Serious Photo

Regardless of you being a professional or an amateur photographer, you have certainly encountered situations when your photos were either blurred or slightly out of focus. Fortunately, you can partially repair them with the help of almost any photo editor that comes sharpening features.

This said, Serious Photo is a user-friendly and simplistic piece of software that is designed from the ground up to help you remove the blur from your photos.

The first thing you should know is that Serious Photo is no miracle worker, as it can only partially reduce the blur effect.

Getting to grips with the application is hardly difficult, as it comes with an intuitive main window and a simplified workflow. Upon launching the application, you are met by a clutter-free user interface that makes it very easy for you to access the app's features.

In a few words, working with Serious Photo can be described as follows: simply load the picture, choose the blur removal strength (small, medium and large) or rely on the app's automatic feature and click the designated button for starting the editing process.

Since the app basically sharpens your picture, chances are that your photos can become slightly 'noisy'. The app partly compensates for this typical drawback by helping you reduce the noise.

Also useful is the fact that the utility enables you to reduce the ringing effect and to choose the quality of the resulting photo. Also useful is the fact that it comes with a quick mini-tutorial that helps you get to grips with the app's basic features.

While the app works as it should, there is still room for improvement. For example, the utility does not come with drag and drop support, therefore forcing you to load your pictures using the menu, which takes a bit more time.

Also, the application does not allow you to fine tune the effect of reducing the blur from your photos, as you can only rely on three designated values. The noise reducing feature is even more limiting, as you cannot control anything more than turning it on or off.

Serious Photo is a simple and user-friendly app that helps you reduce the blur from your photos. Evidently, there is only so much an app of this sort can really do, as all photographers out there can tell you - once a photo is out of focus or shaken, there is nothing you can do to make it perfect.