

The controls under the Light and Color palettes are placed in the order in which they're meant to be used for the most efficient results.Īs you can see above, the default palette arrangement helpfully places the histogram along the right side of the Customize window atop the editing tools. The histogram now sits above the editing tools by default. The color scheme, palette arragement and individual tool locations of version 7 (above). The most common adjustments are now not only in close proximity, but helpfully arranged by order in which they are meant to be used. With the aim of leading users of both Mac and Windows platforms to a more efficient workflow, color and tonal adjustment tools are more logically grouped into two 'Light and Color' palettes: one basic and one advanced. Palettes have been reorganized and some tool locations have changed as well in both Mac and Windows versions. Windows users will notice a slightly different color scheme and UI design between Optics Pro 7 (above).


Worthy of note, if you're a Mac user, is that Optics Pro 8 supports the Retina display resolution found on the latest Apple MacBooks. Note that it doesn’t cost *you* any more.Windows users will notice minor changes to the UI in version 8 that make it more closely resemble the Mac version and that DxO hopes will contribute to a more logical and discoverable interface. It’s not much – last month I got a grand total of $75 – but it does help keep the site running by paying for hosting etc. These Amazon referral links give me a small commission whenever you buy something. It’s the best current pocket camera out there, period. Interestingly, $999 was also the launch price for the D70 body that helped open up the DSLR world to the masses – what a big difference between what the same money buys over a span of 8 years – and that’s not even taking into account the effect of inflation.įinally, now that we have ACR support…there are no more reasons not to have a Sony RX100. The Nikon D7000 – still arguably the APS-C class leader – is now down below the $1000 mark to $996.95, from $1199. Do they take any worse pictures after their replacements show up? No. Presumably this is in the run up to Photokina though it signals something interesting is probably on the way, it also means that you can get very competent cameras for less money than previously. Update: I’ve just found out about an interesting price reductions on Amazon. Finally! Looking forward to seeing what this baby can do. Download the release candidate for ACR and DNG converter 7.2 here from Adobe Labs.
