ArcSoft has released Photo+, a new photo viewer for Mac OS X that pulls directly from any folder or drive. It’s normally US$9.99, but it’s being offered at a limited time for $1.99.

By dragging or selecting a single image, Photo+ automatically displays every image from the same folder. You can browse and display thousands of photos . You can rotate portrait oriented photos when importing.

Photo+ provides fundamental editing tools such as crop, rotate and zoom are built in. It allows you to set up a full screen photo slideshow with music and 10-plus transitions

With Photo+, you can use a track-pad with multi-touch and finger gestures, or a standard mouse. The software is compatible with over 35 formats, including RAW files and animated GIF.

Photo+ is available at http://www.arcsoft.com/photoplus/ or the Mac App Store (http://tinyurl.com/cbx5xzh). It requires Mac OS X 10.7.3 or higher.