onOne Software just released PhotoFrame 4 in two different version, Pro and Standard edition.

“Both editions share the same base content of 1,000 frames and have the same exact feature set allowing you to search, find, combine, modify and apply frame edges & adornments in real-time.

PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition will give you an additional set of nearly 300 frames, textures, overlays, adornments and presets that were designed by some of the top Photoshop gurus and trainers of our time including Jack Davis, Jim DiVitale, Dave Cross, Laurie Excell, Helene Glassman, Kevin Kubota, Rick Sammon, Vicki Taufer and Vincent Versace.

PhotoFrame 4 Professional Edition also includes support to work with Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 and Apple Aperture 2.1.”

Now, that’s a great new because it’s another step towards a fully integrated digital studio, allowing to skip buying Photoshop.

The frame content in PhotoFrame 4 has been completely re-mastered. They added only the new frames that people have been asking for.

The new frames also come with more realistic film edges along with new textures, backgrounds and adornments.

If you love all the older frames you can download them for free from the onOne website, giving you access to over 4000 frames!!

I really like the new rulers and guides system, allowing you to control the size and placement of a frame accurately.

It makes adjusting position with precision easy. You can even set them to measure from the center out so you can center a frame easily. And with the guides you can make sure your alignment is spot on!

The major improvement being of course that you can use FF4 right inside of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 or Apple Aperture 2.1!

You can apply a preset to a single image or an entire batch. You can even open one image to adjust the frame settings and then apply it to a selection of images right in the workflow application you use.

One can wonder if FF4 is really necessary… Well, yes and no. I wouldn’t use is to print a large format photo and hang in to a wall as is but it’s really convenient and it adds a creative dimension if you plan on making books!