DxO Labs has announced DxO Optics Pro v5, the latest version of its software for automatic image quality enhancement for Digital SLR camera users.
Due to be released later this year, DxO Optics Pro v5 includes a new RAW conversion engine. All purchasers of DxO Optics Pro v4.5 on or after August 1st, 2007 are eligible for a free upgrade to DxO Optics Pro v5.
DxO Optics Pro v5�s RAW conversion engine includes a completely new demosaicing algorithm which produces images with much more detail and fewer artifacts.
Demosaicing is the crucial step of RAW conversion during which the camera�s image sensor pattern is reconstructed as a visible image for the human eye. Inherently, demosaicing involves trade-offs between image sharpness, details, noise, processing time and conversion artifacts.
The quality of demosaicing determines the amount of detail and artifacts in the final image. These artifacts, particularly visible and unsightly, are compounded at high ISO settings and are in large part responsible for what is deemed the unnatural look of digital images.
The other key characteristic of DxO Optics Pro�s new RAW Engine is that instead of applying noise reduction techniques after demosaicing, 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 claims to produce both the most detailed and most natural looking images yet � its very fine and homogenous grain translating into subtle shades and textures.
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