This article does not cover editing features other than saying which ones have any.įor editing, you seem to have already gotten some good answers. There is a review of the asset-management aspects of Lightroom, Bibble Pro, IDimager, IMatch and Picajet FX here: Since you are looking at something cheap, look at IMatch and Picajet FX, they go for about $65 and $60, respectively. The ideal one for you depends on how much worflow versus how much editing features you need. The obvious advantage of Photoshop is support for roughly 10 zillion add-ons, plug-ins, presets, etc. I haven't used it a lot (actually, I haven't used X3 at all - my most recent use was of X2) but it seems amazingly close to the capabilities of Ps even though the price is about the same as Ps Elements. Is another that started life (long before Corel bought it) as (at least IMO) a fairly worthless wannabe program you'd run across at Walmart for $19.95, but over the years they put in a lot of time and effort, and turned it into a serious photo editing program. This is one, however, that pays to read some of the 'tips and tricks' kind of papers/books/magazine articles - quite a bit of what you can do is semi-hidden, so if you just use it for what's obvious, you see something much more limited than it really is - though I haven't used the most recent version, so this may not be (as) true anymore. The first couple of versions were kind of lame (missing some features I'd consider truly crucial), but more recently it's not too bad. Was originally developed as an update to Photoshop LE. Editing software These are much more like Photoshop than Lightroom. You might easily not bother looking at any others - Aperture is easily competitive with (or, in the estimation of many Apple fans, clearly better than) anything else on the market. If you do use a Mac, it should probably be the first one you test. Given that it's from Apple, it's no surprise that it only runs under OS/X, so if you're a Windows user, you might as well move on to the next item. ![]() Their noise reduction appears usable but doesn't seem to be anything special. It seems to work reasonably well - for one example, in the same league with (Ps Plugin, also included in Bibble Pro). Their big brag is their 'Relight' - one-click fix of exposure, contrast, etc. I haven't used it enough to really comment on it in any detail though. Basically all the same kinds of features, as most of the others. Has pretty good noise reduction as well - depending on the situation and picture involved, it's sometimes better than Noise Ninja (though other times it's not quite as good). The goal here is more to get the most out of good pictures than reduce noise (and such) to save those that aren't so good. Note: Bibble discontinued in favour of is an open-source raw converter with decent noise reduction and a heavy emphasis on demosaicing algorithms to extract as as possible from any given raw data file. One warning: while Bibble works well, they do have a history of being rather late delivering new versions (e.g., Bibble 5 was promised for something like 2 years before being delivered).įor noise reduction, Bibble uses a version of Noise Ninja, which is (quite rightly, IMO) considered one of the best noise reduction programs available (though there are certainly others that are competitive). If memory serves, the Pro version is around the same price as LR, but the Lite version is quite a bit less expensive. Workflow software Personally, I like quite a bit. There are quite a few alternatives, depending somewhat on what you're after. All I care about is having a decent desktop application. I don't know of a product that is as good as Picasa, at any price. The 'split folder here' feature is perfect for splitting up bunches of photos taken on the same day. The user interface is quicker for organising my photos. I use Lightroom, but my first choice is always Picasa. ![]() ![]() ![]() As we know, Picasa is already dead and no longer get updates and therefore it is good to switch to other alternatives to Picasa. Program for MAC that I can use to organize photos? (I just downloaded the ACDSee trial for mac.and tried to download photos from the iphone and it crushed miserably while doing so!!! I don't know of a product that is as good as Picasa, at any price. Picasa will be phased out in favor of Google Photos.
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