DxO PureRAW 6
Testing DxO PureRAW 6. I had not upgraded to Version 5 and occasionally used Version 4 - but most of the time I relied on Adobe ACR and the various Topaz plugins (and lately Topaz Photo).
DxO PureRAW requires a totally different workflow as it is used prior to processing the image in ACR. It's main benefits are the much better lens corrections that are applied and it also appears that it performs better noise reduction than ACR does (and also Topaz).
DxO PureRAW 6 offers the option to write a compressed DNG files (allegedly lossless) that usually is smaller than even the original RAW file (and not the usual 3-5x file size of a regular DNG).
One problem I have is that I cannot get the compressed DNG to preview in the file explorer in windows. Makes it rather useless to keep. So my current solution is to write those DNG files into a temporary folder and delete after I finished processing. There is no option to export into ACR without writing a file; there is an option to open as a smart object directly into photoshop but that doesn't suit me at all as I am used to do most of my processing in ACR.
I may keep DxO PureRAW updated but will no longer update DxO PhotoLab as I rarely ever use it and DxO PureRAW gives me the two items I value most - lens correction and denoise.
I also just cancelled my Capture one subscription. I intended to use the program for my Sony images (general photography) but I simply can't get used to the program and it therefore is not worth the $200/year for me anymore.
DxO PureRAW 6
Testing DxO PureRAW 6. I had not upgraded to Version 5 and occasionally used Version 4 - but most of the time I relied on Adobe ACR and the various Topaz plugins (and lately Topaz Photo).
DxO PureRAW requires a totally different workflow as it is used prior to processing the image in ACR. It's main benefits are the much better lens corrections that are applied and it also appears that it performs better noise reduction than ACR does (and also Topaz).
DxO PureRAW 6 offers the option to write a compressed DNG files (allegedly lossless) that usually is smaller than even the original RAW file (and not the usual 3-5x file size of a regular DNG).
One problem I have is that I cannot get the compressed DNG to preview in the file explorer in windows. Makes it rather useless to keep. So my current solution is to write those DNG files into a temporary folder and delete after I finished processing. There is no option to export into ACR without writing a file; there is an option to open as a smart object directly into photoshop but that doesn't suit me at all as I am used to do most of my processing in ACR.
I may keep DxO PureRAW updated but will no longer update DxO PhotoLab as I rarely ever use it and DxO PureRAW gives me the two items I value most - lens correction and denoise.
I also just cancelled my Capture one subscription. I intended to use the program for my Sony images (general photography) but I simply can't get used to the program and it therefore is not worth the $200/year for me anymore.