With 2024 beginning to wrap up, it is clear that artificial intelligence has continued taking the world by storm, especially the imaging and photography realms. While some artists are exploring the new world of generative imagery, many photographers are eager to harness AI to enhance their editing workflows. Zoner Photo Studio X has just rolled out its latest update, and it’s packed with powerful AI features that promise to revolutionize how you edit your photos.
It’s not just using AI to perform basic color-correction; there is a lot more to it, indeed! In this article we’ll dive into the new advanced features, such as a multi-view display that includes a close-up of all the faces in portrait photo. There is also AI-powered color-correction, of course, with both automatic, one-click edits, as well as presets for more stylized imagery. But we’re getting ahead of ourselves; let’s dive in and go over these new features in detail!
Choose The Best Photos With AI Close-Ups
One of the new standout features in Zoner Photo Studio X is the AI close-up tool. now automatically detects and zooms in on faces in your images, allowing you to compare sharpness and expressions effortlessly. This feature simplifies the selection process, ensuring you pick the best shots every time.
AI Batch Background Removal
Say goodbye to tedious background editing! For your product photography and other graphic design needs, the new AI batch filter allows you to remove backgrounds from images with a single click. Whether you want to replace the background with a transparent layer or fill it with a color of your choice, this ZPS X feature streamlines your workflow like never before. If you’re doing any sort of commercial or advertising types of photography, you definitely need this tool.
AI Presets: Gorgeous Portraits in Minutes
For portrait photographers, ZPS X has another special feature just for you! The AI presets automatically create masks that allow you to control the tones of faces and eyes, separately, or accentuate the mouth. You have the ability to adjust each detected face separately, ensuring that your entire portrait session will shine with minimal effort.
In our experience as wedding & portrait photographers, these are the types of little details that can add up to make a big difference. You can start by applying an AI preset to every image of a particular pose, and then only make additional adjustments as necessary. Simply put, your images end up looking better across the board, and in less time!
AI Automatic Enhancement
For all types of photographers, editing one photo or many is now as simple as a single click. ZPS X uses AI to identify the image scene, and then applies tailored adjustments automatically. This feature ensures your images always look their best, regardless of how many you’re editing, or even a change in the scenery.
Honestly, we played around with this tool on as many different types of photos as we could, and we were continually impressed with the results! From wilderness landscape photography to weddings and portraits, the results just speak for themselves…
Maximum Color And Detail in RAW Image Files
Aside from the major flagship updates to Zoner Photo Studio X in this fall 2024 update, there is also improvement going on under the hood with the RAW processing engine. You’ll experience more detail and color in your highlights and shadows. The new Color Reconstruction slider allows you to recover colors in blown-out areas, ensuring you get the most out of your RAW images.
With the new Color Reconstruction slider, you can correct blowouts in your RAW images.
The new version of RAW processing significantly improves the handling of highlights and shadows and other exposure parameters. In addition to the overall improved look of tones and colors, there is also an entirely new adjustment that allows you to make subtle repairs to clipped highlights, which is a very useful tool whenever the sun is in the frame.
Since this RAW processing is indeed using a new “engine” to process images’ raw data, you can apply these new features to your older, previously edited photos simply by changing the processing method to the latest method.
Auto Stacking: Select And Edit Large Groups Of Photos
The new auto stacking feature organizes similar images into groups, making it easier to manage your selections. Expand the stacked photos with a click, and choose your preferred main image for a more efficient editing process.
Automatically remove chromatic aberration
The latest update also introduces a smart correction for chromatic aberration that works without requiring a lens profile. This automatic adjustment enhances the quality of your images, making it a must-have feature for photographers.
The new option for correcting chromatic aberration uses image analysis and offers a suitable correction. Plus, it works without specifying a lens profile and is compatible with all formats.
Learn how to set up automatic correction for chromatic aberration.
Direct Support For The Loupedeck+ Console
For those photo & video editors who are looking to really maximize their efficiency and productivity with editing, a physical adjustment console can make things even faster and more intuitive! ZPS X now comes with full support for the Loupedeck+ editing console. Enjoy customized tool layouts, precise editing with dials, and the ability to quickly adjust colors and exposure—all designed to enhance your editing experience.
- All the important adjustments literally at your fingertips!
- Increased precision with physical dials
- Quickly and easily tweak colors and exposure
- Multiple custom tool layouts
Zoner Photo Studio X | More New Features
Of course, when Zoner Photo Studio X releases an update, there are always a whole lot more things that are new and improved! Besides the AI features and other major enhancements, there are numerous additional new improvements and features that, once again, will improve the quality of your imagery, and/or dramatically improve the speed of your workflow. Here are the highlights:
More Keyboard Shortcuts For Your Photo Editing:
Customize ZPS X and make your workflow faster and easier. Over 1,000 keyboard shortcuts save you hours while editing…
- Exposure enhancement
- Tool shortcuts
- Module switching
Never Lose Your Photo Selection Again
Don’t lose your selection again by accidentally clicking in the wrong place; instead, use the new Multi-select feature.
Align Images In Your Photo Books
Keep the images in your photo books nice and straight using grids and guidelines. Plus, ZPS X has updated how you add freestanding pictures to make the process more enjoyable.
New Smart Canvas Prints
Try the new canvas prints printed on innovative smart panels. Their lightweight material is durable and resistant to damage during transport.
Rotate And Adjust Images in The Preview
Rotate, pan, and resize video clips, images, and text right in the video preview. You can also now match text styles for the entire video.
Navigator now remembers Last Opened folders
Pick up right where you left off. Set up how you want the Navigator to appear next time you open ZPS X in Preferences.
There are also a few final technical improvements found under the hood…
- Loading Fujifilm RAWs is now twice as fast
Zonerama now supports HDR JPEG + gain map
Conclusion
Artificial intelligence has become very popular over the past year, and it’s inspiring to see Zoner Photo Studio X implement it. Not just in the basic ways we see elsewhere, but also in some unique ways that stand out in exciting ways. ZPS X continues to be our highest-recommended option for content creators who are looking for a budget-friendly editing app. The folks at ZPS X continue to prove
