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The program was not nearly as good at
correcting lateral aberrations in JPEG images.
DxO says that this is because our sample
images were not OoC (Out of Camera) JPEGs
produced directly by the camera and claims
better results for OoC files. Our correction
attempts left obvious artifacts in our target
and skyscraper images, and the lack of
manual adjustment options makes DxO
unsuitable for everyday JPEG corrections.
Good automatic lateral corrections in RAW
but poor JPEG results and the absence of
profiles and manual settings make Optics Pro
a mixed bag. Axial corrections were
consistently good for RAW and JPEG images.
The program is a recommend for RAW

photographers who use popular equipment

covered by the its proprietary profile modules.

Adobe Lightroom

Lightroom uses the same profile-based ACR

(Adobe Camera Raw) RAW conversion module

as Photoshop. Our test delivered great results

for lateral aberrations in both Lightroomand

ACR, and the filter’s handling was exactly the

same in both programs. Unfortunately, both

were unable to produce usable results for our

axial aberrations, and failed to remove the

blue fringe in the portrait, the purple fringe in

the tree image and our dolphin’s colored

reflections.

Lightroom’s automatic filter produced

markedly better results when correcting RAW

images automatically using lens profiles,

although a little manual tweaking improved

things quite a bit for our lateral aberration

test. The small number of Canon and Nikon

lens profiles available in JPEG mode makes

manual correction unavoidable for many

images. If you have the choice, always shoot

RAW images – the range of lens profiles for

making corrections later on is much broader.

In contrast to ACR, Lightroom allows you to

select a lens profile without first having to

select a camera model.

All in all, Lightroom is a great program, but

still has a lot of room for improvement when

Chromatic Aberrations | Software Test

DxO Optics Pro

effectively filtered

out the axial

aberration on the

model’s chin. The

before/after and

magnified views

display significant

improvements.