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expired Posted by Just_For_Fun • Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024 2:43 PM
DxO Photo Editing Software BlackFriday Sale - Up to 50% off - Photolab 8 $180, PureRAW 4 $90 $179.99
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IMHO for me it's an absolute game changer for a serious photographer who needs to use high ISO and get sharp results with little or no noise.
After doing much research when I first started using it, there were several companies offering products that achieve similar results. PR is as much as a hands-off batch solution as I want it to be, but still has much flexibility. It also had (and I believe still has) the lowest minimal hardware requirements for operation, which means I didn't need to spend megabux on a mega latest and greatest GPU and CPU just to use the program. I can do without the fastest mach speed if I can save some bux. I'm a SD'er after all.
90 bux is definitely a SD as it rarely comes on sale, and IMHO it's definitely worth it.
what about this package? is it more like Lightroom (cataloging with light photo development) or more like photoshop (image manipulation)? i've tried a few other options that are more image manipulation and that's now what I;m looking for. thanks for any tips.
what about this package? is it more like Lightroom (cataloging with light photo development) or more like photoshop (image manipulation)? i've tried a few other options that are more image manipulation and that's now what I;m looking for. thanks for any tips.
I hated the move to a subscription base, but it's $9.99/month for Photoshop AND Lightroom: https://www.adobe.com/creativeclo...r
You can even get an annual subscription for like $80 online right now from different retailers.
Adobe adds enough cool new features that just work well, that it's my go-to still, even with the subscription price.
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On the original topic, DXO still leaves a bad taste in my mouth for how they treat upgrades. They seem to do very little with each upgrade, and charge a hefty amount for them. As an owner of "Filmpack 6 Elite Edition", my upgrade cost is only $10 less than buying it as a new customer.
Even on Photolab 8, the $179 price seems to be for the standard Photolab 8, not the Elite version, and it's difficult to find anything about the Elite version on their website until after you purchase it.
I've bought several upgrades for NIK Collection and Filmpack from them, only for each years update to seem almost identical minus a few features over the previous year. NIK Collection looks nearly identical to the "free" version Google released well over a decate ago, and many of the plugins never receive any updates (or receive them only as "New Presets!" using the existing filters from previous versions)
DXO has even gone as far as to remove "Perspective Efex" from the NIK Collection and requires you to purchase "DxO Viewpoint" to get the features back.
The whole thing makes it hard to continue supporting them with updates/purchases
what about this package? is it more like Lightroom (cataloging with light photo development) or more like photoshop (image manipulation)? i've tried a few other options that are more image manipulation and that's now what I;m looking for. thanks for any tips.
https://www.dxo.com/dxo-photolab/download/
I bought Photoshop 6 and Lightroom 5 on disk many years ago before the subscription model, and I'm still using those every day for my photo processing. I now process many of my photos with DXO PureRaw for sharpening and noise reduction first before importing the photos into Lightroom 5. Works for me.
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My workflow is one of 2 directions at the start:
If I'm not going to use DXO PR, I immediately use the free Adobe DNG converter which converts NEF RAW to DNG RAW file format which imports perfectly into LR5 and which I'll use for the rest of the raw edits such as exposure, etc. etc.. Just takes a few minutes to convert a large batch.
If I know I'm going to use DXO PR, then the first thing I do is run PR and process the files for sharpness and noise reduction only, and that resulting process produces a DNG RAW file that I then import into LR5 which I'll use for the rest of the raw edits such as exposure, etc. etc. but I have all sharpening and NR turned completely OFF in LR5 since PR has done that already.
If I need to choose which photos go to PR or which go to Adobe DNG ahead of time, I always use the FREE and very excellent Faststone Image Viewer program which views the original Nikon NEF files as well as the processed or converted DNG files. I'll tag the photos that I want to process and then copy them using Faststone into a separate folder to await importing into LR5 or a folder for processing with PR.
Probably sounds like a lot of work, but it's really pretty simple and fast once you get the process down. It's the cheapskate way, I know, but it keeps me from being held hostage to Adobe's subscription schemes when all I need is the capabilities of LR5 and PS6 and nothing more, which I already paid good bux for. I have a very good working knowledge of how to use LR5 and PS6 and don't need or want take the hours upon hours of time to learn how to use anything else. I've tried the trial versions of all the other RAW programs that could replace LR5, but I always have gotten frustrated because I know what to do in LR in a matter of seconds and the other programs just do everything differently and why should I invest the time and bux in them to learn do exactly what I know how to do in LR5?
https://helpx.adobe.com/camera-ra...erter.html
https://www.faststone.o
i think this oculd work for me, so gonna give it a shot, thanks again!
related to the SLR comment, my 6DMK1 is similiar vintage to your D6200 and i totally agree for some things it works perfectly fine--and i'd argue with better ergonomics with a real viewfinder, etc. but then my new A7IV AF is amazing when i need it, i don't need it that often, and my 6D can take similiar pictures when its more static, but wow, there has definately been a lot of body improvements in the last 10 years.