DxO recently upgraded OpticsPro, its image processing and editing app for the Mac to version 11. Though it’s a modest upgrade, DxO continues to provide innovative and technically superior solutions to basic photographic problems.
What’s new in OpticsPro 11
OpticsPro 11’s Smart Lighting feature now has a spot-weighted option that’s more powerful and more versatile than using spot metering in your camera. For example, take a shot of an informal portrait of someone standing in front of a window at midday, using your camera’s matrix metering system for the best overall exposure. OpticsPro will find the face, recognize the strong backlight, and then automatically try to brighten the face and balance the backlight. If you used fill light while taking the photo, OpticsPro is smart enough to know that it doesn’t need to do anything. Even if there’s no face in the photo, you can draw one or more spot-weighted rectangles in the image yourself and OpticsPro will adjust the light and dark areas of the photo accordingly.
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