![]() The first, the PhotoLibrary window, is where you browse and organize your images. (Image credit: Rod Lawton) (opens in new tab) It also offers saved searches and support for a wider range of EXIF and IPTC tags. With the ability now to 'nest' Projects (left panel), PhotoLab 6 has suddenly become a much more serious tool for image organization. So what is PhotoLab 6? You could look at it two ways – as a massively more powerful Adobe Bridge/Adobe Camera Raw replacement, or as a Lightroom alternative with better tools, better output and no tedious import process. It offers ‘soft proofing’ for different output devices too. PhotoLab 6 has a new, wider working color space too – an indication that DxO takes color management very seriously. A key feature of this is that you can now rotate, scale or transform your clone ‘source, so that if you need to replace a window in a building, say, and the only source you can use is a smaller one nearby, you can now manipulate it to fit the dimensions of the window you want to replace. (Image credit: Rod Lawton) (opens in new tab)ĭxO has also introduced new, upgraded Retouch tool. Here, we've cloned out an ugly drain cover using a flagstone pattern closer to the camera that's been scaled to match the area being repaired. The new ReTouch tool solves an age-old cloning problem – matching the scale and perspective of your clone source. It’s not quite in the same league as Lightroom, say, but it may be all that most photographers need. ![]() This is boosted by support for additional EXIF and IPTC data tags. ![]() ![]() Before, they were useful perhaps for short term tasks but little more, but the new ability to organize and structure Projects means that overnight the PhotoLibrary module has changed from being a simple Adobe Bridge style folder browser into a proper organizing/cataloguing tool. Previously, you could only have a simple linear list of Projects. One of the key new features in PhotoLab 6 is the ability to ‘nest’ Projects in the PhotoLibrary window in a hierarchical folder system. PhotoLab 6 is primarily a high-end raw processing and editing program, but some steady evolution through successive versions means that its turned into something more. Version 6 now includes perspective correction controls (at last!) but there's also a DxO ViewPoint 4 standalone program for much more advanced corrections – and once installed it integrates with the PhotoLab 6 interface. ![]()
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