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Acorn and Pixelmator are solid Photoshop alternatives

OS X is not lacking for excellent image-editing apps if you are looking for an alternative to Adobe Photoshop. OS X El Capitan offers Photos, a welcome replacement to iPhoto that offers a useful collection of editing tools. The recently updated Acorn app can handle much of what you do in high-end image-editing tools, without breaking a sweat or your budget. And Pixelmator is another solid choice for day-to-day image-editing tasks on the Mac, with an iOS version of the app available. Read more »

Clifford Colby

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