DxO PureRAW 5 as a Plug-In for Adobe Lightroom Classic Part 2
Speeding up your Workflow using Adobe Lightroom Classic and DxO PureRAW 5
Although this article is not necessarily or completely limited to Adobe Lightroom Classic as everything was covered in Part 1, these other options are available to the user in the stand-alone application as well.
In the previous article when we sent our NEF Raw file over to PureRAW 5 we choose the "Preview and Process with DxO PureRAW 5" option. Now I would like to discuss the other two options that are available to us;
"Process Instantly with DxO PureRAW 5" or "Process Directly using last settings DxO PureRAW 5".
The Process Directly using last settings DxO PureRAW 5 automatically starts processing your image(s) without any further interaction with the app. Whatever you used the very last time is exactly what will be used with this option - no dialog, no interaction with the app just get to it.
Now with the "The Process Instantly ..." option we are presented with the following dialog.
This is essentially the same as the Preview and Process dialog but without the preview. At the top you have the Preset dropdown menu - I will talk about creating presets shortly but for now let's continue with this dialog.
In the Corrections section you can see the settings for "Denoising & Demosaicing", "Optical Corrections" and the "Advanced Settings".
If you roll your cursor over the Corrections section, that area becomes darker and you will notice an Edit Pencil in the upper right corner. Clicking that will expand the dialog to allow you to change and of the settings.
So far we have only talked about outputting to the DNG file format but, if your image(s) are properly exposed and correctly white balanced when taken, you can output them to either as TIFFs (for high quality printing) or JPGs ( for social media or photo lab printing) depending on your needs. You can also choose all three file formats is so desired.
When choosing the TIFF file format you have three options to choose from:
8-Bit
8-Bit Compressed
16-Bit - This option requires twice as much disk space as the 8-Bit option
When choosing the JPG file format you have two (2) options to adjust:
JPG Quality - the default is at 90 out of 100
Smart Lighting - the default is at 25 out of 100
Smart Lighting is only available for the JPG option. This feature examines your image and attempts to balance the lightness and darkness in your image.
File Renaming: If you choose to rename your files, this is where it is done. When first working with and learning how each of the Correction Setting handle your image file I would suggest the highlighted option below so you can examine the different processing methods to determine which setting work best with your camera and lens combination.
Export: Since we are working in Lightroom and PureRAW 5 will automatically send the results back into Lightroom, choose the highlighted option shown below.
Lightroom Collection Import Section:
This is where we get to tell Lightroom where to place our processed image(s). We can go with the default scenario which is inside the DxO PureRAW 5 Collection Set in side a collection named after the date: Year - Month - Day - Hour - Minute or ... In the image below I still have the Default option selected and if I roll my cursor over the "At the root level" option I get the option to select inside the default collect set of DxO PureRAW 5 either a collection created in the past or a collection I created myself named "Portfolio".
Another option would be to choose "Put inside a Collection - At the root level" and you will be asked to type in a specific name for this new collection. In this case I chose "Algonquin Park - Ontario Canada".
Let's see what things look like back in the Collections Panel inside Lightroom. You should notice that we have two(2) Collection Sets; DxO PureRAW 5 with two(2) PureRAW 5 generated collections; one with the default naming convention and a second one that I created named "Portfolio".
Beneath that is the Lightroom default "Smart Collection Set" and below that is the "Algonquin Park" collection I created in PureRAW 5 when I choose the "At the Root Level" option.
In any of these "Lightroom Collection Import" choices I made, processed images end up in both a collection and back in the original folder right beside the original NEF files.
Let's take a look at Presets in DxO PureRAW 5
As you can see here, I have chosen to output this processed image as a JPG using Smart Lighting at the software's default settings.
Destination will be the Original images(s) folder
File Reaming will append the process method to the original name
I always ignore the Export option - it is not relevant to my workflow but it may be for you.
Lightroom Collection Import is set to "Put inside a Collection" that I created previously above.
In the Corrections Panel I am using the following options.
Choosing to save our current settings as a new Preset in the Corrections Panel
Choosing to save our current settings as a new Preset in the Output Panel
I would suggest naming your Custom Presets using a descriptive name.
And after using this newly created Custom Preset, let's check to see that it did indeed work as expected.
And there you have it. Earlier when writing this article, I outputted a DNG file to the Algonquin Park Collection and just now I used the "JPG to Algonquin Park ..." preset to send a JPG to the same collection and it worked as expected. Now, when I process any other photos taken at Algonquin Park and need JPGs, I can use this preset. I can also create another Custom Preset that outputs DNG files in case I need to edit them any further.
In the next article I will discuss the Mask Panel ...
Until then, happy editing ...
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