ACDSee Photo Studio (Mac App Store Edition)

Release Notes

Version 11.0.0

New Features

  • ACDSee AI Super-Resolution, available in Manage and View modes, allows you to enhance your images and upscale them with stunning clarity and detail.
  • Redesigned Masking Group in Develop mode with new AI Sky, AI Subject, AI Background, and AI Objects masking options to create the most complicated masks with ease.
  • New Vibrance, Temperature, Tint, Color Strength, and Hue settings give you more control over your masks.
  • Apply Feathering and Shift to seamlessly blend the edges of your masks in Develop mode.
  • New options to copy and paste masks, as well as to duplicate masks.
  • Convert linear and radial gradient masks into brush masks with a single click.
  • Import keywords, ratings, and labels from Lightroom® Database directly into Photo Studio for Mac 11.

Improvements

  • In People Mode, added an option to display a thumbnail and customizable metadata fields when hovering over a face thumbnail.
  • Added an option to Enable/Disable Auto Naming in Manage and View modes.
  • Improved Named View in People mode to show a more accurate display of the number of faces assigned to each name, up to 9999+.

Bug Fixes 

  • Fixed an issue in Manage Mode where selecting/deselecting organize filters would cause no folders to be selected.
  • Fixed an issue in macOS 15 with Media Mode pop-ups not working.

Known Issues

  • Negative Mask Shift values subtract mask from the edge of the image.
  • Image doesn’t fit display when app moved to another monitor and Full Screen enabled.
  • File List items are sorted by name if items are uncatalogued and sort method is based on EXIF or IPTC metadata.
  • Find Duplicates tool doesn’t work with iCloud Drive.
  • Move to Trash will not work on images stored on cameras.
  • Batch Copy and Batch Move will not work for images stored on cameras.
  • Cannot read any ACDSee Metadata embedded in BMP, CUR, DDS, EXR, GIF, HDR, ICO, JP2, MEF, PBM, PSD, or TGA.
  • Import ignores video portion of Live Photos. Workaround: use ACDSee Mobile Sync.
  • ACDSee does not support multiple clients connecting to the same database. ACDSee will become unresponsive if trying to connect to a database that is already open in another instance of ACDSee.
  • Heal and Clone tools source circle appears in the wrong location when the image has geometry settings saved.
  • Keyboard shortcuts assigned to commands that can be renamed (such as Categories, Batch Presets, External Editors) need to be re-assigned if command is renamed.
  • The Watermark tool’s Center button doesn’t center watermark for all images in the batch if images are different sizes.
  • Writing a Spotlight Comment fails with error “Source file not found”.
  • Dragging keyword tokens from the Properties pane Keywords input field to the Search bar fails to return matching items if the keyword is hierarchical. Workaround: drag the keyword from the keyword list.
  • Writing EXIF User Comment to PSD or TIFF fails. Workaround: use IPTC.
  • Remove Metadata fails to remove metadata written by ACDSee Photo Studio 8 or earlier if filetype is HEIC.

Notes

  • It’s highly recommended to embed ACDSee Metadata prior to importing or restoring a database from a previous version of ACDSee.
  • When importing a previous version’s database, please ensure the previous version of the application is closed.
  • Importing a previous version’s database may cause the Date Modified timestamp to update but does not modify the actual contents of the database.
  • Apps require permission before directly accessing files in certain folders and external volumes. Please allow ACDSee to access files when prompted, or as follows: go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Files and Folders, find ACDSee, and check the applicable boxes.
  • On the first run, the Import Databases tool offers importing the default database of previous versions. If you wish to import a custom database you created in a previous version instead, please close the Import Databases dialog and then use the Restore Database tool (in the Tools menu) and select the database you wish to restore.