I find it absurd that I have to buy Film Pack to get these two options.
I don't see how these options are necessarily linked to simulating film.
Photo Lab claims to be a development software?
There's little chance I'll pay for version 10...
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I’m assuming you’re suggesting that Fine Contrast etc. get moved from Film Pack to PhotoLab which I support.
However, it’s unlikely. DxO has shown itself to not always have its customers best interests at heart. They’re not as bad as Adobe, but make no mistake that we’re a revenue source, not a group they want to foster good relations with. That means squeezing where the chance to squeeze arises.
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Haha. Actually, I'm suggesting a logical distribution of development options.
Contrast management isn't specific to argentic film photography.
However, for example, it would seem absurd to ask for
light leakage management in Photolab.
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@Pubmey You need to understand that FilmPack and ViewPoint are not extra applications. They are sets of features that are already part of PhotoLab, but DxO have chosen to hide these features until the relevant activation codes are entered within PL. In other words, PhotoLab is not complete unless you pay for PL and FP and VP.
There isn’t a user here that likes this marketing strategy, since it’s not logical from a user editing point of view, but it is how DxO have chosen to sell PL and despite regular complaints about it, they have shown signs of changing their approach.
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The feature request already exists and can be voted for and discussed here:
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Completely agree, Keep in mind as well that there are also other very useful features in FilmPack besides Fine Contrast and the Advanced Fine Contrast breakdown into three tonal areas.
ViewPoint and FilmPack are integral parts of PhotoLab. Without them PhotoLab is incomplete. Granted the complete PhotoLab suite is very expensive, but without all three pieces you’re not getting the full package in a number of very significant ways. One of the reasons that PhotoLab was broken up into three parts in the first place, and that the PhotoLab piece was available in an Elite and Essential version, was to allow entry into the DXO ecosystem at various price points. I have owned and updated the entire suite since version 1 in 2017. I’ve never regretted it. If you want all that PhotoLab has to offer, there’s only one way to do it, regrettably as a high cost..
Both FilmPack and ViewPoint are already completely built into to PhotoLab. Many people erroneously think they’re add-ins. They are not. A license for them unhides those features in PhotoLab. Additionally, those licenses allow you to download standalone versions of that software primarily for those users who do not just use PhotoLab as their primary raw editor. Many PhotoLab users, myself included, do not download or install the standalone versions.
However, I have always felt that there should only be a single version of PhotoLab with everything included, and without the standalone versions, at a reasonably higher cost. That would avoid so much user confusion and frustration. The standalone versions of VP and FP could be marketed separately to those users wanting them.
Mark
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That request was made in 2019, so I think the OP has his answer from DXO
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