DxO PureRaw 6 Is Here

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DxO PureRAW 6 is here, and it is still very much focused on one specific job, cleaning up your RAW files before you bring them into Lightroom, Photoshop, or DxO PhotoLab. Rather than acting like a full editing suite, PureRAW sits at the very start of the workflow. It handles demosaicing, noise reduction, lens corrections, and sensor defect compensation first, so you are working with a technically optimised file before you start making creative decisions. DxO’s argument is that separating the technical cleanup from the artistic editing stage leads to more consistent and higher-quality results.

The headline feature in version 6 is DeepPrime XD3, the latest iteration of DxO’s AI-driven noise reduction and demosaicing engine. XD3 is designed to hold onto very fine detail while still aggressively reducing noise, and it now supports both X-Trans and Bayer sensors, which covers most modern digital cameras. DxO positions XD3 as the choice when maximum texture retention really matters, while the regular DeepPrime 3 mode remains available for faster, more general processing. There is also a new high-fidelity compressed DNG option, which can shrink output file sizes by up to four times compared to standard DNG files, without visible quality loss. The catch is that you have to start from an original RAW file, you cannot compress an already existing DNG.

PureRAW 6 also adds automated sensor dust removal during preprocessing, using machine learning to detect and remove spots before the file moves further down the workflow. Batch parallelisation is another practical addition, allowing multiple images to be processed at the same time instead of one after another. What is still not here is AI-based automatic masking, so local adjustments remain something you will handle in other software. PureRAW 6 is available for macOS and Windows at $139.99 for a new license, or $89.99 as an upgrade from versions 4 or 5.