Corel AfterShot Pro 3 | RAW Photo Editing Software [PC/Mac Key Card]

I have been a photoshop user for years and while this is NOT a full blown replacement, it does exactly what I need it to do. Corel Aftershot Pro3 is a tool that requires a little learning curve to master, but it isnt difficult. You can load your pictures and then manually or automatically apply a number of filters. Want to fix a blemish? 2 clicks and I was able to erase some scratches in an old photo that I had scanned in. Some of the enhancements this tool does I have a hard time distinguishing from the original photo they are so subtle, but many of them really make your picture something different. My favorite feature of this is the auto watermark option to apply a watermark to all of your photos. In our digital world its important that you mark your photos to protect them and this tool makes that process so simple with a single or batch mode automatic process. Overall I really like this software and frankly it does enough of what I do in photoshop it is making me question if I need to continue with my monthly subscription to adobe since all I do is minor photo tweaks. This app works perfect for this.

I enjoy taking photos with my Sony camera, but Im an amateur and have never learned an editing program. As a result, Ive captured beautiful moments, but my pictures are imperfect and need organization and correction before I can share them with family and friends. My pictures taken on my smartphones over the years especially need help. Many pictures seemed hopeless due to overexposure, blemishes and other issues, but Ive been truly amazed at how photos that are dull, overexposed and lacking in many ways can be transformed with Corel AfterShot Pro 3 into beautiful images to frame and share. Although AfterShot Pro 3 seems perfect for batch editing by Pros, Im using it for for editing individual photos and am really pleased with it so far.

I am a longtime user. Since they bought bibble. I have recently had to re-do my computer. I have been trying to get a working serial number for almost a month. They give me a new case number and a week later, refer it back to old number. Do not even try to call them. They are off shore and VERY difficult to understand. You ask for US based rep and they have none. So you ask for an ENGLISH speaking rep and 15 minutes later you get someone that is even harder to understand. All they want you to do is upgrade. I fell for that about 8 years ago when they bought bibble. No wonder they are struggling

My husband and I picked up a Nikon DSLR prior to a China vacation in 2014. The D3200 is a low end Nikon equipped with a 24.2 Mpixel sensor, 11-point auto-focus, native ISO 100 - 6400 (extended to 12800), 12-bit RAW files. I have not attached any images processed by this software because, for lack of a better term, Aftershot Pro 3 does not appear to support Nikon cameras. Or if it does support Nikon cameras it is a well-kept secret.

Ive been using Lightroom since Version 2 to manage my photo workflow and edit photos, and Ive been pretty happy with it. But Adobes starting to push users how bought it outright to switch over to the Creative Cloud at $9.95 a month, and I wondered if Corels AfterShot Pro could replace it. At only $79.99 (or, to be honest, free, to Vine reviewers) it was certainly worth checking out. Two days ago I received a padded envelope from Amazon that contained what looked like a cardboard CD envelope. The envelope contained not a CD, but a slip of paper with a registration number. As with Adobes products, to install AfterImage you download the software and enter the code to convert a 30-day trial package into a permanent install. And as with Adobe products, you can create a Corel usr ID at installation (or after) in order to manage your Corel products.

Hubbys review:

Not only will this not open RAW files from your camera phone, but it wont even open RAW files saved from its sister product PaintShop Pro 2019. It doesnt even support the open standard DNG file format (it says it supports DNG, but that is only DNG from specified camera models).

Havent really explored all the options available, but for the work I have done with this software I find it to be excellent. The learning curve isnt terribly steep and the results are quite nice.

The software installed and worked without problems on both a OS X 10.11 and a Win 10 system. Overall the software worked really smoothly and I felt the learning curve was not very steep. Past experience with Corel software has been very positive and I have found they provide really good support if a problem arises.

The most current version of AfterShot 3, as of July 16 2016, has a bug that causes the preview pane to display Image Not Available. If you cannot preview an image it renders the software useless. Corel has issued a workaround for the problem, but unfortunately it does not work. If you go to the Corel Forum you will notice that quite a few users have been complaining of this issue for a long time, yet the issue has not been resolved as of this date. At this point if Corel does not fix this grave problem, I and lot of others will be forced to look at other raw image processing software.