The download and installation (re-installation) of DxO is complete.  It took the better part of an afternoon however. The DxO technologies site is (in)famous for slow downloads.  It literally took a couple of hours to download the 500 MB file.  But it’s done, DxO is installed and I had a brief opportunity to use it.

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I just downloaded DxO 5.1 with support for the Canon 1Ds Mark III.  Yea.  After some frustrating experiences which turned out to NOT be DxO’s fault (see below) I’m eager to try it again with the  new camera.  Here’s the last of the previous postings.

DxO Impressions #5

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Ever since I attended my first workshop two years ago I’ve been pondering personal style.  At first I had no clue as to what my personal style was.  But as time has gone by and I become more aware of the kind of work I produce, the idea of a personal style is starting to become clearer.  So, I plan to write a number of posts on personal style and my journey of self discovery.

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I mentioned in an earlier post that I was using DxO now.  I was introduced to the product in November at the Digital Summit workshop in Zion National Park.  It looked pretty interesting and besides I got a deal I couldn’t refuse.  I waited for the release of DxO Optics Pro 5 before jumping in.  There were a lot of improvements made to version 5 that corrected some of the more serious shortcomings of version 4.

First of all, DxO works with RAW images.  And given the sorts of corrections it applies, it makes sense to use DxO before any other RAW converter like LR, ACR or Capture One.  So that’s where it comes in my workflow.  Actually, I generally import RAW images into LR first, review and rank them in LR.  When I determine the images I want to work on I then bring them into DxO and work on them there before returning to LR.

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