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Tucows wrote: "Focus Photoeditor is
a Keeper.."
CNet wrote:"This image editor
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interviews Francesco Savastano, author of Focus Photoeditor and Head
of NeWest Software
FW Editor:
What are your plans or objectives for the near future?
Francesco Savastano: The plan is to
grow steadily, together with our customers. We do our work with
passion and with ambition for reaching outstanding quality, staying
very close to the needs and wishes of the users of our software.
FW Editor: Do you plan to develop new
software, or are you more focused on optimizing Focus Photoeditor?
Francesco Savastano: We always have
new ideas and concepts about developing software that are very easy
to use and at the same time features-rich. We are constantly
optimizing Focus Photoeditor, by each new minor release, and we
always plan greater improvements to both performance and usability
in major releases.
FW Editor: Do you plan to improve
Focus Photoeditor in the future? If yes, how are you going to do
that?
Francesco Savastano: We have a lot of
improvements as well as new features in mind. We want to improve
performance, because this is the main critical issue of an image
editor. We will add a faster image handling engine, that will
improve especially performances working with layers. Another feature
that we want to introduce is full automation, to allow users to
quickly apply a series of complex changes to multiple pictures.
FW Editor: Which is the strongest
Focus Photoeditor advantage? What makes it so special?
Francesco Savastano: It loads very
fast compared to any other image editor and has all the necessary
features without the overhead of excessive complications. There is a
wide range of automatic corrections that give excellent results,
able to please both the average user and the professional. The
learning curve to use it in a satisfying way is very quick too. Of
course professional use will require a deeper understanding of its
commands and of image editing concepts.
FW Editor: Can you tell us more about
your favorite Focus Photoeditor features?
Francesco Savastano: My favorite
features are the automatic corrections. Personally speaking, I use
them all the time on my photos or pictures and I never regret the
way the software modifies them.
FW Editor: It is Focus Photoeditor a
viable alternative for Adobe Photoshop users?
Francesco Savastano: Well, this
question is quite tricky. Photoshop is a high-end, high-priced
editor and it surely has no rivals speaking in crude terms about
features, but it is one of the most difficult to use and expensive
software in the market. When it comes to photo correction, Focus
Photoeditor will do around 80% of what Photoshop can achieve, but in
a much easier way. I do not believe that the extra 20% of features
are something most users cannot live with, but some high-end
professionals will find them useful to finish their work and comply
to certain high-end standards.
FW Editor: Is there any full customer
support service for Focus Photoeditor clients?
Francesco Savastano: We are currently
offering standard support by email. Our support is very quick and
responsive. But we are going to improve that by opening a registered
users forum and ticket support system soon.
FW Editor: Now, to end our small
interview, is there any message you would like to send to Focus
Photoeditor users?
Francesco Savastano: I would like to
thank them for using our software first of all and to keep giving us
their precious words of encouragement and tips on how to improve the
software, because this is what we value the most. |
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