Using ACDSee Quick View

ACDSee Quick View is an image viewer that you can use to quickly view images without opening ACDSee. For example, imagine that you want to view an image that someone sent to you in an email. If you double-click the image it will open in Quick View, which is like a pared-down version of View mode in ACDSee.

With Quick View you can quickly scroll through your images, temporarily rotate images, and zoom in and out. If you are viewing a particularly appealing image in Quick View, you can also set the image as your desktop wallpaper or print the image.

You can easily switch from Quick View to ACDSee. You also have the option to open an image in Manage, View, Develop, or Edit mode.

If you are accustomed to using keyboard and mouse shortcuts in View mode you can use most of those shortcuts in Quick View as well.

To Open an Image in Quick View:

  1. With ACDSee Professional closed, double-click an image. For example, double-click the image in Windows Explorer or in an email message.
  2. Use the viewing options described below to view the image.

ACDSee Quick View Viewing Options

Previous

View the previous image.

Next

View the next image.

Rotate Left

Rotate the image to the left.

Rotate Right

Rotate the image to the right.

Zoom In

View the image at a higher magnification.

Zoom Out

View the image at a lower magnification.

Delete

Move the image to the computer's Recycle Bin.

You can close ACDSee by pressing Esc.

To Open the Image in ACDSee:

Click Manage, Media, View, Develop, or Edit mode.

To Set an Image as Your Desktop Wallpaper:

  1. Click Previous or Next until the image that you want to make your desktop wallpaper displays in Quick View.
  2. Click Tools | Set Wallpaper and select one of the following:
    • Centered: displays the image in the center of the desktop.
    • Tiled: displays the image in one or more tiles until the desktop is covered. If the image is small it may appear in several tiles on the desktop. If the image is large it may appear in only one or two tiles.
    • Stretched: stretches the image proportionally to fill as much of the desktop as possible.

To Restore Your System to the Default Desktop Wallpaper:

Click Tools | Set Wallpaper | Restore.

To Print the Image:

  1. Click File | Print.
  2. Under Format, choose a print size.
  3. On the Printer Options tab, specify the printer you want to use, the paper size, the number of copies you want, the range of pages that you want to print, and image resolution.
  4. On the Page Settings tab, specify the image position on the paper and the margin widths, and specify the number of prints of each photo.
  5. Add captions, headers, or footers.
  6. Click Print.

Using Windows Touch Gestures™ with Quick View

If you have a Windows Touch Gestures™-enabled device, you can use it with ACDSee Quick View for quick, easy viewing of photos.

To Use Windows Touch Gestures™ with Quick View:

Open an image in ACDSee Quick View.

  • Swipe on the image to scroll through images one at a time.
  • Hold and swipe slowly in one direction to go through all of the images in the folder.
  • Hold down on an image, and then let go to achieve the same results as right-clicking with a mouse.
  • Double-tap the image to launch it in ACDSee.
  • Move two fingers apart to zoom in, and toward each other to zoom out.
  • After zooming in, you can pan the image with your finger. To return, choose View | Zoom | Fit Image.

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