When you take a picture, the image that's produced by your camera is flawed. No matter how good or expensive your setup is, the physical elements of the lens and camera do not translate light onto your sensor perfectly, and your sensor does not always interpret data in a way that accurately matches the scene in front of you. No matter how much money you spend, you will always have some amount of optical issues, chromatic aberration, noise, and demosaicing. However, you don't have to accept imperfect raw files. In fact, you can address most of those issues before you ever start editing your files with DxO's PureRAW 4.

The truth is that most raw processing software already has some level of optical correction built in. Whether you use Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One, the NIK Collection, or something else entirely, you can usually fix optical issues to some degree. Unfortunately, not all software is created equally, and many of the most commonly used editing tools fall short when it comes to their fixes. DxO has lab tested thousands of lens and camera combinations and has created PureRAW 4 to be the best software on the market to correct optical issues. Throughout this tutorial, Mark Wallace will teach you how to use this software to its fullest potential. The best part is you won't have to change your normal editing process, as PureRAW 4 fits seamlessly alongside the workflow of any software you're already using.