![]() ![]() To provide photographers with all the tools they need to make local corrections, DxO purchased and integrated Nik Software's U Point technology into DxO PhotoLab. Measurement like test 1, but with files on Samsung T5 (usb-3 attached) -> 5.This exclusive technology, which millions of photographers enjoy, allows users to make complex selections in just a few clicks and apply local adjustments with Control Points, a unique system of equalizers and multiple correction tools.Measurement like test 1, but with files on Samsung T5 (usb-c attached) -> 5.5 CPU minutes.Sidenote: Adobe recommends to NOT write sidecars in Lightroom for better performance. My app settings are “No Correction” and “don’t read/write sidecars”. ![]() Note that figures given above are rounded and that resulting time/GB varies by approx. I can customise images without noticeable lag while PhotoLab calculates previews in the background (tested this independently of the measurements above) Scroll to a different place in the folder and processing is shifted to the images that are displayed. When PhotoLab calculates previews, it does so in an adaptive manner: Previews are calculated for the images that show in the library module. It’s a rough measurement, even though not much else was running in parallel except for what macOS and Adobe CC did in the background. I noted times when activity monitor reported a load of less than 1% for PhotoLab. On average, my Mac takes about 30 CPU seconds/GB while displaying a load up to 180%, which means that previews are completely rendered after something like 4, 10 and 16 minutes respectively in the cases above. Folder of 1650 images (47 GB, EOS 5D3) -> 24 CPU minutes.Folder of 1300 images (38GB, EOS 5D3) -> 15 CPU minutes.Folder of 700 images (10GB, EOS 5D) -> 5.5 CPU minutes.PhotoLab takes a few minutes to calculate all previews and this is what it takes: My iMac 19,1 has 8 cores, 40MB Ram and a built-in 2TB SSD. If I find halos appearing, I go back and re-convert the RAW with Smart lighting turned off.ĭid a simple test to see what PhotoLab does when I throw larger folders at it. However my own experience is that I sometimes find the default application of tonality controls (I think it’s mostly Smart lighting) can lead to halos if you then further manipulate the image. I am usually happy to use the default PL preset. These corrections applied during demosaicing are what makes PL such a good RAW converter in my opinion, and save a lot of work. Also by turning this off, you don’t get the default preset again applied to any jpeg you create within PL, which I found confusing and annoying when I first started using DXO OP several years ago.Īs suggested above, if you don’t like the default preset corrections with regard to exposure, tonality, and colour, turn them all off but keep the automatic lens sharpness, distortion, vignetting and noise reduction on, and make your own default preset. That then means you can compare the RAW preview with default preset applied, directly next to the in-camera jpeg, which is useful. So I turn “apply default preset to RGB images” off. The camera is already applying the preset you have selected in-camera, so there seems little point in applying another preset. I only do this if I think I have a reason to use the jpegs (eg for quick sharing after an event). Strong textOne thing to consider if you shoot both RAW and JPEG. Now you have the best of both worlds: the “killer features” AND your personal correction settings. Then select menu option: Image / Create preset from current settings … Give your default preset a name, and save it.įinally, go to menu option: Edit / Preferences … and replace DxO Standard with your default preset. Now deactivate any settings you don’t like - such as “DxO Smart Lighting” in your example ![]() – You will now have all the “killer features” applied by default. Open an image (any image, it doesn’t matter which one) - and apply the “DxO Standard” preset See here for a more detailed explanation of what I mean by that.Ī better approach is to create your own default preset - so that you DO include the most important corrections ( especially the “killer features” provided by PhotoLab) - whilst also excluding those you don’t like (because of your own creative preferences). However, turning off the default presets altogether/entirely is like (the English expression) “ throwing the baby out with the bath water”. I agree, Guenter - I don’t like some of the “DxO Standard” settings either. My setting is “No Correction” because I have noticed that some settings in the “DXO Standard” make adjustments I don’t like. ![]()
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