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I could more easily get the results I wanted from Photolab (using only Essential tools, local adjustments, no ClearView, no noise reduction) than with LR4.4. After trying out Photolab Elite, I feel I would still prefer even the Essential version over Lightroom, especially for its local adjustments (either LR’s brush sucks or I’m bad at it, but with PL, it’s so easy).
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I’m coming from Lightroom 4.4 which now regularly crashes on me when updating Windows and I’m getting tired of it.
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I did buy HDR Efex 2 before Google bought it, but it didn’t want to install on Photolab. Up until now, I was mostly playing with exposure, contrast, tone curve, lighting, colors, noise and touch ups. I’m an average enthusiast maybe, eventually, the other DxO plugins will grow on me. Tequila saved me (Cazadores if you’re curious). I just tried Photoshop Elements and almost suffered a stroke. Everybody’s needs are different and that’s ok. I also have Viewpoint and FilmPack and the DXO Nik Collection, which together with PhotoLab 2 Elite gives me the tools and power I need. I could not give up Clearview Plus, PRIME NR or the palette configuration functionality. Fortunately paid updates are frequent only for the core PhotoLab and seem relatively reasonable. The slicing and dicing is just marketing really. So you’ll probably want the whole package. Not for the film emulations but for access to Fine Microcontrast (Fine is very different than normal microcontrast, much more organic looking than cranked microcontrast). Even if you don’t do heavy perspective correction (architecture, real estate) and can get away without ViewPoint, it’s hard to use PhotoLab to its full potential without FilmPack. I don’t know if there’s another sale like that during the year. Sadly the big Christmas/New Year’s one is a long way away. There are a few major sales a year if money is tight enough to make it worth waiting for a small additional discount over the normal package deal.
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Even if you’re willing to give up ClearView Plus and Prime Noise Reduction (I could imagine doing that), the inability to save custom palettes and presets makes the workflow so slow and clumsy you may as well use your camera’s free software instead of PhotoLab.
There’s almost no point to the non-Elite version. Without Elite features PhotoLab lost its singularity. To my mind the essential version is only a marketing product to propose a competitive price to DxO PhotoLab. Here is the list of all the differences between the Elite and Essential versions of PhotoLab. I personally would not want to do without them as well but their inclusion with the Elite edition of PhotoLab does make the entire package fairly pricey. I also have DXO Viewpoint 3 and and DXO Film Pack 5 which are two standalone apps that also integrate into PhotoLab. Obviously some people prefer the Essential version for its lower cost, but for me it would mean giving up too much. Additionally, custom palettes allow you to eliminate the duplicate copies of some tools which appear in several of the built in palettes. The ability to create custom palettes allows you to make the interface your own, but custom palettes are also not available in the Essential version. It too is not available in the Essential version. PRIME noise reduction is probably the best and easiest to use noise reduction tool made by anyone, and the results are almost magical with the elimination of almost all noise with relatively few artifacts, if any, even when set close to maximum.
The Essential version does not contain Clearview which is a major feature to my mind. It has several features that are indispensable to me, including Clearview Plus, PRIME noise reduction, the ability to create custom palettes and the anti moire tool, among others. I believe only the Elite version is available as a demo download. Otherwise, which tools are missing from the essential version compared to the elite, other than those already mentioned on the pricing web page? I don’t want any bad surprises once I buy it and I’m not willing to pay an extra 70$ just for the clearview plus filter (I’m not interested in the other elite features). Is there an essential demo available? Or could someone confirm if the following feature is present in the essential version: I’ve downloaded the demo for Photolab 2, but it seems to be the elite version whereas I would have liked to try the essential version.