Dx0 users.. Do you use the more expensive Elite version or is the Essential version meeting your needs? DO you use it for basic corrections other than noise instead of Lightroom?

joel.photography

Do you use the more expensive Elite version or is the Essential version meeting your needs? DO you use it for basic corrections other than noise instead of Lightroom?

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

joel.photography wrote:

Do you use the more expensive Elite version or is the Essential version meeting your needs? DO you use it for basic corrections other than noise instead of Lightroom?

I use DXO sometimes, the elite version. I use Lr for it's decent raw conversion and excellent organizational capabilities. When I encounter an image that might be a good subject for DXO I import the image into Lr, then, using DXO's plugin, export the raw image to DXO, then do what I need in DXO, and export the image back to Lr and ultimately to PS and/or On1 for putting the finishing touches.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Gene51 wrote:

I use DXO sometimes, the elite version. I use Lr for it's decent raw conversion and excellent organizational capabilities. When I encounter an image that might be a good subject for DXO I import the image into Lr, then, using DXO's plugin, export the raw image to DXO, then do what I need in DXO, and export the image back to Lr and ultimately to PS and/or On1 for putting the finishing touches.

I do the same as Gene51 except for the Photoshop step. /Ralph

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

rjaywallace wrote:

I do the same as Gene51 except for the Photoshop step. /Ralph

The reason I do the final editing is to make the local adjustments and corrections that are not really possible in raw conversion, like dodging and burning and frequency separation when doing a head shot retouch, and final noise reduction and output sharpening.