Better than no control at all, but you still can’t turn all sharpening off or customize the amount of sharpening. When toggled off, sharpening is only applied to fine details (not the entire image). Update (Oct 6, 2021): DxO PureRaw 1.5 added a new “Global Lens Sharpening” toggle to DeepPRIME processing. Baking the sharpening into the PureRAW DNG could lead to over-sharpening later when an image is reformatted / resized. Sharpening is typically the final step in photo editing workflow (so that sharpening can be tailored for screen, print, etc). PureRAW’s denoising and lens corrections are phenomenal, but I wish DxO would add a fourth processing mode using little-to-no sharpening. If I kept the original RAW file in addition to the PureRAW DNG (which I would for future use), I would effectively quadruple the amount of requisite disk space for each and every image. For example, the original “museum” RAW image was 27 megabytes, but the DxO PureRAW DNG was 70 megabytes. What makes DxO PureRAW Not-So-GreatĭxO PureRAW creates amazing images, but the DNG files it creates are (on average) three times larger. You simply drag-and-drop RAW files into the app, choose where you want them saved, and PureRAW takes care of the rest. DxO Pure RAW should provide enough on its own.įinally, the software couldn’t be easier to use. Tip: When importing a PureRAW DNG to Lightroom, etc, avoid adding more noise reduction, vignette, lens correction profiles, and sharpening. The app simply provides a better, straight out-of-camera RAW files for you to edit. It fits into your existing workflow by pre-processing your RAW files. I also like that DxO PureRAW doesn’t require moving away from Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One, or any other RAW photo processing app. In those instances, HQ and Prime did the job. I found that Deep Prime performed best with older RAW files (and drone RAW images), but was sometimes a bit too intense for newer RAW files with low noise and good sharpness. The three processing modes - HQ, Prime, and Deep Prime - provide just enough processing control for most users. In some instances the results were so transformative I wanted to do nothing more than spend hours reprocessing old RAW files. Drone shots from my Mavic 2 Pro also looked incredible. The older the image, the higher the ISO, the more dramatic the difference. Without question, DxO PureRAW did a better job than Adobe Camera RAW at processing every RAW image I tested. The ACR image does appear sharper and less noisy, but still nowhere near as good as the DxO PureRAW image. No other adjustments have been made.Īdobe Camera RAW w/ Noise Reduction and Sharpening (Left), DxO PureRAW (Right) Detail and distortion correctionīelow is a 1-1 comparison of the same straight-out-of-camera RAW file processed using Adobe Camera RAW (using DJI’s built-in profile) on the left, and DxO PureRAW on the right. I also processed drone images (shot using a DJI Mavic 2 Pro) since those especially typically suffer from distortion and a lack of corner sharpness and detail. For comparison, I intentionally used RAW photos captured using older digital cameras. I decided to put DxO PureRAW to the test by processing a variety of RAW files from different cameras (and a drone). The resulting DNGs may then be imported into any RAW processing software (eg, Adobe Lightroom) for further processing.ĭxO claims that by fixing and improving issues when data is demosaiced, PureRAW can achieve levels of clarity and sharpness that cannot be achieved using other software. PureRAW also intelligently sharpens images edge-to-edge to create even and appropriate detail throughout the entire image. PureRAW denoises and fixes chromatic aberration, distortion, vignette, and other anomalies as data is demosaiced unlike Adobe Camera RAW or other RAW processing utilities that apply these adjustments afterward. PureRAW uses nearly two decades of camera and lens optimization data ( nearly 60,000 lens and camera combinations), plus artificial intelligence that has studied millions of photos, to demosaic RAW files. Disclosure: DxO provided me with a copy of PureRAW for feedback and review.
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