Sally Wiener Grotta
Sally Wiener Grotta is the president and lead analyst of DigitalBenchmarks test lab (www.DigitalBenchmarks.com). The scripts she created for various tech publications for testing and evaluating digital cameras, image quality, software and related technologies have become industry standards. Among her numerous books is the first major volume on image processing “Digital Imaging for Visual Artists” (McGraw-Hill), co-authored with Daniel Grotta. Her hundreds of reviews, stories and columns have appeared in scores of magazines, journals and online publications.
Latest articles by Sally Wiener Grotta
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How to Create a Photo Book with Mixbook
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Making a photo book doesn't have to be a chore. Here are simple, step-by-step instructions for using our top service, Mixbook.
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Apple Photo Calendar Review: Best Value Photo Calendar
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Apple Photo combines a great price with one of the highest-quality printed calendars available, but it offers little in the way of customization.
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Apple Photo Book Review: Best Value Photo Book Service
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Apple's photo book service produced a great book at a very competitive price, but your creative options are limited.
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Nations Photo Lab Photo Book Review: Inadequate Software, Poor Book Quality
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
The quality of Nations Photo Lab's physical book was poor, photo reproduction was uneven and the software is limited.
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GotPrint Review: Best Value Photo Card Printing Service
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
GotPrint's software isn't as intuitive or as fun to use as Mixbook's. But it produced a high-quality postcard, and the price can't be beat.
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Picaboo Photo Card Review: Great Software, So-So Prints
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Picaboo's postcard-project software is a close rival to Mixbook's in terms of flexibility, creativity and intelligence. If only Picaboo's print and photo quality were better.
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Apple Photo Postcard Review: High Quality, Limited Options
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Apple Photo delivers a quality postcard, but its software, which is simple and easy to use, restricts creative freedom.
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Amazon Prints Photo Card Review: Not Ready for Prime Time
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Creating a postcard with Amazon Prints is a frustrating process, with very limited software and unsatisfactory print quality.
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Costco Print Photo Card Review: Return to Sender
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Costco's online printing service offers the barest minimum of choices and delivers a ho-hum printed postcard.
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Logitech Circle 2 Review: Innovative Features, Lackluster Video
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
The Logitech Circle 2 has innovative, easy-to-use software and great person-detection. However, the camera's image quality is disappointing and its functionality is limited.
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Honeywell Lyric C1 Review: Half-Baked Security Camera
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Honeywell’s Lyric C1 security camera is inexpensive, but its image and video quality are merely adequate, and the audio is poor, even for this price.
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Netgear Arlo Go Review: Roaming Free with 4G
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Get the Arlo Go if you want or need to take your security camera with you when you travel, even into the woods.
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Instagram: Best Photo-Sharing App
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
This hugely popular app makes short work of editing and sharing photos.
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Snapseed Review: Best Photo-Editing App for Serious Photographers
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
This app has a number of great advanced photo-editing tools.
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Snapchat: The Best Photo-Messaging App
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
This photo will self-destruct in ten seconds.
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Google Photos Review: The Best Photo/Video Backup App
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
The one app you need for backing up all your photos, from any device.
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PicsArt Photo Studio: Best All-in-One Photo App for Consumers
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
This photo-editing app has everything a casual smartphone photographer could want.
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D-Link DCS-2530L Review
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
The small, inconspicuous D-Link DCS-2530L produces excellent daylight video and one-way audio, but its night vision is merely adequate.
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 Review: Best Photo Editing Software
By Theano Nikitas, Sally Wiener Grotta published
Adobe Photoshop Elements 15 remains a solid option for consumers, especially novices, who want an easy-to-use image-editing product that can grow with you as you learn.
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Gimp 2.8 Reviewed: Open-Source Photo Editor
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Although its learning curve is too steep for novices, GIMP is free and has a nice set of photo editing tools.
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Google Photos Review: Best for Sharing Photos
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Google Photos is great at organizing and consolidating all your photos from your various devices.
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Apple Photos Review: Best Free Photo Editor for Mac Users
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Apple Photos is a free, fun and very-easy-to-use app for accessing, organizing and sharing your photos and videos.
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Affinity Photo 1.5 Review: Best Budget Editor for Pros
By Sally Wiener Grotta published
Affinity Photo is our pick for the best budget photo editor for pros.
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