What makes v9.5 so significant is that for the first time, DXO Optics Pro has a Lightroom plugin! Now you can roundtrip directly from within Lightroom. DXO has excellent noise management built in to the software as well.
Most of us think of Nik's Dfine when it comes to robust noise reduction. What's great about this function is how well it works without you having to muck around with sliders and correct for colour shift if you push too hard.ĭXO is not so well known for their noise reduction algorithms. Of course, there are also full overrides for the Smart Lighting settings. They are programmatic adjustments for highlights and shadows and do a very good job very quickly. They are very good, even better than the correction algorithms in Photoshop CC, which is already superb.ĭXO recently introduced their Smart Lighting algorithms. It makes for very comprehensive corrections.ĭXO also includes their perspective correction algorithms that are richly used in DXO's Viewpoint software. The software downloads the profiles you need based on the EXIF data stored in the RAW files. Unlike other products that use a general lens profile database, DXO builds profiles for lenses mounted to specific bodies.
There are a number of great tools built into DXO Optics Pro.ĭXO is best known for their incredible lens correction capabilities.
#DXO OPTICS PRO VS LIGHTROOM 5 UPDATE#
Customers licensed for DXO Optics Pro 9 receive the update at no cost. It's available for download now at their website, either as a trial or as a purchase. The folks at DXO have updated their well known optics package to version 9.5.