![]() ![]() ![]() The new "Lens distortion" parameter includes four options: "Image cropped to original ratio", "Maximum rectangle" and "Complete image area". With PureRaw 3, everything can be disabled or enabled - even sharpness (aka "Lens softness") which was one of my main criticisms of earlier versions of PureRaw, for I much prefer sharpening at the end of a photo edit. This is different (and better) than earlier versions of PureRaw that allowed limited control of the raw demosaicing process. Optical corrections are configurable with all four denoising algorithms. These modules are proprietary to DxO products, and are different from lens correction profiles bundled with Adobe Lightroom, Capture One, and any other raw editor. ![]() Optical correctionsĪs mentioned earlier, DxO developed their own optics modules to remove anomalies including vignette, chromatic aberration and lens distortion from raw files. The latter is a new "extra detail" option in PureRaw 3. PureRaw denoises raw files using one of four algorithms: "High Quality", "PRIME", "DeepPRIME" and "DeepPRIME XD". New queue interface in PureRaw 3 Denoising The queue functions independently, so PureRaw's lightbox remains usable while the queue is running. Jobs may also be re-ordered via drag-and-drop or right-click. ![]() It creates a queue of raw files that may be paused, restarted, or canceled. "Add to Queue" is a new feature in PureRaw 3. Raw file processing settings in PureRaw 3 Both produce the same window for assigning a denoising algorithm, options for optical corrections, output file format and naming, and what to do with newly generated files after processing (export to Lightroom, Lightroom Classic, Photoshop, a specific app, or nothing). Raw files added to PureRaw 3's lightbox are processed by clicking the "Process Now" or "Add to Queue" buttons at bottom right. Downloading optics module in DxO PureRaw 3 Maintaining the optics modules separately from the main application allows DxO to add new modules as new camera and lens combinations are released. If PureRaw doesn't have the optics module it needs to correct a raw file, a modal window appears asking permission to download the requisite files (pictured below). Right-click contextual menu in macOS Finder Right click on one or more raw files, select a denoising algorithm, and newly optimized DNGs and/or rasterized images are generated without launching PureRaw. Raw files may also be processed directly through the macOS Finder and Windows File Explorer. Imported raw files then appear in PureRaw's "lightbox" (pictured below) for processing. Raw files are added to PureRaw via drag-and-drop from a local file browser or through a plugin for Adobe Lightroom Classic (accessed through the File>Plugin Extras menu). This is what makes PureRaw a raw pre-processing app, for it optimizes raw photo files before they are imported and edited elsewhere. PureRaw does all of this - apply optical corrections, denoise, add detail, and sharpen - when a raw file's data is demosaiced (the process of turning zeros and ones into a visual image). PureRaw also includes four denoising algorithms of varying strengths, two of which use deep learning to reconstruct detail that would otherwise be lost in the denoising process. The software uses DxO's own custom-built optical modules (which DxO claims includes over 70,000 possible camera and lens combinations) to fix optical distortion, vignette, and chromatic aberration. PureRaw is a standalone version of the raw demosaicing engine used by PhotoLab, DxO's raw photo editing equivalent to Lightroom, Capture One, etc. DxO is seeing this review at the same time as you. No money changed hands, and the company has not been editorially involved. Disclaimer: DxO provided me with a free license of PureRaw 3 to produce this review. ![]()
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