Confirmed 9.3 substantially degrades output.
After reading this thread I chose a recent, sharp image and exported it from 9.2.1, then upgraded to 9.3 and exported the same image. No other operations between the two exports other than the upgrade.
The 9.3 image is very soft (more so than the original I believe) and also shows that lens correction distortion has not been applied.
I will report it with the example shots. Expect a 9.3.1 soon, I guess.
Same here. No differences between 8.10 and 8.11 on Windows 11: sharpness is the same, and distortion corrections are correctly applied.
Here is my example image.
K3255715.DNG (30.0 MB)
K3255715.DNG.dop (14.7 KB)
Here are the results. Maybe the 9.3 one is actually the original quality. That would simply mean the lens correction module has not been applied at all. Which would hopefully be an easy fix!
9.2.1
9.3
i am lucky on win11: no problem.
Unfortunately, there’s no profile for the new RF 45 F1.2 canon.
MacOS exported image. On screen in PL93 no distortion, when exported as JPEG there is apparently no lens corrections applied by the app (I cannot upload screen dump from app as new user of forum)
PL9.3 definitely has an issue with distortion correction and crop: as can be seen in PL (left) and the exported TIFF.
Distortion: check the upper edge!
Crop: check the left edge.
Reference: the uncorrected image as seen in PL9.3:
I got the impression that perspective corrections survive export.
I’ve done a quick test:
The only corrections applied to the images in both cases were those in my default RAW preset - which includes Lens Sharpness Optimisation and Distortion set to “Auto with DxO Module”.
I’ve compared the two exported images and can’t see any difference between them - the comparison is using FastStone Image Viewer at a range of zooms from 100& to 1000%. Additionally, the two exported images have exactly the same file size.
[Note, just to be sure I examined the File Properties Details to confirm that the JPEGs were indeed created by PL9.2.1 andPL9.3 respectively, and I wasn’t accidentally comparing two images from the same PL9 version).
I should add, I’m a Windows PL user
On my macOS I noticed a few things.
I was not able to see any sharpness differences or fuzziness from 9.3.
I did notice that it fails exports if a photo has Local Adjustments enabled but without any adjustments.
No such issue with PL9.3 on macOS 14.8.2 on 2019 5k iMac.
Apologies for the delay, apparently there’s a limit of replies for new users and I created my account yesterday.
Literally just select the cropping tool. Prior to the update, the cropping tool would load the photo instantly, now I’m getting a grey screen with a spinner for 1.5-2 seconds.
I updated yesterday on my Mac and I don’t seem to be suffering with any of the issues others are talking of.
I’m on an updated Mac. 9.3 fails to include geometric corrections on export. I’m at a standstill until a fix is available. Let us know, if you can, when that might be. Thanks
You win the “New Problem Award of the Day”.
From a serious point. If you’ve updated from PL8 or 7 - go back there and save your sanity. At some point DxO might get around to sorting out this debacle. Even if they don’t, you have a decent bit of software that does actually work. Or trial On1 and see if that works for you - steep learning curve though.
Luck Man of Kent or are you a Kentish man?
I have a feeling it’s another one of these ‘hit and miss’ issues that seem to be plaguing PL9.
I haven’t experienced the issue @Schu details above your post but have and am experiencing the ‘softness’ issue which appears from testing to be related to the Len Sharpness & Optimisations not being applied on export.
However. I have a test image taken with my Sony A7IV that exhibits no noticeable (to my eyes issues) but another taken on the same day with same body/lens combination that does. I also have a file form a different brand that is noticeably soft on export.
So it may be a case of you being ‘lucky’ with this one.
Since posting this I have looked closer and I was wrong as I can see some degradation of sharpness on the exported image.
It’s a Mac-only problem and there is an update which addresses it. Build 9.3.0.33 had the issue. Build 9.3.0.35 fixes it.
Get it here: https://download-center.dxo.com/PhotoLab/v9/Mac/DxO_PhotoLab9.dmg
Note: macOS is kind enough to log download urls. Edit to taste for other versions and as long as DxO doesn’t prevent such downloads.
I’m also now getting crashes when I try to use to auto brush. Can I survive without it? Sure, but it’d be cool if the product that I paid for would just… idk… work???
Sadly my first purchase was PL9, so I don’t have the option to drop back to PL8 like others have also advised. I also refuse to go back to a subscription model product.
Its AI (the Auto Brush) in PL9.
In previous PL versions is some auto (contras/edge) detection, however in may opinion its was far from good.
How many GPU VRAM in you computer?
