Select the printer type, intended print-viewing distance, paper type and printer resolution, and the software does the rest.
Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0 makes it easy to optimize image sharpness for specific printers, using better algorithms and choices familiar to photographers. Optics Pro v3.5 is batch-oriented, allowing you to process large numbers of images simultaneously, even mixing JPEG and RAW images taken with different cameras and lenses.Ĭontact:DxO,, Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0Īnyone who has printed a digital image knows that trying to optimize image sharpness for printing using Unsharp Mask and the on-screen preview window can be confusing and consume a lot of time (and printing paper). Three workflow options let you choose your degree of involvement, from having everything done automatically with a mouse-click to having control over the whole process.
Even RAW conversions done in Fully Automatic mode show amazing sharpness, color accuracy and shadow and highlight detail. And the Raw Engine allows for high-quality RAW image conversions while interacting with the other engines to optimize image quality. The Lighting Engine brings out shadow detail while preserving a natural look and restores highlight detail in RAW images that contain some highlight detail in at least one color channel. The Noise Engine reduces image noise by up to two f-stops: for example, processed ISO 1600 images will have noise equivalent to straight ISO 400 images. The Optics Engine alone is wonderful, but it’s just one of four image-quality improvers.
Each correction, based on DxO’s lab testing of specific camera/lens combinations, can optimize the image by removing unique defects and aberrations specific to that combo. Sharpener is a Photoshop-compatible plug-in Optics Pro is a stand-alone application.ĭxO Optics Pro v3.5’s award-winning Optics Engine corrects lens problems, such as distortion, softness, vignetting, color fringing and astigmatism, in images made with supported cameras and lenses (a list is available on the DxO website). Two excellent examples are DxO Optics Pro v3.5 and Nik Sharpener Pro 2.0. Several companies offer software solutions that provide sharpening capabilities well beyond those built into image-editing programs. Most image-editing software includes sharpening filters. And though we try to get our images as sharp as possible in-camera by focusing carefully and keeping the camera steady during exposure, limitations in lenses and digital technologies can keep us from getting the most out of our technique. I mage sharpness is important in landscape photos and wildlife close-ups, where fine detail makes or breaks the shot.
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