Free Photoshop Type Programs For Mac
Does the mac come packed with a basic photoshop type program? Discussion in 'Mac Basics and Help' started by Malus. Image Tricks is an Photoshop Elements type program. Free when I got it, but inexpensive now. There is a bunch of Mac stuff out there, depending on what you want. Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email Link Like.
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Adobe Photoshop is one of those weird products that has an cultural significance far beyond its actual purpose., it has become a verb - we commonly speak about 'Photoshopping' images regardless of the software that we actually used to do it. Adobe’s recent announcement that everything beyond Photoshop CS6 will need to be lineup has caused a fair amount of disquiet (some of which has been pretty loud), but Photoshop isn't the only game in town, and never has been. In this article we'll be taking a quick look at ten other pieces of image manipulation software that you might not know about, but which are well worth exploring. None of these applications is a true one-to-one 'replacement' for Photoshop CS6, particularly if you're a graphic designer or video professional. But for the rest of us - people that just want to retouch images, manipulate composition, adjust colors and saturation, apply canned filters and effects, and remove that kid who wandered into the foreground of an otherwise-perfect photo - they may prove to be very useful. Obviously, this isn't a comprehensive list.
If you think we've missed anything, as always let us know in the comments! ACD Systems ACDSee Pro 6 and ACDSee Photo Editor • $60 for ACDSee Pro 6; $30 for Photo Editor 6 • Operating requirements: Windows XP SP3 or later; ACDSee Pro 3 ($85) available for Mac OS X • • If you’re using Windows and looking to replace the one-two punch of Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom entirely, ACDSee Pro 6 (a Lightroom alternative) and ACDSee Photo Editor 6 (a Photoshop alternative) may get you some of the way there for a fraction of the price. ACDSee Pro 6 offers RAW processing, image tagging and organization tools, and exposure/color enhancements, while Photo Editor 6 is the more-Photoshop-like tool for layer-based, pixel-level edits.
ACDSee Pro 6 doesn’t offer many of the facial-recognition, geotagging, and distortion-correction whistles and bells of Lightroom and Aperture, but both pieces of software offer extensive RAW-format support out of the box. Mac users beware though - you'll have to make do with for now. Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 • $150 for standalone version; available as part of $50/month Creative Cloud subscription • Operating requirements: 64-bit Macs running Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later; Windows Vista or later • Lightroom isn’t a Photoshop alternative per se. Launched as a RAW workflow tool, Adobe has been steadily updating it through four iterations (a of 5 is also available) and if you don’t need to slice and dice your images too intensively, it's a great alternative to 'full strength' Photoshop. If you're a RAW shooter you may already be using Lightroom as part of your workflow, as it covers a few of Photoshop’s weakest points: organizing your photos, tagging your photos, and applying quick fixes and enhancements. If you work mainly with RAW files and need a program to quickly process your images, adjust exposure, remove noise, and apply the same adjustments to a batch of images, Lightroom may be all you need - which was precisely why Adobe created it. Lightroom 4 is available for $150 as a standalone boxed package or via a $50/month Creative Cloud subscription.
(Of course, if you’re already paying $50 per month for Lightroom via a Creative Cloud subscription, you’ll have Photoshop CS6 as part of the package, too.) Apple Aperture 3 • $80 • Operating requirements: Mac OS X 10.7.5 or later • Aperture is more of a Lightroom alternative than a Photoshop CS6 alternative, and if you're a Mac user it might be just what you need. Aperture blends advanced features such as RAW processing, manual retouching, custom-printing elements, and tagging/organization tools with novice-friendly options such as facial recognition, geotagging, and one-click filters. Unlike Lightroom, Aperture does not offer built-in lens-distortion correction out of the box, but there are several Aperture plugins available on Apple’s site that offer that and many other features. Earlier versions of Aperture were notoriously system-intensive, requiring a lot of processing power to run, but Aperture 3 is much improved. At $80 it's hard to find much to complain about. Corel PaintShop Pro X5 • $60 for Basic edition; $70 for Ultimate edition • Operating requirements: Windows XP SP3 and later • If you’re looking specifically for a boxed-software Photoshop alternative for Windows, Corel PaintShop Pro X5 is one of the most-popular packages in that realm.