Post-Processing Software

User should decide which software to use, and then use it consistently Post Processing Editing How Can It Help?

Can Fix or Adjust* Cannot Fix • Subject positioning & distraction removal via • Really bad exposure, cropping e.g. blown out or • Straightening of image • 2-4 stop adjustment in overly dark areas exposure. • Poor sharpness for • Tonal adjustment to get dark and light areas in any reason balance • White Balance • Differential area exposure and tonal adjustment • Cosmetic Touch up like red-eye removal, cloning out distractions * Greater Range with RAW/16 Bit Processing

Basics of Digital Photography -70- Post Processing Editing Software (Key Features)

Free* Paid* • Cropping & • All “Free” features, but Straightening more robust & precise • Universal Edit of • Adds several tools for Exposure, Lighting, selective area editing. Color, Sharpness & • Cosmetic touch-up Noise • Layers and Masks in PS • Cosmetic Touch-up Elements and PS CC for • Resizing composites and • Frame Borders specialty editing • Some creative filters • Extensive Creative • B&W Converter Filters • 8 Bit Processing/JPEG • RAW editor Output • 16 Bit Processing

Some Comes with Paid Features! Basics of Digital Photography -71- Post Processing Editing Software

Free* Paid “Professional”* • Software that came with Link--Tech Radar Best Editors Camera (RAW Editor if applicable) • Photoshop Elements • Software with computer ($100/$70) • [Available but • Photo Apps for no longer supported] ($150) Tablets/Phones, Snapseed • Adobe Lightroom & • FastStone Viewer [Windows Photoshop CC Subscription Only] http://faststone.org/ ($10/Month) • Photoscape X [Windows/Mac] [At • ON1 Photo and Photo RAW Windows/MacApp Store] (~$100) https://www.on1.com/ • Google NIK Collection • (MAC, WIN, IPAD), • PT PhotoEditor Free—LR like $50 [Win Only] https://www.photo- • Skylum Luminar (MAC/WIN) $69 toolbox.com/product/photo- editor/#TAB • DXO Photolab (MAC>WIN) $130 DXO NIK ($50)

* Many Other Editors are Available

Basics of Digital Photography -72- GCW Editing Assessment (All Programs Render JPG Well)

OS PS Elements Lightroom PT Photo- Photoscape “Photos” or LR CC Editor Free X Free (Win Only) Edit Perf Good-Limited Very Good Excellent Good Good Raw Good Excellent Excellent Poor .ARW-Poor Rendering (16/8 bit) (16 bit) (16 bit) .DNG-Good (16 bit?) Global Edit Win-Good Good, but Excellent Excellent, Good, but Interface Mac-V. Good complicated Look Like LR complicated Selected No Good—via Excellent, Very Good, Good, with Edit layers & with precise with LR type LR type Interface selection brush tools tools. tools tools Compositing No Yes—incl adj No No Yes, but no or Layers layers adj layers Artistic Some, Many, in- None, None, Many Filters presets cluding NIK presets presets Comments Simple Non- No Updates interface Basics of Digitaldestructive Photography -73- Photo Editing Software

• PT Photo Editor Review (15 Minutes)

• Adobe PS Elements Quick Edit (6 Minutes)

• Adobe PS Elements 2019 Tutorial (13 Min)

• Photoscape X Pro Review (8 Minutes)

• Photoscape X Use—Tony Northrup (23 Minutes)

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