Zoner Studio Reviews 83

I had been using Adobe LR for many years on iMacs at a time when you could pay for a license without being taken as a hostage with a monthly fee. I now have a PC as well a an aging iMac but I find the photo apps that come with the operating systems to be useless. I mostly wanted a way to organize photos the way LR did, with keywords, stacking etc. Zoner Studio does that and recognizes the keywords that I had assigned with LR. The batch renaming is a great feature. I am still using Affinity photos for developing and do not have much experience with Zoner for that purpose. I with that had a version for iMac OS too,

Once upon a time many years ago, Zoner Studio was far away from affordable for me. Just like MS Office and Adobe Acrobat, Zoner was just too expensive for me to ever afford. In my mind, only businesses and rich people could afford it. But I really needed all three of those programs. So I did what many did, because that avenue was available to me. You know who I'm talking about. That certain website that gave you free software. I never liked that and felt guilty about it, but I had no choice. I live paycheck to paycheck. Time passes and first MS, then Adobe and now YOU have gone to the new fangled idea of renting your software for VERY reasonable rates. The subscription model. I LOVE it!!! I now have legitimate copies of all my software. I can afford it! I can turn my subscriptions off if I don't need it anymore. (Unlikely) I get the latest upgrades and security updates whenever they happen. Life is good! I could not be happier. Let's face it. Zoner Studio is as good as it can get for all the features it has and all I can do with it. It's freaking great. And now, I don't have to feel guilty about owning it. I appreciate you going to the subscription model. Thank you so much for a great product and the perfect way for me to own it. "Happiness is renting forever." Ma Bell

A software that's second to none, easily on par with the big players in the industry, with excellent service.

Top value for money

I am new into Zoner Photo Studio and I immediately fell in love with it. In the last few days I discovered so many features in ZPS where I just thought…"wow…they seem to have thought about everything I could imagine". I have a lot of experience with the well known tools like Lightroom, Photoshop and Capture One and also tried On1 and ACDSee. But each of them always had more or less things that I was missing for my workflow…ZPS on the other hand has nearly everything covered so far.

A big THUMBS UP to the whole Zoner Team for their work and effort!

The customer experience when I had questions about how certain things work in Zoner Photo Studio was also great. The Zoner team always replied fast and very helpful.

Swapped over to Zoner Photo Studio X about 6 months ago on advice from a friend, had been using Light room for 10 years, and was not happy with the cost and monthly payments. Could not be happier with the move as the interface is similar to Light room so the learning curve was quick. The downloading of files from an SD card is easy, and then copying to the computer is simple. I have set up a back up disc which is automatic and my file cataloged into Month and date order. Exporting completed files is easy and this is also done in date order. Overall I am completely happy with my change of software. Also updates are automatic. Zoner Photo studio X does all that is required for my photography experience. Five Stars.

ZONER.Com recently under handidly renewed a subscription without my permission completely surreptitously. After one year of uknowingly purchasing a copy of Zoner photo editor. I was originally using a crippled version or so I thought but one of their free updates up rated it to profesional mode. On informing them of the mix up they wished me a good day. BE Aware of downloading free software from them!

They now insist that opening an email is the same as renewing a subscription. Which explains why I had a subscription at all. I only used their free version and all this followed. They are smarmy in attitude and definitely underhanded. If you recive any mail from them delete it without reading.

First-class product very easy to use. you can even get customer service to email you back.
no monthly fee as this is so much more affordable.

Very good and clear layout which is self-instructive in many contexts. I mainly deal with documentary photography and studio photography and photographing people and human culture. Zoner Photo Studio X is a very affordable program that is continuously updated and improved. It has been my main photo editing program for about 6 years.
photographer Ulf Söderberg

I was a Photoshop user when working for a company that had a site license, but after retirement could not even think of paying Adobe's crazy numbers. There is nothing that I could do in Photoshop that I can't do in ZPS. I'm comfortable using the full-featured software, and have yet to investigate its photo organizing side — soon.

