Software, Plug-ins, & Apps (that we have used for years)

Software

• Adobe (info and downloads plus tutorials & forums)
• Adobe Lightroom Classic (unlimited upgrades/updates and bundled with Photoshop for $9.99/month)
• AutoPano Pro by Kolor (we still think better stitching program than the ones in Photoshop or Lightroom)
• CardRecovery by WinRecovery (PC software for recovering images from a memory card)
• CardRescue (Mac software for recovering images from a memory card)
• CCleaner Professional by Piriform (for keeping your computer behaving ... now a Mac version, too)
• LastPass (a nifty, secure way to keep track of all your passwords)
• Perfect Photo Suite by OnOne (includes my favorite resizing Perfect Resize)
• The Turning Gate (Backlight website authoring, also see Plug-ins below)
• ViceVersa Pro (free version, too - great syncing program for backups - I prefer "mirror-image" backups where the backup looks exactly the same as the prime, rather than nested in a series of folders with letter-number file names that mean nothing and would take you to the South Pole and back).
  For Macs, Linux, AND Windows, try FreeFileSync, but do NOT install bundled software Opencandy

Plug-ins

• Digimarc (digital watermarking for Photoshop or stand-alone)
• Jeffrey Friedl's Lightroom Goodies (some great metadata plug-ins for Lightroom)
• nik Collection by Google (Lightroom & Photoshop plug-ins, including SilverEfex Pro)
• The Turning Gate (excellent & more sophisticated LR web-gallery alternatives that I have used for years for our photo galleries)

Apps

• EasyRelease for Apple (for those who deal with model releases)
• EasyRelease for Android (for those who deal with model releases)
• eZy Watermark App for Android & Apple (for both photo and video)
• LEE Stopper Exposure Guide for Apple (an easy app to calculate exposures wtih neutral-density filter)
• LEE Stopper Exposure Guide for Android (an easy app to calculate exposures wtih neutral-density filter)
• Star Walk - Night Sky Guide for Apple (See day skies, too, and know when/where sun/moon will rise/set)
• Star Walk - Night Sky Guide for Android (See day skies, too, and know when/where sun/moon will rise/set)
• AyeTides for Apple (for tides and currents around the world - needs no Internet)
• Tides and Currents for Android (for tides and currents around the world)