August 2019 • Macworld 43REVIEWimage at actual size to see how the edits are
affecting the pixels. The new Assistant Viewer
splits the editing area, 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 behaviour 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