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ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta Information
Now ACDSee is inviting YOU to help build ACDSee’s digiscrapping software! It will have many new features that digiscrappers will love. Many of us scrap in ACDSee Photo Editor 4 because it doesn’t have a high learning curve & it has some great features that make it user friendly.
ACDSee will be gathering all your feedback and incorporating it into the final product!
The best place to leave it is here at ACDSee's official site: ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta
We do know that if you register, you need to be approved by a person, so registration isn't immediate. But we respect your time and if you want to leave a response on our site, we will make sure the information gets to the appropriate people. Visit Suggestions for ACDSee Photo Editor
ACDSee Photo Editor 4 Tutorials
If you have never used ACDSee Photo Editor, here are the tutorials for Photo Editor 4 and most are still applicable.
Shortcuts Toolbar
A shortcuts Toolbar for menu commands like New, Open, Save, Undo, etc has been added to the right side of the File Menu for convenience. 
New Scrapbook Sizes, Manager Custom Sizes and Bleed Options
ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 will have common digital scrapbook sizes so now you can quickly get started! If your size isn't there, you can create and save your own custom size.
In addition, there is an advanced options, to setup bleed guidelines so you can easily tell how much of your layout might be cut off when you print full bleed. This comes in super handy when you are making layouts for photo books!
A video showing new scrapbook sizes and the advanced bleed feature
Crop Image/Object and Rotate
Crop now defaults to the item that is selected.
- If you would like it to be the workspace, that radio button needs to be selected
Crop & Rotate
- Select the image to crop
- Click on Crop
- Note the rotate handle in the center just above the image
Now the cropping isn't limited to rectangular or square areas.
A video on Cropping Objects and Rotating Crops in ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta Part 1
A video on Cropping Objects and Rotating Crops in ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta Part 2
Save to Web
Projects can easily be saved for uploading to the web as jpeg, gif or png files.
Project Templates
New from Template: Photo Editor 2008 has a number of templates to get you started with creative projects
Two awesome designers have partnered with us. They have created templates for you to make scrapbook pages, cards, and hybrid projects.
Andrea Gold of Go Digital Scrapbooking
Maggie Lamarre of Dragonflaire Studios
Save as Template: create your own template & save it for future use
Use Templates Easily
It is now easier than ever to use your favorite templates with ACDSee Photo Editor 2008
Choose one of the preloaded templates - File | New from Template or a psd template of your choice - Add Image
The template will open in layers in the object palette.
Move the paper or photo into the workspace & position over the layer In the object palette, move the paper or photo down so that it's positioned under the layer you're going to replace Select both the paper or photo & the layer of the template by using the ctrl key + click on each layer
Click on Trim to Shape (top right in bar just above object palette)
Continue replacing the other layers
A video on doing Templates in ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta
Improved Text
Easier Text Tools
- Select the Text tool, click on the work area and you create a 1 line title.
- Select the Text tool, click and drag the mouse to set the width and height of your paragraph and you have created a multi-line paragraph or journaling box.
- Have the ability to copy a large amount of text from your word processor into the journaling box.
Custom Text Path
- Choose the smooth polygon tool or polygon tool
- Create a path that will be the path for the text
- Under Object choose Make Text Path
Choose text & type. Click on Escape
- Click on Choose Text Path
- Choose the Path
Creating text on a Custom Path in ACDSee Photo Editor 2008 Beta
Custom Shape Path
- Choose a drawing tool
- Draw a shape
- Under Object choose Make Text Shape
Choose text & type. Click on Escape
- Click on Choose Text Shape
- Choose the shape
Soft Scale Option
Sepia
Under Effect | Color | Sepia - give the newly improved Sepia a try!
Adjustments Effect
For each layer a multitude of Effects can be added, modified & deleted.
On the Object Palette, it's the little notepad on the left side under the eye.
You have the freedom to modify them as long as the file is saved in apd format (ACDSee Photo Editor's native file format)
Once the file is flattened the ability to make adjustments no longer exists.
Selection Tool
Now, you can drag an object behind other objects by holding Tab key and drag.
- Select an object behind other objects in the Object Palette and then Tab + drag.
- You can also select an object behind overlapping objects by right-click over the topmost object, and then click select submenu from the context menu.