The Digital Photography Companion

PHOTO MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS

APPLE IPHOTO

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Photo Management Applications

Photoshop is often the first, and sometimes the only, photo application that photog-

raphers investigate to help them manage their work. But at its heart, Photoshop is es-

sentially an image editor primarily designed to adjust pixels. True, over the years it has

expanded its scope beyond curves and levels into a program that lets you merge ele-

ments to create entirely new pictures. Photographers need the types of tools Photoshop

has to offer, for sure. But they also need to organize their work, mark the best images,

add bits of metadata to them, and output to a variety of media, including slide shows

and web pages.

e current generation of photo management applications addresses these tasks. And

depending on the ones you choose, they can handle the bulk of your photography

work—including image editing.

is section provides you with an overview of the photo software that I consider among

the best. Take a look at what’s offered here, and consider fine-tuning your workflow so

that you’re spending the bulk of your time on things you want to do, instead of combing

your hard drive for that portrait you took a year ago while traveling abroad.

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are actually quite different. Image editing is the act of adjusting pixels ...