Setting General Settings

You can adjust settings in the Settings dialog box to set automatic rotate options and control the display of images in Manage and View modes.

To Set the General Options:

  1. In Manage mode, click ACDSee Photo Studio 11 | Settings... Or press Command–, keys.
  2. In the Settings dialog box, click General.
  3. On the Basic tab, set or change any of the options described below.
  4. Close the dialog box to apply your changes and return to ACDSee Photo Studio.

General Options

Default start folder
 

Folder from previous session

Opens Manage mode in the same folder that was open the last time you used ACDSee Photo Studio, and automatically applies any browsing criteria you were using.

Home folder

Always opens Manage mode to the specified folder. Click the Choose button to locate a starting folder on your hard drive.

Display
 

Show database filename in title bar

Displays the name of the database that ACDSee is currently running in the title bar.
 

Show icon in menu bar

Enable to show the icon in the menu bar. Disable to hide the icon from the menu bar.

Camera
 

Show import dialog when a camera is connected

Opens when a camera is connected.

Print options
 

Autorotate images for best fit

Automatically corrects the orientation of images (based on their EXIF data) when displayed in ACDSee Photo Studio.

Crop images in layout

ACDSee Photo Studio 11 automatically crops images in print layout.

Rotate or flip images
 

Automatically save file after rotating images

Automatically saves file to its rotated state.

Trackpad
 

Zoom using trackpad

Enables zoom on trackpad. To disable zoom, click the checkbox to clear the checkmark.

Rotate using trackpad

Enables rotate on trackpad. To disable rotate, click the checkbox to clear the checkmark.

RAW Display
 

Select one of the following:

  • RAW Decode: Use embedded JPEG.
  • Embedded Preview: Perform high quality decode.

For more information, see Viewing RAW Images.