PhotoLab’s Optical Modules only take into account photos recorded in raw format if the shooting characteristics have been analysed by DxO’s laboratory . All the available corrections are grouped under the term “Optical Module“. * Only raw photos taken with an analysed Digital Camera (DC) can be edited by PhotoLab. Read more…
By default, PhotoLab’s interface takes up a large part of the image display area. You can recover some of that space. It is not always necessary to display the left pane.– Click on the cross in the title of the palettes to close them Read more…
PhotoLab is a parametric software, which means that the corrections applied are written as numerical instructions (*) and are not applied directly to an image. User edits are applied during export according to a fixed procedure defined by DxO that the teams provided us. (*) The sidecar *.dop is an Read more…
The preview window tends to show the effect of the corrections as well as possible. In absolute terms, you can only appreciate their effect by viewing the exported image.* It has been resized (depending on the intended use) or full size.* The sharpness is also dependent on the compression. Zoom – Read more…
Operating the sliders for the most subtle correction is not always the most efficient and most practical way.Increasing the values in steps of 5 allows you to get to the goal more quickly and to easily compare the corrections applied to several images of the same series.For example, 10 on Read more…
DxO called this feature “Advanced History”. It will continue to evolve. The history of corrections is a real-time presentation of the corrections made.It also allows you to go back to a specific stage.– Click on one of the lines to display the progress status– All steps can be viewed in Read more…
Creating Virtual Copies consists of duplicating the current settings of a photo and then trying out variants of the corrections.They are useful for stacking complex corrections (e.g During Repair to easily return to the previous state).– Right Click – Create a Virtual Copy (Ctrl+ J/ Cmd+ D) * The original Read more…
The comparison of the current image is done with:* its instances (virtual copies). * its variants exported in the current session and present in the current folder (according to the photo library).* By default the raw image is targeted. With the default option, “No correction (with geometry)“, geometric corrections, Lens corrections Read more…
The Copy / Selective Paste is accessible via the right click.– Copy (all) current correction settings (Ctrl+ Shift+ C / Shift+ Cmd+ C) – Paste (only) the selected corrections (Ctrl+ Alt+ V / Alt+ Shift+ Cmd+ V) This feature plays the same role as a preset that would only be Read more…
The Histogram Like other software, PhotoLab’s histogram presents the processed version (current display) of the image according to an 8-bit scale (JPEG compatible), either on 255 values, considering the latter as the “100% brightness” .When converting to 16 bits, the decomposition of values is much greater.The maximum brightness is on Read more…