In fact, let’s start with brightening the whole image (so, a “global” adjustment) until the face looks good.
DXO PHOTOLAB ELITE VS REGULAR SKIN
His dark skin combined with the dim blue light has made him almost disappear though, so that’s something I need to fix without making the whole scene too bright. The worker was resting in the midday heat under a blue tarp, casting a cool blue light over the scene. Adobe comes in at nearly 260 while PhotoLab still costs. Cost of ownership for two years is interesting.
DXO PHOTOLAB ELITE VS REGULAR UPGRADE
It’s very blue, but that’s not incorrect white balance. 99.99 Standard Edition (one off payment) 149.99 Elite Edition (one off payment) Upgrade Price 69.99 (Elite Edition) Comparing the Elite edition, Cost of ownership for one year is nearly 30 more than the Adobe bundle. The first primarily needs exposure adjustment plus brightening on the face, and the second needs noise reduction, cropping, darkening of the big rock in the foreground… and we’ll see what else they need as we go! Here are the two photos I’ll be working with: This article shows two examples of where to use global, and where to use local adjustments, using DxO PhotoLab 2 ELITE Edition. A little extra contrast here, some sharpening there, darken that background, brighten that face, make the sky bluer, pump up the saturation on the flowers… all local adjustments. But then there are special photos that require extra treatment. DxO has just announced the new PhotoLab5 (Click here for all details). Sometimes the default, “auto” adjustments are enough, and sometimes you will manually adjust the sliders to get the image looking its best. The original RAW processing will add contrast and color, but then you’re likely going to do more. Pretty much every RAW photo needs adjustments the way a RAW files looks when it comes out of the camera is quite flat and undersaturated, which is by design.
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