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The Digital Photographer's Software Guide
Lightroom, and ACDSee) have been placed into alternative categories because the title
“image viewer” scarcely does justice to them. Arguably, you could say the same about
ThumbsPlus and CompuPic Pro, but then, every category here needs applications that
perform at least one specialist task supremely well. In this case it is browsing: an activity
so enjoyable that no quirk of the user interface should interfere with it.
Adobe Photoshop Album
Vendor: Adobe Systems
Purpose: For newcomers to photography: view, find, fix, and share your photos, for free
Description
Adobe Photoshop Album now comes as a Starter Edition for photographic beginners,
after which, for more experienced or skillful users, Adobe’s browsing and image organizing
software becomes subsumed into the higher value products: into Photoshop
Elements for “casual photographers” and then into CS4 or Lightroom for enthusiasts
and professionals.
Photoshop Album Starter Edition has some basic functions that allow you to view and
organize a small collection of images. It takes an instant one-click approach to fixing
common photographic errors like red-eye, color, and brightness. Other facilities include
image emailing, send by mobile phone, and easy ways of getting prints and photo books.
Comments
Adobe does not give away too many packages, so this is a treat—and well worth having if
you do not have a more elaborate browser. It lets you view your images in a full-screen
slide show, or in calendar view that puts them in chronological order. You can tag your
images and track them down later with search facilities. The whole idea is to introduce
beginners to the procedures of handling digital photos and to leave them wanting more.
Versions: Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 (2008)
OS: Mac OS X
RAM: 256MB
Supported file formats: Major image and movie formats
Price level: Free
Address: Adobe Systems Incorporated, 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95110-2704, United States
www.adobe.com
ArcSoft RAW Thumbnail Viewer
Vendor: ArcSoft
Purpose: Free Windows utility for easily locating and browsing your RAW files