iPhoto offers fairly basic photo editing options but to really impress with your images, you can´t do much better than Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Adobe Photoshop Elements integrates seamlessly with Adobe Bridge CS5 software and provides instant organization of your images. Most importantly, it also includes a custom viewing workspace and full-screen previews and locating images is made easier thanks to tagging options.
Previously, Adobe Photoshop Elements lacks some of the more advanced features available in Windows but version 10 means that it now includes all of the intelligent photo-editing options as found the Windows version. Particular features worth noting are Photomerge Exposure, Recompose and Quick Fix previews and an excellent Scene Cleaner for brushing away unwanted elements from images. The Scene Cleaner also allows you to touch-up photos such as whitening teeth or intensifying colors to give your images a true professional touch.
There are very few downsides to Adobe Photoshop Elements although it can be very slow to open. However, when it finally does open, all actions are performed at lightening speed. Version 9 has also addressed many of the drawbacks from the previous version including the ability to quickly share photos and videos on Facebook and support for Mac multitouch. The new Photomerge technology also allows you to take the best of two photos to create an improved image.
The only issues some users have with Adobe Photoshop Elements is that Adobe still don't issue incremental updates for it.
Overall, Adobe Photoshop Elements is a superb photo editing application that offers all the power you need to create stunning professional results.
