![]() ![]() ![]() Photo Mechanic for instance is the most painful photo software to set up and learn but it’s the most powerful metadata and cataloguing tool I’ve ever used and enormously speeds up workflow once the user is up to speed. At some point, simpler means training wheels and software which is not suited for professional use and professional workflow. Photolab is pro software and requires a bit of investment up front. It does mean reading the manual and experimenting with editing and building presets. It’s possible, it’s easy and it’s extremely fast. So I build up from basically zero rather than allowing DxO to dictate the direction of my processing. For each of my cameras, I have a default colour profile which I prefer (often it’s one of the Leica M family of profiles which offer high contrast, bright reds and richer colours than Nikon out of the gate, though lately I’ve been using Color Negative Film Fuji Superia 200) as well as Lens Sharpness, Fine Contrast, Auto Horizon, Auto Cropping Unconstrained. My next step is applying a camera specific preset. So I’ve created a zero adjustments profile which removes all adjustments. I want to see the image in its pure form first. ![]() Now that I know Photolab inside out, I don’t like to use AI tools except in extreme cases so I don’t want to see my images with any ClearView or SmartLighting or lens corrections or even noise reduction applied out of the gate. DxO-Photolab-zero-default-profile 2044×916 183 KBĪs the preset names suggest my default presets have absolutely zero adjustments included. ![]()
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