Best photo editing program on Reddit

37 reviews from r/mac, r/Beginning_Photography, r/AskReddit and 6 more subreddits

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#1

Adobe

4.6
(8)
"The Photographers bundle from Adobe offers great value with Lightroom and Photoshop for just $10/month, plus 20GB of cloud storage."
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"Fantastic dynamic range for post processing."
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"Skip Lightroom and learn to use Photoshop, it's much more powerful"
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"Photoshop is an essential tool for graphic design and photo editing."
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"Lightroom is excellent for library management."
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"Adobe Photoshop Elements offers three modes that cater to different skill levels, making it user-friendly and versatile."
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"Photoshop or Lightroom"
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"It really depends on what kind of edits you want to do."
#2

GIMP

4.2
(5)
"I use GIMP and edit the photos manually."
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"A free and powerful photo editor is GIMP but there is a learning curve to get through."
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"It's a very powerful editing program for being free."
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"GIMP is a powerful tool for image editing, similar to Photoshop."
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"Some of the commonly used one’s are:- GIMP"
#3

RawTherapee

4.5
(2)
"A free option is Rawtherapee. It’s capable of doing anything a beginner would need to do."
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"Good free RAW editing option, but check system specs."
#4

Pixelmator

4.5
(2)
"I like Pixelmator."
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"Some of the commonly used one’s are:- Pixelmator"
#5

Apple

4.5
(2)
"It’s already on her Mac!"
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"The built-in Photos app is powerful enough for a beginner."
#6

Adobe Photoshop

5.0
(1)
"Some of the commonly used one’s are:- Photoshop CC"
#7

DxO

5.0
(1)
"DxO is great for serious RAW processing and noise reduction."
#8

Photo Mechanic

5.0
(1)
"Photo Mechanic will do exactly that"
#9

ImageR

5.0
(1)
"Imag-R seems like one of the best, if not the best photo prep sites/apps that I used."
#10

Snap

5.0
(1)
"Snap seed is great"
#11

Pixlr

5.0
(1)
"Pixlr is nice, free, online, and easy."
#12

Photoscape

5.0
(1)
"Photoscape is great too and free from what I remember."
#13

Paint.NET

5.0
(1)
"I use it, and it works great!"
#14

Photoshop

5.0
(1)
"Photoshop is excellent for detailed image editing."
#15

Acorn

4.0
(1)
"There are a number of good and easy to use photo editing apps for the Mac OS X."
#16

Lightroom

4.0
(1)
"Some of the commonly used one’s are:- Lightroom"
#17

PhotoLine

4.0
(1)
"Some of the commonly used one’s are:- PhotoLine"
#18

Google

4.0
(1)
"The old Google Picasa editor was very good for beginners."
#19

Affinity

4.0
(1)
"Affinity Photo is reasonably priced and offers a trial."
#20

Skylum

4.0
(1)
"Luminar is also reasonably priced and comes with a trial."
#21

Tech Lagoon

4.0
(1)
"I never had luck with photos until this one. Which I think worked out well for what I wanted."
#22

Sony

4.0
(1)
"Sony camera's come with Capture One express, which is pretty good but requires some training to use well."
#23

LightZone

4.0
(1)
"Used Lightzone for some presets and correcting light in photos."

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