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Snapseed
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G+ integration
Google has also integrated most of Snapseeds features into the G+ app as well.
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Limited social integration
Snapseed supports sharing with email, Facebook, and Twitter, but leaves out important networks like Instagram and Flickr.
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Clever Interface
Snapseed interface is controlled with swipes, up and down to choose the option and left and right to choose the intensity. It does take a bit of getting used to, but once you have the interface is very nice and easy to use.
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Selective adjustments
In order to make adjustments to just one part of an image, tap and hold the box on the top right corner of the screen.
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Free
With the acquisition of Snapseed by Google, the app was lowered in price from $4.99 to free.
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High quality photo editing
Snapseed includes many features of high end photo editing software, auto correct, image tuning and other effects. Snapseed makes editing your photos easy and gives the photographer many options to choose from in how they present their images. Scrolling up and down lets the user choose from different effects and tools, swiping left to right determines the intensity. This app includes many effects such as tilt shift that are hard to find elsewhere.
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Corel Draw
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Advanced tools for a fast workflow
Symmetry tool, pages, copy attributes, etc.
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Expensive
In US it costs $499, and although it's worth the money for advanced users, for ordinary users it's too much.
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Efficient and intuitive UI
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UI can be confusing for users coming from Adobe
It might need some time to adjust.
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Great for large scale prints
Corel Draw can handle large sized printing projects. You can use the feet as the unit for output size and it can still export the graphic without problems to your computer's system resource.
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Price is good
The no-subscription option is $449.00 and subscription is $198.00 per year.
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Initial Release:
1989
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Photopea
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Drag and drop support
Photopea allows dragging & dropping images in to the browser window to upload them and add to the scene.
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Hard to get used to it at first
However, you'll get used to it later!
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Very reactive on feedbacks
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Has only basic filters and operations
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Fast to load
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Can save as PSD
This means you can open these files in Photoshop, so if you don't have Photoshop on one device, you can still export your Photopea project and continue editing on Photoshop on another device
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Photoshop Like Interface
It has a Photoshop-like interface with most of its features for basic editing.
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Has many features
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Uses Photoshop standard shortcuts
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Requires no browser plugin
As it is an HTML5 application, running it requires no additional plugins on modern browsers.
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Platforms:
Web (in a browser)
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PhotoFlare
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User friendly
An easy to use GUI, inspired by the equally great PhotoFiltre editor. Very suitable for beginners to add that special touch to photos/images.
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Feature maturity can be low
Some features lack polish or still require more development to make them more useful. Looks like not all features have been given the same development time.
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Very fast
Starts up very quick and most editing features run at a high speed.
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RAW support
This program can open most RAW formats produced by high quality DSLR cameras. Great feature to have if you own a high end Nikon or Canon camera. (other brands supported too)
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Open Source
Offers a Community Edition which is free and the full code is available on Github.
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Cross Platform
Runs on all major platforms such as Windows, Linux and Mac.
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Photo Lab PRO Picture Editor
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User friendly
The interface is clean, simple, and easy to navigate.
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Users must pay for ad-free version
For the ad-free version, it costs $3.99 for Android users.
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Very stable
This app is much more stable than other apps of similar nature
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Over 620 frames, effects, and montages.
Although Photo Lab is a little more expensive than other apps, but the variety of features makes the price well worth the benefit.
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BeFunky Photo Editor
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No sign up required
In order to use this app, you don't need to sign up!
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Free with no ads
"Free" includes no limitations.
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Offers photo frames
The frames include: instant, Filmstrip, Halftone, Grunge, Classic frames, and more.
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Stack unlimited effects
Apply filter after filter after filter. Add as many filters and effects as you want!
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Platforms:
Web Android
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Picktorial
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Fast
Browsing and editing are very fast. Much better than lightroom and most other competitors.
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No image blending
You can't blend images, like in photoshop.
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Fun
This software makes editing fun.
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Single-space workflow
No need to move between different slow modules.
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Truly non-destructive edits
Every edit is non-destructive, no matter the order.
