While the new PhotoLibrary feature is a useful addition, it’s the raw-processing engine that has garnered PhotoLab its reputation. These let you try out different treatments without creating memory-hogging duplicates on your hard disk. Like Lightroom, DxO’s PhotoLibrary also lets you make useful virtual copies. You can also add star ratings to tag your favourite images quickly, then filter them out. So you can search for images with a specific ISO, focal length or shutter speed. Much like Photoshop’s Adobe Bridge, it works primarily as a file browser, and lets you carry out metadata searches of your image library. While it can’t compare to the library and workflow features in Lightroom, it offers an array of useful tools for image organisation.
Credit: James Paterson New libraryĪccessed via a handy button at the top left of the interface, it’s called the DxO PhotoLibrary. The DxO PhotoLibrary lets you carry out metadata searches and add ratings to images. Now the evolution continues with a new version that combines the already excellent raw processor and local adjustment tools with a revamped image organiser. This is the real game-changer that makes PhotoLab a serious contender against the likes of Lightroom and Capture One. Drawing from similar features in the much-loved Nik Collection (which DxO acquired from Google) these tools let us selectively alter tones and enhance different areas of the photo – either by painting freehand or through intelligent targeting of tones and colours.
Things had become very interesting when the first PhotoLab arrived, complete with a new set of Local Adjustment tools. Over years of scientific research into optical lens flaws and camera sensors, and through several versions of PhotoLab’s predecessor – DxO Optics Pro – the raw-processing engine has been calibrated and refined to produce excellent results. Raw processing has always been DxO’s thing. What sets DxO apart is the way it implements raw processing, and the quality of the raw images it produces straight off-the-bat is rather special. Now there’s a new version that further enhances DxO’s status as one of the front-running developers in the image-editing world. The first version of DxO PhotoLab was introduced at the end of 2017, and it has quietly won over plenty of amateurs and pros looking for a viable alternative to a Photoshop/Lightroom subscription. What sets DxO apart from the competition is the way it handles raw image files.
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