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About.com 2011 Readers’ Choice Awards Finalists - Paid Photo Editing Software

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Nominations are in and we have our finalists for Best Paid Photo Editing Software! 

Voting is open from February 11th until March 8th at 11:59PM Eastern Time.  Be sure and tell your friends to vote!  Winners will be announced on March 15.  Finalists are presented in random order.

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About.com Readers' Choice Awards

Finalist for Best Paid Photo Editing Software - Alien Skin Plug Ins

Alien Skin makes a variety of plug in editing pieces compatible with Lightroom and Photoshop.  Collectively they create a powerful suite of photo editing options. From bokeh control to art filters to film style rendering to image restoration, Alien Skin turns complex edits into a series of simple menu choices that anyone can easily control.

Alien Skin Website

Finalist for Best Paid Photo Editing Software - Corel PaintShop Photo Pro

Corel's photo editing software, PaintShop Photo Pro, is a software package that allows pixel based editing and includes many features.  Batch processing, RAW support, an object extractor, organization, and integrated sharing tools go hand in hand with standard editing featuers such as levels, curves, and sharpening.

Corel PaintShop Photo Pro Website

Finalist for Best Paid Photo Editing Software - PhotoShop Elements

PhotoShop Elements is Adobe's "enthusiast" photo editing software.  Designed to be powerful but user friendly for enthusiast photographers, Photoshop Elements combines pixel based editing with guided edits and integrated sharing tools.  Filters, sharpening, levels, layers, smart brushes, and organization all combine together with precision.

PhotoShop Elements Website

Finalist for Best Paid Photo Editing Software - PhotoShop CS

Designed with professional photographers and graphic designers in mind, PhotoShop CS is a bit less intuitive than PhotoShop Elements but adds many more powerful editing tools for precise fine tuning of photos and to allow easy creation of digital drawings.

PhotoShop CS

Finalist for Best Paid Photo Editing Software - Portrait Professional

Portrait Professional is a specialty photo editing program targeting faces.  Portrait Professional works with a simple interface to allow photographers to quickly smooth skin, correct skin tones, remove pores, erase age spots, modify face shape, brighten hair, and a myriad of other edits to create glamour portraits in minutes.  Basic exposure, cropping, and other photo editing options are also included int he software.

Portrait Professional Website

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