I was in a live session with Michael Plant from DxO today via Glyn Dewis’ Skool Community. It wasn’t about sales, it was just conversation, familiarization and Q&A about PL and PureRaw. Minimal hype and probably a few painfully honest moments for him. LOL. Respect! As the kids say.
Anyway. I keep my copy of PL current. But I mostly use it for Optical and Denoise before Photoshop. Raw file in, click some buttons, export. I’ve been wanting to use it more but have been meh about it. I left the session with a handful of QoL tips. Workflow ideas. And a desire to play. And others on the zoom, even non-owners, had that same energy. All this to say…
I wish DxO had more engagement opportunities like this (or promoted them better) if I am missing them. I get plenty of marketing emails. But the company feels like it keeps itself behind a curtain.
Did they put a recording up for streaming purposes so others could watch this?
I’ve found my Photolab learning to be very much self-taught with the occasional breakthrough moment when someone pointed out that “doing X allows Y” which I had no idea about.
It’s a powerful engine, but not the most intuitive or streamlined interface.
My experience is the same. Funny you mention the streamlined interface.
May big takeaway yesterday was this. I use a laptop and external monitor combo. I made a first pass at two custom palettes workspace. That mirrors my workflow and keeps frequent tools handy. Then by hiding the left and right docks and image browser. I have a HUGE distraction free workspace. And the palette’s are stupid simple to adjust.
I put everything on one screen in the image so it’s easier to visualize what I am saying. But in practice, I stretch the main ui all the way out. If I need the histogram or history, I can add it, or just unhide the left dock for until I am done.
Glyn is supposed to repost the recording in the group. I will verify, it’s available for free members once he posts the replay and let you know.
Sad to report, the replay is for premium only. I respect that, though. Free members got to attend live and he still had to do the work, pay bills and eat. So…
Fair enough, I see the reasoning. Thanks for the tip also, I have only the one editing monitor currently and get by with it. I would find it handy to have all the tools and browsing carousel “out of the way” but find hiding/unhiding them a little bit clunky on my system.
Yeah, I don’t see a keyboard shortcut to toggle them. And it wasn’t until yesterday I noticed the little dots you can click to hide/unhide the docks. Now I can’t unsee them. But before they were invisible and going to the view menu all the time is clunky.
