

The good news is that I do not consider this to be a huge disadvantage for DPL. DPL does not offer any such features, so you will have to look at using another software solution to track, keyword and organise your images.
DXO VIEWPOINT 1.2 SKIN
Both Adobe Lightroom(LR) and Capture One(C1) has built in Digital Asset Management features, and even 2nd-tier players such as On1 Photo and Alien Skin Exposure are building up their DAM functionalities. Let us start with the most obvious omission: DAM features. These features stand out to me because I find them very practical during post-processing and use them often. I will start with notable features that are absent in DXO PhotoLab(DPL) which are present in its main competitors. If you want to be sure you will be satisfied with the results from DXO PhotoLab and your camera’s RAW files, download a trial of the software and try it yourself. However, please note that there may be differences in results among different RAW formats. Of course you can make the usual inferences if you are work with RAW files from another camera maker. My observations come from working with Nikon NEF files.

In this review, we will make comparisons with Adobe Lightroom and Nikon NX-D. With this change, the value proposition of DXO PhotoLab has improved dramatically and is now a serious challenger to the other tier 1 RAW processor giants including Adobe Camera Raw (from Adobe CC/Lightroom/Photoshop) and Phase One’s Capture One Pro.
DXO VIEWPOINT 1.2 PRO
DXO Optics Pro has evolved to become DXO PhotoLab and now includes the very highly regarded U Point technology from Nik Collection Plugins for making local adjustments. Hence it was a difficult option to recommend, especially since it was not significantly cheaper than competitors which do have local adjustment capabilities and which were selling at similar (or lower!) prices.įortunately, things have changed now. While it appeared to be a decent RAW processor software, a major shortcoming was that it did not have any local adjustment capabilities. In my original comparison of raw converters for Nikon NEF files, I mentioned DXO Optics Pro briefly.
