In most cases, this can be ignored but when a lenses has been used for its distortion characteristics, for example and ultra-wide lens, you might want to keep the effect. Version 1.5 of PureRAW introduces the option to turn the ‘Global lens sharpening’ and/or ‘Lens distortion correction’ off under the DxO Optical Correction header if you’d like to. For most photographers, the default setting of DNG will never change. The next decision is what format you want the image to be output in, JPG or DNG raw. Technically, that is less than 4 hours, but…

A batch of 217 raw files from the Canon EOS R56, for example, was estimated to take ‘Less than 4 hours’, but it only took around 20 minutes.

Fortunately, it doesn’t take quite as long as the software indicates. DeepPRIME gives the best results, but it also takes the longest to apply. The first option allows you to select the type of noise reduction that you want to apply, HQ, Prime or DeepPRIME. This brings up a simple dialogue box that gives you a few options for how the images will be processed. The next step is to ensure that the images you want to process are selected and click on ‘Process photos’. DxO PureRAW uses the image EXIF data to identify the camera and lens used to capture the images and automatically finds the required modules for download. you’ll be prompted to download any optics modules if they’re not already on your computer.

Alternatively, you can drag and drop the images into the DxO PureRAW 2 screen.Įven when the images are on a fairly slow external drive, the thumbnail view of DxO PureRAW populates quickly after the images are imported.

Helpfully, if you select all the images in a folder, DxO PureRAW 2 only selects the raw files as it’s these that you need to work with. The simplest approach, after opening DxO PureRAW 2 is to import a folder of images from wherever they’re stored on your computer or drive. DxO PureRAW 2 is designed to be easy to use and not add a long series of complicated steps to your usual workflow.

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