DXO PhotoLab 3 wins TIPA WORLD AWARDS 2020 for the Best IMAGING SOFTWARE

The title says it all. DXO Photolab Elite 3.2 is my preferred post processing software, and I'm proud to be one of their beta testers.

Good for them. Definitely shines at higher ISO's, especially in shadows. I own it but still like to work with LR because at lower ISO's it is a close match. It will more than likely be my back up if ever drop LR.

I think it is 30% off right now. That is a good price.

digital paradise wrote in post #19047434
I think it is 30% off right now. That is a good price.

I strongly recommend that anyone interested in getting the best that PhotoLab has to offer should consider purchasing the more expensive Elite version rather the the Essential version. The Elite version has everything the Essential version has plus their best in class PRIME noise reduction, ClearView Plus haze removal and clarity tool, and a fully configurable interface. I also suggest the purchase of Viewpoint 3 which is both a standalone and PhotoLab plug-in perspective tool. And finally there is DXO's FilmPack 5 Elite. While some may think it is primarily film emulation software, it is so much more, adding a number of useful tools to the PhotoLab feature set..

I just read about it. Looks like Elite is 25% off. Still decent pricing. Not much point getting it without Prime.

Congrats to DXO you deserve it! DXOPL3 elite with the two add-on programs mentioned by mwsilver together make for a very powerful RAW processor. Be sure to get the more expensive elite versions. This suite of programs is my favorite processor hands down!

rrblint wrote in post #19047742
Congrats to DXO you deserve it! DXOPL3 elite with the two add-on programs mentioned by mwsilver together make for a very powerful RAW processor. Be sure to get the more expensive elite versions. This suite of programs is my favorite processor hands down!

If you are not a member of the DXO Forums should should consider it.

https://feedback.dxo.c​om/

mwsilver wrote in post #19048172
If you are not a member of the DXO Forums should should consider it.

https://feedback.dxo.c​om/

Hi Mark. I'm already a member. I said hello to you over there a couple of months ago.

rrblint wrote in post #19048359
Hi Mark. I'm already a member. I said hello to you over there a couple of months ago.

Yep. Now I remember. I'm just getting old. You have the same handle over there.

mwsilver wrote in post #19047521
I strongly recommend that anyone interested in getting the best that PhotoLab has to offer should consider purchasing the more expensive Elite version rather the the Essential version. The Elite version has everything the Essential version has plus their best in class PRIME noise reduction, ClearView Plus haze removal and clarity tool, and a fully configurable interface. I also suggest the purchase of Viewpoint 3 which is both a standalone and PhotoLab plug-in perspective tool. And finally there is DXO's FilmPack 5 Elite. While some may think it is primarily film emulation software, it is so much more, adding a number of useful tools to the PhotoLab feature set..

I own the Elite version, and find the Clearview Plus tool invaluable for my landscape photos. I did purchase Viewpoint 3, but to be honest I have never delved into it.

While I purchased PhotoLab initially just as a replacement for Lightroom to process my Canon RAW files, I have been using it the past few weeks on another project -- scanning and digitizing my late father's 35mm slides. I purchased an Epson V600 for the project (and to replace my failing Canon LIDE 200 scanner), and use Espon's included Epson Scan software for the initial scan to a 48-bit color, 2400dpi uncompressed TIFF file. I then use PL3 for the final cleanup -- removal of dust & dirt, noise reduction, some exposure correction. cropping out bad areas of the film, straightening horizons, etc. and then export to a JPEG. When I have a quality slide to begin with, the results are excellent -- even for slides dating back to 1963.

Here is an example from 1963:

mwsilver wrote in post #19048376
Yep. Now I remember. I'm just getting old. You have the same handle over there.

You and me both. Yes same handle, different avatar.

Scott M wrote in post #19048384
I own the Elite version, and find the Clearview Plus tool invaluable for my landscape photos. I did purchase Viewpoint 3, but to be honest I have never delved into it.

While I purchased PhotoLab initially just as a replacement for Lightroom to process my Canon RAW files, I have been using it the past few weeks on another project -- scanning and digitizing my late father's 35mm slides. I purchased an Epson V600 for the project (and to replace my failing Canon LIDE 200 scanner), and use Espon's included Epson Scan software for the initial scan to a 48-bit color, 2400dpi uncompressed TIFF file. I then use PL3 for the final cleanup -- removal of dust & dirt, noise reduction, some exposure correction. cropping out bad areas of the film, straightening horizons, etc. and then export to a JPEG. When I have a quality slide to begin with, the results are excellent -- even for slides dating back to 1963.

Here is an example from 1963:

I thought maybe a demonstration in this thread was in order. If you object to my altering your photo I will happily remove it.

You can straighten up the photo using Viewpoint 3 and emulate the film type using Filmpack 5 Elite. I was guessing Kodachrome 64. My dad's photos were always on Kodachrome. I may have guessed incorrectly. I'm from the same era(1963) and that photo looks very much like my dad's Christmas photos. Love that old console tv, looks so familiar. Was it a Philco?

Is there an elegant way to migrate from Lightroom and move all the edits in the Lightroom catalog to DXO? I haven't looked into how the software is organized.

rrblint wrote in post #19048426
I thought maybe a demonstration in this thread was in order. If you object to my altering your photo I will happily remove it.

You can straighten up the photo using Viewpoint 3 and emulate the film type using Filmpack 5 Elite. I was guessing Kodachrome 64. My dad's photos were always on Kodachrome. I may have guessed incorrectly. I'm from the same era(1963) and that photo looks very much like my dad's Christmas photos. Love that old console tv, looks so familiar. Was it a Philco?

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Nice job with Viewpoint. I have just been using the horizon straightening tool on most of the slides -- I left this one alone so as not to chop off my sister's head, but your use of Viewpoint did mostly prevent that (but her forehead did get lost). I will give that a try -- thanks. I do recall now using Viewpoint on some shots of buildings in the past during some RAW file processing, but I haven't played with it in quite awhile.

You missed on the film type, though -- it was Ektrachrome. That seems to have been my dad's film of choice back then, and it's the film that seems to have held up best over the years. I have come across some Kodachrome, but not a lot with the 2,000+ slides I've done so far. I didn't purchase Filmpack, so it's not something I can try.

I am not sure on the brand of TV, as my memory's not that good. I am leaning towards Zenith (I remember us having a B&W model at some point), but it could have been Philco or Sylvania.

Scrumhalf wrote in post #19048465
Is there an elegant way to migrate from Lightroom and move all the edits in the Lightroom catalog to DXO? I haven't looked into how the software is organized.

Not really. You need a lot of juice otherwise it can take up to 2 minutes for DXO to export back to LR. The is because of Prime. I only use it if I need to. I did some tests several days ago and I see no difference in IQ between both at low ISO so I continue to use LR. I stick with LR for several reasons. I like the catalogue system and the plan comes with Portfolio. A few days ago the Zenfolio starter plan was $10 a month. I see today they dropped it to $7 which will only be for the first year. Portfolio via Smugmug is $180 a year.