The new DXO PhotoLab version 10

Thursday 3 September 2026, 16:32 by Nando Harmsen | 20 views | 0 comments

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DXO has recently made the new version of PhotoLab available. This version contains a number of improvements. It is important to know that it is not an update. It is a new version, and therefore not free.

About one year after DXO PhotoLab version 9 saw the light of day, the French software developer has released a completely new version. The masks in particular have undergone a major improvement.

The changes in DXO PhotoLab 10, which I will abbreviate to DXO PL 10 from now on, do not bring any groundbreaking improvements. They do address a number of shortcomings in the previous version(s).

The use of masks has been significantly overhauled. It is now possible to isolate facial features. DXO PL 10 also has a depth mask that creates a selection based on depth.

Object recognition is no longer automatic in DXO PL 10. You now have to enable object recognition first before you can use it. It now takes more time and more actions. A strange choice.

And finally, after many years, DXO PL 10 can also create an elliptical shape in the radial gradient mask. It is a basic function that was always missing, but has finally been added.

If you do colour grading, a colour wheel has been added. You can use it to give highlights, midtones, shadows and global a tint. You can create your own presets or choose one of the existing presets.

DXO has chosen to put the colour grading for all four tonal values into a single colour wheel. This makes it work differently again from what you are used to in competing software.

The link between DXO PL 10 and Affinity has also been reworked. It has become easier to switch between the two programmes. DXO promises that this will be refined further in the future.

Did you buy DXO PL 9 in the past year? Then you will not automatically receive this new version as an upgrade. This upgrade costs 129.99 euros for owners of an older version. The normal price is 249.99 euros.

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Nando Harmsen has been photographing for more than 40 years. He specialises in wedding photography and landscape photography. Nando also gives talks, workshops, masterclasses and photo trips, and regularly reviews new and interesting equipment.

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