For example, users can restore highlights locally by using the extra data contained in the RAW file without changing the rest of the photo. These controls are fully integrated into DxO PhotoLab’s RAW conversion feature and are non-destructive. These tools share many similarities with Control Points: they give users access to essential settings, including exposure, contrast, white balance, micro-contrast, vibrancy, sharpness and a bokeh effect.
The local corrections feature set also includes an auto-mask retouching brush for making precise selections and a graduated filter tool. Through its acquisition of the Nik Collection assets from Google, DxO was able to integrate U Point technology, which allows users to make complex selections, without ever using a brush tool in a non-destructive RAW workflow. DxO PhotoLab now gives photographers these tools and they immediately get one of the best user interfaces ever developed for image editing, which is U Point, originally developed by Nik Software. In the previous version, though, one thing was missing: local adjustment tools that would set DxO’s app on the same level of functionality as Adobe’s Lightroom, but with the unique lens-and-camera-body based automation. The new app still includes DxO PRIME, a gold standard in noise reduction technology and Smart Lighting. If it’s as good as the first release, 13 years ago, it will be one of the best RAW converters/editors on the market, as its strongest selling point hasn’t changed: optical corrections are based on laboratory-grade mathematical models. Needless to say, I’ll be reviewing DxO PhotoLab very soon here.
In addition to these brand-new features, its RAW-file automatic Lens Sharpness correction feature has been dramatically enhanced. The new DxO PhotoLab - whose name actually covers the app’s capabilities better than the old Optics Pro - also contains an auto-mask brush, a graduated filter and a new Repair tool. The lack of local retouching was the only flaw I could find in the previous versions of DxO’s image editor. As a result, DxO Optics Pro also gets a new name - DxO PhotoLab - and is expected to be setting a new standard in RAW processing for pro and enthusiast photographers.ĭxO PhotoLab is released today and introduces a comprehensive local retouching solution that is fully integrated into a non-destructive RAW workflow and includes former Nik Software’s U Point technology. The first results of the acquisition are the inclusion of Nik’s U Point local adjustments solution, in addition to a new Repair tool and improved DxO Lens Sharpness technology. DxO, the well known French developer of DxO Optics Pro and the force behind DxOMark, plans to continue development of the Nik Collection, with the current version to remain available for free on DxO’s dedicated website, while a new version is planned for mid-2018.
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