Creative Software

Pixelmator's new photo-editing app for Macs uses machine learning to speed up some editing tasks.

Apple's photo book service produced a great book at a very competitive price, but your creative options are limited.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018 remains the best choice for beginners and experienced users, but some of its new features could use refinement.

PowerDirector 16 makes it easy to edit 360-degree videos, but there are a lot of other great features in this program, too.

This powerful video editing suite could benefit from a more unified interface.

Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 remains a solid option for consumers, especially novices, who want an easy-to-use image-editing product that can grow with you as you learn.

Although its learning curve is too steep for novices, GIMP is free and has a nice set of photo editing tools.

Apple Photos is a free, fun and very-easy-to-use app for accessing, organizing and sharing your photos and videos.

Affinity Photo is our pick for the best budget photo editor for pros.