sbesaw Loc: Boston

Anyone have any experience with these programs from Macphun? if so are they worth the money?

trc Loc: Logan, OH

I use an iMac and have had a Macbook Pro recently in the past. I bought some Macphun software (Snapheal & ColorStrokes) and used the Snapheal program a little to see what it was like. For the price, it did a great job in my opinion. I played with ColorStrokes for about 2-3 minutes, but really had no use for it in my normal workflow. I mainly use Lightroom and Photoshop in my normal workflow routine and love them very much. I do have several other image editing programs which I may bring up to try different renditions of an image, but they are all my second-hand choices.

Honestly, if you can't afford Lightroom and/or Photoshop, Snapheal does a great job with removing unwanted items in an image (quite easy to use as well) and also does a good job with other post-processing activities.

sbesaw Loc: Boston

Thank you. I do use LR5. Does Snapheal do a better job erasing in wanted objects? Is it more content aware? Does it do a better job removing bigger items?

trc Loc: Logan, OH

Wow, better is all relative in my opinion. I helped a gal on UHH who had a problem using Snapheal and processed several images for her using Snapheal. It does a decent job and it's content aware abilities are pretty good. I remember doing some on a dark early morning image (sunrise shot - my own) and thought it was good, but then I opened it up in LR/PS and noticed some places where it did not do as well as I thought - maybe artifacts or such? I also did one for this lady on UHH and took out a complex fence, wires, and such and it did a great job. Just like anything else, use it and try it and keep it in your box of tools. Try one program and if it doesn't work as well as another, save it for the next time.

One program doesn't necessarily work the best all the time in my opinion. I have plugins for NIK, Perfect Photo Suite 8, Topaz, DxO Optics Pro 9, have noise Ninja, etc., etc., etc.. My normal workflow is to initially open all images with LR, make PP'ing changes, and then go to PS for other changes if needed and wanted using layers a lot! After that, or in those two programs, I may try some plugins. Your questions are good ones, but difficult to answer and give you a black and white answer.

sbesaw Loc: Boston

Appreciate the feedback I'll give it a try.