Best Free Data Recovery Software for SD Cards
Here’s a rundown of the best free data recovery software to use if you’ve accidentally deleted photos or videos from your SD card.
Free Lightroom Alternatives
Here are some good options of you’re looking for a free Lightroom alternative to manage and process your photos.
RawTherapee as a Free Lightroom Alternative
RawTherapee is RAW image processing software. It’s powerful and free. Here’s my take on whether it makes for a viable free alternative to Lightroom.
Darktable – An Impressive & Free Lightroom Alternative
Darktable is a free and open-source RAW image editor and manager that’s a viable Lightroom alternative. Here’s a quick overview.
How to Restore Your Custom Recipes When Upgrading from Google’s version of Nik Collection to DxO Nik Collection
When you upgrade from Google’s version of Nik Collection to DxO’s new version, it doesn’t bring your old custom recipes along. Here’s where I found them and restored them on Mac.
How to Convert JPG to WebP with XnConvert
If you’re looking to manually create WebP versions from JPGs (or any other image file formats, for that matter), XnConvert is free, multiplatform, and is especially good at handling large batches of images.
DxO PureRAW – Optimizing RAW Files Before Editing Them in Lightroom
DxO PureRAW takes a unique approach to working with RAW files. It’s not a RAW file processor, as such–instead, it prepares the files by using a suite of optical fixes drawing on DxO’s extensive research into cameras and lenses. And it works with your favorite RAW processing app.
How to Import Existing Custom Silver Efex Presets into Nik Collection 4
The new Nik Collection 4 suite updates Silver Efex Pro 2 to Silver Efex Pro 3, and there’s a bunch of new controls and features. But it doesn’t migrate your old custom presets automatically. Here’s how to do it manually.
Compressing RAW files with Rawsie | Hands-on Review
There are only a few options for compressing RAW image files. Rawsie is a new app that uses sophisticated algorithms to drastically reduce the size of those thousands of RAW files taking up space on your hard drives.
Quick Guide to Using Hugin Panorama Stitching Software
Here’s a quick guide to using the free Hugin panorama stitching software to create a basic high-resolution panorama from a sequence of individual images.
How to Format SD Cards on Mac
Wondering how to format SD cards on Mac? Here’s a step-by-step guide for formatting both SD and microSD cards.
SD Card Formatter for Formatting, Wiping, and Repairing SD and microSD Cards
Here’s a guide to using the SD Association’s official SD Card Formatter for preparing your SD and microSD cards for use.
How to Export a Frame from Premiere Pro
There are two methods for exporting an individual frame from a Premiere Pro project. One is quick and simple but doesn’t give you much control. The other involves more steps but gives you more control over things like size and compression amount.
How to Prevent VLC from Saving Recently Viewed Videos on Mac
The recent files list in VLC is designed to provide convenient shortcuts to the audio files you recently listened to or the videos you recently viewed. But if you want to prevent VLC from adding files to the Open Recent menu item, you can. Here’s how.
How to Extract Preview JPGs from RAW Files
If you’re looking to extract the JPG preview that’s embedded in a RAW image file, here are two free apps that can help.
Examples Using the New Accent AI Filter in Luminar 2018
Some examples of what the new Accent AI filter in Luminar 2018 does.
Batch Processing Basic Photo Workflow Tasks with PhotoBulk
Sometimes you want an app that can accomplish basic image workflow tasks like resizing and watermarking simply, quickly, and with minimal fuss. That’s where apps like PhotoBulk come in.
Using Photoshop to Simulate How Colorblind Users See Your Photos
Nearly 1 in 10 people who look at your photos are likely to perceive colors differently because of some form of colorblindness. Here’s a way to use Photoshop to simulate how your photos will look to someone who is colorblind.
Best Photo Stitching Software for Making Panoramas
An updated roundup of some of the best photo stitching apps for making panoramas, from free and simple to paid and powerful.
Smartphone Apps for Tracking the Sun, Moon, and Stars
Whether you’re trying to make it for magic hour, line up the sun or moon with a landmark, or just want to make sure your subject is shown in the best natural light, smartphone apps that calculate the location of the sun and moon for any location on earth for any date and time can come in very handy.
Geotagging Software
Here’s a roundup of software that will take your photos and a GPS tracklog and marry them together to geotag your photos.
Lightroom Alternatives in 2023
Lightroom isn’t for everyone. Here are leading candidates for the best Lightroom alternative in 2023, including full-featured management and processing apps, RAW processing and image management, and the best free Lightroom alternatives.
Creating a Photo Collage with TurboCollage App for Mac
TurboCollage for Mac is a great option for creating photo collages, whether it’s for a photo book, a print, or your Facebook Cover Photo.
How to Remove Unwanted Adobe Creative Cloud Apps
If you’ve got current and older versions of your Adobe Creative Cloud apps installed, here’s how to remove the unwanted versions.
How To Compile a TimeLapse with Quicktime 7 Pro
A step-by-step guide to compiling time-lapse video footage from a sequence of time-lapse photos in Apple’s Quicktime 7 Pro.
Optimizing Images for the Web with ImageOptim
If you’re posting images on the web there are very good reasons to keep the files as small as possible. ImageOptim makes images smaller without sacrificing quality.
How to Set ‘Paste and Match Style’ as Default on Mac OSX
Here’s a way to set your Mac to copy and paste unformatted text by default rather than preserving unwanted formatting.
How to Prevent Photoshop from Flattening Layers When Converting the Color Profile
When you convert color profiles in Photoshop, it will flatten all the layers by default. If you don’t want the layers flattened, here’s the simple fix.
TIFF Compression Options: ZIP vs LZW
A guide to using ZIP and LZW compression for TIFF images, along with real-world examples.
Capturing the Sun and Moon: The Photographer’s Ephemeris
What if you want to be sure to get a shot of the sunset over a mountain range or the full moon with the Eiffel Tower? The Photographer’s Ephemeris helps with that.
