Verdict: 4.3 stars: DxO PureRAW has one simple job. It takes your existing RAW files and pre-processes them as Linear DNGs with DxO’s raw processing, lens corrections and denoising already applied – but other programs still see them as RAW files.
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What is the best image editing software?
Choosing the best image editing software is complicated, not just because there are so many alternatives, but because they all do different things. It all depends on what you look for most in your photo editing software. Here are ten programs with ten different approaches.
DxO PhotoLab 4 review
Verdict: 4.5 stars DxO PhotoLab 4 is superb at RAW processing and lens corrections, often transforming the results from even average camera gear. The improvements in PhotoLab 4, particularly DxO’s new DeepPRIME technology, are impressive, and offer stunning results from high-ISO images. PhotoLab 4 is quite technical, it’s not cheap if you buy the Elite version (recommended) and the ViewPoint and FilmPack add-ons, and its organising tools are pretty basic – and it doesn’t work with Fujifilm X-Trans files. Otherwise, for image processing perfectionists, it’s quite superb.
Exposure X6 review
Verdict: 4.5 stars Exposure X6 remains one of the best tools for recreating atmospheric analog looks and has a large catalog of very good preset effects. It’s also a very good all-round non-destructive image-editor, and offers very good integrated image cataloguing which offers an excellent hybrid approach between ‘live’ folder browsing and quite powerful search and album tools.
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Black and white portrait enhancement: how effects can work together
This black and white image uses two beautiful things: a fabulous portrait shot by Albert Dera on Unsplash and one of ON1 Photo RAW’s excellent B&W Modern presets. Portrait images don’t always convert well to black and white, but this one works brilliantly, thanks in part to the perfect portrait lighting, the strong, symmetrical composition […]
Can you intensify color by reducing it?
Color is a complex thing. It doesn’t get its intensity solely from saturation, but also from contrast. This can include color contrast with colors on opposite sides of the color wheel, brightness contrast between bright and dark colors, and another type of contrast we can call ’saturation contrast’. This is where you contrast strongly saturated […]
When to use Capture One’s Light Falloff slider
This is a great tool when you’re working with lenses that suffer from vignetting. Most modern lenses are pretty good in this respect and Capture One will usually have a lens profile that corrects vignetting and distortion and chromatic aberration at the same time. But if you’re working with older vintage lenses, or cheap lo-fi […]
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Lightroom CC review (2020)
Verdict: 4 stars It’s undeniably useful to be able to see, organise and edit your images anywhere, on any device, and the editing tools are now almost the same as those in Lightroom Classic. But you do have to pay for the necessary cloud storage for your photo catalog, and while the Sensei AI image search feature is great, the rest of the organising tools are pretty simplistic – and there are no smart albums. Lightroom CC is unique and effective in some ways, expensive and limiting in others.
Subscriptions vs single fee software: the pros and cons
It’s a topic that divides opinion to this day, and those who object to subscription software do so on principle while those who embrace it do it out of practicality. That’s two different sets of reasons. But anyhow, let’s just spell out the differences between these two means of payment for software, see how the […]
ON1 Photo RAW 2021.1 update brings enhancements and new camera/lens support
ON1 has released a 2021.1 update to ON1 Photo RAW which brings a number of small enhancements rather than any major changes. If you launch ON1 Photo RAW 2021, you’ll be prompted to download and install the update automatically. ON1 says the face detection in ON1 Portrait AI is now faster and more accurate, with […]
ON1 Photo RAW Replace Color filter, new in 2021
The Replace Color filter is a new feature in ON1 Photo RAW 2021, though it will be a familiar option to many users of Photoshop and other programs. It does exactly what it says, allowing you to select a color in the image and replace it with another.
DxO offers up to 30% savings on PhotoLab and Nik Collection
DxO has announced Holiday Season savings on its leading software applications, including DxO PhotoLab 4 and the DxO Nik Collection, which will run right up until the end of December 2020. Both are among the best photo editing software products on the market. DxO PhotoLab 4 is a powerful RAW processing and lens correction program […]