PhotoPlus X5 is used for editing, enhancing, and organizing image collections. Users are able to remove red eye, add effects, edit Raw files, merge HDR image and even old photos can be restored. Raw files may be edited from digital SLR cameras through the Raw Studio. Users can make alterations on the white balance, highlights, and exposure, they can also reduce noise, reduce chromatic aberration, adjust bit depth and many others. It supports 16-bit professional images support with enhances color depth, used for color control, precise image reproduction, smoother color transitions, and less banding in gradients and vignettes. Photos are merged using different exposure settings and a broad color range. Adjustments to white balance, curves, hue, saturation can be made and applied to the entire picture or specific areas of a photograph with the use of the mask brush. It offers non-destructive editing that lets users revert the image to its original state. Users can also create virtual albums, keep similar photos in stacks, view photos from where they were taken using Map of the world and tag and rate your photos it in order to be searched easily.