Tested – Zoner Photo | Professional Photo Magazine

Verdict

THE BEAUTY OF Zoner Photo Studio X is that it doesn’t lock you into a set way of doing things. One of the strong points of this software is that it’s open, so you can choose your own workflow, to import or not to import. Work with either fully-developed Raw files or fast previews for sorting and culling, and edit images non-destructively or destructively. So, whatever your current working methods, there’s a way to fully emulate these and to integrate everything into the ZPSX system. This is great because, as we all know, the same workflow arrangement doesn’t fit every photographer’s needs.

ZPSX is a great package that combines the best elements of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop on top of added features, such as the creation of photo books or video editing, all in one space, enabling the photographer to run a really efficient workflow and to save money as well. The fact that, at the moment, Zoner is only compatible with Windows is something that is likely to be addressed in the future, but until that time it does mean that those working on iOS systems are currently excluded. Hopefully this will change at some point down the line and there are plenty who are working on Android devices and so it’s still a big market.

I would look at ZPSX as a unique opportunity to use something that works very well but is super cost effective. With neat features like the tab system allowing multiple parallel jobs and the ease of importing (or not) with quick controlled edits this is a hugely impressive all-rounder and has to be seen as a real contender in the full editing suite markets.

There’s also another added feature called Zonerama on board as well, which is Zoner’s free unlimited, non-compression online user gallery (similar to Google Photos), which is fully integrated with ZPSX. It’s just the suite that keeps giving! If you want to take a closer look there’s a free trial available on the Zoner website – click link below – so try it out for yourself and I have a feeling you won’t be disappointed..