Review by Mark J. Fowler

Serif PhotoPlus X4 is inevitably compared to Photoshop, and while I like Photoshop for its capabilities and the bells and whistles that can be applied AFTER you have the photo you want (like slideshows), I find Serif PhotoPlus quite useful at a significantly lower price.

PhotoPlus is easy and intuitive to use for many of the most common tasks such as cropping and red-eye correction.

As a photo amateur I must admit I’m just beginning to learn the more detailed and complicated features that use layers to add and subtract and correct only portions of the photo. We’ve just acquired a Canon SLR which can take RAW images, and I find PhotoPlus one of the only programs that can handle that format.

So - I would consider having Serif PhotoPlus at the same price as Photoshop. At $25 less I consider it a relative bargain.

Truth in advertising: I obtained both PhotoPlus and Photoshop as free samples as an Amazon Vine Voice Reviewer. But with Photoshop also available, as I stated earlier, I still use PhotoPlus.