Photographer here. We know what these functions are doing to the image (if not literally then intuitively) and want the total control that the sliders-next-to-i

Photographer here. We know what these functions are doing to the image (if not literally then intuitively) and want the total control that the sliders-next-to-input-fields paradigm provides. You might be surprised how much math actually goes into photography. Yes I do want to bump the contrast by .1 and drop the exposure by 1/3 of a stop. I've got my eye on the histogram and I know what I think looks good. I guarantee that any photo editing software that deviates from this UI will get shat on by the professional photography community. I'd love to see your suggestions nonetheless. The type of interface that I think you're suggesting is Instagram, one that takes control away from the user because the user doesn't actually know what they're doing. This editor actually has something like that with the filters you can select on the left. The problem is, actual photographers are frustrated by these interfaces (or treat them as a toy) because they would rather have all the functionality exposed to them so they can make their own adjustments. You could argue that "constraints breed creativity," but when I'm working through 1500 wedding photos I want my sliders exactly where I expect them to be, doing exactly what they've been doing with high precision for the past 20 years.