ACD Systems
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ACD Systems Ltd began as a software developer for the CD-ROM
CD-ROM
A CD-ROM is a pre-pressed compact disc that contains data accessible to, but not writable by, a computer for data storage and music playback. The 1985 “Yellow Book” standard developed by Sony and Philips adapted the format to hold any form of binary data....

 cataloguing industry. ACD products include JPEG decoder, image viewing and image management software.

Products

  • ACDSee
    ACDSee
    ACDSee is a shareware image organizer, viewer, and editor software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X 10.5 and higher developed by ACD Systems. It was originally distributed as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.0 and later supplanted by a 32-bit version for Windows 95.ACDSee displays a tree view...

    – Bundled with, and became the defacto JPEG
    JPEG
    In computing, JPEG . The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality. JPEG typically achieves 10:1 compression with little perceptible loss in image quality....

     decoder/viewer for, the Mosaic
    Mosaic (web browser)
    Mosaic is the web browser credited with popularizing the World Wide Web. It was also a client for earlier protocols such as FTP, NNTP, and gopher. Its clean, easily understood user interface, reliability, Windows port and simple installation all contributed to making it the application that opened...

     web browser. ACDSee was distributed as a shareware program through the World Wide Web.
  • ACDSee Pro
  • ACDSee Photo Editor
  • FotoSlate
  • ACD Canvas
    ACD Canvas
    ACD Canvas is a technical and general graphics drawing, imaging, and publishing product from ACD Systems for personal computers. The current version is Canvas 12....

    – A technical and general graphics drawing, imaging, and publishing (print and web) product.

Discontinued

  • ACDSee PowerPack
  • ACD FotoCanvas
  • ACD FotoAngelo
  • ImageFox
  • VideoMagic
  • FotoVac
  • ACDZip
  • PicaView
  • ImageShark
  • Express Communicator
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