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The new transform tools, with the ability to automatically crop and show/hide alignment gridlines, work very well. When you brush on effect presets or local adjustments, the appropriate areas of the mask are automatically updated with the change. The creation of layers is highly automated, even names are often automatically created for the new layers, and masks are simply brushed on. This is not a new feature, but certainly worthy of note. While I didn’t import my entire Lightroom library to Exposure X4, I tested a folder or two and everything worked flawlessly.Įxposure does Lightroom one better by allowing you to create layers and mask areas of an image to apply presets and local adjustments. Unfortunately, GPS is not an option as it is not supported by the program. But even without keywords you can create smart collections based on camera metadata such as ISO, shutter speed, aperture, camera model, lens, and many other criteria. The new Lightroom migration tools imports keywords you have created in Lightroom, including the appropriate keyword hierarchy. What We Likedįor photographers who are taking the time to keyword their images, the new ability in Exposure X4 to populate smart collections with them is a real, time-saving bonus. Even if you have little idea of where you want to take your image, looking through the possibilities is astonishingly fast. Your preview image is used for a thumbnail for each category in the Presets panel, and as you mouse over the thumbnails, the preset is instantly applied to the preview in the main window.

With more than 500 presets, you might expect some confusion in choosing one to apply to an image. However, being accustomed to the Adobe shortcuts that many other programs have adopted (at least in part), it takes longer to get up to speed with Exposure’s shortcuts. In the Exposure X4 Help dropdown menu there are visual guides to the keyboard shortcuts. What will take some time is sorting out the unique keyboard shortcuts. Whether you are a new user of Exposure X4 or are migrating to it to take advantage of its presets or to avoid a subscription model, you will quickly become comfortable with the layout and tools. A grid and the ability to view the original and the adjusted image are available. The new Transform tool allows you to manually adjust keystoning and apply other transformations. You can even apply presets, metadata, keywords, and add files to collections as they are added. Your criteria can include keywords, ratings, flags, folder location, and more. On the photo management side, Exposure X4 provides the ability to automatically populate Smart Collections based on camera metadata and criteria of your own choosing. New features are found throughout the program.

#Exposure x7 reviews upgrade#

Registered users of previous version can upgrade for $99. New users can purchase Exposure X4 for $149.

#Exposure x7 reviews mac#

I tested X4 primarily as a standalone on both Windows and Mac computers to see the latest features, but also looked it over as a plug-in in both CC version of the Adobe softwares.

As a standalone it includes the file viewing functions of Bridge and most of the RAW file processing abilities of Lightroom, but without the need of a catalog.Įxposure X4 also functions as a plug-in to Adobe Photoshop CS6 or Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 or newer, and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 or Lightroom CS 2015 or newer.

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With new features and operational improvements, Alien Skin Exposure X4 moves closer to becoming a replacement for Adobe Bridge and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom.

Alien Skin has released the X4 version of Exposure, its premiere image organizer and RAW file developer software.