About the ACDSee Ultimate Database
The ACDSee Ultimate database stores image, document, and media file information automatically when you browse your folders. This process is called cataloging. The database increases the speed with which you can browse your computer, and you can use the information stored in the database to sort, organize, search, and filter your images and media files. You can also backup, restore, and share database information.
You can store cached thumbnail previews, and add or edit the following information for each image or media file on your computer:
- Categories
- Notes
- Keywords
- Color Labels
- Authors
- Dates
- Ratings
- Captions
- Face Data
You can also choose to exclude folders from the database, and keep the contents of those folders separate from your other images and media files.
ACDSee Metadata can be embedded directly into your files. See Embedding ACDSee Metadata in Files for more information.
When you add ACDSee Metadata to a file in ACDSee, the file is linked to the database. If you then copy, move, or rename your files using programs other than ACDSee, such as Windows Explorer, the link to the database is broken and this can cause the loss of ACDSee Metadata.