Print This Page
ArcSoft PhotoImpression 6 not only manages your media for you, but also gives you tons of fun and exciting ways to enjoy it.
Media Browser - Browse files by date, folder or import event
Multiple Views - View photos as thumbnails, full-screen and in between
Easy Fix Wizard - Enhance photos using a step-by-step approach
Advanced Editing - Make detailed photo edits using manual fix tools
Media Player - Play music and video without launching another app
RAW Support - Open, email & print Canon, Nikon, Panasonic & Adobe RAW
Batch Processing - Rotate, rename and resize 100s of files with one click
Photo Stacking - Organize related photos into virtual stacks
Image Tags - Assign ratings and useful image tags to your media files
Custom Tags - Design your own tag icons using digital pictures
File Searching - Search and find files by keywords and tags
Photo Searching - Use one photo to find all other photos that look similar
48-bit Image Support - Edit 48-bit image files (crop, brightness/contrast)
Slideshow Creator - Make slideshows with photos, music, and cool effects
Slideshow Output - Save shows as screensavers, videos and .exe files
High-Quality Text - Add text to photos with cool shadows and gradients
Vector Graphics - Apply clipart, frames, and edge effects to your photos
Easy Email - Turn mega-pixel photos into email-ready attachments
PhotoStamps - Order real U.S. postage featuring your own photos
Easy Printing - Print digital photos at-home without hassle
Easy Archive - Create CD and DVD backups of media files
Stay Organized Without Even Trying - Even if your digital media is scattered all over your computer, PhotoImpression smartly and automatically organizes it all for you. The Calendar Browser lets you view files by date. The Import History Browser oraganizes files based on when they were copied to your computer. The Folder Browser gives you a Windows-like view. The Stack feature lets you stack your photos into virtual piles.
Enhance Photos Step-by-Step - The built-in Easy Fix Wizard makes photo enhancement a step-by-step process that users of all levels can appreciate. In just seconds, bad photos become pictures worth printing. Edit options include: Straighten, Crop, Enhance, Sharpen, Fix Red-Eye and Improve Color.
Push Pixels to New Places - When you?re ready to take your photo editing beyond the basics, a set of advanced tools give you pixel-level control. The Heal and Clone tools make skin blemishes and distracting objects magically disappear. The Clipboard lets you copy and paste elements from one photo to another.
Edit Hundreds of Pictures at Once - When you?re working with huge numbers of photos, having a batch processing tool is key. Rotate, resize and rename an entire collection of pictures with just one click.
Find Files Fast - Powerful text-based and tag-based searching helps you quickly locate specific media files from anywhere on your system. Unique photo-based searching uses a photo?s color and pattern to find other similar photos.
Have Fun with Vector Graphics - Ready to get creative? A handful of vector graphic tools let you apply high-quality text and artwork to your pictures. The program comes with frames, transparent edges, speech balloons, clipart, greetings and more.
Create Dynamic Slide Shows - Turn your favorite snapshots and MP3 soundtracks into dazzling picture slideshows complete with pan and zoom effects and slide transitions. Save your shows as screensavers, video files and self-running .exe files ready to burn to disc and share with family and friends.
Work with RAW and 48-bit Image Files - Currently supports Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, and Adobe RAW files (browse, open, email, print). Also has 48-bit image file support with basic editing (crop, brightness/contrast).
Tag and Rate Photos - Applying rating and tag icons to your media keeps things organized and easy to find. More than one dozen useful tag icons are included (ie. family, friends, pet, holiday, birthday). You can even create custom tag icons using your own pictures.
Play Music and Video Back-to-Back - The built-in Media Player lets you enjoy your video and music files without having to launch another program. What?s more, the Media Player will even play video and music files back to back, automatically.
Put Yourself on a Postage Stamp - Mailing cards or invitations? PhotoImpression?s built-in PhotoStamps feature lets you create and order real U.S. postage featuring your own digital pictures. It?s a fun and unique way to customize your envelopes and packages.
Email Pictures Effortlessly - Turning mega-pixel photos into reasonably sized email attachments can be a hassle, but PhotoImpression?s Easy Email feature makes sharing pictures quick and painless.
Print With Confidence - Printing at home can be a tricky and costly process. That?s why PhotoImpression provides the most critical tools and options along with the preview of your print page: crop, rotate, print size, paper size, media type, and orientation.
Backup Media to Disc - The built-in Easy Archive feature lets you create CD and DVD backups of your pictures, music and video files without ever having to launch another application.
[4 of 4 customers found this review helpful]
Comments about ArcSoft PhotoImpression 6 (Windows):
CAUTION, be forewarned by my experiences: the three ArcSoft products I own have all been exercises in frustration, wasted time and effort, and failure to function.
ArcSoft sells BUGGY software. For example, PhotoBase 4.5 & Photo Impression 5 both fail to install on an HP PC running Windows XP Home Edition. Panorama Maker 3 installs and opens but gives error messages when trying to work with albums and files.
ArcSoft DOES NOT SUPPORT their products. They do not answer emails or phone calls. Their internet knowledge base is very spotty and incomplete. When downloads are available, ArcSoft instructs customers to have no confidence in them: “Program patches/updates … may or may not work, and may actually cause your program(s) to function improperly.”
ArcSoft intentionally designs their software to be USER-UNFRIENDLY. For example, there is no help feature and no display of version number in Panorama Maker 3. If users go online to the ArcSoft knowledge base and search, they will find a listing of 5 steps to go through to discover a version number. The manual and knowledge base have no index and no list of errors or ways to troubleshoot them.