DxO Optics Pro v5.3.2.7310 + Plugins | 369 Mb

DxO Optics Pro is an award winning automatic image enhancement software for professional and enthusiastic amateur photographers, capable of handling JPEG as well as RAW files.
World renowned for its unique automated optical correction features, it addresses the entire spectrum of image quality issues.

Whether you want to let the software enhance hundreds of pictures automatically, or wish to manually define the settings for each image, DxO Optics Pro will meet your needs for outstanding image quality and productivity.

Lens Correction

Lens distortion correction
DxO Optics Pro automatically corrects any type of lens distortion and takes capture settings into account. Images from « long » prime lenses to ultra-wide zoom lenses are all automatically processed. Even extreme and highly complex distortions (fisheye, for example) are corrected. Naturally, advanced control options are available when you need them.

Use DxO Optics Pro to correct:

* Barrel distortion
* Pincushion distortion
* Complex distortion
* Circular fisheye distortion


Vignetting (or edge fall-off) correction
Vignetting - sometimes referred to as edge or corner fall-off - is at the core an optical phenomena which results in a loss of light or a darkening in the corners of the image. DxO Optics Pro is able to automatically correct this issue with a high degree of behind-the-scenes sophistication. Of course, the correction can be controlled or even switched off if the vignetting is part of the photographic intent.

DxO Optics Pro's vignetting correction:

* Automatically eliminates vignetting taking into account all relevant factors (type of lens, aperture, focal length, etc...)
* Takes into account the specific issues linked to digital photography such as the in-camera tone-curve
* Ensures that the correction does not result in over-exposure (clipped highlights)
* Performs correction without color shifts and with strict noise control


Color fringing correction
Color fringes, technically known as chromatic aberrations, result in unwanted color edges on objects within the image. Some of the causes for these color fringes are optical such as lateral chromatic aberrations where the lens – like a prism – splits the light into different color components; others are more complex such as the typically digital « purple fringing » in high contrast areas of the image. DxO Optics Pro has the capability to automatically remove these defects.


Lens softness correction
Lenses tend to introduce a certain level of softness in images; it isusually more pronounced on the edges of the photo than on the center. DxO Optics Pro automatically improves the sharpness of images, based on the DxO Optics Corrections Modules containing all the performance data of your particular camera and lens.

All relevant parameters are used to produce the best results (aperture, location in the image, ISO, etc...). With DxO Optics Pro, you'll start using your lenses in a different way and see sharpness in a new light.

With DxO Optics Pro's lens softness correction you will:

* Regain lost details
* Harmonize sharpness from center to edge and from one image to the next
* Add micro contrast for more pop!
* Add sharpness based on a level determined by you


Volume anamorphosis correction
This correction is better understood with a few pictures and with an analogy. We can think of volume (i.e. 3D) anamorphic distortion as the photographic equivalent of the problem that mapmakers have when trying to represent our 3D planet on a two dimensional sheet of paper. Mapmakers know that it is impossible to conserve all the properties of the earth's features (surface, distances, etc...) on a flat surface. Mapmakers choose the best trade-off for the objective they are trying to achieve. The same applies in photography – 3D objects (people, faces, or columns, for example) can appear distorted when projected on the camera's sensor.
DxO Optics Pro offers a unique solution to this problem. People at the edge of a group, architectural shots or crowd close-ups can be vastly improved with this unique feature. Simply choose the type of shape suffering from distortion (cylindrical such as people in a group shot or spherical such as heads in a news shot) and let DxO Optics Pro do the rest. The results are remarkable!


Keystoning/horizon correction
Unlike the corrections described above, the keystoning and horizon corrections are not based on DxO Optics Correction Modules and have to be manually set by the user. Keystoning correction is also referred to as vertical and horizontal linear perspective correction. With this feature of DxO Optics Pro, all of your lenses in effect become ‘shift’ lenses, greatly widening your photographic possibilities!
Horizon correction is an easy-to-use image rotation.

Use DxO Optics Pro to correct:

* The distorted perspective which sometimes appears in architecture photos
* A slightly sloping horizon

Raw Tools

The most demanding photographers shoot in RAW to get the most flexibility combined with highest image quality. They need a raw converter that can really take advantage of all the information embedded in their precious RAW files. When it comes to RAW conversion, DxO Optics Pro is the unquestionable choice :

1. its outstanding technology turns the promises of very high ISO sensitivity (up to 25,600!) into reality, opening new frontiers in photography;
2. at any ISO settings, with regards to details rendering, dynamic range and color accuracy or adjustability, DxO Optics Pro RAW conversion delivers the best image quality.
3. DxO Optics Pro combines a truly automatic, fully batchable mode to process hundred of images in just one click, with the most advanced controls and programmable options for advanced users.


