New DxO PureRAW v6

DxO PureRAW
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A new version of PR is released, v6.0.0

DeepPRIME XD3 for All Sensors
DeepPRIME XD3 is now available for all sensors, including Bayer. Photographers can benefit from DxO’s
most advanced AI-powered demosaicing and denoising engine regardless of sensor type. DeepPRIME XD3
delivers superior noise reduction, enhanced micro-detail extraction, and reduced artifacts, ensuring
exceptional image quality even in challenging high-ISO conditions.

Wide Gamut Working Color Space
PureRAW 6 introduces a Wide Gamut working color space that preserves a broader range of colors
throughout the processing pipeline. This ensures more accurate color rendering, smoother tonal
transitions, and improved consistency when exporting images for advanced editing workflows.

Output Color Space Selection (ICC Profiles)
Users can now select the desired output color space for TIFF and JPEG exports from a set of predefined ICC
profiles. This provides enhanced control over color management and seamless integration into professional
workflows for print, web, or dedicated editing environments.

Local Blend DeepPRIME 3 / DeepPRIME XD3
PureRAW 6 allows combining DeepPRIME 3 and DeepPRIME XD3 locally within the same image. Users can
apply different denoising and detail extraction methods to specific areas, optimizing the balance between
processing speed and maximum image quality where it matters most.

High-Fidelity DNG Compression
A new high-fidelity DNG compression option significantly reduces file sizes — by up to four times — using
an advanced lossy compression method designed to preserve all perceptible image information. The
compression maintains full editing latitude and ensures that image adjustments and tonal flexibility remain
intact, while delivering substantial storage savings.

Automatic Dust Removal
Automatic Dust Removal detects and removes dust spots based on a user-defined sensitivity threshold.
Detected spots are displayed for review, and users can deselect areas that were incorrectly identified. This
reduces manual retouching while maintaining full control, streamlining workflows for scanned images, or
photos affected by sensor dust.

Parallel Processing on Export
PureRAW 6 introduces parallel processing during export, leveraging multiple CPU threads to process images
simultaneously. This significantly improves export performance, reduces batch processing times, and
maximizes hardware utilization on modern multi-core systems.

Smart Lighting for TIFF
Smart Lighting is now available for TIFF output. This extends a dynamic range of optimization to an
additional export format, ensuring improved tonal balance and consistent rendering across supported
formats.

Other Improvements
PureRAW 6 includes improved Viewer tiling and caching, eliminating gray placeholder tiles by displaying an
immediate low-resolution preview while processing completes. This ensures smoother navigation and a
more responsive browsing experience.
The release also brings interface refinements, minor design updates, performance optimizations, and
stability improvements that enhance overall usability and consistency.

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i would be very interested to upgrade from v5 to v6, but i am annoyed about the unfair pricing in Switzerland, we would need to pay 94.99 CHF compared to the US where upgrade is 89.99$, which would be in CHF 69.70 CHF!!

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I just downloaded v6 and compared the results with some v5 files I processed a few days ago. Applying the same corrections in Capture One gives a virtually identical result for tonality while having visibly better detail (at 100% anyway) than v5. As far as the new compressed format, on the files I just processed I can’t see any difference when comparing with uncompressed v6 files at 200%.

However, the “Compressed” setting doesn’t seem to stick. Not sure if there is a setting to make this the default or this is something that needs to be added. After setting a file to “Compressed”, when I open a new file it reverts to “Uncompressed”. Anyone seeing a different behavior, or know how to make it my default? M1 MacBook Pro, Tahoe 26.3.

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Thanks to the PureRaw team for the new version - the high-fidelity DNG compression files are remarkably small, Lightroom Classic seems very happy to open them. I’m kind of wondering if there’s any possible trade off for using this (except for not using as much disc space and that’s definitely not a trade off). I’m keen to use this format for all files in the future.

Carol

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Well it’s lossy, so it does not preserve the RAW data exactly as is. This also means the purerraw output is not preserved exactly as it would have been. So technically you will get a different raw file. The DNG file probably uses JPEG XL under the hood which is quite sophisticated and DXO hopefulyl spend a lot of time tweaking compression parameters to make it appear visually lossless. Since the output probably is free of random noise, compression works quite well.

