DxO PhotoLab

DxO PhotoLab is a photo editing tool specially designed for photographers and professionals in the photo editing industry, thanks to which you can retouch all your pictures and give them a spectacular finish. The app, of course, is specially designed to work with RAW photos, but you can also edit images in any other format, such as JPG, PNG, TIFF or BMP.

Try before you buy

Unlike other similar apps, to use DxO PhotoLab freely, you only need to do a one-off payment, instead of the increasingly common subscription model. However, the app offers a 100% free long trial period completely, which will allow you to take a look at all its features. During this period you'll be able to familiarize yourself with the interface and see if the overall look and feel of the app suits you. After all, many of their tools are geared toward very specialized profiles that may not fit your needs.

Only the best in image corrections

The first time you open DxO PhotoLab, a pop-up window, the Optics Module Installer, will analyze your photo gallery and tell you if you have any photos that have been taken with specific cameras or lenses. Then, the program will offer you the option of downloading several specific modules, which have been specially developed to correct and improve some of the most common flaws with this type of equipment. If you accept, you'll be able to apply these enhancements automatically to any photos whose metadata matches that of the installed modules. These corrections are never too radical and, more importantly, you can reverse them if you aren't satisfied.

Loads of photo adjustment tools

Sometimes, you don't just want to fix the finish of a photo to make it look more natural, but you also want to play around with it. For these occasions, DxO PhotoLab offers a wide range of editing and retouching tools for you to adjust exposure, brightness, contrast, color and tone. Thanks to the color wheel, for example, you can easily change the colors of a photo and preview the changes in real-time. All these tools will allow you to unleash your creativity whenever you're editing and feel like creating something new.

The most convenient way to organize your photos

Although DxO PhotoLab stands out mainly for its editing tools, it is also very useful as a photo library or photo manager. From the app itself, you can organize all your images in the most efficient way possible. You can filter photos by metadata, allowing you to quickly find all the photos you have taken with a particular camera. You can also create and assign different tags and even use an internal rating system from one to five stars to quickly locate your favorite images. You can even rename groups of photos and move them between different folders from the app.

Download DxO PhotoLab if you're looking for a fully-featured and relatively easy-to-use photo editor that allows you to get professional results from the comfort of your Mac. On the app's official website, you can also find loads of tutorials and videos to help you learn how to get the most out of all the program's features, of which there are many.