In The Press
March 2008 - Beautiful Landscape - Alain Briot
DxO Optics Pro v5: A Review and Tutorial
Read the review (PDF)... (Courtesy of Alain Briot)
March 2008 - Which Digital Camera
Buyers' Guide Software
March 2008 - DigitalArts - Joanne Carter
DxO Optics Pro 5
"As automatic image-quality enhancement software goes, DxO Optics Pro stands out from the crowd..."
"... DxO Labs' astute auto-correction and superb colour rendition that makes Optics Pro such a powerful tool."
Feb. 2008 - What Digital Camera - Vincent Oliver
Tried and Tested DxO Optics Pro Software
"To say it's a RAW file converter is an understatement; I would describe DxO Optics Pro as a RAW file converter on steroids."
"DxO handles these [RAW files] really well…"
"DxO…processes images superbly…"
Jan. 2008 - Imaging Resources - Dave Etchells
DxO Optics Pro 5
Dave Etchells, Managing Editor Imaging Resources, interviews Luc Marin, VP DxO Labs at PMA-Las Vegas.
Awards 2007 - What Digital Camera
December 2007 - Amateur Photographer - Ian Farrell
Essential Software: DxO Optics Pro
"Comparing before and after images reveals a brighter, sharper result that has more punch."
December 2007 - PC Photo
2008 Editors' Choice Awards
"...remarquable software..."
October 2007 - Popular Photography
High 5: Five must-have software programs
“Most serious photographers scorn automatic corrections, but this program is different: It fixes problems inherent to your specific lens/camera combination, lets you do quick and accurate color correction, optimizes dynamic range, and helps zap noise.”
Sept. 2007 - EISA - "EUROPEAN PHOTO SOFTWARE 2007-2008"
DxO Optics Pro v4.5
DxO Optics Pro receives the very prestigious European EISA award. This award is the result of the vote by editors-in-chief of 49 leading photomagazines from 19 European countries.
August 2007 - Amateur Photographer - Barney Britton
Fast & loose with my art
"…is by far the more versatile program for correcting optical problems, because it contains profiles designed specifically for various camera/lens combinations."
July 2007 - American Photo
July 27, 2007 - BC Sci/Tech - T. Michael Testi
Software Review: Adobe Photoshop plug-in DxO FilmPack from DxO Labs
"While DxO FilmPack is not going to be used for every situation, it does provide for a lot of creative artistic expression. It is very easy to use and very functional."
July 23, 2007 - BC Sci/Tech - T. Michael Testi
Software Review: DxO Optics Pro v4.5 from DxO Labs
"If you take your photography seriously and you want a professional image correction product that will analyze your images and apply corrections; whether manually or automatically, then DxO Optics Pro will make a fine addition to your tool chest."
July 1, 2007 - Popular Photography
Gear/The Goods: Film Festival
"While the film-versus-digital debate is pretty much dead (guess who won), that doesn’t stop former film buffs from getting nostalgic. The DxO FilmPack v1.1..., a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and DxO Optics Pro, recreates the results of shooting in more than 20 of your favorites,..."
July 2007 - Outdoor Photographer - Rob Sheppard
Digital horizons: Optics in a digital world
"DxO is quite a remarquable program."
June 2007 - Amateur Photographer - Angela Nicolson
Roll change
"…I am certainly impressed by its results. The colours are characteristic of the selected emulsion and the grain has a filmic quality."
"FilmPack wins over some other film-simulation programs in its grain dispersal."
"DxO's in-depth understanding of grain size distribution and its relationship to exposure and luminance results in variable, realistic texture being applied to shots."
"If the measure of a good piece of software is whether it does what it is supposed to, and is simple and enjoyable to use, then DxO FilmPack is excellent."
"Using DxO FilmPack is simplicity itself."
June 2007 - What Digital Camera - Chris Gatcum
Recreate the look of film with DxO's lastest offering, says Chris Gatcum.
"…the results are fantastic and the ability to customise them (emulsions) is something film users could never do."
