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DxO PL6 is out - worth the upgrade ?

Started 5 months ago | Discussions thread
koenkooi Contributing Member • Posts: 919
Re: DxO PL6 is out - worth the upgrade ?
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Max@Home wrote:

DP Review news:

The latest version of DxO PhotoLab 6 includes a new DeepPRIME XD technology that promises even better clarity, especially when editing high ISO images. The software includes numerous new tools and features, like a new working color space.

Anyone tried this yet ? is it worth the upgrade from PL 5 for $99 ?[..]

I have PL5 and downloaded the PL6 trial. I quickly ran into stupid bugs: deleting pictures doesn't work properly.

In PL5:

  • press command+backspace
  • picture gets deleted from disk
  • thumbnail disappears from the folder view

In PL6:

  • press command+backspace
  • picture gets deleted from disk
  • thumbnail stays in the folder view
  • thumbnail stays there till you exit the folder and reenter it

I was wading through 200-ish picture from my camera trap, so I went back to PL5 to cull the images and then switched to PL6 to export them to DNG with DeepPrimeXD.

With ISO1600 on an R5 I couldn't spot a difference between regular DeepPrime and the new XD version

So I'm going to wait on both an update of PL6 as well as it going on sale, I personally don't thing it's worth the €99 upgrade fee right now.

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