Zoner Studio Reviews 93

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.

I really wish Zoner Photo can provide a comprehensive help file. It is not excatly user friendly for beginner with zero knowledge on photo editing.
Many of the time we just do know how to get started, dont even mention how to get it done.
In the YouTube channel, probably you can provide the materail for the user to practise.

I currently own On1, Topaz, Photoshop, Lightroom, DXO, Luminar Leo, Luminar AI, Aurora HDR, Affinity. The Zoner, imho, is a rather newcomer to graphic software.

I bought 6 months ago and am still learning Kool tools plus some tools are better in Zone Photo Studio their photo manager is fast. The presets are fewer than other older software but I have collected (for free) quite a few AI presets since buying. There are more coming, I would think. Also, videos on training are coming out regularly. It is reasonably safe to say that you get more than you pay for.

Buy or not buy BUY

My needs are average and color vision not so good (I can see, but I can't define well). I can do anything I want, from everyday family and travel color photography to documentary and street photography. I am very grateful to the creators and developers of this software because I really don't need anything else. I have used several other software before finding Zoner over 10 years ago. Since I started using Zoner, I haven't thought about giving it up.

After trying many photo management programs, I can say that the best one for me is Zoner Photo Studio. Mainly for the simplicity of organizing the photos, and also for the editing part. I consider it a complete program and I like very much the useful tutorial emails.

I am using Zoner for many years now and I loved it. It is simple to use and each time they make an upgrade it is to easy up the software.

The whole design of the programme (UK spelling) is so dramatic that it enables a 'lightbox view' of the images you may wish to work on. The simple 'Develop' module is really clear and concise allowing for easy editing. And the 'Editor' module allows more precise editing including the removal of background to isolate a subject to create a .png file

Great App.
I'm using Zoner Photo Studio last 4 months. Fast, with several options for searching, cataloging and editing image. Last, but not least, has a great price.

Easy to use fast to manage and simple to lear new features

I find that Zoner Photo Studio is quick and easy to use.

The best software for cataloging and/or editing photographs. Its ease of use and great quality/price ratio make it the best.

On the manufacturer's website you have free access to a multitude of documentation and videos to learn, not only to use the program, but to understand and learn how to take better pictures in your day to day life

Editing in ZPs-X is excellent, but the "export" function is too complicated. It's hard to find a folder to save in. You should consider a "light" version that can compete with FastStone Image Viewer, which is free on top of that

This is a really good editing software. There are a lot of helpful videos on YouTube and there are lots of easy-to-do edits. I highly recommend it.

I have been a subscriber to Zoner Photo Studio for four year and could not be happier. I am NOT a great photo editor on my own. I am a track coach (pole vault) in Pennsylvania. However, Zoner allows me to easily go beyond simple editing and create some amazing photos of our student-atletes. Their constant upgrades and complete platform is more than anyone would need. I highly recommend Zoner Photo Studii.

I have used many, many DAMs. I tried the big names (Adobe) and the smaller names (ACDSee) and the tiny names (ThumbsPlus) and nothing has come close to the satisfaction I have had from Zoner. It is not quite perfect but not far off. Fully functioned doesn't begin to cover it and it just gets better with their twice a year updates.
They are also super responsive.

Relatively simple to use. Fulfills my needs when I have to edit photos.

I am an amateur photographer, architect and graphic designer with speficic needs. I may say that I use up to 30% of the resources your SW provides.

The suppot material (tutorial, online help) could be more easy to search through, when a specific topic needs a detailed explanation on how things should be done.

I like it: it is fast, has a "small memory and machine resources hunger". Rarely "hangs" !

I've been using ZPS for the last 6 years. Nothing to complanin of ! On the contrary.