This is a list of definitions of photo editing terms, with links to articles that include them.
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- Perspective Efex (retired) (1)A relatively new plug-in in the DxO Nik Collection that's designed for precise perspective corrections. It has a lot in common with DxO ViewPoint.
- Photo AI (Topaz) (2)Photo AI is a kind of portmanteau software product which combines Topaz Lab's denoising, sharpening, resizing and portrait enhancement tools into a single semi-automated process. Topaz AI software is highly regarded by many photographers, though it faces strong competition from mainstream rivals.
- Photography Plan (Adobe) (7)A subscription plan which includes Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC. It’s designed for photographers and does offer very good value for money compared to the old scheme, where you paid a much larger amount for a ‘perpetual’ licence, and also had to pay to upgrade to new versions.
- PhotoLab (22)DxO PhotoLab is the replacement for the old DxO Optics Pro, adding in local adjustment tools when DxO bought the Nik Collection and its technologies from Google. PhotoLab is now a powerful all image browsing, raw processing, lens correction and editing tool, and is renowned for the image quality it can create.
- Photos (Apple) (1)Apple Photos is the novice-orientated photo organising and editing program supplied as standard with Apple Mac computers and with iOS devices like iPhones and iPads. Your photos are synchronised via Apple iCloud and are available on all your Apple devices.
- Photoshop (6)Rightly regarded as the king of image-editing programs, Photoshop is the most powerful program there is for image enhancement, correction and manipulation, though it does not have the image cataloguing tools or the range of special effects offered by some rivals.