Robnan

Q: Photo Editing Software

I have a new Nikon DSLR camera, and am looking for a decent photo editing software program for my Mac. I don't want anything real extreme in that I am an amateur just starting out. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

iMac (27-inch, Late 2013), OS X Mavericks (10.9)

Posted on Jun 12, 2016 9:08 AM

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  • by léonie,

    léonie léonie Jun 12, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Robnan
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    Jun 12, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Robnan

    Do you want only an editor or also a digital asset management system to store the photos?

     

    A great new Photo editor is Affinity Photos.

     

    You can also use Photos for Mac to organize your photos in a photo database.  Photos for Mac offers many basic adjustment, and you can use Affinity or other editors as photo editing extensions.

    Are you shooting RAW or JPEGs?

  • by LarryHN,Helpful

    LarryHN LarryHN Jun 12, 2016 10:56 AM in response to Robnan
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    Jun 12, 2016 10:56 AM in response to Robnan

    Ok - Who is buried in Grant's Tomb?

     

    Photos, where you posted, is not only a very good editing program but is more importantly a very powerful Photo manager - and if there are editing capabilities it includes extentions so you can add many, many editing capabilities to it including External Editors for Photos that lets you use any external editor directly integrated into Photos workflow

     

    LN

  • by Robnan,

    Robnan Robnan Jun 12, 2016 11:05 AM in response to léonie
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    Jun 12, 2016 11:05 AM in response to léonie

    Thanks for the suggestion! I have looked at Affinity on the app store and looks like a good one to start with. May download the trial version for starters and see how I like it.

  • by Terence Devlin,

    Terence Devlin Terence Devlin Jun 12, 2016 11:13 AM in response to Robnan
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    Jun 12, 2016 11:13 AM in response to Robnan

    Beware of downloading lots of apps, you just confuse yourself and embark on too great a learning curve.

     

    First: Get comfortable with the camera. A Nikon DSLR is a very powerful and complex machine, there's a lot of learning there.

     

    Second. Use Photos. Don't download anything else until you find something that you want to do but are unable to do with Photos. That way, you're progression to more powerful and complex apps will be gradual and driven by need, rather than swamping yourself with loads of new gear and software, a lot of which won't make any sense.

     

    In the end the object is to take photographs and have fun doing so. Get that part right first - you'll enjoy the process a lot more.

     

    My 2cents.

  • by Robnan,

    Robnan Robnan Jun 12, 2016 11:16 AM in response to Terence Devlin
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    Jun 12, 2016 11:16 AM in response to Terence Devlin

    Thanks! That make a lot of sense. I don't like overloading my Mac with software I really won't use. Will give Photos a fair try.