Noise Wars – Who Is Winning? DXO Photo Lab 6 vs Topaz Photo AI

Noise Wars – Who Is Winning? DXO Photo Lab 6 vs Topaz Photo AI

Introduction There are only two contenders in the noise wars (IMHO) – DXO Photo Lab and Topaz DeNoise/Photo AI. These two have class leading image noise reduction and I have reviewed them numerous times. Towards the end of 2022, both DXO and Topaz issued new versions of their products. DXO released Photo Lab 6 with [...]

Is this the End for Photo Software Companies?

I recently reviewed DXO Photo Lab 3. DXO has been my equal favourite piece of photo software for some time now. Readers of this blog will know that DXO and Photo Ninja are my go to programs. If they can't do it then Affinity Photo, anything by Topaz Labs and a bit of Nik Viveza [...]

DXO PhotoLab 2 Vs Photo Ninja

A clash of titans! In my opinion, DXO PhotoLab and Photo Ninja are the best RAW converters. Others are good. But, as pure RAW converters, these two are head and shoulders above the others. Things, of course, change over time. Skylum is about to update Luminar. It's already very good. Who knows just how good it will [...]

What’s my Profile?

(You need to check that the software you are using supports custom built profiles before using these techniques.) Colour profiling It's common practice for photographer's who share or print their images to profile their display monitor and printer. This ensures that the print's colour appears as it did on screen. Also, people viewing the images on their [...]

Photo Ninja – Contender or Pretender?

I came across Photo Ninja when I was looking for an image noise removal program. I had used Noise Ninja many years ago, with good results, but had stopped using it because DXO is so good at removing image noise from RAW files. However, sometimes DXO doesn't support the camera I'm using and I wondered [...]
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