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Dxo photolab free presets4/5/2024 ![]() What is available?Ĭhecking back to the vision, I wanted the warmth of the sunshine to come through and the tree to stand out against the background as I remembered the actual scene. ColorĬolor correction live in the next panel. I applied and then rejected ClearView Plus – this is basically a sharpening tool that helps remove haze. I added a little contrast and applied Smart Lighting – this is something designed to compensate for backlighting, a little like fill-in flash. Light corrections include Exposure Compensation, DxO Smart Lighting, DxO ClearView Plus, Contrast, Tone Curve and Vignetting. Looking at the top of the tool panel, the categories are helpfully arranged left to right. This is an iterative process to an extent, but I generally start with the general corrections and go back and correct them if more localised enhancements upset the balance of the picture. Once we have a RAW image that is optically correct we can move on to processing the image. The only other choice worth considering is DxO Standard which applies some lighting and colour correction. This preset applies lens corrections, getting rid of distortion, vignetting etc. My preference is to apply optical corrections only at this stage as this is the step most likely to be forgotten in Lightroom. Whether you are sending the image over from Lightroom or loading it from the file system, when you open the image in the Customise Module you will have a choice of presets to apply. Presets in DxO PhotoLab 6 Presets in PhotoLab 6 The rock face is sandy coloured not blue which is something to watch out for as we increase contrast. There are a few obvious flaws in the RAW file – the ground and plants underneath the tree are overexposed relative to the tree itself and in the top left hand corner there is a much lighter patch of rock that is distracting at best. The tree is what I want people to look at and so it needs to stand out. RAW – imported with Optical Correctionsįor this particular picture, shown here in RAW, the overarching vision is to capture the warmth of the winter sun that is backlighting the tree. ![]() This way madness and over processing lie. It’s really a reflection of the fact that if you don’t have a view as to how the image should look, then you’ll find yourself mired in a confusing nightmare best described as “Try it and See”. I’m tempted to describe this a a “Pro Secret” or some such nonsense. The aim of a workflow is simply to save time and to proceed in a logical way via a series of repeatable steps that work towards a final image that matches or improves on the vision you have for the picture. To my mind this is diabolical! I much prefer the Lightroom approach. This “project” is entirely virtual, no files are moved and can therefore exist anywhere on the disk. After copying the files from your card to the filesystem, PhotoLab encourages you to create a project and add selected files to it. ![]() In PhotoLab you have to create the directories manually which I have to say is a pain. In Lightroom this meant that all I had to do was create a catalogue named after the client or project and Lightroom would create the appropriate directory structure. Working as a commercial photographer meant that calls on my library were frequent so I arranged directories named after the client or project and within those directories sub directories by date. My own approach to this, honed by many false starts and mislaid images was brought about by necessity. For example how big can a library be before it becomes unmanageable? What categories will enable consistency across the entire catalogue? What is the appropriate metadata to save? Within this apparently simple task lie some complexities. The best approach to making the right decision is to work out a schema that will enable you to locate any photograph in your library within a few seconds. For those looking to move away from the Adobe portfolio, PhotoLab has its own image management module called PhotoLibrary, offering support for metadata.įor a detailed review of the improvements added to version 6 check out my post DxO PhotoLab 6 Review but I will say here after a couple of months of use that the responsiveness of the sliders is much faster than before! PhotoLibrary or Adobe Lightroomįor those users who simply want to use a better RAW processor, PhotoLab exists as a plugin to Lightroom and images can be sent from one to the other at the press of a button.ĭeciding whether to use PhotoLibrary or Lightroom is a decision that should ideally be made once only. PhotoLab 6 is the latest iteration of the RAW processing software developed by DxO.
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