DxO Optics Pro 8 will be available on October 29, 2012

DxO Optics Pro 8, the image quality processing software of reference for all demanding photographers, will be available for Mac and Windows on October 29, 2012. This major new release introduces DxO Smart Lighting allowing greater photo details and more vivid colors!

DxO Optics Pro 8, the image quality processing software of reference for all demanding photographers, will be available for Mac and Windows on October 29, 2012. This major new release introduces DxO Smart Lighting allowing greater photo details and more vivid colors!

DxO Optics Pro 8 provides the best tool for automatically adjusting contrast and light, the most advanced optical corrections, and even finer and more precise color management. Its enhanced performance and improved interface deliver a better user experience.

DXO SMART LIGHTING: MASTERING THE LIGHT WITH ONE SLIDER

New DxO Smart Lighting brightens up photos by optimizing contrast and lighting quickly and efficiently. This exclusive DxO Labs technology intelligently adapts to image content and allows users to easily adjust image contrast using a single slider. DxO Smart Lighting automatically recovers details both in highlights and shadows under even the most extreme shooting conditions.

For more advanced users, DxO Optics Pro 8 offers a new Selective tone tool that allows them to apply precise corrections separately to highlights, midtones, and dark zones.

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BRILLIANT AND FULLY TEXTURED COLORS

The Protection of saturated colors tool can restore a significant number of details and rich textures hidden in areas of vivid or saturated color that can appear flatly uniform to the eye.

DxO Optics Pro 8 automatically applies the color rendering settings chosen by the photographer while precisely taking into account the current image content. Textures in vivid colors reappear, revealing all the details in the image.

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EXCEPTIONAL OPTICAL CORRECTIONS: EVEN MORE SUPPORTED LENSES

DxO Optics Pro 8 further improves the correction of chromatic aberrations for RAW-format images by combining DxO Optics Module data with image content analysis.

The Lens softness tool, also based on DxO Optics Modules, automatically boosts lens resolution by homogenizing sharpness across the field. Optimized in DxO Optics Pro 8, the tool gives photographers extremely sharp images from the center of the image right out to the edges, even when the settings are pushed to high levels.

The opening of a new laboratory in Seattle has reinforced DxO Labs’ measurement and calibration capacity. Now with six laboratories located in both Europe and the United States, DxO Labs has set a goal of providing 20,000 available DxO Optics Modules by the end of 2013.

A SMOOTHER USER EXPERIENCE: REGROUPING FEATURES AND RETINA SCREEN OPTIMIZATION

DxO Labs has extensively revised the DxO Optics Pro 8 interface for more user comfort. The most commonly used functions have been regrouped to offer photographers easier visibility and handling.

A specific workspace brings together the most important and common operations such as white balance, color and contrast adjustment, and exposure compensation. Similarly, many advanced tools have been more logically reorganized in different palettes.

DxO Optics Pro 8’s Mac interface has been entirely redesigned to take advantage of all the visual quality offered by Retina screens. Photographers can now enjoy unprecedented displayed details in their images!

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FASTER AND TRUER VIEWING: A MORE EFFICIENT DISPLAY AND WORKFLOW

Beyond the improvements in terms of image quality and interface, DxO Optics Pro 8 has increased display speed.

Thumbnails now display in real time the current state of the photo, thanks to live preview. The user can now instantly figure out if a photo is the original one or the working version.

To improve workflow further, now every photo once opened in DxO Optics Pro instantaneously loads, even after closing and reopening the application — a real time-saver.

NEW TOOLS: PRINT MODULE AND NEW OUTPUT SETTINGS OPTIONS

DxO Optics Pro 8 now includes a new integrated print module allowing photographers to directly print RAW or JPEG images on the fly as they preview them. Different print modes and layout options are available, from contact sheet to full page printing.

As a part of the new Output settings options, users can now also adjust the destination and size and choose among several resampling solutions.

AVAILABILITY

Both the Standard and Elite editions of DxO Optics Pro for Mac and Windows will be available starting on October 29, 2012, in the DxO Labs online store, and at photo resellers during the month of November.

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