Take control of colour with PhotoLab

Discover a new way to adjust hue and saturation with DxO’s powerful image editor

- Alistair Campbell

PhotoLab 3 is the latest version of DxO’s raw processing, lens correction and photo editing software. One of the best photo editing programs on the market, PhotoLab offers all the tools of regular photo editors, but takes a different direction from many of its rivals, putting raw processing and lens corrections front and centre. It can extract extraordinary image quality even from the most humble camera equipment.

PhotoLab 3’s ColorWheel is a new way to manipulate hue, saturation and lightness. Rather than using familiar sliders for each of the colour channels, PhotoLab 3 offers a more visual approach. Here’s how it works…

Customise the interface

Thanks to PhotoLab’s fully customisable graphical interface, you can unhook any panel from the column on the right and place it wherever you like on the screen, which gives you a little extra flexibility.

1 Import your image

PhotoLab gives you a great starting point to work from, improving your image on import with various tweaks to your raw or JPEG file. Taking care of the camera, lens calibration and minor exposure and tonal details means you can quickly get to work on colour to deliver your own personal style and aesthetic. Here I’ve imported an image that contains four different areas of colour: green, yellow, red and some blue.

2 Select a colour channel