photography

Open raw files from any phone on DxO Photolab

TLDR; It it possible to use DxO Photolab to edit raw files produced by ANY camera that is not on their supported list, even from mobile phones such as Samsung and Xiaomi. It involves using two free tools, and the terminal/command line. Skip to the workaround for instructions. Even though I shoot raw exclusively on my Canon cameras, I’m completely fine shooting jpegs when the camera’s internal processor is good enough for that.

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I have too many photos

Help, I have over 120k personal photos in my hard drive. I am overwhelmed by trying to organize, keyword, and find a way to see them, to share them. In the past I have created: Printed albums for our trips: beautiful result but too time consuming (and too expensive too, I’m not gonna lie). Online galleries: no one looks at them apart from me. Instagram stories and carousels: people spend 2 seconds on it and they are off to the next great thing; also, not everyone gets to see my images, as IGs algo is notorious for hiding what you want to see, and showing you more of what it wants you to buy.

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