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Life after Photoshop software reviews

Choosing the right software isn't easy and you often have to try quite a few different applications to find the ones that suit you. We're all looking for different things, and quite often a single piece of software won't do everything that we need.

Some people simply want a Photoshop replacement without the subscription payments, some want an image cataloguing tool that can also carry out photo enhancements, some primarily want an image effects tool for crafting a very particular 'look'. Most of us want a bit of all of these things.

• Always download the trial version if there is one. My best guess at what photographers need is not necessarily right for you.

These reviews are designed not just to see whether the software out there is any good or not, but to explain exactly what it does and how it might fit into your workflow.

I don't review every program out there, only those which I personally consider add something significant to the image-editing process. There are some notable and quite possibly very popular programs not in my review list but that's because – and I don't want to upset any publishers out there – I don't think they're different enough, interesting enough or just plain good enough.

ON1 Resize AI 2022 review

May 5, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict 4.3 stars: ON1 Resize AI 2022 is a tool for upsizing your photos so that they can be viewed or printed larger. It adds more pixels to make a larger, more detailed photo than you had before. There’s no hype or resizing ‘magic’ here, just a very good implementation of the power of AI.

Filed Under: Featured, ON1 Photo RAW, Reviews

ON1 Effects 2022 review

April 14, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict 4.8 stars: ON1 Effects 2022 is a standalone version of the Effects module in ON1 Photo RAW. The effects and tools are excellent, and this is a cheaper proposition that can also fit perfectly with your existing workflow.

Filed Under: Featured, ON1 Photo RAW, Reviews

Lightroom Classic review (2022)

April 13, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 4.5 stars Lightroom Classic’s latest masking tool updates make it more powerful than ever, though it’s still not fast to use and its interface is quite cluttered and oppressive. And do we still need all these different modules?

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, Reviews

Capture One 22 review

April 7, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Capture One review

Verdict: 4.8 stars Capture One 22 brings built in HDR and panorama merge, and new and improved perspective controls, adding to its excellent raw processing, color controls and local adjustments. This Lightroom rival is expensive, but you get what you pay for.

Filed Under: Capture One, Featured, Reviews

DxO PureRAW 2 review

March 17, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 4.6 stars: DxO PureRAW 2 is a raw ‘pre-processor’ which applies DxO’s bespoke lens corrections and unmatched noise reduction to RAW files – and it now integrates with a Lightroom Classic workflow and processes Fujifilm X-Trans images too.

Filed Under: Featured, PureRAW, Reviews

Adobe Lightroom review (2022)

March 6, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Lightroom 2022

Verdict: 4 stars Lightroom is Adobe’s bold vision of a cloud-based photo organizing and editing tool where all your images can be organised, edited and viewed anywhere on any device. For mobile users and content creators it’s a clever and effective proposition, but for regular photographers, while its editing tools continue to impress, its restrictions, the closed nature of its editing ecosystem and its cost remain a major barrier.

Filed Under: Featured, Lightroom, Reviews

The best photo editing software for organizing, editing, RAW and effects

March 4, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Choosing the best image editing software can be complicated. It all depends on what you look for most in your photo editing software. Here are 12 programs with their own distinct strengths.

Filed Under: Capture One, Exposure X, Featured, Lightroom, Luminar, Nik Collection, ON1 Photo RAW, PhotoLab, Photoshop, Reviews, Sidebar

DxO FilmPack 6 review

February 13, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 4 stars: DxO FilmPack 6 is a powerful film simulation tool, but its main strength – technical accuracy – is offset by its lack of local adjustment tools.

Filed Under: Featured, PhotoLab, Reviews

Exposure X7 review

February 11, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 4.5 stars Exposure X7 is a great all-in-one program for cataloguing your images, enhancing and retouching them and adding a huge range of evocative analog film effects

Filed Under: Exposure X, Featured, Reviews

ON1 Photo RAW 2022 review

February 8, 2022 by Life after Photoshop

Verdict: 4.4 stars ON1 Photo RAW 2022 is a terrific all-in-one photo organizing, editing and effects tool with just about the widest scope of any single program, even if some tools lack finesse and depth. For value and versatility it’s just extraordinary, and its creative presets are great too.

Filed Under: Featured, ON1 Photo RAW, Reviews

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