DXO PHOTOLAB 2 PRESETS UPDATE
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We tested both manual and auto-masking and found auto masking to work quite well.

DXO PHOTOLAB 2 PRESETS UPDATE

This update continues that tradition, but it’s the U Point technology that further helps to differentiate PhotoLab from its competitors. PhotoLab excels at removing noise and enhancing details in images. There’s some very basic organizing tools, but DxO clearly has spent more time on the editing tools than on building out the digital asset management capabilities of the program. You toggle between two modules-organize and customize-and the program uses your computer’s file tree for image browsing.

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Our only quibble is that the U Point’s vertical sliders are a bit too small and bunched up for our taste.īeyond U Point, the UI is largely identical to the older Optics Pro and quite intuitive. User InterfaceĭxO has done a nice job refreshing the U Point UI, organizing the tools so they’re not clogging the screen. Object removal, shown below, works well and quickly but can struggle a bit when the scene has a varied background. Essentials will set you back $129 while the Elite version costs $199. Essentials strips away Prime noise reduction, ClearView, the anti-Moire tool, the ability to manage camera ICC profiles, color rendering profiles, the presets editor, the ability to export multiple images at once and a few more features. Like Optics Pro, PhotoLab is sold in two editions, Essential and Elite (we tested Elite). PhotoLab also features the company’s PRIME noise reduction technology, automated micro-contrast enhancement and red eye removal, ClearView haze reduction and selective tone rendering. As with any new update, DxO has built out the number of supported cameras and, finally, have included drone cameras into its portfolio of profiled lens/camera combos. PhotoLab continues to offer the same lens/camera-based auto corrections originally introduced in Optics Pro. The Lens Sharpness tool has been revamped to deliver improved details on higher ISO images.

There are new local adjustments for Hue (HSL) and Selective Tone and the editing tools are now grouped into Light, Color and Details to help make the user interface less crowded.īeyond U Point, there’s an automatic repair tool to erase unwanted objects in your image and replace it with background pixels. The mask can be displayed in gray tones so you can more easily view what’s been masked.ĭxO hasn’t simply imported U Point as is, they’ve made a few useful additions and tweaks. There’s also an automatic masking tool if you don’t trust your own hands to get it precisely correct. To apply local adjustments, you’ll first highlight the area you want to edit using a brushed-on mask, with control over size, feather and opacity. You access U Point through a new “Local Adjustments” button at the top of the program. The technology uses what are dubbed Control Points to pinpoint a series of local adjustments to exposure, contrast, micro-contrast, vibrance, white balance, sharpness, blur and more. What’s NewĭxO’s incorporation of Nik’s U Point technology is unquestionably the most significant new feature in PhotoLab.

With PhotoLab, DxO incorporated the U Point local image adjustment tools it acquired from Nik, enabling you to make precise, local edits to your RAW files. In the meantime, the company re-branded its flagship RAW processor, bidding adieu to the Optics Pro brand and rechristening it PhotoLab. As we write this, the company’s restructuring is ongoing.

DXO PHOTOLAB 2 PRESETS SOFTWARE

Shortly after it made an ambitious purchase, saving the Nik Suite of software plugins from Google’s benign neglect, the company was forced to file for France’s equivalent of Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

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