These profiles will correct shortcomings identified by DxO’s tests going back nearly 20 years. Initially, as you click on images you will see dialogue box telling you that DxO Optics modules are missing with a download button for the suitable camera/lens profile. As you use the scroll bar to navigate through files, the thumbnails are steadily updated. With a folder of over 400 Canon EOS R5 full-size Raws it took a little while and of course it was the same with a folder of Raws from a Fujifilm GFX100S. I did this test on a M1 MacMini with 16GB RAM using image files from a range of cameras. Click on a folder with images and the software loads files and produces thumbnails which it does at varying speeds depending on the number and size of files. The plus side of the DxO approach is that there’s no need to move or import images into the software to view and work on them. It is a shallow folder structure but not compatible with DxO because you need to click on each folder directly to see what is inside. Inside are folders for Raws, TIFFs, web images, images for print and work in progress. I use an Adobe Lightroom-based workflow which does have the option of supporting sub folders. However, the option would enhance the software’s appeal. The reason for this, DxO tells me, is that it would be too processor intensive. The projects feature is a good place to start the review given its prominence in the workflow. We have metadata, keywording and IPTC fields on the right and these can be moved around to suit. In Photo Library mode, there’s folders, project and recent searches on the left. There’s a large central area for the main image, thumbnails in an image browser below that can be undocked and panels on the left and right sides. The clean looking interface has two tabs in the top left corner, Photo Library and Customise. PhotoLab 6 Elite: Open it upĭxO Photolab 6. This means you can do more tidying up without having to go beyond PhotoLab.įinally, to enhance its workflow credentials PhotoLab 6 has colour labels for easier file management, a good search facility, extended range of EXIF and IPTC tags, and an improved projects feature to help you organise pictures more efficiently. Essentially, the tool lets you perform complex cloning and healing tasks with fine-tunable brushes that can modified, flipped and rescaled. DxO has a ReTouch tool (formerly called the Repair tool) to help you fulfil those needs. In any workflow, the odds are you will need to clone out the odd crisp packet, sensor spot or heal skin blemishes. You can now check how images look in with the profiles that you normally use for home or lab printing with Relative and Perceptual intents available too. An addition for v6.4 is the ability to use DxO Wide Gamut and simulate papers and inks when soft proofing. Thousands of camera/lens combinations available.ĭxO has reengineered its colour processing algorithms and there is a new extended working colour space called DxO’s Wide Gamut with a broader colour range than its Classic colour space. In v6.5.1 the software now works with Fujifilm’s most recent fufth generationmodels, the X-H2, X-H2S and X-T5.īefore getting to the test, I should first cover the other key changes in version 6 and also say that PhotoLab 6 is fully supported by DxO’s renowned Optic Module correction profiles that enhance sharpness and cure distortion, vignetting and chromatic aberrations. In PhotoLab 6, the technology has been advanced further with the addition of DeepPRIME XD (eXtreme Detail) and that technology is also now available in DxO’s dedicated denoising software, PureRaw 3.Īs a regular and keen user of DeepPRIME, I was keen to check out the benefits of XD, especially as DxO made that mode fully compatible with Fujifilm X-Trans CMOS sensors in v6.4. The journey began with Prime and that evolved to the even more effective DeepPRIME, and those skills were available in PhotoLab 5. The updates to PhotoLab v6.5.1 from the previous version aren’t huge but they are significant you want the best image quality, especially from high ISO images.ĭxO has possibly the best Raw demosaicing and denoising technology available in any software. DxO, the company with PureRaw and the Nik Collection in its stable, has revamped its flagship editing and workflow software.Essential edition, $139, £128, outright purchase.Elite edition, $219, £199, outright purchase.
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