This is a fantastic photo editor and suite. Great organizational modules and terrific editing options. It's priced very reasonably and while it isn't a full-fledged substitute for Photoshop it does the job well. It's very close to Lightroom equivalent without Adobe's ridiculous contract. Try it yourself, you'll be happy you did!

Great tutorials, excellent photo editing tips and ease of use

I've been using Zoner XPS for several years. Originally I chose XPS for the features at such an affordable price. Each release brings improvements. Although I occasionally use some other editors that have a specific feature, my editor of choice is still Zoner XPS.

The regular videos are awesome. So are the articles on the Learn pages of zoner.com. Just this morning I watched one and learned that something I have always done with another app is possible, and much better, in XPS.

I have come to appreciate the efficiency and ease of editing with ZONER editing software. With just a single click, I can apply various editing options and even incorporate a LUT (Look-Up Table) to adjust the mood of a photo. Additionally, I streamline my workflow by processing all the photos from a session in batches or groups, allowing me more time for other tasks. When presenting proofs to clients, I promptly address their requests for creating albums or books. Working with software has truly been a fantastic experience, eliminating the need for additional tools.

Everything works as promised. The tools are easy to use and understand. Combining editing tools with cataloging greatly improves efficiency.

Zoner Photo Studio X is a well thought out suite of software that gives me a huge range of options in the way I want to edit images and process raw files. It is well and regularly maintained with updates and freebies presets. My own needs are relatively simple but if there's anything I need beyond my usual workflow I can both find a way to do what I want and find instructional videos to help me.

Since 2011 ZPS has been my standard application for managing my giant photo collection.
And many years it has been my standard for editing too, every now and then I try and use other editors, but I keep coming back.
Let me give you some of my reasons:
1) You need a subscription to use it, but that is affordable compared to other programs
2) it is suitable for photographers of all levels
3) for location determination and recording you can also use open street maps in addition to google
4) it has extensive possibilities to share photos, secured or not secured and private or public
5) it is very easy to shrink photos for social media
6) you have many tools, presets and filters at your disposal
7) extensive possibilities to work with layers
8) you can have different browsers open side by side, so work in different folders at once, also in the cloud!
9) in the catalog you have different views, such as calendar, location and on keyword
10) everybody can use Zonerama, their free unlimited online photo and album storage, but with Photo Studio it's integrated, which offers unique possibilities like editing directly online! And you can upload RAW and unlimited video too!
11) speaking of video: Photo Studio has a well-equipped video editor on board
12) you can create panoramas, photo books, HDR, collages, 3d and more
13) spice up every photo with dynamic lighting and Tonemapping!
14) good support

Is there nothing left to wish for?
Of course there is, nothing is completely perfect. My most urgent wishes:
a) a smartphone app
b) more efficient search online in Zonerama and preferably also on user level!

Satisfaction, good photo editor

I have used Zoner for a long time. I've tried other basic to medium photo editors but I always come back to Zoner. It's very easy to use especially for minor touch-ups.

I've been a semi-professional photographer for over 30 years now, and I've used a lot of programs in that time. Some of them have very simplistic tools, others you feel like you need to have a degree in rocket science to operate them, the learning curve is that big. With Zoner, you have the right blend of presets, auto corrections and multiple layer support that enables you to do all you might do - to make a good photo even better. And with the advent of AI, I've now found another use for it - to make minor edits to AI generated text to image pictures that have minor hand or face defects. Best of all - the price is so competitive I would now choose no other. Try the free version first and you'll soon be glad to upgrade. I hope you found this review useful and that soon, like me, you'll be spending hours to your heart's content learning how to master Zoner Photo Studio.

Excellent software suite! I would recommend it to both the beginner and the advanced photographer. It uses layers and many other features, it even makes it easy to manage your photo library. I can't state enough how much I recommend this software studio.