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PhotoWorks Review Are you looking for a user-friendly photo editing software that doesn't require a steep learning curve? PhotoWorks might just be the solution you need. This software is designed for both beginners and intermediate users who want to enhance their photos with minimal fuss. Supported Platforms: Windows and Mac. Overview: Easy to Navigate Interface [...]
This blog post looks at the 'holy trinity' of photography software. Three products that, when combined, provide everything you need to develop your RAW images and edit your photos. There is some overlap between the three, as each continues to add to and refine their capabilities. Yet I don't view them as competing with each [...]
DXO Pure RAW Sometimes I forget how spoilt I am with the photo software tools I use. DXO Photo Lab has been my go to RAW converter for years. Yes, I've dabbled with Luminar and still use it occasionally, but I always go back to DXO because it is so good. But most of you [...]
I have just uploaded to YouTube the latest instalment in the DXO vs Luminar series. You can watch the video below and see the results below... Click here to see the previous instalment in this series... DXO Photo Lab 4 vs Luminar 4 - Creative Test Here are some comparisons of the DXO Photo Lab [...]
Sharpening - Final Step Almost all photos need a degree of sharpening. A sophisticated approach is to sharpen your image in stages: During RAW development After post processing After resizing RAW processors do so much that it's hard to know if they are doing step 1, step 2, or both. In post 1 in this [...]
The folks at Skylum kindly granted me access to a beta version of Luminar 4. The release date is November 18th, so this is near to being the pre-release version. It certainly felt stable and fully featured. Even better, it supports Canon's CR3 files! Luminar 4 - What's New? Readers of this blog will know [...]
Exposure software (previously Alien Skin software) have recently released an upgrade to their Exposure program. They've kept the name, but now its Exposure X5. What is Exposure X5? Exposure X5 is Exposure Software's flagship product. It is a Digital Asset Manager product for photographers. But it is so much more than that. It is a [...]
I recently reviewed DXO Photo Lab 3. DXO has been my equal favourite piece of photo software for some time now. Readers of this blog will know that DXO and Photo Ninja are my go to programs. If they can't do it then Affinity Photo, anything by Topaz Labs and a bit of Nik Viveza [...]
Alien Skin Software (now Exposure Software) have today announced the imminent release of Exposure X5! Exposure is my pick of Lightroom replacements for Digital Asset Management and the best image browser I have ever tested. The current V4.5 is an excellent RAW converter and is the hub around which my entire image processing workflow revolves. [...]
Ok folks, it's that time again - time to test the latest RAW converters to see how they fare when presented with a challenging image. Since I last did this, I have moved away from Adobe products, so Lightroom/Camera Raw is not tested here. If you are happy with Adobe, then that's fine, they are [...]