

It’s even possible to protect an area by creating new U Points with the Option key held down. It lets you literally pinpoint a problem, then adjust that point and some of the surroundings - the size and form of which you define - without sacrificing the ability to further fine-tune this “zone” if needed (and it seldom is) with a brush later on. U Point is about the holy grail when it comes to local adjustments. U Point is unique to Photolab and the reason why it is even more appealing than its predecessor, Optics Pro. This is a local adjustment technology that allows you to make complex and natural-looking selections with an overlay HUD that will beat a brush tool in terms of boundary accuracy and speed any time. Through the acquisition of the Nik Collection assets from Google, DxO has integrated U Point technology. The result is an editor that’s closer to Adobe Lightroom or Phase One’s Capture One Pro in terms of features than its predecessor. I did a test, and the results are impressive.DxO acquired Nik Software’s assets, including U Point technology, integrated it with DxO Optics Pro, added a new repair tool for good measure, and renamed its flagship RAW editor to DxO Photolab. Better dynamic range means that shadows can be lifted and details can be recovered.ĭxO also claims that ISO4000 images look like an ISO500 images. The new DeepPRIME XD is better.Īccording to DxO dynamic range is improved by 2.5 stops. DeepPRIME was already the best in the market. The best noise reduction just got better.įor me, the most exciting thing is that DxO Labs has improved its noise reduction. I have not tested PhotoLab 5 against PhotoLab 6 on this one. According to the DxO Labs press release, more accurate colors can be achieved. The third improvement is new color processing algorithms. It makes cloning and healing possible and external software is unnecessary-more about the ReTouch tool in my video about DxO PhotoLab 6. These types of improvements are always welcome. The use of color labels makes it easier to choose images. DxO has improved the library system so that the workflow is smoother.

The corrections are not just some average adjustments but are actually based on the camera and lens used.Ī smoother and faster workflow makes it easier to edit.

That has made the image quality one of the best, if not the best, on the market. They are data that they have collected using tens of thousands of different camera lens combinations.

DxO has been known for its excellent Modules. DxO has just announced its upgrade to PhotoLab, PhotoLab 6.
