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Photo Sense

Photo manager & editor

For Mac

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Organize & Edit Your Photos

Photo Sense is a lightweight photography workflow app for enthusiast photographers. It is designed to quickly select the best photos in a shoot, adjust them where needed, save the results non-destructively, and export them with advanced options.

EDITOR'S PICK
Photo Sense
Mac Informer
2021

Photo Sense works with image files anywhere on your Mac, or directly with the Apple Photos Library – no import or cataloguing required. Cull a shoot by comparing photos side-by-side with synchronized zoom, flag your picks and rejects, and rate the keepers. Then enhance them: process RAW files with unique whites recovery, let the automatic image analysis make the first pass, and fine-tune the results yourself – including lightening and adjusting the faces the app detects.

All edits are non-destructive: changes are stored in metadata within the image or in sidecar XMP files, and your original pixels stay untouched. Batch processing enhances many photos at once, edits to Library photos sync to your other Macs via iCloud, and the advanced export handles batch resizing, renaming, metadata changes, and format conversion.

Photo Sense is a nifty, automated photo editing app for OS X that can bring forgotten photos back to life. — Mel Martin, TUAW
It is competitive with other image editors that are more complicated and don't always give such good results. — Mel Martin, TUAW
Very cool app. Makes your photos look like you knew how to use a camera. — Mac App Store review
Intuitive user interface, beautiful design and interesting photo enhancement algorithm combined with batch processing make Photo Sense useful for any Mac user. — appstudio.org
The workflow is remarkably intuitive and produces good results even with operators who don't have a photography background. — Dr. Roderich Bott, Dr. Bott KG
Photo Sense is so easy to use that anyone can make vast improvements to pictures in just a couple of minutes. — Jimmy Hayes, iCreate magazine
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Multiple Sources

Work with any image files stored on your Mac, or directly with the Photos Library. Decide yourself whether you want to put effort into Library management, or just quickly process a few images.

  • Quickly process a few photos without cataloguing.
  • Work directly with your Photos Library.
  • Save frequently accessed folders for fast access.
Photo Sense on Mac: browsing albums and folders of the Photos Library in the source sidebar

Sorting / Filtering

Manage photos effectively by assigning photos “pick” / “reject” flags, star ratings, and “favorite” flags. Sort and filter based on these properties.

Photo Sense on Mac: sorting and filtering photos by pick and reject flags, star ratings, and favorites

Effective Selection / Culling

Compare multiple photos side-by-side to select the best ones. This is quick and easy thanks to the following tools:

  • Preview multiple photos side-by-side.
  • Synchronize zoom and position in multiple photos.
  • Zoom on faces in multiple photos with a single click.
Photo Sense on Mac: culling photos by comparing them side-by-side with synchronized zoom and position

Quick Face Comparison

We believe that if a photo has faces, they are likely the most important part of it. And we developed unique tools to easily compare faces in multiple photos.

Photo Sense on Mac: zooming on faces in multiple photos with a single click to compare them

RAW Processing

If you shoot in RAW format, Photo Sense will let you get the most out of your images. Make sure to check its unique whites recovery if you have overexposed areas!

Automatic-First Editing

Photo Sense can enhance photos automatically using its unique image analysis algorithms, and lets you customize the results to your liking.

Photo Sense on Mac: processing a RAW photo with automatic enhancement and adjustment controls

Face Adjustment

Faces often end up in a shade and need some lightening, more contrast, etc. Photo Sense automatically detects faces, and lets you adjust them either individually, or all at once.

Photo Sense on Mac: lightening and adjusting automatically detected faces in a photo

Clipping Overlays

Check color clipping overlays to achieve correct exposure.

Non-Destructive Edits

Photo Sense always keeps your original photos intact. When you save changes, they are all written in metadata, without changing the actual image pixels. Metadata is saved either within the image, or in sidecar XMP files. Saved Library photos can always be reverted back to the original.

Photo Sense on Mac: color clipping overlays highlighting overexposed and underexposed areas

Batch Processing

Edit many photos quickly with batch processing and image settings synchronization. Wondering how Photo Sense compares to iBatch, our batch image converter? See Photo Sense vs iBatch.

Photo Sense on Mac: enhancing many photos at once with batch processing

Advanced Export

Flexible export capable of batch resizing, changing metadata, renaming, and format conversion.

Cloud Sync

Edits in Library photos are synchronized with other devices if you have cloud sync enabled in the Photos app. You can start editing on one Mac, and continue on another one.

Photo Sense on Mac: export options with batch resizing, renaming, metadata changes, and format conversion

Tip: for shooting and editing advice, browse our Photography Guide. And if all you need is a fast, focused way to compare photos and keep the best ones, have a look at iPick, our photo culling app.

Pricing

Photo Sense is free to download, and you can try it in two ways:

Full access is available through subscriptions or a single lifetime purchase.

System Requirements

Photo Sense 3 requires an Intel or Apple Silicon-based 64-bit Mac with macOS 12.4 (Monterey) or later.

See version history for older versions that can run on previous macOS versions.