SILKYPIX Developer Studio

SILKYPIX Developer Studio is what the name states, a virtual studio. It empowers photographers, beginners, and more experienced ones, to adjust and create masterpieces from simple JPEG, TIFF, or RAW images. Of course, it goes without saying that this program only enhances your natural talents and does not turn failed pictures into award-winning ones. In terms of friendliness, the app is indeed accessible, although one must have some idea about the photographic scene when dealing with all these specialized tools.

Borrowing heavily in looks from apps such as Photoshop, the program seems to have been well organized in terms of settings and options positioning. Unlike other editors, one can quickly access various menus using the highlighted special keys. This makes photo editing a breeze, especially for those users who find time to be more precious than any other resource.

In terms of window arrangement, the center will always be taken over by your muse, or the photo you are trying to adjust. The left side can show the path or location of the edited file, while the right side contains information about it. Right-clicking the image will bring an extra set of tools and options, although the main firepower is in the above-placed drop-down menus.

The program can be tuned by the user from the settings menu. Here, things such as the displayed information, luminance level, cache storage, and priority hierarchies, and so on can be easily adjusted through the various radio buttons and selection boxes. The best thing yet is the hotkey adjustment, a must-have for the more experienced photographers and users.

Lastly, but most importantly, any user is advised to adjust the output settings for any of the processed files. For JPEG and TIFF files, you will get a set of specific settings that deal with quality, color palette, resolution, and other associated data. One can also create a default file name structure, for easy sorting.