Spot on in your description of DxO's conversions- you're absolutely right about the microcontrast 'pop' that gives images a 3D feel, even at 100% viewing. BTW, I still use Lightroom for color, lighting and contrast adjustments.
#DXO OPTICS PRO FOR PHOTOS PRO#
For these and other tools, I rate DxO Optics Pro as the best pure RAW converter. These correction modules automatically fix noise, lens softness, chromatic aberration, vignetting and lens distortaion at all focal lengths. And still the RD image looks flatter.Īnother huge advantage of DxO over RAW Developer is the availability of correction modules for specific camera/lens combinations. With RAW Developer, I have to apply sharpening as you suggested to even approach DxO with NO sharpening whatsoever. This gives the image a three dimensional quality. DxO has a unique method of creating microcontrast that I have not seen with any other RAW converter.
And I am not referring simply to the amount of detail, but also to how fine detail is rendered. RAW Developer is sigfificantly better than when I last used it, but it still does not equal DxO in the rendering of detail.
I liked it very much at the time, but it did not have all the features and organizational tools of LR.Īt any rate, I just downloaded the latest version of RAW Developer (v 1.8.3) and tested it on several files that I had also converted in DxO. Blows Lightroom & DxO right out of the water for my Canon 5D, Rebel XTi, and/or Panasonic LX3 files."Funny you should mention RAW Developer, as that was my program of choice until Lightroom came along.
"If you're impressed with the sharpness of DxO, just try the $125 RAW Developer (demo at and use DoG sharpening.
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