bnk1953
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Post by bnk1953 on Apr 29, 2021 15:49:51 GMT
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Post by hmca on Apr 30, 2021 14:49:24 GMT
Thanks for sharing, Bruce. I watched the video and it does look tempting.
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Post by tonyw on May 3, 2021 15:36:27 GMT
Sounds tempting but doesn’t work with Fuji X-Trans sensors so won’t be able to try it out.
Tony
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Chris
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Post by Chris on May 5, 2021 12:07:58 GMT
Bnk 1953, thank you for informing us. I have downloaded the trial. It works well. The only problem for me is that it converts my 46 Mbt CR3 files from my Canon 90D into 135 Mbt DNG. I don't mind using DNG but prefer not to have the file size increased 3 times. I will contact DXO to see if they have a solution. There does not seem to be any adjustment to change this in preferences.
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Chris
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Post by hmca on May 5, 2021 12:22:41 GMT
I just downloaded this last night and didn't notice that. Thanks for pointing it out, Chris. I did see on their FB page a concern about images being overly sharpened. They replied to the comment and said that they were looking into that.
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Chris
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Post by Chris on May 5, 2021 15:48:06 GMT
I received a reply from DXO support. They explained that DxO PureRAW outputs files in linear DNG which has a much larger file size. So for now, they do not have an option to change that. There is only the other jpg export option. Hopefully, in the future there may be a fix.
I have to convert my Canon CR3 files with the free Adobe DNG converter before I can import them into Lightroom 6. The DNG files have almost the same size as the original CR3 files. I did point this out to DXO.
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Chris
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bnk1953
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Post by bnk1953 on May 5, 2021 19:49:48 GMT
My preference is to pick and choose which photos to run thru DXO Pure Raw - using it only on photos that I really want and appear to need a lot of de-noising/sharpening.
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Post by hmca on May 5, 2021 21:17:38 GMT
If I get it that would be my thought as well, Bruce. I took a picture of some clouds last night that were noisy so that's what made me decide to download the trial. Not sure if you will be able to see the difference but it is quite noticeable in LR. It was also much faster to use than when I use Topaz. My normal processing...... but with Define not Topaz which I would use for important images. This was just for a quick comparison.  Using DXO 
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Post by hmca on May 6, 2021 1:45:01 GMT
OK....I don't know if this is helpful or not. It was foggy tonight and I am never sure how to edit foggy pictures. That being said, I edited one with Topaz DeNoise AI...not the newest version but the one I've been happy with and then did my normal processing. I did the other with DXO. I am posting them both but not identifying which is which. What do you think? Other than this lens is doing some horrible vignetting.   |
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Chris
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Post by Chris on May 6, 2021 14:19:49 GMT
My preference is to pick and choose which photos to run thru DXO Pure Raw - using it only on photos that I really want and appear to need a lot of de-noising/sharpening. Yes that does seem to be a logical approach. I suppose its also possible to convert to a psd to reduce the file size and later delete the large DNG. Kind regards Chris |
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Post by Chris on May 6, 2021 14:38:13 GMT
OK....I don't know if this is helpful or not. It was foggy tonight and I am never sure how to edit foggy pictures. That being said, I edited one with Topaz DeNoise AI...not the newest version but the one I've been happy with and then did my normal processing. I did the other with DXO. I am posting them both but not identifying which is which. What do you think? Other than this lens is doing some horrible vignetting. Thank you Helen for sharing these two examples. I think that both Topaz and DXO have done a good job of removing the noise. I have difficulty telling them apart. I am not sure, but I suspect that the darker image (file B on top) may be the one processed by DXO because the colours look a little more saturated. Also, unless my eyes are fooling me, the vignetting of file B may be less severe. I agree, it can be a challenge to process foggy pictures. It also depends if you want to keep the fog to add to the mood or remove it. Not including the haze filter in Lightroom CC, I have found three ways to partially remove fog. 1- A levels adjustment to adjust the black and white points. 2- Increasing clarity with Lightroom or Adobe Camera Raw. 3- Increasing local contrast using the unsharp mask filter with a very high radius of maybe between 70-250 pixels and adjust to taste. Kind regards Chris |
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Post by hmca on May 6, 2021 14:48:02 GMT
3- Increasing local contrast using the unsharp mask filter with a very high radius of maybe between 70-250 pixels and adjust to taste. Thanks, Chris. This is completely new to me. I look forward to trying that in the future. You have correctly identified the image that I used DXO with. I always think it is helpful to add some examples when discussing a topic when possible. |
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Post by BuckSkin on May 14, 2021 3:49:20 GMT
You have correctly identified the image that I used DXO with. I always think it is helpful to add some examples when discussing a topic when possible. I thought the top/darker image looked best, at least to my liking. You have captured the fog very realistically. I find it odd that DxO has a program that will generate DNG files when their RAW conversion programs will not accept/edit/convert DNG. I am not a big fan of DNG; my own observations are that image quality suffers whenever DNG is any part of the plan. |
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Post by hmca on May 14, 2021 14:43:53 GMT
I find it odd that DxO has a program that will generate DNG files when their RAW conversion programs will not accept/edit/convert DNG. Interesting point, Buckskin. I did end up purchasing the program but intend to use it judiciously. |
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