![]() For convenience, you can move files between folders within PhotoLab. In fact, a core principle of PhotoLab is that it will never touch your original files. The basic management of photos is “by reference.” PhotoLab lets you put your photo files where you want and it will not move them unless you say so. It should also be noted that any exports can, and by default do, contain the keywords. Because Lightroom could write them to my files, that means PhotoLab can easily search my existing photos. PhotoLab can readkeywords out of files if they’re already there. There is discussion in the support forums about addressing this but so long as one remains with PhotoLab 3 it’s not a problem. I should note here that one weakness is all this metadata is stored in a database internal to the software and not in the photo files or other portable location. It supports pick and reject, star rating, projects, and - importantly for me - hierarchical keywords. It’s not up to the same standard as Lightroom, but it is good enough to get the job done. Let me tell you why I decided this is the software for me.įirst up, photo management - the DAM. I started a 30-day free trial and three weeks later I purchased it at the discounted launch price. I was looking again recently when I stumbled across the newly launched DxO PhotoLab 3. ![]() Those features were also promised, but I gave up waiting when a whole new version was released with “sexy” new AI features while still lacking some basics in the DAM functionality. Once the DAM arrived, it was passable but lacked key features I needed. At the time it didn’t have a digital asset management (DAM) capability, but it was promised. What was I going to do to manage and process my growing DSLR photo collection? Photographers might use other software besides Lightroom, so if apps such as Photo Mechanic can’t read the sidecar files that PhotoLab 5 creates, it’s hard to understand what the fuss is about in this area.Apple’s Aperture was hung out to dry, Adobe’s Lightroom changed to a subscription model, and Apple Photos started out and continues to be severely limited. Instead, it’s written in a format only Lightroom understands. Surprising is that the file isn’t in standard XMP, which can be read by other apps as well. The editing of them instantly synchronizes with Adobe’s Lightroom metadata, which isn’t a surprise, as the metadata is generated in a sidecar file. The metadata improvements are, let’s be honest, greatly overdue. The first time I tried the new U-Point, it resulted in frighteningly intense screen flickering with large dark rectangles appearing, but I couldn’t reproduce that later on. With every U-Point, you can now also base the effect on luminance and chrominance values. U-Point adjustments have gained a Control Line effect that lets you pick a color to limit the region affected by the mask, but instead of a circle, you have a line along which the effect is created. It was already better than PRIME, which is still available as an option (as is manual noise removal), and it’s much better than any competitor’s noise-removing algorithm. Combined with lens support, some 605 new modules have been added to DxO’s database of calibrated equipment.ĭxO’s DeepPRIME is now four times faster in PhotoLab 5. Starting with the last, the support extends to the newer X-E4, X-S10, X-T4, and X100V through to the older X-E2 and X-70. PhotoLab 5 comes with better IPTC metadata and keyword editing capabilities as well as synchronization with Adobe Lightroom, a new U-Point control, a much-improved DeepPRIME, and support for Fujifilm X-Trans cameras and lenses. Fujifilm Support, Better and More MetadataĮvery year DxO releases a new version of PhotoLab, and this year was no exception.
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