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No need to import
It's catalog free so no need with slow import and backup problems.
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Local adjustements
Has many options Lightroom doesn't, like HSL, curves and split tone within local adjustment.
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Great value for money
Much better than a subscription to pay every month and very affordable for what it does.
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Platforms:
Mac OS
Tethered capture:
No
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Yes
DCP Profile Support:
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Darktable
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Feature rich
There are a lot of different modules.
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Can be overwhelming
There are a lot of different modules. You're going to need some time watching tutorials to understand how to get the best out of it.
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Fast and Flexible
A very well considered UI makes edits fast and fluid. You can redo or undo any step without disturbing any other part of your edit. The UI doesn't get in the way.
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For tethered capture on Linux you may need additional software installed that is not a dependency for Darktable
First make sure you have gphoto2 and libgphoto2.
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Good batch editing capabilities
Darktable allows applying the same set of operations to multiple images and saving your history stack as a style (you can pick exactly which modules).
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No official Windows version
Whilst official builds exist for Linux and OSX, this isn't the case for Windows (though unofficial versions do exist).
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Edits are saved to a separate file
Original files are untouched by any edits. No worries on what was done before or if an accidental save occurs. All work is separate from the originals.
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Customizable
Darktable allows favoriting modules and remapping hotkeys.
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Allows for local adjustments
Most modules, by default, affect the whole image, but have the option to only be applied to masked-off areas (be those drawn masks, parametric ones, or a combination of the two).
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Supports tethered capture
On the camera set it to use USB Remote. Open Darktable, on the left side under Import, click scan for devices. The camera should appear. Click on tethered shoot. Next on the right side look for the gear icon above the battery n/a and click it. go to the session options tab, and change the base directory to the location you want to save photos. close that settings window and try taking a picture. It should come right up.
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac
Technology:
C
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Yes
Non-Distructive Editing:
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LightZone
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Allows users to create and edit RAW profiles
Unlike most other RAW editors, LightZone supports user-created RAW profiles and allows editing existing RAW profiles.
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Asset management is basic
Browser module includes a file browser, metadata viewer and a really basic metadata editor (allows editing just 6 fields), and allows you to give images a rating, but no advanced asset management is supported. There's not even a way to assign keywords to files.
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Allows changing the order in which adjustments are applied
You can change in what order sharpening, saturation, tone, etc adjustments are applied simply by switching around their order in the tool stack.
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Capture One Pro
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Expensive
Has hefty price tag, although both license and subscriptions are on offer.
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Capture Pilot enables using Capture One collaboratively during a shoot
Capture pilot is a feature that allows any web-enabled device to remotely connect to Capture One and use a subset of its functionality like view a selected catalogue, rate images and even make minor edits to photos. An iOS app for Capture Pilot is available as well that in addition to default functionality also allows controlling a tethered camera though that functionality has to be purchased separately.
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Doesn't support color checkers
Unfortunately, there's no way to create color profiles using the Color Checker Passport.
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Well thought out tethered capture implementation
Once you hook up your camera to Capture One, the program offers a bunch of useful tools and workflows based on your needs. For example, it has Composition Mode that allows setting up the shot without taking up hard-drive space by replacing the last image taken with the a one as soon as you take it. It has Hot Folder functionality that will keep an eye on changes in a set folder and as soon as any new images appear in that folder they will be added to Capture One; great for cameras that are not supported by Capture One natively and unlike other Hot Folder functionality in other programs C1 captures everything coming in quickly and imports all images as active. Many cameras can be controlled via the program and if the camera has live view, similar functionality can be enabled in Capture One. Plus, live view allows superimposing an overlay; great for cover shooting. There's also a overlay mask that shows wether a shot is in focus or not. And many other functions and design decision that help with ease of use.
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Asset management could be better
While it does have asset managment, it isn't as robust or intuitive as some of the competition, like Lightroom in particular.
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Extremely robust color editing
A huge amount of color editing options, with the ability to modify overall, to extremely targeted ranges. Especially robust support for editing skin tones.
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Clean and sharp default processing
Straight imports seem a bit sharper and more dynamic than many other RAW editors.
