![]() In PhotoLab 6 the controls are grouped by effect. Clean and easy to use interface Editing: the tools On the other side of the image you have all the normal controls. ![]() On the left side you have a generous histogram, overview image and history of your edits. The interface is clean and modern and real thought has gone in to the presentation of all the information and buttons. If you are familiar with Lightroom or other editing software you’ll feel right at home in PhotoLab 6. Photolab 6 does miss the impressive number of (library) plug-ins Lightroom has. And of course you can also use keywords to mark your images, and do batch renaming of files. You can import and display EXIF data (and even edit it!). Some highlights include adding stars to rate images and giving images color tags. The Library in PhotoLab 6 offers all the functionality you need, and is on par with Lightroom. Keep it simple, just tell PhotoLab where to find the images to use them. So you can edit away, but your original RAW files will not be harmed in any way. And the good thing is, you still have non-destructive editing and the option to make virtual copies. Just tell it in which folder you have put the images and they will show up in the library. PhotoLab 6 is a lot easier when it comes to the images. If you don’t change the settings Lightroom will import images and give the folders the name of the date the image is taken. You can do that by importing images that are already on your PC or straight from your SD-card. Lightroom only works with files that are imported in the library. One thing I always find complex in Lightroom is the need to import files. PhotoLab 6 is available as software you can buy, no subscription needed. It is an alternative for Lightroom Classic and offers the same basic functionality like a library function and non-destructive editing. PhotoLab 6 is a full editing suite made by DxO. Support for FujiFilm X-Trans RAW files (needed to edit files from FuijFilm cameras with X-trans sensors, like the XT-series).Great if you have a desktop, laptop and business PC. 2 for Essential) so you can install it on more different PC’s. The most important extras you get when you buy the Elite version: Normally the Essential version will be perfect for most photographers, while Elite is best for professionals. PhotoLab 6 is available in 2 versions: Essential (for 139 euro) and Elite (for 219 euro). ViewPoint is specialised software that gives you an unreal amount of control over geometry in your images (my review of ViewPoint will follow). In short: PhotoLab 6 is a full editing suite with RAW converter and library functionality. Both are individual pieces of software that can be bought separately. PhotoLab & ViewPointĭxO has released new versions of both PhotoLab 6 and ViewPoint 4. Luckily there are alternatives where you can still buy and own the software, like DXO’s PhotoLab and ViewPoint. Which is fine if you are a professional or regular user, but it is a lot of money if you just edit some vacation photos or family snaps. That includes the newest Lightroom and Photoshop. ![]() In Europe the cheapest subscription is the ‘Photography’ one that will cost you about 12 euro’s a month. Nowadays Adobe doesn’t give you that option anymore, it is just the subscription version. You’d pay 139 euro’s and kept using it for as long as you were comfortable with it or as long as your cameras were supported. Back in the days you could buy and own Lightroom. But what if you aren’t interested in that. Pay a fee each month and get the best and newest product or service available. These days just about everything is available in a subscription, cars, washing machines, your iPhone and also your software. Interested in PhotoLab 6? Click on this link to visit the office DXO webshop and find the best deal for you!ĭXO PhotoLab 6 is available without a subscription. The software is installed on my M1 Mac mini with 16GB of RAM running MacOS 13 Ventura. The images I’ve edited are taken with my Sony A7RIII. I’ve tested PhotoLab 6 for some weeks and edited a wide range of images and compared it to Lightroom Classic v12.0.1. And if PhotoLab 6 is good enough to make me switch. In this review I’ll tell you about my experience with PhotoLab 6. But in the end I kept going back to Lightroom. Free ones or paid ones like Luminar 2018 by the company Skylum (find my Dutch review here). But being a little curious by nature I have tried several alternatives. Why? Well, when I started to do more serious editing that was the go-to software everyone was using to edit their images. ![]() To give you a little background information: I have been using Lightroom (and Photoshop) for 10+ years. This is my review of the all new DxO PhotoLab 6.
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