22 MACWORLD AUGUST 2019
MAC USER REVIEW: PICKTORIAL 4.0area so you can
view the full image
in one pane while
you’re applying
corrections at 100
percent in the other
pane. It’s a simple
and effective
alternative to
zooming in and out
repeatedly to see
how the edits look.
However, the
panes are not
automatically
synced. When you select another image to
edit, the Assistant Viewer continues to
show the previous image. You must click
the new pane to activate it, and then select
the image you want in the browser. It would
be better to be able to switch to another
image and have it load into both panes, or
include this behavior as a preference.
Picktorial 4.0 also adds the ability to
batch-apply edits to multiple photos by
copying adjustments from one image
and pasting them to one or more other
shots. You can also batch-export images
and create presets for specifying
parameters such as filename, size, format,
and quality levels.
Picktorial’s developers tout increased
performance, especially when working
with files exceeding 50 megapixels that
are produced by high-resolution cameras.
I did notice an improvement, but there’s
still lag whenever you load a Raw image
while the software interprets it. Don’t
expect to shuttle quickly through a folder
of Raw images, though the lag is much
shorter or imperceptible when opening
JPEG images, depending on the size of
the file. (I ran Picktorial on a late-2016
MacBook Pro with Touch Bar and a
discrete Radeon Pro 460 graphics
processor. Not the latest and greatest
hardware, but it’s also not outdated.)SEARCH AND ALBUMS
The photo organizing side of Picktorial
gets the most attention in this release.
Whereas some applications track
everything—from file locations to edits—inThe new Assistant View splits into two sections.