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Very intuitive Irs, easier to use and raw conversion using Sony seems better
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Platforms:
Windows OSX
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Paint.NET
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Easy to learn and use
Unlike most photo editing software, Paint.NET is simple to learn and easy to use. This means less time is spent learning the in's and out's of Paint.NET and more time on photo editing. For those who only edit photos sporadically and don't have time to invest in learning complicated tools for editing, Paint.Net will suit your needs.
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Only available on Windows
Paint.NET is only available on Windows.
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Free software
There is no charge for this software; but donations are welcomed.
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No project-based interface
You can only edit a single image at a time in Paint.NET. For example, in other tools you can open 5 or a 100 images at the same time, and stack those windows in all directions. Furthermore, when you are editing in Paint.NET you can only "view" a single image at a time, even though you can have multiple images open. This limits your zooming ability, as the image will go fullscreen quite quickly, and hide parts of it behind the floating toolbars which can not be embedded anywhere on the screen.
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Lightweight
Paint.net provides a streamlined but effective core tool set. Support for advanced and niche features is provided through modular plugins, allowing the user to install only what's needed.
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Actively developed
The project is active and being continually expanded and refined.
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Active and friendly community
The forums are filled with tutorials, as well as people who are friendly and eager to help.
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Plugins allow extra functionality
Plugins can be made by anyone in the community, and are offered for download on the forum. They extend the capabilities of Paint.NET to cover most tasks.
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HiDPI support
Paint.NET supports fully HiDPI displays, with no scaling problems.
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Platforms:
Windows
Technology:
.NET
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Photo Editor
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Offers an extensive array of effects
"Adjust color, add effects, rotate, crop, resize, frame, clone, and draw on your photos"
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Extremely generic name
This makes it very difficult for users to accurately research "Photo Editor" on the internet.
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Supports "draw mode"
You are able to add a personal touch by drawing on your photos using your Android
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Supports multiple languages
Supported languages include: English, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish, German, French, Japanese, Portuguese(Brazil), Italian, Catalan, Traditional Chinese, Hebrew, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian, Swedish, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, Bengali, Indonesian, Persian, Vietnamese, Malaysian
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Makes EXIF data available to see and manipulate
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Save images in multiple formats
Formats include: JPEG, PNG, GIF, and PDF.
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Krita
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Easy to use layout
All the most used and useful tools are easy to find in Krita's UI and are often just one click away. They are not hidden behind menus or dropdowns.
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New features are not tested thoroughly
Since releases are so often and with little time between them, usually new features are not tested a lot and this can bring a lot of bugs with them. Which fortunately are quickly patched in the next release.
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Constantly updated
Krita is getting constant releases with updates and bug fixes. New features are added at a pace that far surpasses the other alternatives.
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Documentation is lacking
Krita's official documentation is incomplete in some areas, especially for new features that are constantly added. But this is compensated with it's great design and usability which makes it easier to understand how things work.
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Free and open source
Krita is completely free and open source. They have raised a couple of successful Kickstarters in the past to get the initial financing and now they are accepting donations.
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Poor touch controls
They are still pretty much a WIP. But they are getting there.
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Developed in part by KDE, which has a great community and therefore great support.
KDE has a long history of making solid applications.
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Working with text is not that pleasant
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Amazing support for displaying brushes
Krita's preset brushes are one of the default dockers. Each brush has a preview on mouseover that shows a detailed view of the type of brush involved. All the brushes also have useful and descriptive names such as "HP Pencil" or "Textured Fuzzy".
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Very customizable
Although the UI is rather busy, Krita is very customizable. The editing window can be themed and the sidebar can be customized extensively throw many dockers or panes.
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Easy editing in a tiled view
Tiled view that shows your image tiled in the editor, and permits you to edit it as you are seeing it tiled. If the brush passes out of your texture, it will just automatically wrap back the painting to the other side of the original texture, while permitting you to paint and see the results on any of the tiled "clones" (the shortcut key to activate this is w by default).
