DXO PHOTOLAB 8: MAXIMIZE HUE MASK TIPS WITH THESE TIPS!

[@RobertSigmund1]

Good contribution, which shows that there is still much room for improvement.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Yes they need AI masking to move the needle!

[@picklebird1261]

You have some of the most thorough DXO tutorials. Thanks!

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Very kind of you thanks for watching!

[@bobkoure]

I've gone back and re-edited a couple of night sky photos I originally did in v5 or 6. This mask is the perfect tool for masking the light coming over the horizon, dropping that luminance a bit without touching other sky colors...

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Thanks for sharing your usecase. I guess hue mask is faster than control point for that purpose.

[@patrickwynne6666]

great tip, thanks

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bobkoure]

I bought the upgrade - but more for the new curves tool than for anything else. Yes, de-noise is better, but I use a D750 and fast glass - and ETTR. If I had a MFT and continued to shoot in low light, I'd have different priorities. This new tool is a 'nice extra', but that's pretty much it. Super well explained in the video, BTW.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Your the first to feedback that you upgraded for curves rather than denoising! Good for DXO to add that feature then!

[@richardturner81]

Yep same here. The new curves tool is pretty good.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

@richardturner81 Thanks for the feedback. Didn't know customers were clamoring for this

[@bobkoure]

@@takebetterphotos8132 If you go to the DxO customers' forum, there have been a lot of requests to improve the curves tool (which up to v7, really hasn't been up to the competition). There were a lot of different ideas on how to make it better, so they're scattered around.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

@bobkoure thanks for this info. Will explore the curves tool more see in what way editing can be even better!

[@ianyorke2617]

A good illustration of why DXO need to adopt C1's AI masking capabilities/UI, which make the examples you show trivial masking tasks.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

We can only hope they're working on it. Its getting embarassing even ACDSee has AI masking.

[@georgestiglich9754]

Good work . . . Now I better understand Hue Mask and when to use it!! However, it and the other "new additions" do not justify $109 upgrade charge from 7->8:-(

[@takebetterphotos8132]

I don't think so too. Depends how you value $109😊

[@robertrakowicz9666]

DxO PL is not bad at all, but there are many disadvantages in masking comparing to LR or C1 (or ON1 but I don't like they colors for my Canon cameras, especially by higISO )

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Yes masking is something that customers have wanted improved for quite a while. Too bad they haven't acted on it. Are you saying you don't like ON1 colors for your Canon or DXO?

[@robertrakowicz9666]

I send you a mail

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Hello @robertrakowicz9666 I'm looking at the files with on1. The colors are neutral. Is that the main issue? That's how ON1 processes its RAW in general.

[@robertrakowicz9666]

@@takebetterphotos8132 - hello, I have sent you an e-mail with my version of Capture One

[@takebetterphotos8132]

Thanks for this. Good to see different customers concerns. While I don't take wildlife I'll take a second look on the landscape photos renderings

[@remco2777]

Does it also work for Fujifilm raw (RAF) files?

[@takebetterphotos8132]

According to the website it supports

[@bobkoure]

@@remco2777 I've seen comments that the new noise reduction improvement doesn't work for Fuji raw images (makes sense as demosaicing those is very different) but not a single one about this tool not working for Fuji.

[@remco2777]

@@bobkoure Thank you Bob. I find DxO's website very confusing to find what PL8 supports. The website suggests that my X-T4 and my lenses are only supported in PL5.

[@takebetterphotos8132]

@bobkoure Thanks for the feedback. DXO should make it explicit then. Too bad I don't have Fuji to test out.