DXO does a great job....
Oct 5, 2018 10:22:32 #
Love how DXO finds and brings out colors not readily visible to ACR....
Colorful
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Orange
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Floating Jelly
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Colorful Jellies
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Jellies! (In Explore)
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
All shots taken at the North Carolina Aquarium in Manteo (OBX), Roanoke Island. Imported into Lightroom then round tripped thru DXO for some quick/basic adjustments/tweaks.
And its tough to beat DXO's PRIME noise reduction.... even shooting at 6400 ISO I is not scared any more
Colorful
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Orange
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Floating Jelly
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Colorful Jellies
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
Jellies! (In Explore)
by Donald Gallagher, on Flickr
All shots taken at the North Carolina Aquarium in Manteo (OBX), Roanoke Island. Imported into Lightroom then round tripped thru DXO for some quick/basic adjustments/tweaks.
And its tough to beat DXO's PRIME noise reduction.... even shooting at 6400 ISO I is not scared any more
Oct 5, 2018 10:29:07 #
Oct 5, 2018 10:45:19 #
How steep is the learning curve for DXO?
Compared to Lightroom (low in my opinion) or Photoshop(high).
Compared to Lightroom (low in my opinion) or Photoshop(high).
Oct 5, 2018 10:46:04 #
47greyfox wrote:
Very nice!
Thank you... DXO is becoming more and more a standard part of my workflow for many images.
Oct 5, 2018 10:51:01 #
These are remarkable pictures Donald thank you for posting them.
Dngallagher wrote:
Love how DXO finds and brings out colors not readi... (show quote)
Oct 5, 2018 10:52:10 #
mdphelps wrote:
How steep is the learning curve for DXO?
Compared to Lightroom (low in my opinion) or Photoshop(high).
Compared to Lightroom (low in my opinion) or Photoshop(high).
DXO was pretty quick and easy for me...
I use Lightroom for image management, often the raw conversion is fine in ACR/Lightroom, but for some images, I convert the original raw in DXO, apply a few tweaks, then export a TIFF back to Lightroom for some final tweaks.
DXO has a pair of Lightroom plugins that make it a snap to use Lightroom as your image management system, and edit a selected raw with DXO, the exported TIFF from DXO get imported back into Lightroom and stacked with the original.
In most cases my roundtrip into DXO takes me only a few minutes with a set of clicks or even using a global saved preset.
There are two versions of DXO, if you opt to buy it, go for the ELITE version that includes PRIME Noise Reduction. You can download a free trial of course... I was hooked as soon as I saw the PRIME Noise reduction in action.
A Great tool to add to Lightroom & Photoshop.
Oct 5, 2018 10:53:21 #
RichardSM wrote:
These are remarkable pictures Donald thank you for posting them.
Thanks... I like how the jellies turned out for sure... makes an aquarium trip worthwhile!
Oct 5, 2018 12:04:46 #
Oct 5, 2018 13:53:54 #
DNG ..., love the jellie shots .. so colorful ...I’ll have to get to mY local aquarium here in Honolulu with my rubber lens hood for pressing up against the glass ..see if My program can compete with DXO and at 6400 ... If not .. DXO will be added to the work flo ...I have looked at DXO , and have not used it yet have 8 programs I use now in my arsenal ......
Thnx for the shots and feedback relevant to the use of DXO and the “ELITE” recommendation...
Thnx for the shots and feedback relevant to the use of DXO and the “ELITE” recommendation...
Oct 5, 2018 14:18:01 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
DNG ..., love the jellie shots .. so colorful ...I’ll have to get to mY local aquarium here in Honolulu with my rubber lens hood for pressing up against the glass ..see if My program can compete with DXO and at 6400 ... If not .. DXO will be added to the work flo ...I have looked at DXO , and have not used it yet have 8 programs I use now in my arsenal ......
Thnx for the shots and feedback relevant to the use of DXO and the “ELITE” recommendation...
Thnx for the shots and feedback relevant to the use of DXO and the “ELITE” recommendation...
I look forward to your shots! Good Deal!
Oct 5, 2018 16:49:09 #
Oct 5, 2018 18:17:46 #
Dr.Nikon wrote:
Does the new N I K Collection by DXO ...@$69 Count ..
Count? They are plugins for specific tasks, but not a raw converter like DXO. In the NIK collection, Dfine is the noise removal plugin, but that was not the same as PRIME noise reduction ( PRIME is applied on export in Elite )
The NIK plugins do great jobs at what they do, I have them for Lightroom/Photoshop from when they were released free. They have their place for sure.
Getting back to DXO Elite - U-point technology for local edits is included ( like in NIK Vivesa and the original Nikon Capture NX, found under local adjustments - takes a little getting used to, but can be very powerful.
Oct 5, 2018 18:52:17 #
Oct 5, 2018 19:50:12 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
These are really beautiful!
Thank you, glad you like them!
Oct 6, 2018 07:46:48 #
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