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I love what DxO has done with the new Color Grading filter in Nik Color Efex 9
Nik Collection 9 is a major update to DxO’s popular plug-in suite. The new Color Grading filter in Nik Color Efex 9 is just one of four brand new filters in this update, and works alongside other new features including AI masking and blend modes.
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DxO has just launched Nik Collection 9, and this has to be one of the biggest and best updates yet
I’ve been using the Nik Collection for a long time and I thought DxO had already taken this wonderful plug-in suite as far as it could go… but I was wrong! Nik Collection 9 has some spectacular new filters and masking tools that I will give a full and detailed review. In the meantime, here are the highlights.
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Capture One’s auto adjustments work even better when you do this
I use Capture One’s Auto Adjust option a lot. I’m sure some will insist that professionals only use manual adjustments and Auto Adjust is for amateurs, but I’d like to explain why I think that’s wrong, and why Auto Adjust is actually a lot more powerful and useful than you might think.
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ON1 Effects 2026 review
Verdict: 4.5 stars ON1 Effects is both a standalone program, reviewed here, and a core component in ON1 Photo RAW 2026, ON1’s flagship photo editor. So why would you buy this one component and not the whole thing? Because, in my opinion, ON1 Effects is the best part of ON1 Photo RAW, and the standalone Effects version gives you all the same inspiring effects and powerful masking and adjustment tools but in an application you can slot into your existing Lightroom, Capture One or other workflow.
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DxO FilmPack 8 review
Verdict: 3.5 stars DxO FilmPack 8 sets out to replicate the look of classic analog films and processes with true scientific and historical accuracy. Does it succeed? Yes, but while its renderings are faithful and evocative, the absence of local adjustment tools can give you some workflow headaches and it lacks the madness/genius of Nik Analog Efex.
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DxO PureRAW 6 review
Verdict: 5 stars DxO PureRAW 6 is like a RAW pre-processing tool that applies DxO’s trademark lens corrections and DeepPRIME denoising and outputs a RAW DNG file for other programs to use. Version 6 adds key improvements to an already excellent tool. The lens corrections are superb, the denoising and detail enhancement are exceptional and not you get AI dust removal too!
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DxO ViewPoint 5 review
Verdict: 3.5 stars DxO ViewPoint 5 is a specialised distortion and correction tool which has some clever features but is a bit of an awkward fit with most editing workflows, partly because it can’t open and correct RAW files and partly because most applications you might launch it from have distortion and perspective correction tools of their own.
