![]() Looking at the histogram, I’m just inside the white and black levels, so the dynamic range is as wide as I’m going to get it. Now that we have the image corrected for optical flaws and set the way we want it, we can move on to adjusting the lighting. and position the image manually within that ratio. I prefer my picture to end up in cinematic 16:9 ratio so I’m going to choose that now. I move down to the Crop tab and the software automatically selects the largest crop it can fit inside the black space. Here is the Before/After Photo.Īll that needs doing now is the crop to get rid of the black space caused by the horizon adjustment. We are going to choose Optical Corrections only as the first step. The preset panel also contains a wealth of filters that you can apply to get inspiration or if you’re in a tearing hurry, a fully worked picture. DxO probably has the best dataset available for this type of work as their sister company DxOMark tests lenses and cameras. We will choose to apply optical corrections based on the lens and camera characteristics. To apply optical corrections and a standard set of enhancements similar to Lightroom’s Auto setting.When you install DxO Photolab you get to choose a basic preference ![]() One thing to note is the Presets button top right. Starting with What’s New – in this version, AI informed Noise Reduction, Watermarking and a re-engineered HSL Tool.īelow that, the basic RAW Processing tools are laid out in a viable workflow sequence top to bottom. If you don’t select one of these filters, all of the tools are available from this panel. For example, Lighting will show you Exposure, Smart Lighting, Selective Tones, ClearView Plus, Contrast, Tone curve and vignetting. Selecting one of these will show you the tools in that category. There’s a handy filtering set of icons at the top covering Lighting adjustments, Colour, Detail, Geometry, Local adjustments and Efex (including watermarks). If you use multiple Nik Collections, do you create a single or multiple TIFFsĪny suggestions or pointers to documentation or youtube videos would be appreciated.On the left, the Histogram, Metadata and History (New feature, enabling you to go back to any given point in the edit.) In the middle, your image, on the right, the processing tools.Seeking advice as to how others manage this combination.ġ Do you create a finalised Jpeg or Tiff and do you store it in the same folder as the Raw files or somewhere else. I have only been using Adobe Bridge for a few days and am quite impressed with it’s capabilities so I think I need to do all my rating, colour coding and keywording in Bridge (until DXO incorporates this functionality in PL4). I feel that I need a different approach with PL4 as ratings and keywords created in PL4 are not visible outside PL4 and colour coding does not exist. As far as I was concerned the process image in ON1 was the final step and colour coded green. Previously I culled and rated in ON1 and only created jpegs when I needed them and treated them as disposable. Trying to figure out the best workflow for rating and exporting images. Hi all, I’m a PL newbie having just purchased PL4 and Nik collection.Ĭoming from ON1 Photo Raw, also own Photoshop CS6 and Topaz DeNoise.
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