The RAW converter that turns the promises of high ISO into reality
Most of the recent cameras feature impressive high ISO settings, sometimes as high as 25 600 ISO! But until now, these high sensitivities were of little practical use to photographers due to the very poor resulting image quality. DxO Optics Pro RAW conversion technology breaks this limitation and turns the promises of very high ISO into reality.

DxO Optics Pro delivers outstanding results in noise removal, detail rendition and color fidelity at any sensitivity, even up to 25 600! It removes digital grain as if it has never really existed, and practically provides a 2-stop gain at photo capture.


Highest Image Quality
At any ISO settings, DxO Optics pro RAW conversion delivers the best image quality available today:

* DxO Optics Pro delivers more precise images, respecting the finest details while preventing artifacts;
* DxO Optics Pro really leverages the dynamic available in a RAW image file. “Highlight Recovery” can recover burnt highlights, while “Lighting” locally adjusts the contrast level to bring out the best of the most difficult lighting situations;

In addition, DxO Optics Pro automatically and accurately corrects for optical faults such as lens softness, vignetting and chromatic aberration


The RAW converter with the most powerful color management
Color is a critical step of any RAW conversion workflow. With DxO Optics Pro, you have the most complete control of the color rendition:

* Choose to target precise ‘color fidelity’, or a specific color rendering such as that of any supported camera or one of numerous classic films;
* Import different color profiles or even create a custom one;
* Fine tune color and contrast by using the various color tools: color modes (including portrait, landscape, etc…), effects (B&W, sepia,…), SmartVibrancy; etc…


The RAW Converter that extends the photographers creativity
Thanks to its unique technologies, DxO Optics Pro RAW converter opens new frontiers for photographers:

* Shooting against the sun without a flash gets more than silhouettes;
* Indoors action photography is in fact not an oxymoron;
* Absence of flash or empty batteries do not equate to missed opportunity;
* Low light digital photography does not imply unsightly pixel structures in large prints;
* Tonal range does not fall when light does;
* Handholding macro can coexist with extra depth of field.


Exposure Optimization
DxO Lighting is a unique local exposure and dynamic range optimizer that can
reveal shadow detail & preserve highlights.

Automatically replicating analog film techniques known as “dodging and burning”, DxO Lighting Engine brings out shadow detail while preserving highlights, textures, colors and a natural look.

Lighting
Human vision is extraordinarily complex and sophisticated.

When it comes to photography, the way humans see is very different from the way in which photographic systems capture and reproduce scenes.
Why what we see isn’t what we get

Photography is all about capturing variations in brightness and color and rendering them for output as accurately and appealingly as possible. The human eye is extremely adaptable to localized lighting conditions, enabling us to see at the same time both inside a dimly-lit room and out through the window to the brightly-lit exterior, and to make out details in shadows that are thousands of times dimmer than surrounding areas.

Photographic films and digital camera sensors can’t do this. Neither can computer displays or photographic papers reproduce such a range. In order to produce satisfactory results, contrast management tools are essential to reproduce the luminance range of the real world within the limits of our media.

Unfortunately, the eye is also very sensitive to errors in exposure and contrast in image reproduction, and the real world can make them difficult to avoid. Highly directional or harsh light sources can result in a range of problems including blocked shadows, flare and burned-out highlights:



Color Control
The DxO Color Engine incorporated in this very latest version DxO Optics Pro software revolutionizes color possibilities with a palette of color functions, from unique Color Rendition Profiles through Color Modes, to the innovative DxO Multi-Point Color Balance. Now DxO Optics Pro helps you achieve even better image quality with ever greater flexibility and control.


Color Rendition Profiles to easily switch from one camera body look to another, or between specific film looks, or to achieve color fidelity when developing Raw files

• Color Modes options to select your preferred “color ambiance” in Raw or JPEG

• Multi-Point Color Balance to exploit the full range of available color space for Raw or JPEG files
DxO Optics Pro also includes:

• easy controls to save presets and apply them to stacks of images

• camera custom ICC profiles to ensure absolute color fidelity or creative color rendering

• seamless use of your monitor ICC profile to ensure proper color and contrast control on your monitor
All this now in addition to the already existing range of color controls:

• White-Balance adjustments with control of three parameters (illuminant selection, color temperature & tint sliders, or grey point neutralization)

• Slider-based Hue/Saturation/Lightness adjustment

• Tone Curve control via interactive tone curve editing

• Selection of output ICC profile