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May/June 2007 - Photo Techniques online article - Paul Schranz
"DxO offers some of the most accurate, if not THE most accurate RAW-conversion control in the industry."
"When it absolutely has to be the very best."
DxO Filmpack v1.1:
"The results are exceptional."
May 13, 2007 - What Digital Camera - Jamie Harrison
Tried & Tested: DxO Optics Pro v4.2 Elite
"If you really want to get the best out of your camera -- with the least work -- download a trial of DxO and see for yourself."
"Often, the improvements will be subtle; improved sharpness, reduced noise and better exposure and contrast. In more extreme cases, the improvements will be remarkable. Distortion, shadow detail and more can be vastly improved, especially if you use Raw files."
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May 7, 2007 - Studio Photography - Elizabeth Friszell-Neroulas
"Without a doubt, DxO Lab's Pro Elite is the most important product we use, as far as productivity is concerned."
"Not only has it been indispensable for processing the huge volume of photos we turn out each month, but it has opened new forms of artistic expression for us, as well. We can now, for example, create sepia and monochrome photos reminiscent of the period between 1918 and 1952, while the images are still in RAW format. The results, we've been told, are breathtaking."
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April 19, 2007 - IT Enquirer - Erik Vlietinck
"If you want to give your photos character without having to tamper and play around too much with Photoshop’s many filters and adjustments, FilmPack makes miracles happen."
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April 2007 - Photography Monthly
RAW Software Options
"To say that DxO's package is a Raw software processor is to undersell its abilities. It's a very advanced package that can automatically correct for lens distortions and aberrations, among other things..."
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March 28, 2007 - Photography Press - Stuart Miles
"Pro Optics v4.2 <sic> is an essential piece of software…"
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March 7, 2007 - Northlight Images - Keith Cooper
"The image processing was always great, but v4.2 will get fired up for more than just special images."
"Provides a wide range of corrections to image problems--some of which you might not realise you had, until you see DxO processed images."
Read the review...
March 2007 - Which Digital Camera
DxO Optics Pro v4.1
"Excellent automated image enhancement and Raw conversion utility…"
April 2007 - Photography Monthly
RAW Software options
"To say that DxO's package is a Raw software processor is to undersell its abilities. It's a very advanced package that can automatically correct for lens distortions and aberrations, among other things…"
Feb. 19, 2007 - Think Camera - James Corrin
Review: DxO Optics Pro
"Capable of amazing results.--so good you might want to use it on all your pictures."
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Jan. 2007 - Ken Rockwell
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Oct. 2006 - DxO Labs - Cyrille de la Chesnay
Oct. 2006 - Popular Photography - Debbie Grossman
"Every camera and lenses has shortcomings. This software knows how to fix them".
Read the review...
Aug. 2006 - Practical PC - Iain Laskey
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April 2006 - TIPA - "Best Photo Software in Europe 2006"
TIPA Awards : 2006 / Best Photo Software: DxO Optics Pro 3.5
DxO Optics Pro receives the very prestigious European TIPA award. This award is the result of the vote by editors-in-chief of 30 leading photomagazines in 13 European countries.
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April 2006 - Nikonians - Neil van Niekerk
"...I would highly recommend this program to anyone who wants to get optimum quality from their lenses, with the least amount of fuss. There certainly isn't anything else like it on the market."
March 2006 - OUTDOOR PHOTOGRAPHER - ROB SHEPPARD
"The Optics Engine alone is wonderful, but it’s just one of four image-quality improvers in the software."
Feb. 2006 - STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHY & DESIGN - HANK GANS
"To my total surprise, DxO Optics Pro did a better job in less than two minutes than I was able to do in over 90 minutes in Photoshop."
"I’m comfortable letting [DxO Optics Pro] digitally process images while I attend to other tasks. It’s like having a capable assistant working at my keyboard."
