Photoline

Photoline is a professional image editor which offers creatives a mostly non-destructive workflow for 8/16/32bpc image processing and compositing in RGB, CMYK, and Lab modes.

Commercial
Mac OS X
Windows

photoline is an image editor which provides a mostly nondestructive professional workflow. full vector editing is also integrated. its image editing is on par with photoshop.

photoline is compatible with most common photoshop plugins, such as topaz, nik, and filterforge, and loads photoshop compatible brush and gradient libraries.

for a fraction of the cost (€59) of photoshop, creatives and photographers receive a wide range of professional image editing and design features.

new in v19: nondestructive dehaze filter external file placeholder layers wipe effect colour to transparency layer rotate view tool variable width vector strokes colour swatches, spot colours, overprinting

32 & 64bit versions 8/16/32bit per channel / rgb, cmyk, lab, greyscale & monochrome color management: icc profiles, linear workflow all functions, adjustments, filters work with 16bit and 32bit images 46 adjustment layers 18 layer styles any layer can be any image mode/bit depth layer masks are regular layers, and may consist of multiple combined layers & groups layer opacity from 200 up to +200: easy inversion of blend effects or doubling an effect convert bitmaps to vector layers vector layers can be aligned to the pixel grid. pixel view mode. nondestructive raw developing retouching tools such as a remove brush, liquify, and many more psd import retains most common adjustment layers & layer effects import & export multilayered 32bpc exr files nondestructive transformation for layers external app link for easy round tripping powerful image management: search, edit iptc & exif data. rename images, create catalogues true pdf import & export with /x1a & /x3 multipage documents rich text & dtp options web export: webp, image maps & gif animations batch conversion, record actions slideshows print multipage documents portable app on a usbstick support multiprocessor support linux wine compatible: developer tested

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Retouch photos RAW Conversion Color correction

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