DxO PhotoLab 3 is coming

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DxO présents the release 3 of de PhotoLab

HSL adjustment - completely redesigned
New interface based on the color wheel
Ability to completely change the color gamut using handles

Repair - new Clone tool
The tool has been completely revised.
Clone pad to replace one zone with another

Local Adjustments palette
Show / Hide all Local Adjustments (like all other feature)
Show / Hide each mask individually
Modify each mask opacity
Invert the influence area of a mask

Keywords in the Database
PhotoLab reads XMP tag keywords
Search by keywords
Keywords creation - Mac OS version only

Others:
White balance pipette sampling circle
Virtual copies: Master image and new behavior
Project Mode: New sorting options for the image project list
Crop: New ratios: 5/7 = ISO A, 8.5/11 = US letter and 16/10
Copy / Paste: Paste global parameters only
Tone curve: Use arrows to adjust curve value (like Mac OS until …)

All this explained in my tutorials.

Searh expression PL3 in
http://tuto.dxo.free.fr/EN/Efficacite/Efficiency.html
http://tuto.dxo.free.fr/EN/RegLocaux/Local_Adjustments.html#7_palette

Download on https://www.dxo.com/

Pascal
 
gramps said:
Upgrade price or Full price again?
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Prices show on the main page link he included.

I will be checking the chatter on the DxO forum later :)

PS I note that some improvement is not yet in the Windows version???
 
Just looked in on the DxO community forum and nothing mentioned yet by earlier upgraders !

Looking on the website there are a few new webinars due this month and November about PL3 usages.

Of the improvements, from memory that sound useful:-
The improved Library function using .XMP sidecar files and possibly more importantly importing those generated by PS and LR. AFAIK you could import the LR Catalogue before but I thought that .XMP were not honoured ~ IMO if that is looking as promising as it sounds likely Asta la vista baby to LR6 ;)

The much requested and awaited Cloning/repair tool

The masking tool and other pallets look interesting and useful.

Whether they all add up to v3 (over v 2.3) or should have been v2.5 + is moot but the list though not long appear to be solid additions....................so what will v3.x have to offer???

An upgrade price of £42.99 (do I recall that right?) is probably about right bearing in mind it is a perpetual license not a subscription ;)

PS I will wait for a few real world end users to post about it before upgrading :LOL:
 
Box Brownie said:
A couple of links for some insights

https://blog.dxo.com/photolab-3-by-dxo-the-new-hsl-tool/

And this one on the Tube

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKqTG7BmFJc
for a full review of PL3 by an external reviewer
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Thought I'd have a quick look at the demo. His comparison with lightroom at the start showed an image from LR that seems more flawed than the un-processed raw - surely operator error?

I'd be interested to know if other users think PL actually produces better results than LR with a competent operator - I'm a long-time LR user that doesn't want to get a subscription, but can't process my Sony A7III raw files directly in Lightroom 5.7 - and historically DXO Optics pro 11 wasn't as effective at processing RAWs as LR 5. I also use On1, but am not happy with the export function in the present versions, and would like something that will work with my images directly.
 
You have a 31 days trial period to form your opinion.
Pascal
 
Pieloe said:
You have a 31 days trial period to form your opinion.
Pascal
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I do, but I don't want to install/uninstall software just to find out I don't want to use it, or that it's no better than I'm already using. If a bunch of users came out of the woodwork and all agreed that it was better than LR I'd be happy to try, but the example in the video shows a recommendation from someone who apparently didn't know how to use LR.

I have used DXO OP in the past, and it was less useful that LR & On1 Photoraw - did a direct comparison here, presenting images processed through all 3. My feeling *from watching that video* is that it still has another year of improvement to go before it has caught up with Lightroom 5.
 
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