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Platforms:
Windows, Linux, Mac, Android
License:
Open source
Technology:
C++, Qt
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Affinity Photo
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Lifetime updates
Pay once, get updates forever.
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Limited selection of plugins
Plugin support was only recently added to AP and not many plugins have been created for the program so far.
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Interface will be familiar to those coming from Photoshop
The interface, especially the Photo persona, is laid out in way that's very similar to Photoshop - a panel for icons for tools on the left, a panel for information and settings on the right.
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Can not import gimp or krita files
Free alternatives like GIMP (and Krita) are sort of "go to" apps you can always install and use for simple image editing or graphics on any computer. Affinity's support for Photoshop is great, but having support also for opening and editing GIMP and Krita files would make the versatility and use of this program absolutely superb.
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Compatible with Photoshop PSD files
Affinity Photo can import and export .psd files.
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Great performance
Uses the GPU extensively for fast speed on any platform.
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Supports layer styles
Layer styles allow non-destructively applying effects to a layer.
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Personas allow separation of concerns
At a high level the interface is organized into broad groups of tools called Personas. Personas like Photo for in-depth image manipulation, Liquify for warping the image, Develop for basic RAW photo development and Export for exporting. Each persona displays only those tools that are needed for that task.
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Powerful effects
Dozens of visual effects available. All run extremely fast with live previews
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Non-destructive adjustment layers
Extensive adjustment layers are non-destructive.
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Everything is well organized
Easy to find and use tools.
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Runs faster than Photoshop's old code
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Lots and lots of undo
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The easiest, even easier than photoshop
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The perfect combination of Photoshop and Lightroom - all in one
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Supports Photoshop brushes, shapes, etc.
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Many tutorials
But still it does not actually matter which tutorial you're actually watching, Photoshop or Affinity's, they are pretty much the same.
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Very, very cheap for such an app
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Has an iPad app
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Decent functionality, 100% comparable with Photoshop
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Much more lightweight than photoshop
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RAW file editing
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HDR image editing
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Powerful, cheap and lightweight
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Very modern and intuitive interface
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Color correction
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Very fast to learn
Takes about 20 mins, it's that easy.
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Growing decently fast
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Panorama creation
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Imports free images from Unsplash
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Platforms:
OSX, iPad, Windows
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Pixelmator
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Beautiful, easy to use UI
Pixelmator's interface is pleasant to look at, easy to use and specifically optimized for OS X users, making it very intuitive for long-time Mac users.
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Feature rich
Not only does Piexelmator provide easy to use tools that you should expect in any image editor, it also has rare tools such as layer styles, liquify tools and OS X optimized, fast image manipulation engine among others.
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Supports layer styles
Layer styles allow non-destructively applying effects to a layer.
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Multiple-display support
Pixelmator can be used across any number of monitors.
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Powerful effects
Dozens of visual effects available, easily discovered from the visual Effects Browser, broken into categories. Effects have interactive dialogs and live preview.
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Loads quickly
Gives you common image editing capabilities almost instantly.
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Great performance
Pixelmator's image engine is specifically optimized for use with Macs, providing one the best performance results available on OS X.
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Inexpensive
Pixelmator costs just $30 on the App Store. Additionally, it often comes bundled with other software that you might also find useful bringing the price down.
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Platforms:
OSX
Tethered capture:
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ACDSee
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Dark style theme
ACDSee has a nice dark style theme.
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No face recognition
ACDSee doesn't allow you to set face recognition to files. It also doesn't read already recognized faces. Metadata for faces aren't shown.
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Very fast image reader
ACDSee reads the images (jpgs) extremely fast. It displays them very fast, too.
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GIMP
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Unintuitive interface
GIMP doesn't embrace OS X application design, thus Mac users might have a hard time wrapping their heads around GIMP's interface.
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Free, open source and cross-platform
GIMP is completely free and open source, meaning you can use GIMP and all of its features without spending a penny. This makes it an excellent case for artists or designers who may not have the budget to spend over 700 USD on Photoshop. It is also available for free on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. It's licensed under GPL with source code available here.
