#Dxo photolab 3 color profile skin

Selecting the correct tone for the majority of the face (dropping saturation is a great way to make sure the whole face is selected).

#Dxo photolab 3 color profile skin

The HSL panel is fabulous for adjusting the colors in the image, but also for smoothing out skin tones. Toggling on and off the Show Masks you can see and move an adjustment point if necessary. Adjusting the opacity you can also make fine lines and wrinkles less noticeable. The Shift or Alt keys (on a PC) and the mouse scroll wheel, you can adjust the actual size of the brush. Using the Repair tool to fix a few skin imperfections. A great easy fix for portraits, it left the background pretty much as it was originally exposed. This brought out the light on my models face much better, as it had been in a bit of shade. I then changed the mode to Strong and the Intercity about 75. Change to Spot Weighted and it automatically detects a face. You will find this in the Essentials panel and it is very helpful.

Microcontrast is great for landscapes and still life, but NOT for portraits. I did boost the contrast a touch, but I dropped the Mircocontrast, as it made my models face all blotchy. I then went to the Essential Tools under the Customize Tab and did a basic RAW white balance edit. This is an older photo, but it still picked up my old Nikon D7100 and 50mm prime lens profiles and loaded them into the optics module. No waiting for it to load, jump straight in - LOVE THAT. This was such a breeze, in the PhotoLibrary folder I searched my PC for the images I wanted to edit, that’s it. So when I was recently asked to review a copy of DxO PhotoLab 3, I was keen to put it through its paces. But again my aim is always to try and keep it simple. Shooting RAW, I find most images out of the camera are a little flat and they need some processing. I try to capture everything in-camera as much as I can. I really like to keep my portraits simple, no over-processing or spending hours on the PC.