

The difference is that this file is now fully corrected for noise and lens aberrations before you even start. It demosaics the raw sensor data, applies DxO’s legendary lens corrections and uses its latest AI-driven DeepPRIME processing to remove noise while preserving detail.Īs far as Photoshop and Lightroom and other software is concerned, a Linear DNG is just like a regular raw file, with all that brightness and colour information intact. PureRAW gets around this by creating a ‘Linear DNG’, which is like a part-processed RAW file. You will also be dependent on the effectiveness of your software’s lens correction tools, if it has any, to fix issues like corner shading, distortion and chromatic aberration. The trouble is, raw processors are not all equally good at this demosaicing phase, which is one reason why raw files can often look a lot noisier than in-camera JPEGs if you are an Adobe user. They can then exploit the full range of tones and color information in this raw file for editing and enhancement. Regular raw processing tools take control of every stage of raw processing, including ‘demosaicing’ the red, green and blue pixels captured by the camera sensor to produce a full color image. (Image credit: DxO) (opens in new tab) PureRAW and Linear DNGs

DxO PureRAW produces 'Linear DNG' files which are corrected and enhanced but still treated and edited as regular raw files by programs like Photoshop and Adobe Camera Raw.
