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p.2 #1DxO Pure Raw Version 6
guywithgas wrote:
ruthenium wrote
gchappel wroteI do not understand why photolab 9 removed the export as dng with corrections. It worked really well- I could import the dxo dng file into adobe camera raw- and still use the super resolution action. My color corrections just worked.
Now with the new improved version of dxo---- if I want to keep any corrections (and I found dxo masking worked really well with my images), I have to export it as a tiff.
I lose some of the flexability in camera raw with the tiff files.
Some how this is progress?
No reason I see to remove capabilities and still charge more for upgrades.
Sad I am
gary
Gary, one reason for this change might be that on March 24, 2026, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) officially published ISO 12234-4, formally establishing the Digital Negative (DNG) format as the global standard for RAW image storage.
This makes me think that DxO might have removed the DNG "with correction" because, from now on, DNG files should confirm to the new standard.
I have used Photolab for a good number of years, and in my experience the product has significantly improved over the time. Features like denoising, masking, linear curve are excellent-to-outstanding.
My only reason to complain is about the four sliders that control highlights, midtones, shadows, and black. I wish DxO reworked this tool to make it more selective. In general, I feel that DxO deserve my support; it is good to have a healthy competition with Adobe and Capture One - I am willing to give them my money, unlike some other companies.
@ruthenium@@ , thanks for the information about DNG being made as a standard RAW format. That makes a lot of sense now. However, as an end user I really would like to have the "download as DNG with corrections" option. I guess we can't have everything in life. Any idea when this option is going off of Photo Lab? PL 9 (Elite version) still offer this.
Sreedhar.


My understanding is that this feature was removed with the update on March 17 to version 9.6 (the latest is now 9.7).
You may have an earlier version if the option of exporting DNG with corrections is still there.
Apr 09, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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p.2 #2DxO Pure Raw Version 6
Does anyone participate in the DXO forums? There might be additional info there.

EBH
Apr 09, 2026 at 08:07 PM
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p.2 #3DxO Pure Raw Version 6
gchappel wrote:
Gary, are you sure you "can not use the acr superresolution technique" on a tiff?

At least on my win11 system, acr superresolution is not available on a tiff file.
I do use gigapixel- and it works well. The adobe super resolution model is just easier and fits into my workflow seamlessly and quicker. Not a big deal, but I hate to change my workflow for no real reason
gary


Is it possible your tiffs are 16 bit vs 8?

I just recently realized that a ton of my old tiff files are unreadable in my favorite fast file viewer, and I think it might be because they were all 16 bit color per channel. Just a thought. In my case it explains why some tiffs open and others do not.
Apr 09, 2026 at 09:22 PM
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p.2 #4DxO Pure Raw Version 6
16-bit TIFs have been around for decades. I'd be really surprised what software cannot see it. FastStone, Irfanview, etc. are free and can view simple 16-bit TIFs. Maybe if they have some layers or extar complxity there could be limitations.
Whether the software can upres is a different issue.

EBH
Apr 09, 2026 at 09:47 PM
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Is it possible your tiffs are 16 bit vs 8?



The "new" dxo export does not let you select an 8 or 16 bit depth. The only dng choice is no compression and high-fidelity compression. I suspect they are 16 bit.

Again, I am surprised that they removed dng with all their corrections because dng is now a "standard" file, yet they can use a proprietary compression.

gary
Apr 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM


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