![]() But when it comes to Exposure, Snap Art and other Alien Skin applications, I’ve never had a crash, lock-up, memory leak or laggard processing time. In fact, there are a few out there that I never want to install on my sandbox PC again. Some can do cool things, but either crash or otherwise abuse system resources. Here’s the deal I play with many, many different pieces of software and many of them suck. Exposure X4 from Alien Skin does everything you’d expect from a high-end editor, things like PSD support, Mac and 64-bit Win compatibility, integration as a PS plug-in, etc., and it does everything fast. ![]() And it provides an intuitive side-by-side image comparison view that lets you make choices easier than some other systems. If you have reasonable knowledge of-or curiosity about-past emulsions and want to recreate them, this is the place to go. The strength of this non-destructive editor is its film emulation. Priced at $149 it’s not a casual purchase, but the cost is reasonable for what you get, and competitive in the marketplace. It’s sold on a subscription-free basis and they have a free trial offer (it’s always a good idea to try before you buy). With significant emphasis on file classification and organization, X4 includes features like Smart Collections that help keep your image library orderly. I’ve been using Exposure in its progressive incarnations for a long time, so I was really surprised to learn that it has powers I never knew.Īlien Skin Exposure X4 is a powerful Raw editing platform that is replete with useful tools and more than 500 valuable presets. But I thought I had a pretty good handle on Exposure X4 from Alien Skin. What I don’t know would fill a 300TB hard drive, that’s for sure.
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