The software provides dozens of professional presets, 16-bit RAW processing and powerful controls for clarity, structure, split toning and more. MacPhunīlack and white images are incredibly effective, somehow people relate to them, but getting the most from the images you take takes skill – and Tonality. The software provides over 60 presets covering a range of effects, from dark photo fixes and beyond. It also offers Layers, a customizable brush you can use for selective editing, a histogram and vignette mode. Intensify uses proprietary tools to enhance pro contrast, improve details and structure selectively based on tonal range. Running the Intensify extension with Photos will boost the colors on your photo and make more image details visible. It offers tools – auto fix, skin smoothing, highlight and shadows adjustments, teeth whitening and eye brightening - to help improve self-portraits, family photos, landscapes. BeFunkyĭeveloped specifically to exploit Photos Extensions on El Capitan, BeFunky Express is free, so it’s going to be a great way for Mac users to experience them.

Developer MacPhun says extensions support in Photos means “Apple’s app will finally get close to Aperture or Lightroom with its editing capabilities.”Introducing the first few extensions to arrive at the Mac App Store.

These improve the built-in editing functionalities of Photos, helping you achieve far more with your images.

One of my favourite improvements in El Capitan, Photos now lets you apply third-party image editing extensions within the application.

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