I have used Adobe Lightroom 6.14 so far and bought DXO Photolab 3 a while ago. Besides some handling quirks, I am really surprised that PL3 is by far not as capable as Lightroom 6.14 when it comes to highlight recovery. Also it looks like LR only recovers the highlights while Photolab seems to reduc…

[image] freixas: I posted this image as a “highlight recovery” test, not as a request to create an pretty photo. I already have my own interpretation of this shot and it is not any of the images I posted. That shot and your work (sorry) are irrelevant. I engaged this image as getting as much …

[image] Pieloe: 1- “DxO Standard” preset and Shadows +25 for image balance = 10" Sorry, but I can’t get what you mean. Shadows +25 ? Where do I set “Image balance”?

[image] freixas: Admittedly, in a synthetic RAW image, I could have ensure that the information wasn’t just in the red channel. But @nemo claims that LR actually works better than PL in these situations. No. I just suppose. I do not know what algorithms are used by both programs. I’m not sur…

[image] geno: [image] Pieloe: 1- “DxO Standard” preset and Shadows +25 for image balance = 10" Sorry, but I can’t get what you mean. Shadows +25 ? Where do I set “Image balance”? Selective tone, shadows +25

[image] nemo: Overall, I can achieve similar results in both programs. But in PL it costs me much more effort. And that’s it. Same here.

[image] Pieloe: Selective tone, shadows +25 Yes, but what do you mean with “image balance = 10”?

[image] geno: Of those images, I like the first one of both PL and LR edits. @Geno , you started this thread and have had a lot of people spend a lot of time trying to assist you, myself included. You posted a sample RAW file that I spent some time with and posted my results for you. Now I wou…

@freixas - as others already stated - fog has even less structure than sun beams. I think you have used clear view to make those hidden hills visible somehow. It does not show any comparable criteria regarding highlight recovery. If you think you invest too much time, then just ignore the thread. A…

[image] OXiDant: The problem with fog is it doesn’t have much detail from it self bright or not. So no program can get things out that foggy white blur i am afraid. Indeed. The contours of the hills are showing because of (too much) Clear View, not because of recovering highlights. I came acr…

[image] geno: as others already stated - fog has even less structure than sun beams. If by others, you mean Oxidant, his claim as patently untrue, as the images I have posted show. As to how one would even compare the “structure” (detail?) in fog vs. sunbeams, I’m not sure. I doubt all fog an…

Highlight recovery

DxO PhotoLab Tutorials, tips & tricks

freixas January 13, 2020, 8:39pm 117

See Understanding Selective Tone control for the TIFF.