Actually I was an ACDSee fan beginning from versions 1 to 9 skipping versions in between - until I met Lightroom, a match made in heaven - LOL.


Seriously, I found ACDSee to be very gimmicky, not user friendly and yes it would crash during an edit. Like other software out there, I find it very bloated and in my experience with said product it does a much better job of managing your library than an image editing solution in itself.


IMHO - I would avoid it where possible though I would rate it a 6 out of 10.