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16/04/08
DxO Labs today announced the beginning of a DxO Optics Pro v5 public beta
testing period for users running the software on the Apple Macintosh platform.
The free public beta – available in English only at – will run for several
weeks. Users are invited to give their feedback at the DXO website.
The public beta for Mac features the new breakthrough RAW converter and noise
removal technology unveiled in the Windows version, support for the Canon EOS
40D, Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, Nikon D300 and Nikon D3 camera bodies, improvements
to the existing functionality of the software.
"Although both the Mac and PC versions are identical in terms of
functionalities, Mac users will be especially pleased with the consistency of
DxO Optics Pro v5 in the Mac environment," says Cyrille de La Chesnais, Sales &
Marketing Director of the Photography business at DxO Labs. "For instance, the
palette and tab icons follow Mac OS X toolbar guidelines and the select tab
reproduces the three viewing modes that Mac users are accustomed to using."
Demosaicing and noise removal breakthroughs
At the heart of DxO Optics Pro v5 is an innovative RAW conversion engine which
includes a completely new demosaicing algorithm producing images with much more
detail and fewer artifacts. The other key characteristic of DxO Optics Pro's new
RAW Engine is that a newly-developed noise reduction is performed upfront,
before noise has a chance to be amplified by the RAW conversion process and
absorb important fine details.
Combined with other proprietary techniques, DxO Optics Pro v5's new RAW Engine
produces both the most detailed and most natural looking images yet – its very
fine and homogenous grain translating into subtle shades and textures. DxO
Optics Pro v5's new RAW conversion engine has been fine-tuned and optimised with
the rest of the software's automated image enhancement features (optical
corrections, colour rendering, exposure optimisation, highlight recovery, etc.)
to produce best-in class results.
Pricing and availability:
DxO Optics Pro v5 is available immediately on the company's e-store or from
respected retailers for Windows users. DxO Optics Pro v5 final release for the
Macintosh platform is expected later in Q2.
DxO Optics Pro v5 is available in Standard and Elite versions at pricing
unchanged from version 4.5:
All customers who purchased DxO Optics Pro v4.5 on or after August 1st, 2007 are entitled to a free upgrade to version 5. For customers who purchased DxO Optics Pro before August 1st, 2007, the pricing of upgrades is as follows:
For more information and to download the free public beta of Optics Pro v5, please visit the website. http://www.dxo.com/
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