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    Ok, I understand that Gemstone is pitched at people who want photo editing without the organisational ability, i.e. Photoshop. What I don't understand is why so many procedures are available in gemstone and not Ultimate (or other versions of the Studio family). If I have to come out of Ultimate and into Gemstone, I might as well come out of Ultimate and into Photoshop. I so want to give up Adobe, but you people are making it really difficult. Please consider adding at least AI to Ultimate.
    Please?

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    I'm really not sure what your complaint is...

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    • #3
      I'm also one that don't understand... i have folowed ACDSee from the start and liked the development of the "Pro" version, and expecting this to be the "top of the line" from ACDSee??? But what now... Gemstone...??? Why? I feal sheated.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by KeithReeder View Post
        I'm really not sure what your complaint is...
        Keith, the complaint is that Ultimate is not really Ultimate. Gemstone has been created with features that are not similarly available in Ultimate. This smacks of marketing department desperation to gouge more coin out it's customer base and is nothing short of false advertising. I left Adobe because of it's deliberate cash grabbing modular structure, I fear that ACDSee is going the same way.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Harry B View Post

          Keith, the complaint is that Ultimate is not really Ultimate. Gemstone has been created with features that are not similarly available in Ultimate. This smacks of marketing department desperation to gouge more coin out it's customer base and is nothing short of false advertising. I left Adobe because of it's deliberate cash grabbing modular structure, I fear that ACDSee is going the same way.
          Unless Ultimate is marketed as having features it doesn't have, there's no false advertising here - enough with the hyperbole, OK?

          It is far from unusual for a company to pilot new features before committing them to their flagship products.

          It strikes me as blindingly obvious that Ultimate (and Professional - because hey, we're taking their names seriously, and obviously professionals need these features - right? 🙄) will be updated with the AI and other new features that we all suddenly can't live without (despite having done just that so far) when the time is judged to be right.

          (Hyperbole again. Irritating, isn't it?)

          Here's the thing: instead of the OP vaguely waffling on that he "might as well go into Photoshop...", how about he - and you - actually spell out the features which you would like to see transposed from Gemstone to Photo Studio?

          Y'know? Actually give ACD Systems a clue..?

          On top of which: as we're effectively talking about feature requests for Ultimate, why are we discussing them in the Gemstone forum and not the Ultimate forum?
          Last edited by KeithReeder; 05-25-2022, 05:32 AM.

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          • #6
            I have just received an email from ACD telling me to buy ACD Ultimate and Gemstones for a special price. But as a Pro user for 10+ years I am confused why I would switch. Maybe Gemstone is not for me. I like Pro and viewing the Gemstone page the only concrete example of differences between the two is Gemstone lacks any sort of organizational features, it is a pure photo editing tool.


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            • #7
              Originally posted by soaptrail View Post
              I have just received an email from ACD telling me to buy ACD Ultimate and Gemstones for a special price. But as a Pro user for 10+ years I am confused why I would switch. Maybe Gemstone is not for me. I like Pro and viewing the Gemstone page the only concrete example of differences between the two is Gemstone lacks any sort of organizational features, it is a pure photo editing tool.

              I was totally sure that the "ACDSee Photostudio Professional" should be top of the line when it comes to photo editing... I have followed ACDSee from the start.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by EcuaDrive View Post

                I was totally sure that the "ACDSee Photostudio Professional" should be top of the line when it comes to photo editing... I have followed ACDSee from the start.
                My understanding is that the flagship product is ACDSee PhotoStudio Ultimate, and the highest in cost.

                Prices from https://www.acdsee.com/en/store/

                Ultimate $149.99 USD.
                Pro $ 99.99 USD
                Gemstone $79.99 USD
                Home $59.99 USD

                Here is a detailed comparison of ACDSee Home, Pro, Ultimate and Gemstone.
                 Product Comparison ACDSee Feature ComparisonACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional, ACDSee Photo Studio Home, and ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor all come with a full set of features to help you manage, view, edit, create, and share photos and documents. Watch the video for an overview of

                Last edited by Greyfox; 10-02-2022, 06:27 PM.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by StepHock View Post
                  Ok, I understand that Gemstone is pitched at people who want photo editing without the organisational ability, i.e. Photoshop. What I don't understand is why so many procedures are available in gemstone and not Ultimate (or other versions of the Studio family). If I have to come out of Ultimate and into Gemstone, I might as well come out of Ultimate and into Photoshop. I so want to give up Adobe, but you people are making it really difficult. Please consider adding at least AI to Ultimate.
                  Please?
                  I do not understand your complaint because I see Gemstone as a mediocre product that is not worth paying for. How many features in Gemstone are not Ultimate? 3?

                  I have been using Ultimate for the past 5 years. I checked out Gemstone recently and the file management features are so bad that it makes GIMP look good. If you RAW edit a few files on occasion then I suppose it is OK, but the use of Windows for file management as opposed to a subset of the other ACDSee products is very cheap. It is a hard sell for an upgrade from Gemstone when it is so bad.

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