Performing noise removal directly on the RAW data for best lowlight performance This significantly reduces demosaicing artifacts,” said Frédéric Guichard, Chief Scientist at DxO Labs. “DxO Labs’ approach to demosaicing turned a number of classical solutions on their head: instead of only considering pixels with respect to their direct neighbors, DxO’s new RAW Engine uses a ‘non local’ approach looking much further than is usual from each pixel in the image in order to reconstruct detail.
These artifacts, particularly visible and unsightly, are compounded at high ISO settings and are in large part responsible for what is deemed the unnatural look of digital images. The quality of demosaicing determines the amount of detail and artifacts in the final image. Inherently, demosaicing involves trade-offs between image sharpness, details, noise, processing time and conversion artifacts. Demosaicing is the crucial step of RAW conversion during which the camera’s image sensor pattern is reconstructed as a visible image for the human eye.
All purchasers of DxO Optics Pro v4.5 on or after August 1st, 2007 are eligible for a free upgrade to DxO Optics Pro v5.Ī breakthrough in demosaicing the ‘holy grail’ of RAW conversionĭxO Optics Pro v5’s RAW conversion engine includes a completely new demosaicing algorithm which produces images with much more detail and fewer artifacts, setting a new standard in image quality. Due to be released later in the fall, DxO Optics Pro v5 sets a new standard for image quality with its new RAW conversion engine.
Paris, France – Octo– DxO Labs today announced DxO Optics Pro v5, the latest version of its award-winning flagship software application for automatic image quality enhancement for Digital SLR camera users.
Fully rewritten, version 5 also adds dust/blemish removal, improved user interface, increased speed and expanded camera support. Press release: New DxO Optics Pro v5 Software Featuring a Breakthrough RAW Engine Leads the Way in Image Quality forĭxO Optics Pro v5 RAW conversion engine delivers exceptional quality especially for lowlight images. More info after the click.Ĭlick here to visit DxO Labs for further information
Windows users will be able to get their hands on DxO Optics Pro v5 from the end of October 2007 with a Mac release expected one month later. This latest release also applies noise reduction during the demosaicing process thus avoiding unnecessary amplification of noise artefacts. The new algorithm uses information from a much wider area when reconstructing image detail, helping to minimize artefacts which contribute to the 'digital look'. DxO Labs has introduced Optics Pro v5, the latest release of its image quality enhancement software with a new demosaicing system to better deal with RAW data.