$49 Developer Photolemur, photolemur.com
Requirements OS X 10.10.5 or later, Core 2 Duo (late 2009 or later), 4GB, 1280x800 display
Photolemur is a photo editor with a difference: it uses subject recognition and applies adjustments automatically. Rather than applying specific filters or fixes, it identifies features such as faces, trees, skies, and landscapes to make enhancements that are specific to the subject and image. What’s more, it learns as it goes, so should get better the more it’s used.
Photolemur looks at image colors, exposure, contrast, and white balance, and analyzes an image on a pixel-by-pixel basis before making adjustments to enhance each shot individually. If you save an image, it’s added to the “success” list, but if you don’t it’s added to the “blacklist,” thus helping Photolemur learn what…