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ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2021 
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New Brush functions in Development
mode Brush up vibrancy, saturation, hue, brightness, contrast, and color overlay, or adjust temperature, shading, and gradation curves in parts of your image without affecting other areas. You can also use linear or radial gradients to ensure a gradual course.
Improved black and white images
In black and white mode, you can increase or decrease the contrast of individual colors and set a brightness range to guide the contrast adjustment.
color LUTs
Make your images seamlessly color corrected by importing and applying LUTs as color edit mode filters.
Contrast
colors Adjust the contrast of individual hues and select precise brightness ranges to highlight contrast details in highlights or shadow areas.
Support for HEIF
Decode HEIF files (a highly efficient media container format type for images and image sequences) in ACDSee Photo Studio.
Automatic forward run
When metadata is added, ACDSee automatically forwards to the next image so you can organize entire folders without taking your hands off the keyboard.
Development settings
area View, copy, and paste adjustments made to your pictures in development mode, or restore pictures - all in management or view mode.
Import/export development or editing presets
Share your presets with others by exporting them, or use the presets of others or previous edits by importing them.
Import/Export Actions
Share your actions with other users by exporting them as convenient, compressed packages, or receive actions from friends to take advantage of the unlimited creative potential of recorded actions.
Selection of luminosity
Make selections based on the brightness of your images. The brighter a pixel is, the stronger the selection will be at that pixel.
Customizable keyboard shortcuts in management mode
Custom hotkeys for each step in your workflow allow you to quickly switch between steps.
Printing improvements
Compensate for the peculiarities of your printer with exposure, contrast and sharpness settings that can be called up directly in the "Print" dialog.
Functions:
face recognition
Organizing has never been so personal. ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2019's Face Detection tool detects people in your shots so you can name them for quick search and identification. ACDSee immediately remembers which faces get which names. The grandfather will never be forgotten! Save hours on manual searches. Differentiate photos by client, family member or person of interest
Comprehensive RAW editor
With built-in support for more than 500 camera models in Photo Studio Ultimate, you can edit your RAW images to perfection.
Start with the raw data captured by your camera for the ultimate editing experience, and transform it with tools for exposure, contrast, color, repair, sharpening, and other detail editing tools.
Effortless Digital Asset Management
Search, sort, move, organize, and share - the application gives you everything you need to master your photography workflow. Add ratings, hierarchical keywords, categories, and location data to your images. Quickly mark photos with visual markers or custom color labels for further editing.
Delete and Replace
Remove any elements from your photos and integrate the rest. Select unwanted objects to remove and use the Smart Delete function to fill the area with a suitable background. This content sensitive tool delivers a natural-looking result even when you extract elements such as telegraph poles, crowds, voids, ominous clouds - whatever you want.
Brush
to the edge Make precise corrections by adjusting the brush to specific desired colors, brightness values, or a combination of color and brightness values. You can then adjust and correct the lighting, effects, colors, and details to the exact edges.
Mobile Photography Workflow
ACDSee Mobile Sync lets you wirelessly send photos and videos from your mobile device to ACDSee Photo Studio instantly! Just select the files and send them. The ACDSee Mobile Sync app available for iPhone and Android always knows which photos were sent, so you don't have to remember them. Flexible selection options as well as configurable file names and subfolders speed up and simplify the steps. Edit and transfer metadata and take advantage of RAW support on iPhone.
hardware
- Intel® or AMD processor with 64-bit support
- Intel i3 processor or better recommended
- 2 GB RAM (6 GB RAM or more recommended)
- 512 MB Video RAM (VRAM)
- DirectX 10 compatible graphics adapter
- 1024 × 768 Display resolution (1920 × 1080 recommended)
- 2 GB available hard disk space
Software
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 (SP1), Windows® 8, Windows® 8.1 & Windows® 10 (64-bit editions only)
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 9+
- Microsoft® DirectX® 10 or higher
- Windows Media® Player 9.0