Several years ago, ArcSoft PhotoStudio was one of several journeymen image editing software programs that offered a few tools and features to allow users to touch-up old photos and maybe share them on the then-newfangled Internet. In the years that have followed, ArcSoft PhotoStudio continued humming along nicely, but seems to have peaked when DSL was still seemed Formula-1 fast.

In its defense, ArcSoft PhotoStudio does have tools and features to meet basic needs like cropping images, removing red-eye, applying filters and effects, among others. However, “meets basic needs” has hardly ever been redemptive (or positive, for that matter).

Before we move on to the long-form critique, the following strengths and weaknesses stood out during use:

Strengths

Well-stocked Filter and Effect Gallery

Weaknesses

Just About Everything