"It would be great if DxO Optics Pro could actually be integrated into the camera itself in solid-state form on a chip. "
Jan. 2006 - BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE - ALAIN BRIOT
"DxO is an essential part of what we might call my digital image processing toolkit."
Jan. 2006 - What Digital Camera
"There is now no excuse for technically or optically bad images, and that makes this software essential."
Nov. 30, 2005 - PC Magazine - Daniel Grotta & Sally Wiener Grotta
"DxO Optics Pro is a powerful, full-blown program that gives users precise control over every aspect of image processing and correction. [DxO Optics Pro] belongs in every serious photographer's toolkit. [.] Results range from good to miraculous."
Oct. 9, 2005 - BestStuff - John Lentz
"...a revolutionary software program for anyone who is even a halfway serious photographer."
Oct. 9, 2005 - Amateur Photographer - Damien Demoulder
"…the noise reduction software in the package is really excellent. As too is the sharpening routine."
July 22, 2005 - MacUser - Kevin Carter
"Optics Pro 3 is staggeringly effective. The majority of digital SLR users will find it indispensable."
June 29, 2005 - The British Journal of Photography
"DxO software cleans up…"
June 22, 2005 - PCMAG - Molly McLaughlin
"Easy to use and packed features "
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March 2005 - Outdoor Photographer - Rob Sheppard
"… extremely good correction that can't be matched in any other way…"
March 2005 - Le Photographe - Maxime Champion
"... a remarkably complete and intuitive product."
March 2005 - The Luminous Landscape - Michael Reichmann
Michael Reichmann recently published an update of his earlier report on DxO Optics Pro.
In this update, he mentions that he had to set the focusing distance for his 1Ds Mark 2 images.
Winter 2005 - Photozone - Klaus Schroiff
"DxO Optics Pro is highly recommendable"
Dec. 12, 2004 - PC MAGAZINE - Daniel & Sally Grotta
4 Stars review from PC MAGAZINE "...D-SLR owners
with supported equipment would be well advised
to process their images through DxO Optics Pro."
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Dec. 2004 - Reponses Photo
"...DxO software solutions are becoming real compagnons
for professional or advanced amateur photographers."
Nov. 2004 - NorthLight - Keith Cooper
"For image quality I'm well impressed with the software "
Sept. 2004 - Popular Photography & Imaging - Debbie Grossman
"The results are dramatic"
Spring 2004 - Digital Photographer - Tony Gomez
" The price for the body/lens software combinations
are fairly reasonable when you consider that you've probably
already invested largely in the DSLR and lenses (...)
I was amazed at how striking and successful the correction
results were (...) Considering what it can do for you to correct
for that near perfect image, it is a worthy investment
to your digital-imaging arsenal."
Spring 2004 - The Luminous Landscape - Michael Reichmann
" How good is it? In a word — remarkable. I know that some readers who aren't familiar with the fact that I'm often very critical of products, and am not afraid to say so in print, will think that I'm being hyperbolic. But I'm not. This product is revolutionary. It can't turn a bad lens into a good lens, but it can make a mediocre lens a lot better, and a good lens can be raised up to being terrific..."
Spring 2004 - Chasseur d'images - Ronan Loaëc
" If you have dreamed of a software program which removes vignetting and distortion, corrects fringes caused by lateral chromatic aberration and optimises sharpness without increasing the visibility of noise, here is DxO Optics Pro. There is no magic in it, just maths! (...) DO Optics Pro seeks nothing less than to correct these faults without significantly altering or modifying the image in order to deliver a file without the aberrations of the optics + sensor system + dematrixing and file processing program (...) The results were spectacular and were obtained both simply and rapidly. You only have to select the images and launch the processing...."
Winter 2004 - The Imaging Resource - Dave Etchells
"Best in Show," 2004 PMA - Every year after the PMA show, people always ask me what I thought was the most interesting/exciting product I saw there. This year, the easy answer is DxO Labs' DxO Photo Pro software, an amazingly powerful tool/technology for correcting optical distortion and artifacts in digicam images..."