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DxO Photo Lab 8 has been out for a while now - time for another review! Summary Long reviews are a long read. If you want a summary of the conclusion, here it is: DxO Photo Lab 8 - Pros Absolutely the best RAW noise reduction available. Nothing beats it. Absolutely nothing. Highest quality RAW [...]
Who is the Leader of the Pack now? Every year I review the best of the best RAW image noise removal tools. Each year they all up their game. DxO have just released V8 of Photo Lab featuring DeepPRIME XD/XD2s noise removal; their most powerful noise reduction tech ever. But how does it comapre with [...]
DXO Photo Lab 7 Review This is a look at DXO Photo Lab, a review of its features. This time, I am not comparing it to anything else, although I will refer to comparisons I have made previously, when appropriate. Introduction to DXO Photo Lab 7 DXO Photo Lab 7, which I will simply refer [...]
This blog post looks at the 'holy trinity' of photography software. Three products that, when combined, provide everything you need to develop your RAW images and edit your photos. There is some overlap between the three, as each continues to add to and refine their capabilities. Yet I don't view them as competing with each [...]
Topaz Photo AI V2 Update: June 2024: Read about Photo AI 3's new features. Update: December 2023: For the latest view and a comparison with DXO and Luminar NEO, see this post. I use Topaz Labs photo software and have done so for many years. This blog contains many reviews of their tools. I only [...]
Topaz Photo AI Review NOTE: Sept 2023. Topaz have just released V2 of this tool. Read the Topaz Photo AI V2 review. This is Topaz's flagship photo enhancing product. It is a combination of their three class leading AI tools, Gigapixel AI, DeNoise AI and Sharpen AI. I have reviewed these many times, and they [...]
The Langdale Valley In March 2014, I did a day trip to the UK lake District. That may not seem unusual, but I live near Gatwick Airport, in the south of England. It is a long drive and I wouldn't want to do a drive, a photo-hike, and then the return drive in a single [...]
DXO Pure RAW Sometimes I forget how spoilt I am with the photo software tools I use. DXO Photo Lab has been my go to RAW converter for years. Yes, I've dabbled with Luminar and still use it occasionally, but I always go back to DXO because it is so good. But most of you [...]
Introduction There are only two contenders in the noise wars (IMHO) – DXO Photo Lab and Topaz DeNoise/Photo AI. These two have class leading image noise reduction and I have reviewed them numerous times. Towards the end of 2022, both DXO and Topaz issued new versions of their products. DXO released Photo Lab 6 with [...]
I have an extensive collection of legacy images, some taken with a 6MP DSLR. They're pleasant images, but the low resolution limits what I can do with them. Or it used to... And then I found Topaz Gigapixel AI and Sharpen AI - The dream team for solving this problem. I recently sold a large [...]