A most-welcome non-silo app

This app gets a HUGE thumbs-up for avoiding the single greatest failing of both iPhoto and Aperture: their requirement that images be imported into their own silos/databases. FX Studio Pro will work with image files in their native format, in whatever directory(ies) are desired. I can leave my images in a directory structure that is both familiar to me from years of working with Photoshop and other apps and also immediately accessible to any other app in which I may want to use my images. No import/export time and hassles… monster benefit for those who have many thousands of images and use them in many different ways. FX Studio Pro has a good interface for reviewing images, and a decent (if basic) suite of tools for manipulating them. It’s not a replacement for Photoshop by any means, maybe not even for Aperture, but for quick easy review and minor touch-ups of images, it’s a winner.

tophdshow about FX Photo Studio Pro, v2.8