DXO Pure Raw Updated to 3.7 featuring improved Lightroom integration
DXO labs has released an update to Pure Raw that brings their RAW pre-processing software to version 3.7. The latest version includes improved integration with Lightroom, so that the software integrates better into a Lightroom workflow.
Here’s what the press release has to say:
In addition to its acclaimed performance and unique approach to extracting greater detail, removing noise, and ensuring optical clarity, version 3.7 introduces new options to manage Lightroom Collections within PureRAW itself, offering photographers greater control over how images are ingested into Lightroom Classic catalogs.
“This improved integration seals PureRAW’s position as the essential AdobeLightroom plugin, ensuring that photographers get more than they thoughtpossible from their equipment,” says Fabrizio Dei Tos, Product Director.
DxO PureRAW works seamlessly with Adobe Lightroom Classic, and users can now stay even more organized thanks to new options. Photographers are able to place their images into any Collection and from within any Collection Set. Alternatively, users can create a new Collection that can then be renamed within Lightroom, or simply keep the images within their existing Collection.
For those new to Pure Raw it is a pre-processing application that takes advantage of DXOs raw processing technology to both de-noise and correct a range of issues with RAW images, returning the result as a linear DNG file which can continue to be processed in Lightroom or other software while still maintaining the benefits of a RAW image.
Here are some of the advantages of the software (via the Press Release)
State-of-the-art distortion correction
DxO’s exacting measurements also bring huge benefits in the correction of barrel and pincushion distortions. Every lens is individually measured, and zooms are tested throughout their focal range. As a result, it’s possible to compensate for each optic’s peculiarities with total precision. This means more accurate corrections, often delivering a larger image area due to less cropping compared to other software.
World-leading denoising technologies
DxO PureRAW includes the world’s most advanced and acclaimed RAW processing algorithms: DeepPRIME and DeepPRIME XD. Both trained on neural networks, these are the most effective noise-reduction tools available to photographers, and can routinely improve high-ISO images by the equivalent of over 2.5 stops – the equivalent of an ISO 4000 image looking like one shot at ISO 800.
Unique demosaicing for greater detail
Demosaicing is a vital step in RAW conversion, and DxO PureRAW’s DeepPRIME and DeepPRIME XD modes take a unique approach — denoising and demosaicing are performed simultaneously rather than in sequence, with one process potentially undermining the other. This leads to a more natural rendering of fine detail in complex structures like fur, foliage and feathers, as well as more lifelike colors and tones.
A smarter way to beat chromatic aberration
Longitudinal and lateral chromatic aberrations can vary according to focal length and distance. DxO’s meticulous corrections take these factors into account in order to achieve more natural and accurate results. Fringing is eliminated without compromising color or detail.
State-of-the-art vignetting correction
Vignetting is resolved by all optical correction tools, with a simple lightening of the corners of the frame. But again images corrected with PureRAW have an advantage. Thanks to the high-quality denoising that precedes vignetting adjustment, and an image’s subsequent increase in dynamic range, lightened areas show less noise and purer tones.
Seamless integration with every workflow
Working as a simple plug-in to Adobe Lightroom Classic, it couldn’t be easier to improve images using DxO PureRAW. Photographers simply select the images they want to enhance and send them for processing, after which new Linear DNG files are added back into the user’s Catalog. This works even if the image has been previously edited, with all adjustments retained. And with Version 3.7, the addition of the new Collection options detailed above makes workflow organization even easier. Plus, users can also open DxO PureRAW as a standalone application, or even right-click their RAW files from within Finder/Explorer.
The software is available now from the DXO store:
- DxO PureRAW 3.7 (New) $ 129 /€129 /£115
- Owners of DxO PureRAW 1 or 2 (upgrade) €79 / €79 / £69
A free, 30-day trial is available. Owners of DxO PureRAW 3.x can update for free from within the software.
It’s also worth noting that DXO is constantly updating the optics modules that this and their other software uses on a regular basis. The latest update adds support for the following new lens and camera combinations:
Cameras
- DJI Air 3
- DJI Mini 2 SE
- Fuji GFX100II
- Sony A7CII
- Sony A7CR
Lenses
- Fujinon XF 8mm F3.5 R WR
- Leica Vario Elmarit SL 100-400mm F5-6 (L-mount)
- Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II
- Tamron 17-50mm F4 Di III VXD (A068) (Sony FE)
- Tamron 35-150mm F2-2.8 Di III VXD (Nikon Z)
- Tamron 70-180mm F2.8 Di III VC VXD G2 (Sony FE)
- Tokina FiRIN 100mm F2.8 FE Macro (Sony FE)
- Tokina FiRIN 20mm F2 FE AF (Sony FE)
- Tokina FiRIN 20mm F2 FE MF (Sony FE)
- TTArtisan AF 27mm F2.8 (Nikon Z DX)
- TTArtisan AF 27mm F2.8 (Sony E)
- TTArtisan AF 27mm F2.8 (Fujifilm X)
- Viltrox AF 75mm F1.2 Pro XF (Fujifilm X)
- Viltrox 85mm F1.8 Mark II XF (Fujifilm X)
- Voigtländer Nokton D 35mm F1.2 Z (Nikon Z)
- Voigtländer Nokton 40mm F1.2 Asph. Z (Nikon Z)
- Voigtländer Super Wide Heliar 15mm F4.5 Aspherical III (Sony FE)
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