Best Photo Editing Software in 2026 (Totally honest, no BS!)

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1. You didn’t show enough examples of what neo could do for me , change a sky and remove a wire ? Blimey , what if there were detailed birds flying , how about showing noise removal on detailed subjects , guess I’ll have to look elsewhere for a more detailed review , cheers Shane uk

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2. Hi Dan. Luminar is on perpetual license on Black Friday. Does it include photo stacking or is that an add-on?

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3. Hi Dan, nice video, thanks. I fully agree with your impression of Luminar, especially that I wont use subscription software, besides that elephant, the MS Office thingy… Traditionally I’ve use Paintshop Pro, probably does 90% of what I could do in Photoshop, and it’s not subscription, still my go-to for detailed work. It lags behind in AI stuff, so I added Luminar Neo.

   I have a massive archive, near 500th which nearly overwhelmed me because I was not diligent enough in categorizing stuff in recent years. DigiKam to the rescue, and it’s free! It does an excellent job of managing a huge archive, a bit clunky initially, but easily the best for archive management I’ve found.

   If you’re like me, I got a bit paranoid about losing photo’s, so I had so many duplicates in backups. Mindgems has a great Duplicate File Finder, and also a Visually Similar app, finds and gets rid of smaller versions like thumbnails etc (I use a spare HDD drive to save all the deletions to, just in case, paranoid aye!).

   Because I import from several devices, I’m looking for a crisp easy import app to cover this, the above apps don’t quite meet my requirements. MS Photo is a nah, any suggestions are welcome. Anyone remember the old MS Gallery app? Gosh it was good, imports were a snap.

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4. I’m usuing Paintshop Pro. Have been doing for years. But it is basically dead and hasn’t been updated for years.

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5. Thanks for the vid! I’m just starting out and I’m gonna look into Polarr and see how it goes

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