Dxo photolab 3 change history how to#
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Dxo photolab 3 change history software#

Now if I start editing a photo, then return to the photo at a later date, how do I discern ALL the edits made to the picture, as far as I can tell I cannot (particularly in relation to pre-sets).

Dxo photolab 3 change history software#

I also get the idea of retaining a level of simplicity in the software and while I would say that for the most part I use DxO for raw conversion, I do quite often perform more complex edits including pre-sets. I get that I can look at the right hand panel and for the most part understand what edits have been performed, and that I can revert out changes individually. I get that edits are individual and are applied at export. Sorry to re-open this conversation, but having read all the posts here I still believe that some form of history would be useful. So what Alex is describing is NOT a work-around.

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Here is the full thread: Confirmation of 'undo' I hope this helps explain why DXO-Pl 2 does not have a history function. Why would you want to loose all of the adjustments after a history point when you don’t have to?

In DXO-PL 2 if you started with a contrast adjustment and then later on want to reduce contrast you just do that and you still retain all of your other adjustments.Ī history function is vital in a pixel editor but not required in a parametric editor. Unfortunately, this will then mean that you have to do all of your other adjustments again. So for example in a pixel editor if you start off by adjusting contrast and then later on think I need less contrast you can step back to the contrast adjustment in history and change the contrast. Therefore the order of adjustments does not have any meaning. With a parametric editor you are just recording the instructions to be applied but they are not actually applied until you export the raw file to a RGB image. This is needed because each adjustment builds on the previous one and the order of making adjustments is fundamental.ĭXO-PL 2 is a parametric based raw converter. 'A history panel is a normal feature for a pixel editor like Photoshop. Simplicity is the core of the software and what makes so many of us its users so enthusiastic about PhotoLab.Ī forum meber - IanS - sums it up pretty well why DXO does not have a history panel:

Dxo photolab 3 change history how to#

There’s someone at DxO who really knows how to design elegant and effective software.

Simplicity and elegance are deeply embedded throughout the PhotoLab experience (Nik plugins are a different matter as they were an acquisition and have not yet been rebuilt from the ground up). Just the info and tools the user needs are available at all times in a minimalist yet sufficient interface. These forums (Discourse) are a very good example of well-designed software. Steve Jobs theory is the role of a software designer is to make intelligent choices for the user so s/he is not distracted by irrelevant information when working. Many programmers in particular like software where everything is a preference and everything is adjustable all the time (I work as a UX designer so spend a lot of time with programmers). If you don’t understand or like the idea of simplicity in software – everything the user needs and nothing extraneous – PhotoLab is probably not for you. The only part of PhotoLab which would benefit from history are the local adjustments as those are not on or off parametric adjustments but often compound on one another. DxO PhotoLab is a superior solution which delivers much better results in a cleaner workflow. ** As the others said, if you like Lightroom, keep using Lightroom. If you move your files within a proper DAM software the sidecar files - dop sidecars, xmp sidecars - are automatically moved with the file and also deleted if you delete within the DAM software. If you don’t care if that happens that is also fine. Then you are on the save side in case the DB crashes. I would recommend writing dop sidecar files. Recommendation: the database sometimes crashes and then all your edits might be gone. DPL will then ask you if you want to overwrite the existing file or create a new one. When you come back two weeks later you can change those again, and export again.

the edits stay in the database/dop sidecar.

your edits are applied - NOT written - to the raw file and a new file is exported in the format you chose - tiff, jpg….

When you close the program and return the next day everything is as you left it.

The writing to the database/dop sidecar happens automatically.

dop sidecar (only if you ticked that option in preferences, otherwise just database)

Your edits are saved in the database and in a.

Scenario - you edit and leave without export.

Nothing is saved/embedded in the Raw file - and that is GOOD