ACDSee

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ACDSee
ACDSee 8 (trial version)
Developer:	ACDSystems, Inc.
Latest release:	9.0 / September 14, 2006
OS:	Windows
Use:	Image viewer
License:	Proprietary, Shareware
Website:	www.acdsystems.com

ACDSee is a shareware image viewer software for Windows developed by ACD Systems. The current version is 9. Besides the usual thumbnail viewing of folders and file type conversion, key features of ACDSee include slideshow presentations, CD/DVD burning, HTML gallery creation, image folder syncing and editing/indexing of image metadata like Exif. It is also possible to do minor image manipulation like cropping, scaling and rotating. The price for ACDSee Photo Manager 9 is US$ 39.99.

Contents 1 History 2 Criticism 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

ACDSee included one of the first JPEG decoders widely available, and was in fact bundled with the early web browser Mosaic for this purpose.^[1]

[edit] Criticism

As of May 2006, ACDSee has no Unicode support. For example filenames containing Asian characters may not display correctly.

ACDSee originally was a lightweight image viewer with little additional functionality. As the versions have rolled by, ACDSee has become increasingly heavyweight, in fact, to an extent that the later versions are eschewed by some users, in favour of earlier versions, since they are used purely for fast simple image viewing, which doesn't require significant amounts of never-used additional functionality.

ACDSee has faced criticism because Section 3.4 of its EULA ("Use Restrictions"), forbids the use of the software to display pornography, among other things.^[2]

[edit] See also

• IrfanView
• Picasa
• XnView
• Konvertor
• Comparison of image viewers

[edit] External links

• ACDSee official webpage

[edit] References

1. ^ ACD Systems company profile, retrieved September 13, 2005
2. ^ Since Version 7, the agreement has included a clause stating: "You shall use this Software in compliance with all applicable laws and not for any unlawful purpose. Without limiting the foregoing, use, display or distribution of this Software together with material that is pornographic, racist, vulgar, obscene, defamatory, libelous, abusive, promoting hatred, discriminating or displaying prejudice based on religion, ethnic heritage, race, sexual orientation or age is strictly prohibited."