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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kyteflyer" data-source="post: 202684" data-attributes="member: 635">I've been trying to find a suitable alternative to Photoshop.  I'm never going to subscribe, and the time is getting close when Photoshop CS5.1 will stop functioning properly.  So instead of looking to Lightroom, which I still havent adapted to, I decided to stick with a combination of iPhoto and an external editor.. the one I settled on for now is Acorn.  It has much of photoshops function (only in slightly different locations) and I'm finding that its actually pretty decent to use.  I havent been able to like Pixelmator which I also own.I dont often use filters any more (like the Nik and Topaz stuff) and prefer just to use the built in sliders for levels, curves, contrast, brightness, gamma etc.  There are a bunch of built in filters too (more than in photoshop, it seems to me) and they are all pretty good if you want that.  The only one I use is sharpening, and thats a very flexible filter which I like better than the one in PS/CSAnyway, just thought I'd give a headsup to any other OSX users who might be considering moving to something else.Here's something:<a href="https://flic.kr/p/pGSj5T">[ATTACH=full]102281[/ATTACH]</a>Only levels, contrast and sharpening used.Here's the original<a href="https://flic.kr/p/pGYhhT">[ATTACH=full]102282[/ATTACH]</a>Its an FZ100 shot, btw.  Would have been better with my other cams, but OK here.Links : <a href="http://flyingmeat.com/acorn/">Acorn</a> | <a href="http://www.pixelmator.com/">Pixelmator</a></blockquote>

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