Photo Studio Ultimate 2022 maintains its position in the market as a highly capable all-in-one image editing solution, albeit for Windows only. Also, there’s a noticeable inconsistency in the level of control available with some of the more advanced editing features such as HDR, focus stacking and the new Color Range feature – it’s a bit all over the place in this respect. Sure, you have control over Opacity and Blending modes, but even a seemingly simple task like cloning or healing into an empty Layer isn’t possible you have to use a copy of the Background Layer for this. This has nothing to do with the image quality this mode can produce, although the Healing and Cloning tools aren’t the best, it’s more to do with the ability to work with Layers at an advanced level. For beginners and intermediate users though, this mode does provide all of the features and functionality you’re likely to need. The Manage mode for image cataloguing is excellent too, and together these modes could even be used within a professional workflow – they’re that good.ĭevelop Mode is good, but could you use this within a professional workflow? Unfortunately not. On the one hand, you have Develop Mode, which is consistently excellent for processing raw files. The latest version of Photo Studio Ultimate is a bit of a mix bag when it comes to the quality of results. Quality of resultsĪnd here's the 'after' shot after enhancement in Develop mode. Edit Mode is good, but it’s certainly not great. Some tools, however, do offer a great deal of control including Convert to Black & White which offers colour channel control, a channel mixer and colourisation in a single dialogue window. You can achieve a great deal, but this Mode is far from being as fully featured as even Adobe Photoshop Elements. The Edit Mode is the equivalent of Photoshop and Affinity Photo, offering a multitude of adjustments including Layers. And in terms of the Raw processing controls available, everything you need is available including image adjustments, localised adjustments, lens corrections and much more. These offer excellent image cataloguing and Raw processing control between them. Just like previous versions of Photo Studio Ultimate, The Manage and Develop Modes remain the most impressive aspects of the software. That said, the interface is intuitively designed and despite a large number of tools, controls and filters available in the Develop and Edit Modes, neither feels overwhelming. And just like the 2021 version, it’s safe to say that Manage, Media (previously Photos) and View could easily be merged into a single mode to further simplify the interface. These are made up of Manage, Media, View, Develop and Edit. The software is made up of five Modes within a single interface to provide a seamless workflow from image selection through to raw processing and then image editing and manipulation. Interface and usabilityĮdit mode is separate to Develop mode, and offers the kind of editing tools you would get in Photoshop. Other new features include SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) file compatibility, Channel Filtering to target specific RGB channels when using the Filters in the Edit Mode, and there’s now a Squareness slider for Radial Gradients in Develop Mode to make Radial Gradient square. You can now also apply noise reduction with the Develop Brush for a targeted application. Pixel Targeting in Develop Mode allows you to target specific colours when using the Develop Brush for selecting areas of the image to adjust. Luminance/Color Range replaces Pixel Targeting and allows you to make selections based on colour or luminance values, and the Selection Basket allows you to save, load and convert selections to Layer Masks. A new headline feature is People Mode which uses face detection and recognition to identify people and speed up image searches.Ĭhannel Selection allows you to make selections from individual colour channels which can make selections more precise in some situations, or it allows you to create more targeted selections. The Manage and Develop Modes for image cataloguing and raw processing are excellent as always, but let’s take a look at some of the new features for 2022.
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