Color Efex Pro from Nik Software offers digital camera owners a wide range of quick and easy ways to dramatically enhance their photos with just a few clicks of the mouse. Color Efex Pro 3.0 contains the most comprehensive set of creative enhancements, color correction filters, retouching tools, and a complete collection of traditional photographic effects available. Read our Nik Color Efex Pro 3 review to find out if it's worth adding to your digital toolbox.

Capture One Pro 6 is the latest version of Phase One's application for professional photographers. Billed as the "raw converter for ultimate image quality", Capture One Pro 6 covers every stage of the workflow, from importing, editing, organizing right through to sharing and printing. Read our in-depth Capture One Pro 6 Review to find out what it has to offer the busy photographer.

HDR photography has proved particularly popular during the last couple of years, and now Nik Software have released HDR Efex Pro. This new program is designed to help photographers quickly and easily achieve the full spectrum of HDR enhancements, from the realistic to artistic, and features Nik's proven U-point technology to allow localised, non-destructive edits. Read our HDR Efex Pro to find out if this is the best-in-class HDR tool.

Does your camera suffer from noisy images? Tired of having to shoot at a maximum of ISO 400? Then Topaz Labs may have the answer with the launch of DeNoise 5, an in-expensive software plugin that promises to optimally remove noise and recover image detail. Jon Canfield finds out if it lives up to its billing in our Topaz DeNoise 5 Review.

Photo Mechanic from software company Camera Bits is a standalone image browser that lets you quickly view, sort and tag your digital pictures. Covering the whole workflow from importing from a memory card to exporting to websites, FTP or removable media, Photo Mechanic is the most popular photo-editing tool used by newspapers and press photographers in the USA. Jon Canfield takes a look at the latest 4.6 version to find out if Camera Bits is worthy of a wider audience.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 has been available as a free public beta for several months, and now the final retail version has been released. Find out what's new and whether you should integrate it into your photography workflow in our in-depth Lightroom 3 review.

Want to know if it's worth upgrading to Adobe Photoshop 5, either from a previous version or a cheaper image editor? We've been working with all the major new features in this latest release for the last few weeks to bring you our expert Photoshop 5 review.

Viveza 2 from Nik Software is a plug-in for Photoshop, Lightroom, or Aperture that allows you to easily adjust the colour and light in your digital images. You can quickly select areas of an image to adjust by pointing and clicking and then using simple to use sliders to adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, structure, red, green, blue, hue, and warmth. Jon Canfield finds out what what Viveza 2 has to offer.

Want to get the best out of your RAW files? DxO may have the answer with the recent release of Optics Pro 6, a software app for processing RAW images. Jon Canfield takes an in-depth look in our DxO Optics Pro 6 review.

Capture One Pro 5 is the brand new version of Phase One's RAW image processing application. Available in two versions, Standard and Pro, we've taken a look at the new features in the Pro package, which include enhanced Live Preview, Focus Mask, Focus Tool, and RGB Levels and Curves tools. Jon Canfield gives you a guided tour of Capture One Pro 5 in our expert review.

Photoshop Elements 8 is the latest version of Adobe's affordable image editor for consumers. New features include an enhanced Organizer, Photomerge Exposure, Auto-Analyzer, People Recognition and touch support in the recently launched Windows 7. Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 is available now for Windows and Mac for $99.99 / £79.99 - Jon Canfield finds out if it's worth upgrading.

Serif PhotoPlus X3 is a brand new photo editing application that gives Photoshop a real run for its money. With the addition of raw image processing, HDR, support for 48-bit colour photographs, new effects such as realistic metal and glass effects, and Microsoft HD Photo support, Photo Plus X3 offers most of Photoshop's features at a fraction of the price, retailing for just $79.99 / £59.99. Jon Canfield takes a look at the new features to find out if Serif PhotoPlus X3 really is a viable alternative to Adobe...

Capture One Pro is a third-party RAW image processing application from Phase One that aims to get more out of your images. Available in two versions, Standard and Pro, we've taken an in-depth look at the latest version of the Pro package, which includes non-destructive editing, lens correction, styles, selective color adjustments, and other workflow enhancements. Find out why you should consider Capture One Pro for your RAW images in our expert review.

Bokeh is a Photoshop plug-in from Alien Skin Software that simulates the focus effects of expensive fast lenses. It allows you to change the depth of field, place a radial sweet spot and add a vignette after the original photo has been taken. Bokeh differs from similar applications by accurately simulating the distinctive blurring and highlights of real lenses, such as the Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 II and the Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8. Retailing for $199, Jon Canfield found out if Bokeh really is an effective substitute for all those expensive lenses...