This latest version of PhotoPlus may not reach Photoshop levels, but that’s definitely where it wants to be – and it’s not far off. Unlike many competitors, it offers help without patronising you, it doesn’t force you to use wizard-based interfaces instead of getting things done, and it doesn’t have to pull back for fear of cutting into the sales of a more expensive edition. As well as doing much of Photoshop’s job, PhotoPlus X4 looks very much like it – the layout is similar and many of the tools work in exactly the same way. The left-hand toolbox contains a range of Photoshop-equivalent tools with similar icons. There’s a Paintbrush tool that offers different brush shapes and sizes, and a Text tool with all the options you’d expect.
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Review: Serif PhotoPlus X4
