

- Photoshop reviews for mac update#
- Photoshop reviews for mac pro#
- Photoshop reviews for mac software#
- Photoshop reviews for mac professional#
If you don't own an earlier version and want the best image editor on the market-or need it to run on OS X-version 7.0 is the best of the bunch.Īlong the same lines, you can now save custom tool-palette layouts as Workspaces so that you no longer have to recustomize palettes every time you open a project.

Photoshop reviews for mac software#
But, as far as graphics apps go, Photoshop is still the best, most sophisticated image-editing software available.
Photoshop reviews for mac professional#
For the first time, we're not convinced that every Photoshop devotee and graphics professional must upgrade. Hence, Photoshop 7.0's perfunctory, should-have-been-there-earlier enhancements, such as the new file browser and updated paint engine, are a bit of a letdown. Witness: Photoshop 4.0 unveiled Layers and Actions Photoshop 5.0 brought us the History Palette and Layer Styles Photoshop 6.0 introduced Shapes. If you don't own an earlier version and want the best image editor on the market-or need it to run on OS X-version 7.0 is the best of the bunch.Įvery new version of Photoshop has delivered significant, noteworthy improvements. Hence, perfunctory, should-have-been-there-earlier enhancements, such as the new file browser and updated paint engine, are a bit of a letdown.
Photoshop reviews for mac update#
It's a performance update from the original release, and also adds monochrome filtering and some additional realism to the blur effects.įocus 2 requires OS X 10.7 or later and a 64-bit processor.Every new version of Photoshop has delivered significant, noteworthy improvements. The tested version is scheduled for release this week. I think Focus 2 wins a comparison simply by having more editing tools and flexibility.
Photoshop reviews for mac pro#
The well-skilled Photoshop user has other ways to achieve these effects, but applying them is a lot easier in Focus 2 than going through the multi-step methods required with Photoshop.Īnother app with a similar, but not as extensive, feature set is Focus Pro at $4.99. In portrait mode, face recognition helps the placement of the focus points.Īll in all, this is an impressive app. Changes of focus are fast, and tapping the space bar on your keyboard reverts to the original image. Focus 2 supports RAW files, and has been updated for Mavericks. Photos can be sent directly from Focus 2 to Photoshop, Aperture, Lightroom and iPhoto. I actually found more photos in my collection were enhanced by using Focus 2 than I expected. There is also a one-click enhancement feature that changes contrast and saturation to improve some photos. You can move and rotate the focus point around to get the effect you want, straighten and crop images, add vignettes and adjust aspect ratio. You start by dragging a photo into the app, and then selecting from macro, tilt-shift, portrait, nature or architecture tools. The app simulates what special lenses can do on your camera, but with Focus 2, it's possible to endlessly adjust and refine focus effects rather than just get one chance with a single photograph or two.

The app isn't designed to focus your images, but rather de-focus them so you can direct the eye to the portions of the photo that are really important. Focus 2 (US$ 11.99) is a useful Mac photography app that probably does the opposite of what you might think from its name.
