What’s New in Photo Studio 2025?
- Embark on a transformative photographic journey with ACDSee Photo Studio 2025, where cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced features and improvements upgrade your digital asset management and photo editing workflow.
- As a pioneer in Digital Asset Management (DAM), you’ll benefit from the ACDSee Activity Manager’s seamless background operations, allowing you to focus on your craft. Navigate files effortlessly with multiple tabs in Manage Mode, swiftly name faces with Auto Advance in People Mode, and simplify metadata management with additional identifiers, People and AI Keywords.
- Instantly enhance image clarity with ACDSee AI Super-Resolution for professional-looking results.
- Explore the redesigned Masking Group in Develop Mode, offering powerful non-destructive selection tools, including the new AI Object Selection tool, Color Range, and Luminance Range, to conquer complex edits with ease.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Supercharged AI Power
With lightning speed, ACDSee Photo Studio 2025 has been enhanced to wrangle the full might of your Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) for accelerated AI-driven editing adventures. This power-boosting upgrade makes using AI-integrated tools – such as the new AI Super-Resolution – significantly faster. With ACDSee’s embedded, locally powered AI at the helm, you’ll also enjoy enhanced privacy and security as your images remain safely onboard your device. None of your data gets sent to the cloud when using ACDSee’s AI features, unlike some competitors.
ACDSEE AI SUPER-RESOLUTION
Transform Pixels into Perfection
- Maximize the pixels in your images with ACDSee AI Super-Resolution.
- AI Super-Resolution intelligently upscales images while reducing noise and blurriness, eliminating artifacts, and maintaining details. It improves contrast and sharpness, resulting in clearer, more detailed upscaled images.
- Prepare multiple shots for large-scale printing, breathe life into old photos, or upscale low-resolution images in one swift move with Batch AI Super-Resolution.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
MASKING GROUP IN DEVELOP MODE
Next Gen Non-Destructive AI Selection Masks
- The Masking Group in Develop Mode has been redesigned to act as a basecamp for all your masking tools.
- Gain easy access to AI-driven masking tools, including the new AI Object Masking tool, to blaze through your post-processing journey.
- Use Color and Luminance Ranges to chart the most vivid hues and deepest shadows in your image. Highlight the vibrant reds of a sunset or the mysterious darkness of a forest and craft a visual adventure that captures every nuance of color and light.
- Refine selection masks using Feathering and Shift options for blending, expanding, and contracting masks.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025.
AI OBJECT MASKING IN DEVELOP MODE
Intelligent Masking
Avoid the grind of creating complex object selection masks when editing images, including RAWs, by using the new AI Object Masking tool in Develop Mode. Simply outline the objects you wish to mask and let the AI handle the rest.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025 and ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025.
AI SKY REPLACEMENT
Chart New Frontiers with AI Sky Replacement
Venture beyond the horizon with AI Sky Replacement. Redefine your landscape with ease by swapping out the sky in any photo, achieving a seamless and natural look. Explore an array of pre-installed skies or import an original shot to turn your grandest visions into epic realities.
AI Sky Replacement in ACDSee Photo Studio 2025 comes with a variety of new and exciting skies, including two completely new categories: Overcast and Fireworks. Give your skies the perfect cozy fall feel, or brighten up your night skies with colorful, illuminating displays.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025.
Even More New Features & Improvements
ACDSee Activity Manager
Meet your new basecamp for background processes: ACDSee Activity Manager. Toggle AI Keywords* and Face Detection on or off, view how many images remain to be scanned, and manage your imports easily from within the Queued Activities section. Once completed, history can be viewed within the Activities History section.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025. *AI Keywords are not available in ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
ACDSee Tabs
Elevate your Digital Asset Management with ACDSee Tabs in Manage Mode. ACDSee Tabs function just like web browser tabs, providing a familiar and intuitive experience. Open multiple folders within a single window and effortlessly switch between tabs to navigate your files, simplifying your workflow and enhancing your productivity with the clean, streamlined interface that brings all your digital asset collections together in one place.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Improved Auto-Migration
With the latest version of ACDSee Photo Studio, your custom keyboard shortcuts are effortlessly carried over during the upgrade process. This means you can start working immediately without the hassle of reconfiguring your preferred shortcuts. Enjoy a seamless transition and dive right back into the action without missing a beat. This feature is only compatible when upgrading from ACDSee Photo Studio 2024.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
AVIF File Support
Added support for reading and writing AVIF files propels you into the future of image formats, offering superior compression and high-quality visuals with smaller file sizes. Supports static AVIFs only.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Improved Keywords & Categories Management
Manage your keywords and categories with greater ease. Streamline keyword and category lists with the ability to select multiple keywords or categories for labeling, or delete all unassigned keywords or categories in one smooth step. People data and AI Keywords* have been added to Metadata options available in Details view, Sort, the Info Palette, and more to help you find the images you’re looking for at breakneck pace.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025. *AI Keywords are not available in ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Copy as Path
Copy as Path makes copying filepaths a breeze. With a single click from the context menu, you can instantly copy the full path of any asset to your clipboard, ready to paste wherever you need it.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Improved People Mode
Keep moving forward with Auto Advance in People Mode, so now when naming a face, the cursor will automatically move onto the next face when you press enter, saving you time and tedium in having to click into the next box each time. Plus, the face count has been upgraded to accurately display up to 9,999, ensuring greater clarity in the number of faces detected per person.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Camera RAW Update
New and popular camera models have been added to the supported RAW file types.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Equilateral Shape Selection Tools
Hold shift while using the Rectangular or Elliptical Selection tools to create square or circle selections, respectively.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2025, and ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2025.
Apply Layer Mask
Apply a mask as a new layer with a click in Edit mode.
This feature is available in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2025.
