#Dxo photolab 2 vs capture one iso

The original DeepPRIME mode is also still on board for faster enhancements or for images that simply need less adjustment. And because it is fundamental to the RAW conversion process, DeepPRIME XD can even increase dynamic range, providing photographers with greater flexibility when shooting in low-light situations.

#Dxo photolab 2 vs capture one iso

For example, an image shot at 4000 ISO will more closely resemble an image captured at 500 ISO in terms of noise, color and clarity. Fine.DeepPRIME XD uses a neural network trained using billions of image samples and routinely gives photographers improvements of more than 2.5 stops. Sorry if I don’t jump into the waxing poetry department – somebody is highly enjoying that PL has met his priorities. No way to use at least the manufacturer lens profile until the “excellent lens profile” eventually finishes. When it comes to “excellent lens corrections” - yes for the mainstream lenses, no for anything else. The amount of extra clicks to activate the undocked library, the behavior of that part already show “it’s not a priority of DxO to let me browse through my images”. It’s good to know DeepPrime’s denoising, but honestly I could not care less about noiseĪnd I would not mind paying extra for Elite+FP+VP, if the interaction of the library and the PL part would be more fluent. Just to remember: I didn’t step into PL cosmos to “find the best RAW processor” - I just gave it a try as Capture One was once again not ready to handle some cameras which at the time were 2…3 years on the market, but Lumix FF had no priority for Capture One devs. When abroad, I also don’t use sessions - I prepare my temporary catalog and import it with all edits and metadata into the main catalog. I hate to copy files and I like to use a database with metadata and single-source, multiple use of images.

I need some structures like PL’s projects (only in a reliable and usable version) or better, something like C1’s collections, groups, project and intelligent collections. But it should not happen in the first place. Okay, with their limited functionality I’m staying clear of it anyway.ĭeleting the corrupted database and replacing it with the last working version from a TimeMachine backup was quickly done. I once had troubles with PL as it suddenly was trying to use an old PL4 catalog (and caused a renaming mess in it’s database folders.) Can’t remember what, why and how it happened but all projects were gone.

I’m sorry you made bad experiences, but no matter what, backup is the key. If I would opt for sessions, I could use Pl as well. But YMMVĪs others have stated sessions is the way to go. It seems a bit extreme to chuck out the best image editing tool around, just because it’s crap at managing projects. No matter where you move the files on disk(s) the Smart Folders will keep track of them based on whichever tags were applied. Personally, instead of using PL projects, I have used macOS Finder Tags and Smart Folders. However, the “pain point” that triggered your “explosion of frustration” has nothing to do with the DAM and much more to do with the monolithic database, combined with synchronisation of projects, DOP files, etc. But that can, and I believe will, change.

Most important of all, however DxO implement a DAM, it is not an easy task due to the many “standards” that other DAM solutions adhere to (or not) and I, for one, am not at all surprised that they haven’t got it totally right yet from the point of view of metadata compatibility. Personally, I would have liked to see DxO implement this as a “plug-in”, a bit like FP or VP, which I could then have chosen. A description that conjures up the many years I have spent developing both film and digital images, not cataloguing them.Ĭataloguing (DAM), to my mind, is a separate concern that not everybody is interested in and if they are interested, they have usually already chosen their tool and have put a lot of hard work into classifying their images. My thought is that the name of the product says it all - PhotoLab - a lab for processing photos. And I might be very wrong but I also see a lot of resistance against even the idea of making the DAM part stronger so for DxO themselves it looks very much the way “never change a running system”