#EXPORT OPTIONS IN DXO PHOTOLAB 2 MANUAL#
#EXPORT OPTIONS IN DXO PHOTOLAB 2 SOFTWARE#

#EXPORT OPTIONS IN DXO PHOTOLAB 2 SOFTWARE#

I start by putting all of my images through DxO PhotoLab… I use this software as my initial RAW processor.

It is outlined to a degree in a number of my articles. I have a rather unorthodox approach in post. I’ve written a number of articles on this website that deal with post processing. In terms of DxO PhotoLab, there are some tutorials on their website. Thanks for your comment… always a pleasure to try to help a reader! Larger donations can be made to through PayPal. If you enjoyed this article and/or my website and would like to support my work you can purchase an eBook, or make a modest $10 donation through PayPal, both are most appreciated. My intent is to keep this photography blog advertising free. Reproducing articles or any of the images contained in them on another website is a Copyright infringement. Linking to this site or to specific articles is allowed with proper acknowledgement. If you like our website please let your friends and associates know about our work. Word of mouth is the best form of advertising. Photograph was captured hand-held in available light using Nikon 1 gear as noted in the second paragraph of this article. Regardless of the photo software you may own, images can be improved a great deal by using some very quick and simple adjustments. I showed the impact of the Spot Weighted tool to demonstrate that specific adjustment. Obviously all of these DxO PhotoLab adjustments would have been done at the same time. Since the green heron’s chest and wing needed more definition I applied the DxO Smart Lighting Spot Weighted adjustment at a ‘slight’ level. Jpeg after Spot Weighted DxO Smart Lighting (slight) applied to wing and chest area I made the following adjustments in DxO PhotoLab that resulted in the jpeg above: Highlights -20m Shadows 10, Black -10, Vibrance 15, Microcontrast 7(auto), Lens Sharpness Global 1.20 and Details 70, and PRIME noise reduction. Jpeg after additional corrections done in DxO PhotoLab Now let’s see what can be done with some minor corrections done in DxO PhotoLab. When a RAW file is opened in DxO PhotoLab with auto corrections enabled, the program makes a number of instantaneous corrections as you can see in the above image. Jpeg after DxO PhotoLab auto corrections done Now let’s have a look at the auto-corrections done when using DxO PhotoLab and working with a RAW file. Jpeg made from RAW file, no corrections doneĪs you can see there isn’t much difference from the out-of-camera jpeg and the one made from an unprocessed RAW file. For comparison purposes the next image is a jpeg made from an unprocessed RAW file. Out-of-camera jpegĪs we can see the image is underexposed and quite dark. Similar results can be achieved with other photo software.įirst let’s look at an out-of-camera jpeg. The objective of this short article is to demonstrate the improvements that can be made to an image by doing some very quick and simple adjustments in DxO PhotoLab.

#EXPORT OPTIONS IN DXO PHOTOLAB 2 MANUAL#

I shot using Manual mode with Auto ISO 160-6400. This article provides some progressive images and commentary about doing some quick adjustments to a dark bird image using DxO PhotoLab. While I was out recently photographing some green herons, I captured some images of one perked on a branch inside a tree.

Export options in dxo photolab 2