When a camera clicks a photo, it tends to take in the entire picture of the scene as is. Thereby, giving importance to every aspect irrespective of whether it is useful or not. RAW photo files are huge, these contain huge amount of data, from lighting to billions of colors, a good camera will also provide different shades to the normal features in a photo, thereby capturing entire surrounding in a single photo.

Why professionals prefer the RAW file format for photo editing? Every photo editor might not want to simply brighten the photo but to access every aspect of the photo. Not every photo editor is equipped with dealing with extensive features of a RAW photo file. But it also needs a special software which should be able to include and use huge data provided by RAW photo file. AfterShot Pro 3 is one such photo editor which deals specifically in RAW photos.

Here are a few AfterShot Pro features that you may find interesting:

1. Support for new and powerful creative cameras like the DSLR, Sony, Canon, Nikon, Pentax, etc. This is an absolute necessity for this software since it is a specific RAW photo editing software. Continuous updating of profiles for different types of camera like the mirrorless and the other high quality professional cameras is absolutely necessary. AfterShot Pro provides you with modular camera profiles. Instead of patching this software, all you need is to select the camera and download an update for the camera rather than going for the generic method. If you do not find your specific camera there, you can always use feedback feature to ask Corel to provide for that particular camera update.
2. Photo Management: A photographer will enjoy the creativity and flow of art while he clicks his photos. But these photos could become a nightmare without a good photo management system. AfterShot Pro offers cool photo management system where he can view all photos as once, categorize and easy file management system, this feature is built in the software and you do not need to add in more patches.
3. Edit with External Editor: Compatibility with Photoshop is another useful feature in AfterShot Pro. You can use AfterShot Pro as your batch process editor and image manager, when you are done with the images, for more editing you can use the ‘edit with external editor’ feature and move on to photo editing software if you already own Photoshop and not Corel. Photo file will automatically get converted to TIF format and move on the Adobe Photoshop.
4. Lens Corrections & Lens Correction Development Kit: Using different types of lenses on your camera for more clarity and color capture could cause color distortion, this will affect the picture quality. Lens correction feature allows you to to correct this distortion clearing the picture in an instant. If you own unique lens or latest ones, this feature might not yet be provided, however, you can create your on lens correction with the help of development kit to be used each time you use a particular lens.
5. Comprehensive watermarking: Your photo or picture is your property, hence you need to watermark it so it is not used by anyone else or atleast you are acknowledged whenever it is used. Comprehensive watermarking feature allows you to add in watermark to single & batch raw files without wasting time. You can put your watermark in form of logo, initials, name, place, decide on ideal style and transparence, including size, font, etc. This will lend your photos instant identity even before they go in for editing in photo editing software.
6. Blemish remover and highlight recovery: Blemish remover allows you to do touchups and remove imperfections from your photograph in its RAW format, so you have more choice and you need not wait till your file reaches photo editor. For overexposed photos, the highlight recovery feature can help you recover the actual object by removing extra glare that could mean waste of effort for your photos.

There are numerous features to RAW photo editor AfterShot Pro, these features are very useful and you get large range of choice when doing changes to your basic photographs. You save your RAW files as well as modified files thereby giving your more a chance to use your RAW files again.