Once built and applied here are the outputs with all other processing options switched off: DXO needs the profile to be built from 3rd party software (which comes free with the Colorchecker product. Ninja can build a colour profile from this image. Here’s an image with a colour profile target in it. In my Ninja review, I pointed out how well it supports these. CR3 files, then DXO will refuse to perform RAW conversions. So, if you have the excellent Canon M50, which produces. However, DXO can only develop RAW images for supported cameras. DXO can do the same along with local edits. Ninja is 100% a RAW development tool that can also process regular images.

Neither does Ninja offer local selections and editing. Ninja has no DAM capabilities so they won’t be compared. This review will focus on RAW processing in the following areas:īoth DXO and Ninja offer tools in these areas. Not all software supports them, but Photo Library and Photo Ninja both do, so it’ll be interesting to see how they stack up. As DXO point out, if all your software supports colour profiles then you can pass the images to different programs without corrupting the colours. Photolibrary is DXO’s first foray into Digital Asset Management (DAM), thus really encroaching into Lightroom’s territory.ĭCP color profiles are the way to ensure that the colours you capture with your camera truly reflect what you saw. It removes haze from images without making them look unnatural. Done!Ĭlearview was one of the main reasons for using DXO – it does what it says. No messing around with masks, no fiddling with selections. First seen in NIK’s Viveza tool it is the most effective way to make local selections in an image. U Point tech is DXO’s brilliant approach to making local selections. Photo Lab 2 features the following improvements: Who knows just how good it will be? DXO have just released Photo Lab V2 so now it a good chance to see how it stacks up against Photo Ninja. But, as pure RAW converters, these two are head and shoulders above the others. In my opinion, DXO PhotoLab and Photo Ninja are the best RAW converters.

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