DxO announces a new version of DxO PhotoLab, the leading photo editing software. DxO PhotoLab 3 with a completely redesigned HSL color adjustment feature, an optimized retouching tool and a brand new Local Adjustments MasksManager tool offers a new level of color control, making the photographer’s work easier than ever before. Since DxO PhotoLibrary now supports keyword searches, the program offers a more convenient workflow and improved compatibility with other photo editors.

A new approach to color adjustment

With its innovative approach to color management, DxO PhotoLab 3’s HSL (Hue, Saturation and Luminance) tool offers even more flexible control to create even more natural or creative images. It has a new chromatic circle-based color adjustment mode called DxO ColorWheel. With this tool, you can select a color gamut of eight different channels, fine-tune the value, select a color to replace, and adjust transitions as the photographer desires.

The new Uniformity option also lets you adjust color variations within a certain range. The “Saturation” and “Brightness” controls now work more independently, providing more flexibility, especially when converting from black and white to color and creating partially unsaturated images.

“The DxO ColorWheel tool helps create a new approach that makes color management flexible and engaging. This tool is incredibly user-friendly,” said Jean-Marc Alexia, vice president of marketing and product strategy at DxO.

Updated retouching tool.

DxO PhotoLab 3 improves local processing options, offering users even greater accuracy. The new version updates the Repair Tool, which acts like a brush that can erase unwanted elements from an image. You can now manually move the area of the original image that the photographer wants to use to restore the area in the edited image. In addition to the restore mode, DxO PhotoLab 3 also offers a clone mode that allows you to directly replace the edited area. The level of shading and opacity can also be adjusted in both modes.

The new Local Adjustment Mask Manager

The new Local Adjustments palette in DxO PhotoLab 3 allows you to manage local adjustment masks that have been applied to a single image. You can make the masks visible, hide them, or adjust their opacity individually. The tool also lets you rotate the selected mask with a single click, which provides additional flexibility and saves a significant amount of time.

New workflow with keywords

In addition to the search criteria already available in DxO PhotoLibrary (metadata, shooting parameters, folders, etc.), DxO PhotoLab 3 now offers keyword management and optimizes image organization right down to export. The keywords associated with the image can now be displayed in the interface, including when importing them from other programs. You can now add, remove, or rename keywords for one or more images simultaneously and include them in multiple criteria searches (MacOS version only; this feature will be available in the Windows version in the near future). DxO PhotoLab 3 also offers more information and metadata display options, as well as additional project management options.

Support for new cameras

DxO PhotoLab 3 continues to add new cameras to the list of supported equipment. The Canon G5 X Mark II and G7 X Mark III, Nikon P1000, Panasonic Lumix DC-G90 / G95 / G99 / G91, Lumix DC FZ1000 II and Lumix TZ95 / ZS80, Ricoh GR III and Sony A7R IV and RX100 VII were recently added. More than 3,000 optics have also been added to the database, and the bada melonx now includes more than 50,000 different camera/lens combinations. The software’s noise reduction capabilities for RAW photos taken with some Canon and Olympus cameras have also been improved.