In the interest of readability, I'm not going to try to cover every feature of Photo Studio Ultimate in this review.
Photo Studio Ultimate is a comprehensive digital darkroom tool. It also includes some that Lightroom lacks, the most notable of which is support for layer-based editing. A fully-featured image management and editing tool aimed specifically at photographers, Photo Studio Ultimate 2021 provides most of the same core features as its Adobe rival.
It's been many years since we last took a look at ACDSee, but clearly, it's time we rectified that. Introduction | What's new | Interface | Tests | Conclusion After publishing every one of those reviews, I heard from readers praising ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate, a Windows-only Lightroom alternative that allows you to forego a subscription. Over the past couple of years, I've reviewed several subscription-free rivals to Adobe Lightroom, including DxO PhotoLab 4, Exposure Software's Exposure X6 and Phase One's Capture One 20. $149.99 perpetual or $69+/year with subscription
