Tested – ACDSee Photo Studio 7 for Mac
CHOOSE YOUR OPTIONS
In the Manage mode organisational options are almost limitless. You can sort, rate, add colour labels and tags, and set categories and keywords. Quite simply, whichever way you prefer to organise your images, it’s perfectly possible to do so with this software.
Photo Studio 7 also includes features to accelerate organisational processes, such as comparing images, finding duplicates and advancing, copying and pasting metadata. The metadata options utilise the IPTC format, which is the one most widely used because of its universal acceptance among photographers, distributors, news organisations, archivists, and developers. You can also create batch workflows to make organising easier and more automated.
I particularly found the comparing tool to be very slick and, at the touch of a button, you can isolate images for side-by-side comparison. This function will work with a number of images, so you’re not restricted to viewing just two at a time, which is all too common in some competing programs. You can also create special items folders, where you can store and retrieve certain types of files, such as video clips, PDF files or unlabelled images, for easy file management optimisation. You can search using your filters or keywords or just simply use the previous search term function for ease of finding specific images.