Digital Home Thoughts: ACDSEE 7.0 Power Pack: Powerful and Refined

Product Category: Photo Management Software
Manufacturer: ACD Systems
Where to Buy: ACD Systems
Price: $79.99 USD
System Requirements: Intel Pentium® III 500MHz processor or equivalent (Intel Pentium® 4 or equivalent recommended), 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM recommended), 100 MB free hard drive space (250 MB recommended), High Color display adapter at 1024 x 768 resolution, CD/DVD Burner - for creating CDs and DVDs. Windows® 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP.

Pros:

• Powerful core application;
  
• Very fast image viewer;
  
• Inuitive, fast workflow and interface.

Cons:

• Application integration is poor;
• Some stability problems;
• FotoSlate 3 is weak.

Summary:
I've been a user of ACDSEE since back in the 3.x days where I was just looking for a fast way to view JPEG images in full-screen mode. I've faithfully upgraded to every version since then - ACDSEE is like an old friend that I just can't bear to be without on my computers. They recently released version 7, and were kind enough to give me a copy to take for a spin. New features have been added, but the first thing I noticed was the new branding - all three apps share icons that look similar, and the user interface in all three programs has been polished. This article covers the ACDSEE 7.0 Power Pack, which includes ACDSee 7, ACDSee Photo Editor 3 and FotoSlate 3.

Read on for the full review!