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Exposure X7

Creative photo editor and organizer for photographers

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Exposure X7 is a non-destructive RAW photo editor and image organizer that works standalone or as a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. Its catalog-free design removes the import step, letting users edit photos directly from their folders while organizing them with keywords, collections, and smart collections.

The editor includes core adjustments such as white balance, tone curve, color editing, sharpening, and noise reduction, alongside creative tools like nondestructive layers, a polygon selection tool, 3D color masking, gradient tools, spot healing, and LUT support. It ships with over 500 customizable presets, supports batch editing and automatic adjustments, and uses GPU-optimized processing. Supported file formats include TIFF, JPEG, DNG, HEIC, PSD, and a wide range of RAW camera formats.

Exposure X7 is available for macOS and Windows and is offered as a full edition or an upgrade edition, both including the Lightroom and Photoshop plug-ins. A free trial is available, and the product is sold without a subscription.

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