New Software

[Shadowman]

Thought some might be interested.

http://www.dxo.com/us/photography/ph...ntent=1200x628

[thetraveler]

Does anyone use this?

How does it integrate into LR?
Can we use LR to edit the improved raw files?

[xpatUSA]

Thought some might be interested.

http://www.dxo.com/us/photography/ph...ntent=1200x628

Thanks, John, but . .

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast":

[davidedric]

Can we use LR to edit the improved raw files?

Yes indeed. You can call it as a plug-in from Lightroom, and receive the modified file back. I picked it up on discount, and use it mostly for its Prime noise reduction.

Dave

[Manfred M]

I believe both Donald and I have been using it for a number of years. I personally think they have the best raw converter on the market, but it can be quite slow. They have some much more heavy duty calculations in some of their algorithms and is shows in the results. Their PRIME noise reduction algorithm is excellent.

[thetraveler]

You are seeing the image as translated by LR with edits in an xmp file.
If you call DxO does it start from the basic RAW file?
Is the Raw file changed or is there a sidecar file?
Can you see the benefits in the returned LR file and can you edit the file in LR afterwards?

I'm just confused about the workflow.
TIA

[Manfred M]

Lew - DxO acts as a plugin to Lightroom (I know it is strange to thing of one raw converter calling another). I watched the two live webinars that DxO put on yesterday and the previous Tuesday. It seems they have had some significant demand for this funtionality. Output from Optics Pro 11 to Lightroom is via a *.dng file so the metadata is embedded in the exported file.

[Manfred M]

Thanks, John, but . .

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast":

I suspect that tells you how large Sigma's market share is. They don't seem to support either Hasselblad or Phase One, so you are in good company...

[thetraveler]

Lew - DxO acts as a plugin to Lightroom (I know it is strange to thing of one raw converter calling another). I watched the two live webinars that DxO put on yesterday and the previous Tuesday. It seems they have had some significant demand for this funtionality. Output from Optics Pro 11 to Lightroom is via a *.dng file so the metadata is embedded in the exported file.

gotcha. thanx

[davidedric]

(I know it is strange to thing of one raw converter calling another)

Not really. I think we need to think of Lightroom as a RAW interpreter not a converter. It only converts when you export, or pass an image to (some) plugins.

Dave

[xpatUSA]

I suspect that tells you how large Sigma's market share is. They don't seem to support either Hasselblad or Phase One, so you are in good company...

I call it "The Gap", Manfred, which usually occurs in a "list of supported cameras" by jumping straight from Samsung to Sony.

No great loss for me, not terribly fond of DxO anyway.

I think it all started when I was born left-handed, left-footed and short-sighted . . .