Building a Photo Editing App: The First Builds and the Early Challenges
In my previous article, From Photoshop to PhotoStudio – My Lightroom Alternative Journey, I explained how years of working with Photoshop and Lightroom eventually led me to an idea: Building a Photo Editing App -why not build my own? At the time, it seemed like a fairly straightforward ambition. I knew what I wanted from the software, I understood how I worked as a photographer, and I had a very clear idea of what I liked about Lightroom. What I hadn't fully appreciated was just how much work would be involved in making it happen. Once the first builds of PhotoStudio started taking shape, the reality of software development became very apparent. Importing photographs, managing a catalogue, displaying previews, developing RAW files and interpreting Lightroom presets all presented...