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DxO PhotoLab is an image processing software developed by the French company DxO Labs with a free 30-day trial. The application is similar to Adobe Lightroom, Capture One and ACDSee Photo Studio.

DxO PhotoLab relies on the company’s catalog image enhancement softwarewith many automatic and manual correction tools.

What is the connection with Nik Software?

Niels Kokemore, former CTO of Nik Software, invented U point technology to improve selective retouches and image settings. Since then, his program has been included in all eight Nik Collection programs. In 2017, the relationship became even more direct when DxO bought the Nik Collection from Google.

Is DxO better than Lightroom?

In many ways, PhotoLab is better than Adobe Lightroom. Its two most significant advantages over Lightroom are the quality of the noise reduction and the ability to customize the workspace so you can organize your tools to suit your workflow.

However, Adobe is a major player in the photo editing software industry and offers a range of products that complement each other. DxO PhotoLab does not match the Adobe integration level.

Other high quality options

Capture One is professional level program for working with RAW images. There is a free trial followed by a monthly subscription model.

ACDSee Photo Studio is more focused on enthusiastic user. It also has a 30 day free trial. After that comes the monthly subscription model.

What should you buy?

In terms of functionality, all options are great quality programs, so different pricing models can sway you one way or the other. Lightroom is a monthly subscription, while DxO is a one-time lifetime license.

DxO delivers a superior workflowwhich can make a huge difference to the pressure professional. The photo editing tools themselves are just as effective as Lightroom’s, and in some cases even better.

In our opinion, DxO PhotoLab works great as an image editing and optical correction software package. with setting and easy to use interfaceeven a user who is new to professional photo editing will be able to learn how to use it pretty quickly.