Anyone who’s serious about digital photography will probably shoot their photos using something called RAW format. Most digital cameras can shoot in RAW and it gives photographers far more flexibility and higher image quality because RAW images aren’t compressed and hold a lot more data and information that can be manipulated to produce a much better photo. It’s a bit like a digital version of the old film negatives we used to use before digital cameras we’re invented.
French imaging software developer DxO has just announced a major update to its DxO PureRAW package. The photo pre-processing software offers new options for controlling essential features like sharpness and distortion. The new version, which is a free upgrade for existing users of PureRAW, also offers more export configurations and supports eight camera models and 18 lenses which have been added to the database of DxO’s unique library of camera and lens data.
When used alongside Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom or most other photo editing packages, DxO PureRAW decodes and automatically removes digital noise, chromatic aberrations, unwanted vignetting, lens distortion before sharpening an image so that it looks as sharp as possible. By optimizing RAW images, DxO PureRAW gives photographers greater freedom over the creative editing process with Adobe software, resulting in more precise images.
The DxO PureRAW 1.5 update can now correct two lens defects: lack of sharpness and distortion. With this update, photographers can now process photos taken with fish-eye lenses or even scenes that require moderate sharpness.
"Following the successful launch of DxO PureRAW, customers sometimes wanted to be able to 'disengage' some of the automatic edits," explains Jean-Marc Alexia, VP Marketing and Strategy. "With this new version, we are offering them this flexibility."
DxO PureRAW 1.5 now makes it easier to select export directories by automatically saving recent and favorite destinations. Additionally, the preview window now includes a list of magnification factors so users can zoom in easily and judge the fine detail of an image. The software also lets users know the size of the image file that’s about to be created and how long it will take to process.
Perhaps most importantly of all, DxO PureRAW supports an extra eight new cameras and 18 lenses. You can look up the newly supported cameras and lenses by clicking here.
New Cameras Supported:
- Pentax K-3 III
- DJI Mavic Air 2S
- DJI Mavic Mini 2
- Panasonic GH5 II
- Canon EOS Ra
- Olympus PEN E-P7
- Sony ZV-E10
- Nikon Z Fc
New Lenses Supported:
- DJI Mavic Air 2S Lens
- DJI Mavic Mini 2 Lens
- Canon RF 100mm F2.8 L Macro IS USM
- Canon RF 14-35mm F4 L IS USM
- Irix 150mm F2.8 macro
- Laowa 10mm F2 Zero-D
- M.Zuiko Digital ED 8-25mm F4 Pro
- M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400 F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO
- AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm F4G ED VR with AF-S TC-14E III
- AF-S NIKKOR 70-200mm F4G ED VR with AF-S TC-20E III
- Panasonic Lumix S 50mm F1.8
- Sigma 28-70mm F2.8 DG DN C
- Sigma 35mm F1.4 DG DN Art
- Sigma 105mm F2.8 DG DN Macro
- Tamron 11-20mm F2.8 Di III-A RXD
- Tamron 150-500mm F5-6.7 Di III VC VXD
- Laowa 10mm F2 Zero-D
- M.Zuiko Digital ED 150-400 F4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO
Price & availability: DxO PureRAW 1.5 for Windows and macOS is now available for download as a 30-day free trial. The cost of the full version is $129 / £115 / €129.
