This displays the “Export to Lightroom” dialog.Īs well as creating a new collection including all the new DNG files that were updated, if you select your original image folder with the new DNG file grouped into a stack with the original RAW file.
Let’s look at how the integration to Lightroom works in PhotoLab.Īfter selecting the files to export and clicking the export icon, pick the “Export to Lightroom” option in the menu. Whilst the above description produces the same behaviour as DxO PureRAW, it also has an option to export to Lightroom or other applications. You can then click the Export button to create the new DNG file for processing with your preferred RAW converter. This creates a new preset you can use in the future to select the settings you want to use. To speed things up for future exports, it’s worth saving your settings by clicking the “Add New Option” at the bottom left of the dialog. Again, this matches the DxO PureRAW behaviour. In this example it’s set to be in a DxO subfolder created in the same folder as the original image. It’s also possible to select a DNG export with only the optical and denoise corrections applied, which is what PureRAW will do.Īs part of the export, you can select the location where the new DNG file should be saved. In this screenshot, you can see that the DNG format is selected using the option “All Corrections Applied” on the right. When the dialog opens you can select the settings you would like to use for the export.
Dxo photolab 2 vs photolab 3 full#
Replacing DxO PureRAW with PhotoLabĪs you may be aware, DxO PhotoLab is a full RAW converter and extremely capable as an editing tool, not to mention a library manager to organise your photos.
Dxo photolab 2 vs photolab 3 how to#
Now let’s look at how to achieve the same benefits using DxO PhotoLab. I say may, as Lightroom handles some RAW file types and lenses quite well but is poor with others.
Because of this you may see an improvement in the image quality of the photo. The benefit is that PureRAW has handled the Demosaic of the RAW file and applied optical corrections. You can then process the resulting DNG file in the Lightroom Develop module using the Lightroom editing tools. Your workflow would be to use Lightroom to select your best images and then pre-process those to DNG files using DxO PureRAW. This is the ideal scenario for DxO Pure RAW.
You also like the Lightroom editing tools in the Develop module but see some issues in the image quality that you think could be improved. You have used Lightroom for years and have invested a lot of time into organising your photos with it. Imagine a situation where you are using Adobe Lightroom to manage your photos and edit your RAW files. Let’s look at a simple scenario to explain how and help understand what PureRAW is doing. Interestingly, if you have DxO PhotoLab you can make it do the same thing (perhaps even better) as DxO PureRAW. But if you use another RAW converter like Adobe Lightroom, the quality improvement when using PureRAW may be quite noticeable. PureRAW uses the same RAW processing engine and optical corrections as PhotoLab, so you won’t gain anything by pre-processing the RAW file. At this point I want to stress that if your preferred RAW converter is DxO PhotoLab then there is no benefit from using DxO PureRAW.
0 kommentar(er)
