Aftershoot vs Canon Digital Photo Professional

Aftershoot is photo post-processing software for photographers, with AI tools for culling, editing, and retouching on macOS and Windows. Culling scores and groups images using factors including sharpness, exposure, blinks, duplicates, facial expressions, and composition. Editing profiles learn from a photographer’s edited images, while manual adjustments are also available. Retouching includes adjustable subject sliders and presets that can be synced across multiple images. The software supports RAW, JPEG, and TIFF files, as well as bulk renaming and resizing. Its culling workflow connects with Lightroom Classic and Capture One, preserving ratings, color labels, and flags on export. Aftershoot says images can be processed locally and offline without cloud uploads or a constant internet connection. There is no free plan, but new users can try the service for 30 days without charge and without a credit card. Select costs $10.00 per month billed annually ($120/year), or $15/month with monthly billing. Other plans cover editing, retouching, or combinations, including Complete at $45.00 per month billed annually ($540/year), or $55/month with monthly billing.

Canon Digital Photo Professional is free Windows and macOS software for viewing, processing, editing, and printing RAW images from compatible Canon EOS digital cameras and RAW-capable PowerShot models. It imports and edits Canon CR3 RAW, HEIF, and JPEG files, with output in JPEG, TIFF, or HEIF. Editing controls include rotation, white balance, dynamic range, colour, and tone-curve adjustments. Diffraction Correction and Digital Lens Optimizer provide lens corrections. Recipes offer preset-based editing shortcuts, while star ratings, bulk renaming, and bulk resizing support photo organization and output. Neural network processing covers digital lens optimization, noise reduction, and demosaicing. Compositing and Depth Compositing functions are listed for reducing noise and sharpening details. Colour management supports sRGB, Adobe RGB, Wide Gamut RGB, and ICC profiles. Canon also lists EOS Utility for remote camera control and transfer, plus Picture Style Editor for creating styles used in DPP.