Turn a quick snap into a slickly graded portrait with background blur
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IT WILL TAKE 15 minutes
YOU WILL LEARN How to add a bokeh effect, colour grade shots, make targeted tonal adjustments
YOU’LL NEED Acorn 8.4.1, macOS 14 or later
Apple’s Photos app offers plenty of tools for typical photo adjustments. You can, for example, adjust grading colours and tones to change a shot’s mood reveal, or sort missing shadow detail in underexposed areas. Acorn 8 (£19.99, flyingmeat.com) does all that too, but it also enables you to take more control over photo fixes thanks to advanced tools such as layers, artificial intelligence (AI)-powered selections, and brush-based adjustments.