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DxO PhotoLab

DxO PhotoLab is the replacement for the old DxO Optics Pro, adding in local adjustment tools when DxO bought the Nik Collection and its technologies from Google. PhotoLab is now a powerful all image browsing, raw processing, lens correction and editing tool, and is renowned for the image quality it can create.

• DxO PhotoLab 4 review

The best image-editing software: what to look for, where to find out more

November 2, 2020 by Rod Lawton

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.

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: Affinity Photo, Capture One, Cataloguing software, DxO PhotoLab, Exposure X, Lightroom, Luminar, Nik Collection, ON1 Photo RAW, Photoshop, RAW processing

DxO PhotoLab Graduated Filter, Control Points and Repair tool in action

May 25, 2020 by Life after Photoshop

This step-by-step editing walkthrough shows a number of DxO PhotoLab tools in action, principally the Local Adjustment tools, including the Graduated Filter and Control Point tools.

Filed Under: Featured, PhotoLab, Tutorials Tagged With: Control Point, DxO PhotoLab, Gradient mask, Graduated filters, Local adjustments, Microcontrast (DxO), Repair tool (DxO), Retouching, Selective Tone (DxO), Tint (white balance)

Using HDR Efex Pro for everyday enhancement

April 18, 2020 by Rod Lawton

Usually, HDR images are pretty obvious. The technique is part of the ‘look’. But it’s also possible to use HDR to enhance regular images to add depth and drama, but winding the effect back just a little so that it’s no longer center stage. So for this shot I used DxO PhotoLab and HDR Efex […]

Filed Under: Featured, Nik Collection, Tutorials Tagged With: DxO PhotoLab, HDR, HDR Efex Pro, Nik Collection

3 RAW converters, 3 different white balance settings!

July 11, 2019 by Rod Lawton

You’d expect different RAW converters to agree about white balance, wouldn’t you? Then you’re going to be surprised by this test.

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Capture One, DxO PhotoLab, Lightroom, White balance, White balance presets

How to get great black and white in DxO PhotoLab… but you’ll need FilmPack 5

January 20, 2019 by Rod Lawton

DxO PhotoLab can create superb black and white imagery, both in terms of image quality and in creative control, but you need to get the DxO FilmPack 5 Elite add-on to do it. This does make things more expensive, and it does feel a bit like you’re paying for some things that other programs offer […]

Filed Under: PhotoLab, Tutorials Tagged With: Analog, Black and white, Borders and frames, Contrast, DxO FilmPack, DxO PhotoLab, Film simulation, Grain, Light leak, Textures, Toning, Vignette

DxO brings PhotoLab 1.2 update and launches Nik Collection 2018

June 6, 2018 by Rod Lawton

DxO PhotoLab 1.2

DxO has announced updates to both PhotoLab and its recently-acquired Nik Collection software. These products are likely to prove key to the company’s future as it restructures its financial activities around its software portfolio. Nik Collection 2018 DxO acquired the Nik Collection from Google late last year and its software engineers have spent the last […]

Filed Under: News, Nik Collection, PhotoLab Tagged With: DxO PhotoLab, Nik Collection

Don’t be scared of high ISOs!

October 28, 2017 by Rod Lawton

High ISO noise reduction

Your camera’s sensor, your lens’s image stabiliser and the latest photo-editing software technology may surprise you with what they can do together. When you’re on vacation or on a once-in-a-lifetime trip or just strolling through warm city streets at night, you’re going to want to capture the sights with your camera but you don’t want […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: DxO PhotoLab, Noise reduction

DxO acquires the Nik Collection and launches DxO PhotoLab

October 26, 2017 by Rod Lawton

In one of the best pieces of news we’ve heard this year, DxO has announced it has acquired the Nik Collection and plans to “continue to develop the Collection for the benefit of the photographer community”. “The Nik Collection gives photographers tools to create photos they absolutely love,” says Aravind Krishnaswamy, an Engineering Director with […]

Filed Under: News, PhotoLab Tagged With: DxO PhotoLab, Nik Collection

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DxO PhotoLab 4 review

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