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Discover the best photo editing tools from start to finish, with photo editing software, the best monitor for photo editing, monitor calibration and Wacom tablets to edit your photos on the fly.
Even before digital cameras existed, many photographers would edit their photos in a darkroom, which they had captured on rolls of film. Knowing how to edit your RAW photos adds another layer of creative control, whilst having the best photo editing tools available, makes it easier to achieve the results you envisage. As a photographer there inevitably comes a time when you can benefit from editing your photos. This could be for any number of reasons, whether for yourself to improve your images for sharing on social media, or to get consistency for a wedding shoot client.
This guide will help you to understand which tools are best for editing photos, so that you can take your images to the next creative level.
When we choose a camera one of the main specifications we consider is the sensor, its megapixel count and how the camera and lens work together to capture photos. Digital photos are made up of millions of pixels and billions of colours, so it pays to have a high quality monitor for photo editing, so that our images are displayed in their full glory.
Park Cameras offer a number of computer monitors for photographers, graphic designers, illustrators and content creators from enthusiast to professional level, and a couple of brands stand out from the crowd.
Asus continually develop ProArt monitor technology with features including mini-LED backlights, OLED displays and Smart HDR technology. This results in extremely high perfuming monitors, which are perfect for any creator to edit their next masterpiece. We’ve selected four ProArt Displays to help you narrow down your choice, from these superb screens.
We’ve selected three BenQ monitors, which all represent excellent colour accuracy, In-Plane Switching (IPS) and highly desirable screens with low glare and high contrast, which is ideal for photo editing.
Over time every monitor loses a degree of colour accuracy, regardless of whether leaving the factory pre-calibrated. This presents a problem when you’re editing your photos, as what you see will then be different from output or when trying to get consistency between screens. For this reason, we recommend using a monitor calibration tool on a regular basis, and colour management is particularly important for working photographers, ensuring consistency from your camera through to the final output. There are two colour management specialists, starting with Calibrite.
Calibrite is an industry leader with a range of tools designed to help you maintain a calibrated monitor and complete workflow from capture to output. Our top picks below are all designed to quickly and easily ensure you see accurate colour throughout your workflow, whether editing photos or videos.
With over 50 years experience, Datacolor is a pioneering colour specialist with calibration tools for enthusiast and professional creators, designers and photographers. Our selection of products are all aimed at effectively improving your colour management for consistent and easily attainable results.
The biggest name in graphics tablets is without question Wacom, thanks to around 30 years of technology innovation in the pen display and tablet market. Their product range consists of three key areas for creatives, with Pen Displays and Pen Tablets as well as accessories.
Pen Displays include Wacom One, Wacom Cintiq and Wacom Cintiq Pro and are essentially a connected touch screen device, which allows you to edit your images on the screen using a pen. Pen Tablets include the One by Wacom, Wacom Intuos and Wacom Intuos Pro and are an editing tablet rather than display. The third category is a range of accessories, which help to get more out of your tablet with stands, pressure sensitive pens and cases.
Our range of popular Wacom device include the following products, all of which serve to provide fast, intuitive and expert level devices for photography, illustration and graphic users.
Wacom displays, tablets and accessories for any creator
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Vibrant HD colour display with Pro Pen 2 |
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Class-leading pen display with large working area and Pro Pen 2 |
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4K display with 99% Adobe RGB colour gamut |
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Compact wireless tablet ideal for painting, sketching and photo retouching |
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The pro includes Pro Pen 2 Stylus in a super slim design |
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With its compact size and Wacom Pro Pen 2 this is perfect for many users |
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The 13.3” display includes a battery-free pen and drawing software |
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Compatible with MobileStudio Pro, Cintiq Pro and Intuos Pro devices |
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The award winning Pro Pen slim works with the same devices as the Pro 2 and comes with 5 nibs |
Once you have your computer screen or Wacom tablet you’ll need photo editing software to get down to edit photos. While many professionals use Adobe Lightroom with Photoshop, Capture One offers an excellent alternative, to organise, catalogue and edit images. One of the primary benefits of Capture One Pro is the ability to purchase the app outright, rather than paying a monthly instalment. It’s also extremely versatile, works with iPad and Wacom Cintiq as well as your desktop or laptop computer.
Capture One pro was originally developed for Phase One cameras, which is a medium format system costing £10,000’s. The results you can achieve are second to none and the editing app is continually developed to provide cutting edge tools for professional editing. The current version adds onto the comprehensive feature-set with panorama stitching, HDR merging and auto rotate.
Capture One Pro is available for individual camera brands, as well as one version for all camera brands:
For Canon users you should get the every camera version, which opens CR2 / CR3 files and includes tethered shooting for Canon cameras.
Watch our videos packed with editing tips to help you get started with Capture One and Lightroom.
Whichever style of photography you enjoy, editing your images adds a new creative layer to the process. It can be fun to learn editing and as long as you have the right tools you’ll benefit from consistent colour with potentially amazing results at the end.
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By Nick Dautlich on 15/06/2022
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