![]() ![]() ![]() Photolemur does an amazing job processing RAW and regular images. So Photolemur has made a really good job of this image.Ī rare selfie! Photolemur really did well bringing out the details without overdoing things. This was taken with an older Canon dSLR that had far less dynamic range than modern cameras. It works particularly well on clouds, recovering detail in washed out areas. The extra zip that the combination of DXO and Photolemur produces is subtle but noticeable.Īgain Photolemur has produced a very balanced image. Photolemur has done a particularly good job of recovering the shadow details without washing out the sky. The theory is all well and good but how well does it work in practice? But step 1 is entirely optional, as the results show: The results I do step 1 because nothing competes with DXO’s camera/lens corrections and I like its Clearview option. I usually do further sharpening using Photomatix or Topaz Detail, or both. I then review the results and do any further enhancements that I want to.Tell Photolemur to do its stuff, whilst I drink tea or watch a film, or whatever.I then run Photolemur and import all the DNGs (or the original images if DXO doesn’t support my camera/lens combination) into it.If the camera/lens combination is supported by DXO Photo Lab, then I process the RAW images allowing it to:Ī) Perform lens corrections (distortion, chromatic aberrations, selective sharpening)ī) Add a small amount of DXO Clearview (setting of 10) – I do this as a batch process in DXO and save the results as DNGs.How I Use ItĪfter some experimenting I have found the following workflow to be effective for RAW images: If you what to see what it’s doing, it tells you – Enhancing Sky, Balancing Exposure and so forth.Įach image is given individual attention. Photolemur analyses each image and determines what processing is needed. I just leave it to do its stuff… What it doesĮach image is processed intelligently. ![]() Now, it’s not the fastest image processor around, especially when working with RAW files, but it’s doing all the work for you. Once you press ‘Done’ Photolemur does its stuff while you go and do other stuff. It also allows you to save these settings as presets – another time saving feature. All the usual file output types are supported so it can be used to generate JPEGs suitable for viewing on screen or posting to the Internet or it can produce 16 bit TIF files, which can be further edited. The latest version prompts for a target folder, allows the images to be renamed and resized. Used standalone, it’s just a case of opening one or more images into Photolemur and then telling it to process them. Photolemur runs on Windows 7 or above or Apple Macs from 2010 onwards. The tool is called Photolemur and this review will simply demonstrate what it’s capable of, along with sample images. Yet this tool currently (June 2018) costs just $34.99 for a single licence or $49 for five licencesĪnd this is a one off purchase – no subscriptions! Photolemur You’d expect such a solution to be either impossible or to cost hundreds of dollars. Most of us would take that option! Even if only 50% to 60% of the processed images were acceptable, it’s still a huge saving. What if there was a tool that could process all those images and get it right 80 to 90% of the time? Automatically? With absolutely no need for you to intervene other than to select the images to process and set the location to save the image files? It’s fine if there’s a small number to process but what if you come back from a trip with hundreds or even thousands of images? Even after rejecting sub-standard photos, you may well be left with hours and hours of work ahead of you… A solution If you work with RAW images (and you should be!) then there is RAW development and post processing to perform. But it still takes time to create the right settings for that image set and, quite often, subtle differences between them prevent the presets from working very well. It’s true that a set of very similar images should all process well using the same settings. But the time savings are often lost with poor results. So software tools add batch processing and presets to speed things up a bit. Let’s face it, image processing takes time. Is it too good to be true? Find out below… Batch processing Photolemur is a fully automatic batch image processor, working with most image file types and RAW formats. 1.8.1 Related Photolemur – Too Good To Be True? ![]()
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