Best post production tools

As you will notice, I do not mention ALL the software available for download or online use. Those that made the cut will be actual production titles with a minimum set of well-designed editing functions. They are not fully implemented or even adequately defined. These were considered but not listed. As was welcomed in my first article, additional post-processing software titles should be added to this list by readers who have discovered and used them.

It is important to recognize all such products in a desire for fairness and sharing information. With FCP-X, the color tool was switched to something called the color board, designed to be more intuitive, but it never really took off. With It's a rare concession to popular demand, and it's appreciated. Of course, since it's Apple, they had to implement it in their own custom way, but it's still three-way color, and that's good. Now, if Apple were just a little more together, this update would've come out before FCP-7 died, but we still think it's a worthwhile improvement and that X might be on it's way to getting some traction in higher end post.

Credit: FilmConvert. As much as we all dream of projects all shot on the same camera and lenses, the reality of the world is that often we can only afford a single high-end A camera rental and fill in with B and C cameras that don't match in quality.

The promise of CineMatch is the ability to match the color rendering, latitude, and "feel" of the images generated by those cameras together perfectly in post-production with a single click, making post workflows easier when the footage is all over the map.

Hopefully, this will just be a tool making life easier in post, and won't further embolden producers and directors to shoot with crazier arrays of cameras since "you can just fix it with Cinematch, right?

This one really straddles the line between production and post, but it shows up in post for us because, honestly, it's such a great tool in both worlds. In addition, as a post tool, it's finally a monitor small enough to take with you on the road, making it the perfect monitor for remote color grading jobs.

Especially if you have a client who might want to double check a few shots again after you deliver, taking this with you wherever you go so you can fire up Resolve and a mini monitor wherever you are and check your images is a huge bonus. See all of our Year-in-Review coverage. Why is Cinematch on this list? How can it be considered a "tool"? It doesn't even exist yet. Actually Resolve does this, Re:match Color, not to mention Nuke.

Then there are others who spend hours on giving the final look and feel to the image in post production. Cropping, color correction , spot healing and attention to fine details during the finishing stage contributes to making impressive images. Post processing is thus an important part in delivering high quality photos.

Each has its own USPs. It lets you organize and manage the images prior to switching to Develop Module. And once you are in the develop module, you have to simply use the sliders for making the basic adjustments. Everything is just there — basic adjustments , tone curves, lens correction, Lightroom presets and not to forget the social sharing options.

You can instantly upload your photographs to Flickr with all copyrighting and watermarking stuff. Lightroom is easier to learn as compared to Adobe Photoshop. Check out some beginner tutorials here. Adobe Photoshop is one of the largest selling software tools preferred by graphic designers as well as the photographers. It can do almost everything that Lightroom can and beyond. Other than that it can also be used to design new graphics.

Cropping, slicing and manipulating artworks is possible with Photoshop.