• Pros Manage mode makes finding shots easy. Innovative Light EQ and Color EQ controls. Lens-profile-based corrections. Very customizable interface. Lots of adjustable effects.

ACDSee Ultimate 8 combines image organization and layered photo editing in a single program for $149, a compelling alternative to Photoshop and Lightroom. If you are looking for an alternative software to process your photos - you may want to check out ACDSee Ultimate 10. We will take a look at each mode and see how they compare with Lightroom and a little of Photoshop. It is fair to say. See a feature comparison between Lightroom and ACDSee Ultimate here.

Good noise reduction. Good sharing and printing options. • Cons No facial recognition. Cluttered, inconsistent interface. Modes often don't contain expected tools. • Bottom Line ACDSee Ultimate offers powerful image editing tools without requiring you to pay a subscription fee. But it lacks now-common features such as facial recognition, and it trails the competition in interface usability.

ACDSee Ultimate 10 is not just a Lightroom or Photoshop alternative: It's both in one product. The company's ACDSee Pro tool is focused on nondestructive workflow and adjustment, as Lightroom is, but Ultimate 10 adds Photoshop-like layer editing, filters, and pixel-level photo manipulations. You get a decent selection of tools with this, but several of the more impressive capabilities found in our photo software Editors' Choices—Lightroom, Photoshop, and even Photoshop Elements—are missing, as I'll explain.

Getting Started ACDSee Ultimate 10 sells directly from its maker for $149. Crack Para Toast 10 Titanium. 99. If you only want workflow and adjustment features, without layer and drawing, you can get ACDSee Pro 10 for $99.99. You can also purchase the software as an ACDSee 365 subscription.

For $69 per year, you get the software plus 10GB of online photo storage. There's also a Home plan that ups the online storage to 50GB and 5 installations for $89 per year. These are reasonable prices, but consider that you can get and Photoshop for a $9.99-per-month subscription. Ultimate runs on Windows 7 (SP1) through Windows 10. Mac users are served by the company's ACDSee Mac Pro 3 for $99.99 (deeply discounted to $29.99 at the time of review).