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TUAW Best of 2011: Vote for the best Mac photo and video apps

The nominations are in, and the poll is ready to go! The TUAW Best of 2011 awards are all about you -- the readers -- and what you think is the cream of the crop of Apple or third-party products and software. To vote, select one entry from the top nominations made by readers. We'll be announcing the winner in just a few days. Vote early and often!

Today TUAW is asking for your vote for the best Mac photo and video apps of 2011. While we received relatively few nominations in this area, there were several apps that stood out as potential winners in this category.

Rather than have video and photo apps punching it out for the Best of 2011 title, I've decided to split the voting into both categories.

In the video realm the new Camtasia 2 ($99.99) app pulled in the most nominations, while Apple's Final Cut Pro X ($299.99) was popular despite all the complaining when it was released earlier this year. ScreenFlow ($99.99), another screencasting app for Mac, will fight it out with Camtasia 2 for the honors.

For photo apps, FX Photo Studio Pro ($39.99) grabbed the attention of readers, along with Sketcher ($14.99), Flickery ($9.99), and effect / texture app Flare ($9.99).

Be sure to vote for one of each below -- one Mac photo app and one Mac video app. I'll announce the winners in a few days.

What is the best Mac photo app of 2011?
FX Photo Studio Pro64 (36.4%)
Flickery24 (13.6%)
Flare67 (38.1%)
Sketcher21 (11.9%)

What is the best Mac video app of 2011?
Camtasia 222 (10.5%)
ScreenFlow54 (25.8%)
Final Cut Pro X133 (63.6%)



 

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JustDl Betty

I'm glad to see Sketcher app up here, Neatberry has some cool apps and nothing I've tried on any other app, and I have many has given me the gorgeous effects of the watercolor or watercolor and ink results when you pick the different papers, it's the best rendering app I've used. With many combinations, you might think it looks limited but it's fantastic and the developers are wonderful with customer support. I want animix next!

December 25 2011 at 7:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tye Hill

Another write-in vote for Pixelmator. These options are hilariously bad...... although I do like Flare.

December 19 2011 at 9:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
umijin

No Lightroom? No CS5 Photoshop? No Aperture? Seriously?

Not voting either.

December 18 2011 at 5:23 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
umijin

Ummm - very disappointing line up of photo apps. No LR3, no Aperture, no Photoshop, no Pixelmator... Not voting either.

December 17 2011 at 8:17 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Mark Shaw

Need a none of the above option.

December 17 2011 at 7:08 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
NathanL

How you could not include Pixelmator here I don't know. Because of this, I'm not voting!

December 17 2011 at 5:49 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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danieldk

Indeed, Pixelmator is definitely missing here, given that 2.0 was released this year (I guess that this is a requirement, otherwise Aperture and Lightroom are also missing), and it is one of the most popular App Store apps.

December 18 2011 at 3:22 AM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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