For a long time, Adobe pretty much had the market to itself when it came to high-quality photo editing (to ‘Photoshop’ is now common parlance). But these days there is a lot of competition from other innovative makers like Skylum and DxO, and their editing suites can be a compelling alternative if you don’t want to pay monthly fees. So this issue, image-editing authority Rod Lawton rounds up the best alternative programs, and we test the latest offerings from DxO, Serif and ACDSee. Then there’s Snapseed, arguably the best free image editor for smartphones, as expert Jo Bradford reveals.
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The cover image, ‘Milky Way Over Elegug Stacks’, is…
