DxO PureRAW packs some very high-tech image processing into a really simple interface. Once you've started the processing, you can get on with something else while it carries on in the background. If so, you will need to disable this because PureRAW will do this already, so you can end up with an image that’s double-corrected or double-sharpened. The only thing to watch is whether your regular software applies lens corrections and sharpening automatically by default. Lightroom, Adobe Camera Raw, Capture One, Exposure X and ON1 Photo RAW all treated them like regular raw files. There may be software that doesn’t work with PureRAW’s Linear DNGs but we didn’t find any in our tests. Pictures become usable, good even, that you might have simply discarded before, and DxO’s processing can bring old cameras and old images back to life with a clarity, detail and noiselessness that your camera has never revealed before. With less than good lenses, older cameras and high ISO shots, the differences quickly become apparent – even transformative. With low ISO raws shot with good cameras and good lenses, you might not see much difference between PureRAW’s raw files and your software’s own raw rendering. (Image credit: Rod Lawton/Digital Camera World) (opens in new tab) DxO's DeepPRIME noise reduction is in a class of its own, and the company's lens corrections are arguably the best in the business too.
PureRAW gets on with the processing – though this could take a while, depending on how many images you are processing. There really is almost nothing else that you need to know. That’s up to you, but by default PureRAW saves them into a new folder inside the one where your raw files are stored, which is convenient and easy to remember. PureRAW can output regular JPEGs, but to get the full benefit you need the DNG option.įinally, you choose where the new DNG files should be saved. PRIME processing takes longer, but if you’re running this in the background as a batch process while you get on with something else, you may not mind that. Now you just hit the Process button to see the processing options, and there are just three of these – depending on how you work, you may never need to change them.įirst you choose between DxO’s High (fast), PRIME (good) and DeepPRIME processing (the best). The processing options are super-simple: the processing you want to use, the file type you want to output, and the location for your new files.