This is where I think people are misunderstanding. PhotoLab won’t open any files from any Leica Monochrom camera (other than JPEG). The fact it is DNG is not the issue here.
PhotoLab opens camera native files and the special case of Adobe-converted camera native files, plus its own Linear DNG format. It doesn’t matter if it’s PEF or NEF or CR2 or DNG. It matters what device the file came from.
1 Can some one confirm If ViewPoint 4 is or is not included in the PhotoLab 6 Elite upgrade
2 DNG. A pity PL does not support DNG from Lightroom and/or ViewScan. It should doA LOT of PL users use ViewScan and LR.
3 I use LR 6.14 for catalouging, producing catalouges and web galleries but PL for editing. Though the catalouging seems to be improving in PL? It might actually make LR redundant? [eventually]
(I do wish they would fix the Maps in LR6.14 even if it is a paid patch)
As in PhotoLab 5, ViewPoint is already built into PhotoLab 6, but it is not activated yet. You must first purchase or upgrade a license for the features to be unlocked and available as in the standalone application. If you already have ViewPoint 3 this will be recognized and go on working like before.
Some perspective tooling has been moved to PL6 Elite, but not the entire ViewPoint suite has been added to PL6.
Check DPL6 (Mac) out on this screenshot. The right dock contains a palette including all tools of PhotoLab 6 - look for bright tool title text. Tools with dimmed tool title text are from FilmPack or ViewPoint respectively.
performance during trial was better then expected.
i was just curios if there are any special cpu demanding areas … seems to be none 
for a usage when just a few files are open.
User interaction times depend on the folder that is selected. It’s good practice to limit the number of files. Bigger batches can be a pain to work with.
How do you find the DP-XD Noise Model slider impacts what you are seeing?
Click on the Magnifier Tool - - position it where you wish to inspect (a small sample) of the result.
John M
This is a big and longterm problem, along with the absence of support for iPhone and Android DNG. It’s madness. We would like to love DxO but we can’t use it with our adapters and lenses, we can’t use it with our mobile photos. Forced to maintain parallel workflows with other applications, incredibly annoying.
This is a nice improvement for new Elite users. Most photographers won’t need the advanced distortion tools, but the basics everyone needs. A €220 application without horizon, cropping and basic perspective tools was a slap in the face.
Good point Keith.
FastRawViewer offers compare two images, even four images (search for “detailed look at 2 or 4 images” for exact feature description). FastRawViewer is easy to use, highly-configurable and costs all of €25/$25. Of course, @wweick if you prefer complaining for the sake of complaining, there’s not much which can be done.
Anybody who doesn’t have $25 and is a long time forum member (50 posts or more), I’ll be happy to buy you a copy of FastRawViewer and publish your forum name as a recipient of the donation. In return, you will commit to no longer whining about multi-image view, culling and DAM features which are a complete distraction from the main purpose of PhotoLab which is a high quality RAW converter not a Swiss army knife image utility, jack of all trades master of none.
… which does not replace the missing function in PL !
Alec, it’s not always for culling, which for now I also do outside of PL (use Fast Picture Viewer ever since). – It is to also compare different pics in PL – and has nothing to do with spending money on other software.
The issue with compare in PhotoLab is that every image is always shown in full quality processed from the RAW. To be able to do image compare a new image preview module would have to be built with just internal jpeg previews and with no ability to change any of the settings while in view mode.
My concern is that adding such a mode will just make PhotoLab more complicated and unwieldy. FastStone has some amazing four-up style tools. If PhotoLab could just copy that interface (select any number of images in image browser, right click to multi-file view where just zoom and hand work), multiview would be enough out of the way and simple enough.
Unfortunately the same band clamouring for multi image view won’t be content until multiview is three times more complicated than what is in Lightroom and still won’t be happy then.
Example: multiview simply cannot work smoothly with DeepPrime or DeepPrime XD for another two or three generations of GPU hardware.
your proposal is like a restaurant manager offering a herb tea for free because he refuses to serve water. So please donate your money to DXO to get this basic job(s) done. Nobody wants a blunt knife, not even the Swiss army fans.
You’re using the wrong tool for the wrong job. PhotoLab is a RAW development tool, not an image viewer.
Deep Prime is only previewed in a small window, so it cannot be used as a reason against comparing two images. I always read the same argument, and as always I ask myself, why not a jpg preview?
It’s not a whimsical feature and I find ridiculous that some people send me to use another paid software…
You already can have a full size DNG to review if you export to “DNG NR and Optical corrections only”
PL can also compare the original with the tif’s created trough Nik collection
So why not comparing two or more originals by selecting the ones you will compare.
What we talked about and put it to n-FR’s is nothing which has to do with Magic or extraterrestrial secrets or rocket science
And I think it’s a function near everybody needs it after a photo session…and yes I have FRV and can comepare up to 4 photos 
If I’m trying to make fine comparison between images, I’d like to see it with the corrections applied. That’s impossible as there is no preview of DeepPrime. As soon as DxO adds image comparison in the simple form I outlined above, even louder complaints will break out that the image comparison is missing twenty-five other features all of which are essential for emotional well-being of the photographers who cannot live without image comparison, including adjustment of parameters, 16-up, additional flags, personal notes, DeepPrime preview, local adjustment.
Looking forward to watching the riot develop from the sidelines. My goodness we DxO users are an ungrateful bunch. I have my own issues with PhotoLab – no respect for .xmp crop info from PhotoMechanic, no support for iPhone DNG after iPhone X. Both of those grate on my nerves.
On the plus side, delighted to get better healing and clone tools. They will be a huge time saver and improve my work.
Sorry, whom are you taking about?
