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Technology
Jacob Little

DxO PhotoLab 6 review: a worthy Lightroom contender

Screenshots from the PhotoLab 6 software in use
DxO PhotoLab 6: Key specs

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Microsoft Windows
Minimum system configuration:
Any CPU supporting SSE 4.1
8 GB RAM
4 GB available disk space
Microsoft® Windows® 10 version 20H2 (64-bit, and still supported by Microsoft®)

Recommended system configuration:
Intel® Core™ processor with 6 cores or better, or AMD Ryzen™
16 GB RAM
6 GB available disk space
NVIDIA RTX™ 2060, AMD Radeon™ RX 6600 or better with latest drivers

macOS
Minimum system configuration:
Any CPU
8 GB RAM
4 GB available disk space
macOS 11.6 (Big Sur) 

Recommended system configuration:
Intel® Core™ Processor with 6 cores or better, or Apple Silicon
16 GB RAM
macOS 12.0 (Monterey), macOS 13.0 (Ventura)
6 GB available disk space
AMD Radeon™ Pro 580X or better for Intel® Macs

DxO, the maker of PhotoLab 6, is a French company with a true history of developing first-class software for the photography industry. They’ve been around since the early 2000s, and in 2004 Optics Pro was released, which offered high-level technology to correct lens defects and image distortion. More latterly, their RAW editing technology and denoising abilities have set a benchmark for amateur and professional photographers alike – with modules and plugins that can be used with or without Lightroom or their PhotoLab suite.

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