In addition, those already known in Viveza 2 have been completely reconfigured with proprietary algorithms of DxO Labs, allowing you to get even finer adjustments and take advantage of the optical modules we talked about earlier: if you were like me in love with Structure on Viveza 2, you’ll be amazed. Actually, it goes much further, because in addition to the basic controls you found on Viveza 2 there are some additional ones related to lights, color and detail. DxO PhotoLab 3 responds to this request and implements Viveza 2’s U-Point technology. Surely it is something acceptable if done in the right way, but think how nice if you could use Viveza 2 directly on the RAW. There is only one problem: when I want to use this tool I have to create a TIFF copy of the image or a new layer on Ps. It’s been a critical part of my workflow since I’ve had memory, and I’m unlikely to do without it in the future. Thanks to the U-Point technology I can create really accurate selections and act locally in ways that I can only dream of on Lightroom. You know, I’m in love with Viveza 2 in the Nik Collection since the real 1.0 edition. I’ve always wondered why Lightroom has never evolved on this aspect since the organization of the workspace should be the priority of every post production flow, but well that DxO Labs has not neglected this important aspect.

However, and despite the novelties introduced by the latest versions, Lightroom has a very rigid user interface that pushes us to follow a precise flow of post production that often and willingly is not the optimal one for us.ĭxO PhotoLab 3 overcomes this limitation with a panel structure configurable at will: each tool can be rearranged according to our taste within thematic panels (Histogram, Essential Tools, Light, Color, Detail, Geometry and DxO ViewPoint) and each of these panels can be unhooked and brought of the work area for greater control and precision, as in Photoshop itself for example. Without a doubt, Adobe Lightroom is the most widely used image post production software at the moment, thanks to the undisputed domination of its elder brother Adobe Photoshop, with which it shares the same engine (Camera Raw) and with which it is sold.

Dxo photolab 2 vs lightroom