Artstudio Pro

£38.99/$39.99

Requirements macos 10.11 or later • 64-bit processor • 44.3MB Learn more luckyclan.com Available from Mac App Store

The successor to Lucky Clan’s original Artstudio app, the Pro version boasts a powerful Gpuaccelerated Artengine that is up to ten times faster, allows for working with multiple documents and supports larger canvas sizes with an unlimited number of layers. Certainly anyone looking for a versatile painting and image editing package will delight at the many elements Artstudio Pro places within easy reach.

Anyone familiar with Adobe Photoshop will be able to dive straight into this app. A very Photoshop-esque strip of quick tools runs down the left side of the interface and menus at the top allow you to adjust everything from the brightness/ contrast to the gradient map, add layers and masks, and apply all kinds of outlandish filters to your images. More content seems to be added with each new update too, expanding your creative possibilities with each new iteration.

The app is also available for IOS and boasts a very similar interface, certainly on ipad. And the fact that you can save your projects to icloud and then pick up where you left off on your Mac makes this ideal for professional photographers and digital artists on the move. The app also comes with screen-recording capabilities, so you can use it to record your own step-by-step tutorials or just to recap on all of the processes your image has been through to reach its current state.

With a friendly, intuitive interface and plenty to discover once you start scratching away at the surface, this is a must for photo aficionados.