DXO PhotoLab 3 released (Page 2): Photolab is not subscription software. You pay for the license to use as long as you wish. Of course, you also have to pay for upgrades. I believe it...

lorvey Loc: Lincoln, Nebraska

francwoods wrote:

So how is this different that a PS/Lightroom subscription!?
BTW, I've mostly been using Affinity Photo but liked Photolab's RAW processing better. I'm sure when Affinity goes from their 1.x versions to the 2.0 I'll be sending them some $$'s.

Photolab is not subscription software. You pay for the license to use as long as you wish. Of course, you also have to pay for upgrades. I believe it does an excellent job of rendering tifs or jpgs, but I really like that I do not have to deal with catalogs. It uses the file structure you have set up on your computer.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

lorvey wrote:

Photolab is not subscription software. You pay for the license to use as long as you wish. Of course, you also have to pay for upgrades. I believe it does an excellent job of rendering tifs or jpgs, but I really like that I do not have to deal with catalogs. It uses the file structure you have set up on your computer.

Agree. Since images files are not imported into PhotoLab like they are in Lightroom, they do not have to be managed within PhotoLab. That was one of the limitations of Lightroom I hated most. I might also add that in my experience PhotoLab is quicker and easier to use than Lightroom, and the results I get from PhotoLab Elite are just as good and often far better than from Lightroom.

Ednsb Loc: Santa Barbara

I loved the u-point tech but gave up on Nik after all the baloney in the move to Google then Dxo. I haven't seen any improvements in the Nik Collection over what was available for free before. But the new DX0 looks interesting if it can be used as a plug-in for on1. But the pricing confuses me as both Nik and DX0 are priced at $99. If I Buy the DX0 do I have Nik too? As previously said if I buy Nik collection I get a basic version of DX0?

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Ednsb wrote:

I loved the u-point tech but gave up on Nik after all the baloney in the move to Google then Dxo. I haven't seen any improvements in the Nik Collection over what was available for free before. But the new DX0 looks interesting if it can be used as a plug-in for on1. But the pricing confuses me as both Nik and DX0 are priced at $99. If I Buy the DX0 do I have Nik too? As previously said if I buy Nik collection I get a basic version of DX0?

The Nik collection is sold with a free copy of the more basic Essential version of Photolab 2 only. it is not currently available as a package with Photolab 3, and probably won't be for quite some time since they are giving you Photolab for free. If you are not currently a DXO customer you will have to purchase either PhotoLab 3 Essential or PhotoLab 3 Elite at their introductory prices which will be good until November 24th. As I said neither version is bundled with the Nik collection.

iamimdoc

My DXO account says the upgrade price to Photolab 3 elite is 139 dollars but on sale for 99 dollars. Where’re is the 69.99 upgrade?

I’ll be quite now.

Thanks

iamimdoc

My DXO account says the upgrade price to Photolab 3 elite is 139 dollars but on sale for 99 dollars. Where’re is the 69.99 upgrade?

I’ll be quite now.

Thanks

francwoods

iamimdoc wrote:

My DXO account says the upgrade price to Photolab 3 elite is 139 dollars but on sale for 99 dollars. Where’re is the 69.99 upgrade?

It depends on what you are upgrading from.
I submitted a ticket to DxO and from what I could make out from their response was:
Upgrading from:
Photolab 2 Essentials (with Nik): $99
Photolab 2 Elite: $69.99
Photolab 3 Essentiald: $49.99

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

iamimdoc wrote:

My DXO account says the upgrade price to Photolab 3 elite is 139 dollars but on sale for 99 dollars. Where’re is the 69.99 upgrade?

I’ll be quite now.

Thanks

Sorry, that was my error. Upgrading to Photolab Elite 3 from the PhotoLab Essential 2 version you got with the Nik Collection is priced at $99.99. I thought I had the right number in my head when I typed my earlier response, but I had updated my copy of PhotoLab Elite 2 to PhotoLab Elite 3 yesterday at a price of $69.99 so I must have gotten the numbers jumbled.

CO

photoman43 wrote:

I do not yet use DXO Photolab but I plan on trying it out once I get my new desktop. I love Control Points--U Point technology that are in the NIK plug ins and in the old Nikon Capture NX2 still available but not being updated by Nikon. As a user of NX2, I want to continue to use Control points as they allow for selective edits on a portion of the image without having to create layers, etc.

When you get DxO PhotoLab also get DxO ViewPoint 3. When you open PhotoLab, perspective, volume deformation, and miniature effect from Viewpoint 3 will be added to the menu in PhotoLab.

I also still use Nikon Capture NX2. I've always liked using the control points. I did use that in PhotoLab 2 recently.