Never mind the subject of the photo, focus, white balance, composition, etc - this was just a. Im inserting some examples of a photo I converted from both programs. And by staying with one vendor from import to organizing, to raw development, to bit mapped editing, and then to distribution, I have a single set of color control tools at all times and most importantly, a single user interface. Capture NX (Examples) Ive been learning DxO Optics (newest version) and Capture NX clearly wins (in my opinion) the RAW conversion test. By contrast, DxO Optics Pro 3.0 is a powerful, full-blown program that gives users precise control over every aspect of image processing and correction.
Image quality was VERY good, but so is ACDSee Ultimate 9's IQ. Overall, however, I don't feel DXO offered me enough reasons to incorporate it into my workflow. I should think that if I were to use DXO, I would use ACDSee 19 (Their basic viewer/DAM software) instead of Ultimate, though Ultimate 9 worked well enough during my testing. So you will need some sort of front end to handle that sort of thing.
You need to remember, DXO is a pure raw converter, that means there is NO database or DAM management tools built into it. Not a major issue to be sure, but it was one of those minor irritants I could get used to if I had to. I found myself backing that stuff out a bit on those sort of photos. DXO made some things too crisp and sharp, I thought, for images that already had sharpness and NR already added.
DXO OPTICS PRO 9.0 SOFTWARE
The image quality of the finished product was quite high, however I am used to a more minimalist approach to the raw development software automatically adding in auto sharpening and noise control whenever an image is accessed via the program.