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First Look at Mac 7
I have had the new version of ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac installed for a couple of days now. Here are a few of my impressions.
ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac seems more responsive than Mac 6 on my system (iMac 2017, Quad-Core Intel i7, 32 GB memory). Startup is much faster after the initial creation of the thumbnails in the default startup folder. A search which included the internal HD and two external drives was extremely fast.
The addition of a Clone and Heal tool, a Smart Brush and Gradient adjustment strengthen the development/editing function of this application. For most amateur photographers, this is probably all they need. Problem images or desired use of plug-in such as the DxO Nik Collection will require a third-party editor, which can be called from Mac 7. In Mac 7, it’s simple to configure external editors with customized keyboard shortcuts. Most of the editors I have tested work seamlessly with Mac 7.
However, the real strength of ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac is the DAM function. Mac 7 is one of the best digital asset managers for the Mac on the market, particularly when one considers the price. It’s competitive with Photo Supreme — a little cheaper and better. It’s competitive with the new Photo Mechanic Plus, which is more expensive and really targeted to professional photographers. Mac 7 is easier to learn than Photo Mechanic Plus.
ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac renders thumbnails for native image files of virtually all third-party photo editors, including generic PNG files with transparency. The only image file I have seen not rendered is a PLD native file from the German photo editor PhotoLine. I asked for that several versions ago.
Mac 7 is the only non-Adobe Mac app that provides a true full-screen view without anything else on the screen. When I evaluate an image, I often want to see it without sidebars, menu lines at the top or prompts at the bottom. I get that in ACDSee. From View in Studio 7, press “F” on the keyboard to see full-screen. F again returns to normal view. I love this image evaluation feature.
Amateur photographers seeking an alternative to the Adobe environment should evaluate ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac for themselves.
(In the Develop module, I discovered Mac 7 does not support raw files produced by the newer Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III camera. I reported this as a bug to ACDSee support.)
ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac seems more responsive than Mac 6 on my system (iMac 2017, Quad-Core Intel i7, 32 GB memory). Startup is much faster after the initial creation of the thumbnails in the default startup folder. A search which included the internal HD and two external drives was extremely fast.
The addition of a Clone and Heal tool, a Smart Brush and Gradient adjustment strengthen the development/editing function of this application. For most amateur photographers, this is probably all they need. Problem images or desired use of plug-in such as the DxO Nik Collection will require a third-party editor, which can be called from Mac 7. In Mac 7, it’s simple to configure external editors with customized keyboard shortcuts. Most of the editors I have tested work seamlessly with Mac 7.
However, the real strength of ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac is the DAM function. Mac 7 is one of the best digital asset managers for the Mac on the market, particularly when one considers the price. It’s competitive with Photo Supreme — a little cheaper and better. It’s competitive with the new Photo Mechanic Plus, which is more expensive and really targeted to professional photographers. Mac 7 is easier to learn than Photo Mechanic Plus.
ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac renders thumbnails for native image files of virtually all third-party photo editors, including generic PNG files with transparency. The only image file I have seen not rendered is a PLD native file from the German photo editor PhotoLine. I asked for that several versions ago.
Mac 7 is the only non-Adobe Mac app that provides a true full-screen view without anything else on the screen. When I evaluate an image, I often want to see it without sidebars, menu lines at the top or prompts at the bottom. I get that in ACDSee. From View in Studio 7, press “F” on the keyboard to see full-screen. F again returns to normal view. I love this image evaluation feature.
Amateur photographers seeking an alternative to the Adobe environment should evaluate ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac for themselves.
(In the Develop module, I discovered Mac 7 does not support raw files produced by the newer Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III camera. I reported this as a bug to ACDSee support.)
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