Battleangel

Ok. This might to be so exciting to some people but it is after all one of the few applications that I use on a daily basis. I must admit though that the program suit has become pretty bloated. Still I think that this is a big step from 5.0 which behaved very erratic on my system. If nothing else this new version is faster to work with, which is perhaps the most surprising new feature. Other new features include:

- Burn photos to CD and DVD for archiving or sharing. Choose to add the ACDSee image database information to your disc.

- Create HTML slide shows and screen savers.

- Print photos in popular print sizes such as 4×6 and 5×7 or make your own print size.

- Crop photos to standard print sizes easily.

- Get photos from your camera in three easy steps with ACDSee’s Acquire Wizard that automatically finds pictures for importing from cameras, scanners, CDs and other devices.

- Rate photos to group them. Tend to keep all your photos – even the not-so-great ones? Use ACDSee’s built-in photo rating system to quickly tag the good, the bad and the “maybes”. Then sort based on your rating.

- Collect photos in a temporary “image basket” to use together for any ACDSee activity. It’s a handy way to gather images and video from many places to share, print or edit.

- See photos in many folders, CDs or categories at once. Using the new Easy-Select bar, just select folders or categories to see a combined view of all images they contain.

Some of this stuff is actually useful. Wow. Who would have thought.