
I started a 30-day free trial and three weeks later I purchased it at the discounted launch price. I was looking again recently when I stumbled across the newly launched DxO PhotoLab 3. Those features were also promised, but I gave up waiting when a whole new version was released with “sexy” new AI features while still lacking some basics in the DAM functionality. Once the DAM arrived, it was passable but lacked key features I needed.

At the time it didn’t have a digital asset management (DAM) capability, but it was promised. What was I going to do to manage and process my growing DSLR photo collection?


Apple’s Aperture was hung out to dry, Adobe’s Lightroom changed to a subscription model, and Apple Photos started out and continues to be severely limited.
