It introduced a printing module, DxO Smart Lighting tool, Selective Tone tool, improvements to color rendering, and interface improvements. DxO Optics Pro 8 ĭxO Optics Pro 8 was released on 24 October 2012. It also introduced a Protect Saturated Colors tool and improvements to batch processing. An "Edge offset" slider was added to Unsharp Mask tool. It introduced raw support for a number of new cameras and added more than 300 new DxO Optics Modules. DxO Optics Pro 7 ĭxO Optics Pro 7 was released on 30 November 2011. It introduced support for RAW files from the Nikon D3000 and Canon Powershot G11 and EOS 7D, full-screen display mode, and new shortcuts and presets. DxO Optics Pro 6.1 ĭxO Optics Pro 6 was released on 9 December 2009.
It also introduced dust/blemish removal, a revamped user interface, customizable workspace, speed improvements, and compatibility with new cameras. The raw conversion sequence was re-ordered so that noise reduction was performed first in order to avoid having noise amplified by the demosaicing process. It introduced a new demosaicing algorithm intended to produce better detail and fewer artifacts. DxO Optics Pro 5 ĭxO Optics Pro 5 was released on 4 October 2007.
It introduced advanced color features, new optical and image geometry corrections, improvements to workflow and speed, plug-in compatibility with Adobe Photoshop, horizon adjustment, keystoning correction, and correction of volume anamorphosis (DxO’s term for the warping of objects placed close to the edge of the frame when photographed using a wide-angle lens). DxO Optics Pro 4 ĭxO Optics Pro 4 was released on 26 September 2006. It introduced exposure compensation, geometric correction of optical deformations of a specific lens, brightness and contrast correction targeted on certain areas, improvement of sharpness, and noise elimination. DxO Optics Pro 3 ĭxO Optics Pro 3 was released on 17 November 2005. DxO RAW Engine was released alongside it as a separate purchase and allowed DxO Optics Pro users to process raw image files. DxO Optics Pro 2 ĭxO Optics Pro 2 was released on 21 October 2004.
The software was composed of two elements: the Correction Engine, a standalone application for Windows or Mac, and a set of DxO Profiles characterizing the optical properties of body/lens combinations. Corrections were based on physical characterizations of an image using a DxO Profile (later DxO Optics Correction Modules, then DxO Optics Modules) specific to each camera and lens model. As an photo editor, it offered tools to reduce distortion, chromatic aberrations, vignetting, and blur (lack of perceived sharpness). History DxO Optics Pro 1 ĭxO Optics Pro 1 was released on 12 February 2004.
In addition to brushes and gradients, local adjustments are created through U Point technology, a series of local adjustment tools inherited from Nik Collection (also produced by DxO). Functionality includes digital asset management, raw processing, lens correction, white balance, tone curve, HSL manipulation, noise reduction, cropping, haze removal, healing and cloning, watermarking, and image exporting (JPEG, TIFF, etc). It is compatible with most raw file formats produced by digital cameras. Most of their test and profile creation process are made in their laboratory in Boulogne-Billancourt, next to Paris, France.ĭxO PhotoLab is a raw, TIFF, and JPEG non-destructive photo editor, often regarded as an alternative to Adobe Lightroom or Capture One. The reputation of DxO PhotoLab was mainly due to its profiles for automatic and high-accuracy corrections based on camera bodies and camera lenses.