Re: Zoner Photo Studio X 19.1909.2.204 Crack Full 2020
Sibyl Piccuillo
Every time a piece of software catches attention, a question many photographers ask is how useful it is in a professional workflow. This is exactly what this article is aimed to answer about Zoner Photo Studio X. I used it in a professional photography workflow and saw how it could be integrated.
For many photographers, editing can be a very tiring and never-ending job. While editing is important and is often crucial to the final result, it is good to spend as little time at the screen and as much time as possible shooting. As a professional photographer, I value good post-production workflow a lot. Some factors I pay attention to are price, cloud storage, non-destructive editing capability, advanced color processing, as well as easy to navigate interface. As much as I love new and exciting tech, I hate trying to figure out the software for a month. To be quite frank, the last thing I want to happen is a piece of software malfunctioning.
Even when I am tethered in the studio, I am doing a BTS time-lapse for social media that is going to a memory card. As you can tell, memory cards are an integral part of my professional photography workflow.
The simplicity of the interface made ZPS X easy to integrate into my current professional fashion photography workflow. It is very similar to other UIs on the market, and therefore, it is a very easy transition and a gentle learning curve.
In my workflow, I often need to edit a batch of behind-the-scenes footage that my assistants make. As with anything, I try to go for a specific and consistent look for that. Editing a batch of images is often quite slow; however, with ZPS X, it is quite the opposite. I enjoyed the speed and efficiency with which ZPS X batch-processed images from a recent shoot.
The export tool works quite well with my batch-heavy workflow. It allowed me to export a few variants of the same image. Should I need to export one for the web and one for print, I can get that done easily. The export tool has a few presets where you can modify them to your liking. I did mine to export a few versions of the same photo for the web and social media.
Another great feature I was using quite a lot is being able to customize the presets to my exact specification. I like to sharpen my images quite a bit before they go to web publishing, as most screens tend to show sharpened photos a bit better. Renaming the files was also quite helpful, as my filing system dictates very specific filenames that I use to be able to efficiently identify the right photo by entering just a few bits of data.
As with any post-processing software, I want it to be very advanced when it comes to processing. From day one. my workflow was very color-heavy, meaning I wanted specific looks for each photo and would go out of my way to achieve them. Naturally, I wanted to be able to make fine adjustments like selective color editing and very small changes in split toning.
In conclusion, ZPS X is a great software that I integrated with ease into my professional workflow. There is a small caveat: it is only available for Windows, which leaves out quite a few photographers using Mac. Fortunately, I have to use both Windows and Mac, so that is not a problem for me. All in all, ZPS X offers the same high-standard professional capabilities and more to photographers looking for a fast, easy, and affordable workflow. Going forward, ZPS X will remain in my workflow as the software used whenever I am shooting on a memory card.
I have been using Zoner Photo for many years and get incredible editing results. It is my "go-to" editor. I have never had Photoshop or Lightroom due to the cost and complexity. Zoner Photo is powerful and cost effective and they are constantly improving it. I do own 2 other editors, but I rarely use them since Zoner Photo covers all the bases.
The Fall 2022 update to the powerful Windows-only Zoner Photo Studio X has arrived with a host of improvements and enhancements. Where the Spring update focused primarily on video, the Fall update concentrates on improving the still photography experience.
While the most obvious improvements to legacy users will likely be the interface enhancements, the most significant change is the new native support for RAW file formats. By taking photos both in the studio and the field with a wide range of digital cameras, Zoner created custom camera profiles that faithfully represent the digital information captured by the sensor. All full-frame mirrorless cameras are supported along with many other popular models. A full list of supported bodies is available on the Zoner website.
In the interface, a new Full View option, is available in the Manager and Develop modules. You access it with an icon next to the Preview icon in the toolbar or using Shift+Enter keyboard shortcut, hides the side panels, giving you a full screen view of your image. However, you can restore the side panels by hovering over the edges to access the folder tree or appropriate right panel for the module you are in. The default background for Full View is black, but it can be changed to white. If you select multiple images, they are all displayed in Full View, making comparisons large, easy, and uncluttered. This also permits you to apply Develop module adjustments to all of the images at the same time.
Other noticeable changes in the top center toolbar are the Map button that is no longer hidden beneath the Browser button, and the Viewer button moved to the end of the top toolbar next to the other Zoner modules.
The Fall update also simplifies the renaming of files on export and the viewing of photo information below previews. Zoner now does this with metadata tokens, These are prefilled cells that point to metadata in the image or of your choosing that save you from entering the information manually as required previously in Zoner using format strings.
A final interface enhancement appears in the Develop module. By double-clicking an image in the filmstrip at the bottom of the Develop module, the image appears in a gallery just as it would in the Manage module. When you have done this, you can now select multiple images to export or apply presets directly from the Develop module.
The new interface changes serve to make the Fall 2022 update significantly more user friendly. Since Zoner combines the functions of Adobe Bridge, Lightroom, and Photoshop in one program, the interface seems more cluttered that those of its competition. Yet it is easy to navigate, with functions moving in a logical order from left to right, and icons providing quick access to essential functions.
With the Fall 2022 update, Zoner X continues to provide competitive features to all other professional Image editing programs, even exceeding those programs that do not include video editing capabilities. However, it is available only for Windows hardware and on a subscription basis. If these restrictions meet your needs, the latest update to Zoner Photo Studio X is worth a serious look. A 30-day free trial is available at zoner.com.
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