The first and probably most frequently used is just viewing them in a standard file system/folder method.
You can choose how to view your photos a few different ways. This is where OP lets you view your photos currently on your computer and perform basic management. Below you’ll find an overview of each section. With all that said, I went into the review with as open a mind to change.ĭxO Optics Pro (hereby written as OP) is broken into three different sections Organize, Customize, and Process. When our Editor-In-Chief asked if I would like to review DxO Optics Pro, I thought it would be nice to try out something else and maybe find a hidden gem that photographers don’t necessarily know about but should. I use Lightroom for all my management and honestly most of my post processing. You can find more of his work on his website at Travis Lawton Photography as well as his blog at The Lawtographer.īefore I begin, let me say that personally I’m an avid Lightroom user of several years now. So how does it compete with the big boy on the block? Read on to see what we think.Įditor’s Note: This is a guest blog posting by Travis Lawton. One such company is DxO Image Science with their product, DxO Optics Pro which is currently at version 7.5. While Lightroom does have a pretty large stake in this arena, there are a few companies out there trying to eat some of Adobe’s piece of the pie. If you asked most photographers, “What are the different photo management software packages out there?”, I bet 97% of them would only be able to tell you one answer Adobe Lightroom.
And because of this, photo management software was born. Now that everyone and their mother has a digital camera capable of taking hundreds and even thousands of pictures in one sitting, the next logical step is a way to store and organize those images.