and clicking where you’d like the new line to end.
- Add Vignette: Add a vignette and adjust the size, color, and opacity to perfectly complement the mood of your photo.
- Add Border: Add a border to your favorite photos. Customize the color, texture, and thickness to suit your shot.
- Tilt-Shift: Use the Tilt-Shift effect to create emphasis on specific subjects in your photos, or make your photos look like miniature landscapes.
Why upgrade to Home 2027?
Generative AI tools
Create, transform, and reimagine images with Text-to-Image, Edit, Remove, and Fill — capabilities no previous version of ACDSee has offered.
Auto import settings
Settings from ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2022 and later, such as Search History and select Presets, are automatically imported to Home 2027 upon launch.
Loyalty discount
Qualify for an exclusive discount when upgrading from any previous version of ACDSee Photo Studio Home by signing in to your acdID account.
System Requirements
To activate your software, to validate your subscriptions, or to access online services, you will need a valid email address and an internet connection.
Intel® or AMD® processor with 64-bit support
Intel i5 or better processor recommended
8 GB RAM (16 GB RAM or more recommended)
DirectX 12 compatible graphics adapter (feature level 12_0 or later)
2 GB Video RAM (4 GB VRAM recommended)
1920 x 1080 display resolution or greater recommended
5 GB of available hard drive space
Windows® 10 (64-bit editions only) & Windows® 11
Microsoft® Edge®
Microsoft® DirectX® 12
Windows Media® Player 9.0
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Product Documentation
Use the links below or press F1 while performing any function in ACDSee to open the relevant online help page.
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