This isn’t really new technology, though a good integration can go a long way. https://tinydng.com/ did something similar for quite some time, though here you have to tweak your JXL parameters yourself and only basic ones are available.

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Note that US pricing usually does not include sales tax which varies by state.

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My 6 months old V5 is outdated ?? THat was quick.

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Sure but nevertheless, 1 $ equals 0.8 cents Swiss francs

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Yes, because you bought PureRAW5 halfway through it’s annual upgrade cycle. DxO have always upgraded PureRAW every year at about this time, i.e. expect PureRAW7 in about 12 months time / in March 2027.

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I have been complaining that DxO Pure Raw 5 DNGs have a problem in Luminar Neo - when reducing exposure. Highlights turn purple in Luminar Neo as you reduce the highlights slider or even general exposure. This does not happen with DNG files sourced elsewhere.
DxO have just released PR6 with a new DNG format, a lossy compressed format they call HighFidelity compression. This does not suffer from the same “purple problem” in Luminar Neo as the standard DNGs.
BUT and it’s a big “but”, luminar does not seem to recognize the new hifidelity DNGs as “real” RAW, so the RAW ‘Development’ tools are not available - which is a problem if you are more interested in the powerful post functions rather than just the AI stuff.
Other than that they are rendered perfectly (as far as I can see).
I wonder if other applications will have the same problem treating the compressed DNGs as “real” RAW.

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I also had this problem. But then I created a new processing profile with my preferred settings and named it 1A Default so that it appears at the top of the list. I selected it once, and now it is preselected every time I start the app.

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I use CaptureOne to edit the DNGs that I generate in PhotoLab or PureRAW. This also works without any problems with the new compressed DNG files. Personally, I don’t see any difference in quality between the processed compressed DNGs and the uncompressed ones.

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I wouldn’t call it “outdated.”

Basically all technology these days gets a new release at least once a year, if not several times a year.

If PR5 does what you need and works on your system, it’s still modern! :smiley:

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Does PR6 allow saving XD2s as compressed dng?

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Apart from the fact that I find PureRAW’s User Interface terrible compared to PhotoLab (the “light box” is extremely annoying), I have discovered an extremely annoying bug.
Two of my Z-mount lenses (Meike 85mm F1.4 and Viltrox 35mm F1.2 LAB) are not supported by DxO. This means that no optical module is available for them. Every time I process RAW files that I have taken with these lenses using PureRAW, a requester opens in which I have to select which modules I want to use for the two lenses. Since there is of course no suitable module in the list provided, I select each time that no module should be used and then press the “Save” button. Unfortunately, PureRAW does not remember my selection and forces me to make a selection for the two unsupported lenses again the next time.
This behavior alone is annoying enough. But on top of that, the optical corrections are also deactivated during processing for photos for which optical modules are available. So I have no choice but to process the photos for which suitable modules are available separately from the photos for which there are no suitable modules.
And this is where another bug becomes apparent. When PureRAW is already processing a batch of images and I add more photos to the lightbox to put them in a new queue, PureRAW becomes so extremely sluggish that it barely responds. This makes it virtually impossible to work with. So I have to wait until the batch processing is finished before I can process more photos.
This is definitely not due to my hardware (Windows 11, 64GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 9 3900 12Core CPU, RTX3060 GPU, Two fast NVMe SSDs).

Although I am very satisfied with the image quality of PureRAW, I am annoyed that I bought it. In my opinion, the app is at best in an early beta stage and should not be offered for sale as buggy as it currently is.

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I didn’t see any option for XD2S (neither compressed nor uncompressed), only for DeepPRIME 3 and DeepPRIME XD3.

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I agree about the quality - fantastic considering the disk space saving.
Just all programs seem to have their quirks; DxO won’t open a file that is not in it’s profile list (even if you want it to) and Luminar hides certain tools if it doesn’t thing it a “real” raw file.

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Thanks bingobongo. Saving compressed as a preset does work. Opens with the last applied preset.

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XD2S is not offered on PR 6.. XD3 replaces it

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And even in the new Version 6, the unbearable pop-up window still appears at the end of every photo development. It’s unbelievable that it can’t be disabled and that multiple user feedback reports are consistently ignored. I’ll stick with the previous version…

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