#DXO OPTICS PRO 9 REVIEW SKIN#

ItвЂ™s not comparable to the film grain you can have with DxO FilmPack or Alien Skin Exposure. Film Grain in Capture One 8 is a simple affair. Film Grain - a backgrounderДЇilm Grain is new too, but thatвЂ™s the one feature I would have expected to have been either left out or be given a more вЂњproвЂќ treatment. The Adjustment Layer has been improved in that you can apply more local effects, including local White Balance (!), HDR, Noise Reduction (!) and Purple Fringing. The two new ones offer the same sort of functionality as the clone and heal brushes in Photoshop, but they are more user-friendly for someone who has never worked with Photoshop before. You can freely switch between the three, which have been made discernable by an icon next to the name. There are now three types of layers: the Adjustment Layer (the one we know from previous versions) and two Repair Layers: the Healing and Cloning Layer. Impressive and absolutely my personalВ number one reason to get a copy of Capture One Pro 8 - certainly if you consider the rest of the product - is the expansion of the number of corrections, edits and effects you can apply to local areas using the Layers feature. The name says it all, but impressive I could find it not. TheВ вЂњNaturalвЂќ Clarity method comes on top of three methods already available. The improved luminance noise reduction algorithm is one of the reasons why you will want to upgrade. PRIME seems to maintain a little bit more of detail and sharpness than Capture One 8, but I needed to switch between the two test files repeatedly to see it.

DxO PRIME noise reduction Capture One Pro 8 noise reduction Much to my surprise, there was hardly any difference, whereas with Capture One 7 the difference was clearcut.

#DXO OPTICS PRO 9 REVIEW ISO#

I tested the new luminance noise reduction with an image shot at ISO 3200 and compared the results with a PRIME reduction. The noise reduction champ currently is DxO Optics ProвЂ™s PRIME algorithm. Why you would prefer Capture One 8 over other RAW editorsДЄnother quite impressive improvement in my opinion, is a much better image quality when working with high ISO images. Capture One 8вЂ™s HDR tool is capable of restoring details while successfully suppressing noise. вЂњHDRвЂќ is perhaps a misnomer, as this tool tries to restore detail in shadows and highlights, instead of combining differently exposed images into one.

Improvements that caught my eye include a better image quality when using the HDR (High Dynamic Range) tool.

#DXO OPTICS PRO 9 REVIEW PROFESSIONAL#

Faster is good, but as tradition demands, the Capture One engineers have once again set new quality standards with their professional RAW image editor. The new processing engine of Capture One Pro 8 makes for an even faster processing, even on somewhat older machines like my three years old iMac. IвЂ™m still undecided, with a slight preference given to Capture One because of its more neutral demosaicing. I got my hands on a fresh copy of Capture One Pro 8 and found several improvements that make it difficult to choose between the latest versions of Capture One Pro and DxO Optics Pro, especially when it comes to noise reduction. Its previous version was by no means a slow application, but version 8 of Capture One has been updated with a new processing engine.

Dxo optics pro 9 review