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Less features than other programs
Being a free program, it shouldn't be surprising that it has limited features. For those needing more advanced features for something more professional, GIMP just isn't for you.
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Powerful
GIMP is the most feature rich free image editing tool. It has most image manipulation and workflow tools that you would expect from an image editing software and what it lacks it makes up with plugins.
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Lacks adjustment layers
Adjustment layers offer a non-destructive way of combining different photo manipulations. Without adjustment layers the only way to see changes is by irreversibly editing the image. They are promised in future updates.
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Content-aware tools with a plugin
There's a content-aware fill plugin available for GIMP.
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Poor performance
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Modular & single-window interface options
By default GIMP splits out each window, but you can check to use the one screen mode in options if you prefer.
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Lightweight
Compared to to other photo editing software, GIMP is very light weight. In addition it isn't very resource-intensive, meaning you can put it on a flash drive and have it with you to load up on just about any computer.
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Beginner-friendly
Gimp has less features than programs like Photoshop, but for a beginner, or someone not needing complicated options, Gimp is the perfect choice. It allows you to quickly do basic photo manipulation so you can easily get the product you need without having to worry about complicated features getting in the way.
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Full channel support
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Platforms:
Windows 10/8/7; Linux; MacOS
License:
GPLv3+
Tethered capture:
No
Non-Distructive Editing:
No, Feature in development with GEGL
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PaintShop Pro
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Windows only 
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Has tutotirals 
There are quite a few tutorial videos available on Paint Shop's website for users.
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Several file formats supported 
Can read and write images in several file formats: PCX, PNG, GIF, CDR, PSD, JPG, EPS, TIF, TGA, WMF... even RAW.
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Custom palettes 
Being able to work with a pre-defined number of color palettes, save and load custom palettes and several modes to reduce the number of colors on a picture.
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Platforms:
Windows
Tethered capture:
No
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Lightroom
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Excellent asset management capabilities
Lightroom allows, for example, organizing images based on folders, color labels, flags, rating, keywords, GPS location, it can automatically create smart albums (albums that automatically update based on set rules) and it can be set to automatically backup, rename based on set rules, apply default processing, add keywords to images on import. It offers that functionality in an intuitive way and allows extensively customizing layout, behavior and workflow of managing assets to better suit your needs.
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No layer-based image editing capabilities
There are no layers removing any ability to blend images, create composits, overlay text, etc.
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HDR support
Can merge multiple shots into one in order to expand dynamic range.
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Hot folder option could be better
It can take a couple of seconds for Lightroom to check the folder for incoming images and that can noticeably slow down the workflow. Additionally, only the last image is imported as active.
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Facial recognition helps find and tag people
Lightroom has built-in facial recognition support that can be used to find the same person in any collection of photographs.
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There's a learning curve
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A good number of cameras have built-in lens profiles for lens distortion correction
Lightroom has over 900 lens profiles from all kinds of manufacturers, including major lens brands like Canon, Nikon, Leica, Pentax, Ricoh, etc. You can see the full list of supported lenses here. Lens profiles will in most cases speed up the process of correcting lens distortion down to 1-2 clicks.
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Telemetry
Adobe is interested in what you do with "their" software. Just install wireshark and see the story unfold. Don't have that or too difficult? Just take a bank note, scan it. See if you can get it on your screen...
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Intuitive interface that's streamlined for a photographer's workflow
At a high level the interface is organized into broad groups of tools called workflow modules. Modules like "Library" for asset management and "Develop" for manipulating the photos. Each module displays only those tools that are needed for that task. This allows you to separate concerns between tasks and reduces interface clutter. When you're, for example, developing the image, you're not bothered by interface tools relating to exporting it. Within each module tools are grouped in a logical manner. Develop module, for example, will group tools relating to basic image adjustment, lens correction, and effects. And there are a plethora of keyboard shortcuts that improve the workflow speed even further. At all times you can easily navigate between images you're working via arrow keys, quickly compare images before and after making edits with \, or see side by side comparisons with y.
