Apply U Point local adjustements on RAW - What does that mean?

[uncoy (Alec Kinnear)]

@Pat91

Anyway, the problem is that this advertisement lets the naive reader believe that the Nik Collection can work on RAW files without breaking the RAW workflow (which is what we actually expect through the integration of the Nik stuff in DPL). This must be clarified. Otherwise, there’s not much to say about this announcement.

Pat, I’m as annoyed (or more) by the pricing and marketing nonsense around the Nik v2 launch as you. In this case, though adding PhotoLab as a core part of Nik (which is what DxO did) does:

1. make Nik capable of editing RAW files
2. does allow U-point work on RAW files

PhotoLab is slow. Nik is even slower. PhotoLab 2.3 is slower than earlier versions of PhotoLab (I can’t quantify it but the difference is perceptible). DxO has forced my hand to buy a second copy of PhotoLab to be able to upgrade Nik.

I’m not interested in slow technology in the least. Over speed, there may be a divorce between me and DxO soon. Right after DxO have made a desperate grab for another €100 from me and added in-app advertising. I’m not happy with DxO at all at this point.

Regardless, DxO advertising for RAW capabilities within Nik are as accurate as Adobe’s advertising for RAW capabilities in Photoshop (via ACR).