DxO Labs has announced the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v5 for Windows. Whilst we covered the original announcement back in October, a couple of new features have since been added. Compatibility between Optics Pro and Adobe Photoshop Lightroom has been enhanced, including reading from and interaction with image libraries generated by Lightroom. There is also a new 'Snapshot' function, allowing 'virtual versions' to be created and differing corrections applied. A Macintosh compatible edition is due to follow towards the end of the year. Click through for information on pricing and availability.

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Press release:

DxO Labs Announces Immediate Availability of the
New DxO Optics Pro v5 Software for Windows

DxO Optics Pro v5 features a breakthrough RAW Engine, dust/blemish removal, improved user
interface, support for the Canon EOS 40D as well as expanded Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® compatibility, and an exciting new ‘Snapshot’ feature

Paris, France – November 20, 2007 – DxO Labs today announced the immediate availability of
DxO Optics Pro v5 for Windows, the latest version of its award-winning flagship automatic image
quality enhancement software application for Digital SLR camera users. DxO Optics Pro v5 can be
purchased via download on the company’s e-store (www.dxo.com) as well as from several well
known retailers (a full list of resellers is available at http://www.dxo.com/intl/photo/Resellers). DxO
Optics Pro v5 for Macintosh is scheduled to be available towards the end the year. All purchasers of
DxO Optics Pro v4.5 on or after August 1, 2007 are eligible for a free upgrade to DxO Optics Pro v5.

DxO Optics Pro v5 RAW conversion delivers a breakthrough in image quality

Headlining the new features in DxO Optics Pro v5 is a brand new RAW conversion engine including
a breakthrough demosaicing algorithm which produces images with much more detail and fewer
unwanted artifacts. In a second major breakthrough, DxO Optics Pro v5 now applies its noise
reduction techniques prior to demosaicing -- before noise has a chance to be amplified by the RAW
conversion process and become obtrusive.

“Thanks to our new RAW converter and moving noise removal up front, before RAW conversion,
images processed with DxO Optics Pro v5 are more natural looking with better detail and excellent
color saturation. The results are really remarkable, and particularly on images shot at high ISOs in
low light conditions,” says Luc Marin, Sales and Marketing VP of the Photography Business at DxO
Labs.

DxO Optics Pro v5 also includes a “click once, clean many” dust/blemish removal tool as well a
completely reorganized user interface to improve workflow and ease of use.

DxO Optics Pro v5 adds even more features and support for more cameras

Previously unannounced, a handful of additional new features make DxO Optics Pro v5 even more
of a time saver.

• Compatibility between DxO Optics Pro v5 and Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® has been
  deepened. DxO Optics Pro v5 can now read from and interact with image libraries from
  Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, providing a more fluid workflow between these two popular
  applications.
• Using the new ‘Snapshot” feature; users can create several ‘virtual versions’ of an image to
  which they can apply different DxO Optics Pro corrections for processing.

With DxO Optics Pro v5, the library of camera bodies and lens correction modules expands to
include the recently released Canon EOS 40D and selected lenses. In the coming months, the
Canon 1Ds MKIII, Nikon D300 and Nikon D3 DSLR camera bodies will also be added to the more
than 600 correction modules currently available.

Pricing and availability

DxO Optics Pro v5 is available in Standard and Elite versions at pricing unchanged from the previous
version :

• DxO Optics Pro v5 Standard: $169
• DxO Optics Pro v5 Elite: $299
  (All prices are excluding sales taxes)

All customers who purchased DxO Optics Pro v4.5 on or after August 1, 2007 are entitled to a free
upgrade to version 5. For customers who purchased DxO Optics Pro before August 1, 2007, the
pricing of upgrades is as follows:

DxO Optics Pro Standard (any version) to DxO Optics Pro v5 Standard: $95
DxO Optics Pro Elite (any version) to DxO Optics Pro v5 Elite: $125
(All prices are excluding sales taxes)

DxO Optics Pro v5 for Windows is currently available. DxO Optics Pro v5 for Macintosh is scheduled
to be available towards the end of the year.