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Expensive and subscription
As with other software offerings, Adobes portfolio keeps giving. For the customer/ user however, this means that you never own your software, but you rent it. Until the point your landlord throws you out.
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Supports tethered capture
You can connect your camera directly to Lightroom and have Lightroom display images as soon as they are captured.
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Proprietary
As all Adobe software it is proprietary, closed source.
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Industry standard
Photoshop is used by professionals everywhere in a wide variety of fields including photography, graphic design and digital art. It is the de facto standard for image manipulation. If you've seen a magazine ad featuring a model, you've probably seen the effects of Photoshop. You won't be alone when using Photoshop.
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Expensive
The standalone version of Photoshop costs $19.99/month, though it can be leased as part of the Creative Cloud Photography bundle that includes Lightroom for $9.99/month.
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Trove of plugins that extend functionality are available
A wide variety of plugins that add new effects, improve existing functionality and simplify workflow are available.
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Latest versions of Photoshop are subscription-only
While you can still buy CS6 from 2012 without needing a subscription by contacting Adobe support or the cut-down Photoshop Elements, any full-version version of Photoshop past CS6 requires a subscription.
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Lots of tutorials
There's a huge number of both free and paid tutorials available online. Websites like Lynda.com offer premium high-quality, in-depth tutorials, but there are plenty of free alternatives to be found on YouTube, blogs and specialized sites on the Internet.
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Learning it can take some time
While you can relatively quickly learn how to perform a few basic image editing tasks, understanding Photoshop's ins and outs can be difficult. It's partially due to the sheer amount of functionality that Photoshop packs (and understanding that some of the advanced functionality can take a while to understand on its own), and partially due to it being aimed at professionals with little hand-holding for novice users.
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A cheaper, standalone version called Photoshop Elements is available
A stripped down version of Photoshop, called Photoshop Elements can be bought as a standalone application for $100.
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Very slow
It needs a very power CPU and GPU and many GBs of RAM and still it is so slow.
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Includes powerful content-aware tools
Photoshop includes content-aware tools such as content-aware fill that can fill in a select area based on what surrounds it.
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Stop paying, it vaporises
With Adobes adaptation of the "subscription world" PhotoShop too is available as subscription software only. This means it will never become yours. And if you stop paying, you won't have any PhotoShop any more. Whether you are OK with that or not, it also means that PhotoShop for a large part becomes software for those "who can afford it". Or "push cost to others". Like customers of professionals. Which is also a way to become an "industry standard".
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Packs a staggering amount of functionality
Photoshop is the most fully featured image editing software available today allowing you to perform highly advanced image manipulation. It has tools for RAW image adjustments, lens correction, retouching, image stitching, HDR, fixing framing. It supports most professional color modes and file formats. It includes extensive lists of filters, styles, effects, fonts as well as tools for painting, sketching and typography work. It understands both raster and vector graphics. It even includes tools for video editing, working with 3D objects and support for 3D printing.
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Affinity Photo is just as good at a fraciton of the price
Switching from Photoshop to Affinity Photo and it's hard to notice the difference quality of a professional's work. They say that PS is the industry standard, but so very few pros that tried Affinity Photo ever look back.
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Integrates with Creative Cloud
You can save all projects directly to the Creative Cloud allowing you to access them from any device and with any relevant Adobe software.
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Not good enough to be so expensive
Probably the only big advantage Photoshop has over the other free software is the adjustment layers. But still too expensive for just one feature.
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Creative Cloud Photography subscription includes Lightroom
Lightroom is another image editing software from Adobe that's specifically designed for photo editing and managing of large quantities of digital images.
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Batch editing of images is not straightforward
Photoshop is designed to work extensively on one image at a time and while batch editing support exists, it's not that intuitive to use.
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Mobile companion apps available
There's a free mobile app available for iOS, Android & Windows Phone.
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Asset management capabilities are lacking
In Photoshop asset management is done through a separate program called Bridge. As Bridge is supposed to be a file management tool for not just Photoshop's files, but for files generated by all of Adobe's applications it covers a breadth of capabilities, but not depth.
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