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| + | [title] Photo editing |
| [* black] ***[https://affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/|Affinity Photo V2 (Paid)|new_window=true]:*** My preferred choice due to support for better color modes like CMYK (better high-end printer support), LAB/16, and TIFF RGB/32 support. Features that were removed and moved to CC/Legacy CS (or dumbed down) in PSE are found here. ***This is a one-time purchase; major upgrades are paid.*** | |
| [* black] ***[https://skylum.com/luminar|Luminar Neo (Paid)|new_window=true]:*** This application is primarily AI driven. It can be purchased one-time or a subscription. Subscriptions include all extensions, unlike the one-time purchase. | |
| [* black] ***Photoshop Elements 20XX (Paid): For most people, this will be sufficient. However, it has limitations NOT FOUND in CC/Legacy CS: PSE only supports RGB/8, RGB/16* (*RGB/8 downgrade), and limited HDR/HiDPI support (RGB/32 is JPG-only).*** While it works for basic editing, print output on high-end printers may be limited. | |
| [* icon_caution] ***ONLY BUY THE FOLLOWING VERSION:*** Physical release, Mac/Windows. | |
| [* black] ***[https://www.dxo.com/dxo-photolab/|DXO PhotoLab 6 (Paid)|new_window=true]:*** This is similar to Lightroom in many ways before Adobe discontinued non-SaaS Lightroom. ***This is a one-time purchase ($219/3-seat license). I used the trial for this guide.*** | |
| [* black] ***Free tools (Mac): There are fewer free Mac programs.*** However, [https://www.darktable.org/|Darktable (Gatekeeper bypass required)|new_window=true] and [https://www.gimp.org/|GIMP] are free and run on Mac. There are also free apps in the App Store ***(but watch for subscriptions! A lot of App Store apps try and push this.)*** | |
| [* black] ***Free (Windows): For Windows users, there are significantly more more free apps available; you may not need to pay or look in an App Store.*** For example [https://www.getpaint.net/download.html|paint.net|new_window=true] is Windows only, while GIMP and Darktable are available for Windows and Mac. |