Update on ACDSee

[cheska99]

Briefly, I finally gave up on Bridge and bought ACDSee for organizing and I'm really, really, really wishing I'd done that earlier! And the beauty of it is that ACDSee IS READING the keywords I already had in Bridge! It would have taken me weeks to rekey those images. So I'm a happy camper/geek and thanks to everyone who helped along the way.

[Jen D]

How cool is that =D

[anke]

I so wish ACDSee was ready for Mac already...

[annaaspnes]

I really LOVe my ACDSee....One of the reasons I'm not switching to MAC yet

[iUma]

Just got the Beta for Mac running on Snow Leopard. They have just this hour reassured me that the next Beta iteration will be able to copy the database. YAH HOOO!!

[maureenreynolds]

As my former Greek workmate used to say...From your mouth Patricia to God's ears! (well he didn't say Patricia but you get the point.)

[iUma]

I have never used keywords - only categories to sort. I just make up the categories as I go through my DD treasures and then drag the items into the categories on the panel - Manage - Organize. I tried to use the Keyword function since it will embed the info on the file but I don't think it is functional yet in the Beta. The Categories are created in the DataBase so if you want portability from one format to another (PC to MAC on ACDSee or between say Bridge and ACDSee) you will have to wait until they 'turn on' the Keyword function in the Beta.

Here is the info I was given in the summer about using categories now. Keywords and Search WILL be a major part of the final release.
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I'm glad you're happy with Quick Look integrated into ACDSee.
Search, when built, will work for both categories and keywords and a whole lot of other metadata. There'll be a search window at the top before the mode buttons, and it will feel like Spotlight with thumbnails appearing in the main window as you type your search terms. It will also have a syntax like Spotlight to narrow your search to specific fields and to allow boolean (AND, OR, NOT) searches.
Right now you can use the Organize pane to click on categories to search for them. You can also multi-select categories using Command-click. That will search for categories using an "OR" operation (Category A OR Category B OR Category C etc...).
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I have noticed in testing the LightRoom 3 Beta that they are also doing this slow step by step release of features in the sequential releases. They are Betas and they are trying to get feedback to make a better product, so it makes sense.

[iUma]

So........Maureeen............I'm afraid God was not listening with full attention!! Just got a notice that the ability to transfer the data base will not be possible until the NEXT Beta release which should be soon but not soon enough!! So now I have it running but the coding I could (and will NOT do) would not transfer. POUT!! Wait for it...wait for it....Ruby's new mantra. NOT MINE!!