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 p.5 #15 · DXO PhotoLab 9 with new AI Mask Technology | |
Abuttolph wrote:
I cannot answer all of your questions but undoubtedly someone else with more knowledge can chime in and provide answers.
Yes, you can use PL in the same mode as PureRaw and then save the file as a dng and have it automatically go back to LR. I did that on a few images in which I had PL work on the noise only, then saved as compressed dng which went back into LR. The key to the LR element is to open PL (or PureRaw for that matter) from within LR with the image selected that you want to move between the editors.
Yes, you can then further edit the dng file just as you would any other raw image. One thing to note: if you do any edits other than noise reduction (color, exposure, etc) and save the file as a dng, those edits will not port over to LR. The file needs to be saved in another format such as a tiff file in order for those changes to be recognized in LR.
I have not made a decision yet on purchasing. From my limited experience, it does seem that PL can pull out more detail and have it look cleaner than either LR or PureRaw. I will wait until the end of my trial to make a decision. Plus, I still want to download and try FilmPack. I was able to find bundle pricing on DXO's website for certain combinations of their products. With those and the 15% discount from the link posted in a comment above, the price does drop somewhat.
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Regarding " if you do any edits other than noise reduction (color, exposure, etc) and save the file as a dng, those edits will not port over to LR."
Actually, there are several corrections that are saved when a raw file is converted to DNG:
Denoise, Retouch, Reshape, Optical Corrections (Lens Softness, Vignetting, Distortion, Chromatic Aberrations), Perspective, Horizon, Crop, and Red Eyes.
Another relevant point is that converting raw to dng in Photolab or PureRAW means that demosaicing is done by DxO.
The demosaicing algorithms are proprietary, and to the best of my understanding, demosaicing in LR is done differently.
In my usage, I work with Photolab 9 and Capture One, and 90% of my photos are landscapes, street, and environmental portraits. There are two useful features in Capture One that make me do most corrections in this app: One is auto Levels, and the other is what they call HDR tool, to correct White, Highlights, Shadows, and Black. These are highly (surgically?) selective (e.g., White and Black apply only to the extremes and do not affect Highlights and Shadows). Thus, often an image can be corrected with just these tools without masking. The related corrections (highlights, midtones, shadows, and black) in Photolab 9 can be described as crude in comparison to the same in Capture One. To me, this is the "Achilles' heel" of Photolab 9.
Having said the above, I believe that this problem should be relatively unimportant when working with wildlife photos. Thus, for a wildlife photographer, Photolab 9 is recommended without reservations.
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