On a photo forum I am a member of, the subject of the upcoming release of PR5 having the new DeepPRIME3 as mentioned in this press release was being discussed…
especially in regard to the 4th paragraph where it says this
"Both DeepPRIME 3 and DeepPRIME XD3 X-Trans (beta) will be available as part of version 5 of DxO’s unique RAW preprocessing software PureRAW and will also be available in the coming weeks in DxO PhotoLab, the industry-leading full RAW editing solution, as a free upgrade."
So, as it rare AFAIK for feature upgrades to be in ‘dot’ release I hope the news will happen and make PL8 even more powerful in regard to noise control.
Though as it mentions AI playing a more important part of DeepPRIME3 I hope that it will work entirely ‘locally’ and not require any cloud intervention or function?
Statement from DxO at a press conference:
All DxO treatments (AI or not) are done locally, on your computer. Nothing is transferred from it, and there is no uploading to a cloud or other platform.
Image processing processes (neural networks) are trained on DxO’s own images, never on users’ own.
@Marie could we have an official statement on whether PhotoLab users will get DeepPRIME XD3 as a free update to PL8 or whether it will only be in PL9 ?
Please note: I don’t think DxO has committed to anything other than updating PL8 with DeepPRIME XD3 for Fuji X-DTRANS!
For Bayer sensors, this will always be DeepPRIME XD2s.
DxO has also committed to adding DeepPRIME 3 to PL8. Not just DeepPRIME XD3.
I see nothing peculiar about this. PureRAW and PhotoLab are released 5-7 months apart (depending on which you think comes first). Why hold back new features if they’re ready to be deployed? Every new release (every year or every other year) should have sufficient new features that people will want to upgrade or become a new customer. PR gets some features the existing release of PL doesn’t have yet. Then PL gets some new features that aren’t yet in PR. This is what happened last year.
I should have quoted Hawkmoon’s post, which only discussed DeepPRIME XD3.
So, for DeepPRIME XD3, it will only be available for X-Trans sensors, and in beta version.
Warning: Fully functional beta version…
It’s incomprehensible to me, but for example last year in May, Nik Collection v7 got 4 nodes on the U-Point boundary with which I can make an oval selection, also last year PureRAW got a new tool for changing file names, meanwhile PhotoLab v8 released after the mentioned applications (second half September) did not get these tools! Flagship product! I’m starting to believe that PL v9 will not get it either! It’s simply a shame!
On the other hand, the Nik Collection gets few annual improvements for its size (multiple apps), and yet customers must upgrade the whole package to get the updates.
I also understand that if PL8 were to get more updates than it did, there might not be enough in PL9 to make it a compelling update. I don’t know why you are starting to believe that PL9 won’t have the two Nik updates you mentioned - maybe it will, maybe it won’t - but my conclusion from all of this is that DxO’s way of selling its products is outdated. They probably think that the current model of annual releases is best for them, but it’s also holding them and us back. (Having to wait for very small updates because we’re also waiting for some very big updates and they all have to be released together like a dinner order for a party of eight.)
