Photo Op – ACDSee Pro 4 & Mac 1.4 Betas, & new ACDSeeOnline.com tools

ACDSee Pro 4 Beta Now Available Have your say in the design of ACDSee Pro 4, the upcoming version of our flagship photo management software. If you are starting to work with RAW files and are seeking more control over your images, now's the perfect time to test-drive our professional photo manager. Preview ACDSee Pro 4's new Map feature that allows you to view and search photos by location, improved metadata management, and enhanced processing technology that will bring out the best in your RAW and other image files. Download ACDSee Pro 4 Beta now and test it out until June 20, 2011. Send your feedback directly to the ACDSee product development team via our Beta tester forums. Report bugs, tell us what you like, and what we can improve on.         Travel with an ACDSee Pro Star “As a photojournalist, every place I go is a moment of discovery.” Join ACDSee Pro Star Peter Pereira as he revisits his native Portugal and beautifully captures the lively festivals, rugged mountains, and historical landmarks of the Minho region, affectionately known as the birthplace of the country.       Featured Photography on ACDSeeOnline.com Get inspired! Check out the latest photos gracing the home page of ACDSeeOnline.com. One of our featured photographers, Sean de Freitas, explains that “ACDSee Pro 3 has been the key to really enhancing these images to the point that many viewers of these images have been absolutely blown away by the lighting and the colours.” To learn more about any of the featured photos or to see the entire album in which the photo resides, mouse over an image and click on the (i) icon that appears. Not using ACDSeeOnline.com yet? See how easy it is to share and store photos on the Web. From the Transfer pane in ACDSee 12’s Online mode, simply drag and drop files from your computer or connected device to your own personal space on ACDSeeOnline.com. Your free account includes 2 GB of storage space*. *Terms and conditions apply.     New ACDSeeOnline.com Features Take your photos even further on ACDSeeOnline.com. You can now tweet photo and album links to your Twitter followers and enjoy full-screen slideshows of your images. Publishing photos has never been this remarkably effortless!       RAW Update The next RAW update for ACDSee Pro 3 will be released in late fall, and support for the following camera models is planned: Casio EXILIM EX-FH100 Kodak EasyShare P850 Panasonic DMC-FZ100 Panasonic DMC-FZ40/FZ-45 Ricoh GXR Samsung NX10 Samsung TL500 (EX1) Sony A450 Sony Alpha NEX-3 Sony Alpha NEX-5 Sony SLT-A33 Sony SLT-A55V Please note that support for these models is yet to be tested. While we’re confident that they will meet our Quality Assurance standards, we cannot at this time guarantee that an individual camera model will be included in the final, released update.       ACDSee at Photokina The ACDSee team had a blast meeting customers and photography enthusiasts at Photokina in Cologne, Germany in September. The world's leading fair for photography and imaging attracted more than 180,000 visitors, and we thank those who stopped by and visited our booth!       ACDSee Pro for Mac 1.4 Beta Released We're heading into the final testing phase of our highly anticipated ACDSee Pro for Mac, which is scheduled for release in early 2011. Beta version 1.4 is now ready for download and includes non-destructive editing, an improved Process mode interface, support for XMP sidecar files, and a Custom Metadata pane. If you use a Mac, we invite you to try out the Beta. And if you have friends and colleagues who use Mac, we encourage you to tell them all about it.