Photo Tune 3 is a plug-in developed by onOne Software for a variety of digital photo editing software programs like Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Apple Aperture.  onOne Software's mission is to develop software that gets you back to shooting.  The purpose of the plugin is to provide you with a useful way to correct or enhance the color of the photos you've taken.  This reviewer is a budding photoshop professional, but a novice in the digital photography world.

I immediately enjoyed the ability to open the program from the menu bar of Photoshop, and not hunt for the program in the myriad of filters, plug ins, and sub-menus.  For the black and white photographer there are several well designed presets for B&W photos.  For color photos, there are a number of presets for that category.

Because I am a new user of Photoshop I am not so familiar with histograms, curves, and the different parts of color correction/enhancement in the native Photoshop program.  Photo Tune 3 gives me a great alternative to using the complex protocols in PS through their innovative wizard and walk-through workflow.  Just like the tutorial video, I chose my own adventure in working with my photos just by choosing which image I like better throughout.  A step by step process guides me through to allowing me a nicely enhanced photo.  The process reminded me a little of the workflow of iPhoto.

If you're a seasoned professional and want more control, then go for Pro Mode.  Work your way through sliders and controls to perfect your image with a little more nuance.  It took me a little while to work through the image, but can understand that with a better result comes more effort.  The nice thing is that I can save my settings as my own preset after I'm done saving me precious time. Once I'm completely satisfied I can save my work as a smart object so I don't have to worry about screwing something up with my original image.  

Overall I am satisfied with the product but would like to see some change in the product.  Each time you make a change the images move a little left or a little right.  I'm not sure why that's necessary.  A little confession I suppose is in order.  I was working with photos that were captured with an old Canon A1 then scanned or transferred to a disc, so I might not be getting the full effect had I captured images with a DSLR, which I can't afford yet.  

In conclusion I think that this would be a good tool to have in a photographer's arsenal to make great photos for clients and or to satisfy a hobby.  I would like to thank the Digital Media Arts Group for the opportunity to review and retain the software.