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Automated optical corrections dedicated to your lenses

DxO Optics Pro automatically applies sophisticated optical corrections to your images, whether JPEG or RAW. The software is based on our exclusive DxO Optics Correction Modules created in our laboratories after meticulous and in-depth analysis of each combination of camera and lens type. Thanks to these corrections, you can automatically obtain photographs with no optical faults.

Lens distortion correction

DxO Optics Pro automatically corrects all types of lens distortion by taking into account such signification factors as the focal point and focusing distance. The focal range covered is extremely large, from ultra-wide-angle lenses, fish-eyes, and optics kits all the way to super-zooms. In all, DxO Optics Pro covers more than 2000 lens-camera combinations. Even extreme and highly complex distortions (such as fish-eye, for example) are corrected. Naturally, advanced control options are available when you need them.

Use DxO Optics Pro to correct:

Barrel distortion
Pincushion distortion
Complex distortion
Circular fisheye distortion

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Photo: Cyrille de la Chesnay

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In case your particular combination of camera back and lens is not supported by DxO Optics Pro, you can nevertheless make manual corrections that will eliminate most if not all of the distortions present in your image.

Vignetting (or edge fall-off) correction

Vignetting - sometimes referred to as edge or corner fall-off - is at the core an optical phenomena which results in a loss of light or a darkening in the corners of the image. DxO Optics Pro is able to automatically correct this issue with a high degree of behind-the-scenes sophistication. Of course, the correction can be controlled or even switched off if the vignetting is part of the photographic intent.

DxO Optics Pro's vignetting correction:

Automatically eliminates vignetting taking into account all relevant factors (type of lens, aperture, focal length, etc...)
Takes into account the specific issues linked to digital photography such as the in-camera tone-curve
Ensures that the correction does not result in over-exposure (clipped highlights)
Performs correction without color shifts and with strict noise control

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Photo: David Lamouller

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Color fringing correction

Color fringes, particularly noticeable at the edges of high-contrast photos, are is principally caused by lateral chromatic aberrations, where the lens — like a prism — splits the visible light into its different color components. DxO Optics Pro analyzes each image and automatically detects and corrects these fringes or irisations, thanks to its precise characterization of the fault based on the specific lens-camera combination that you use.

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Lens softness correction

Lenses tend to introduce a certain level of softness in images; it isusually more pronounced on the edges of the photo than on the center. DxO Optics Pro automatically improves the sharpness of images, based on the DxO Optics Corrections Modules containing all the performance data of your particular camera and lens.

All relevant parameters are used to produce the best results (aperture, location in the image, ISO, etc...). With DxO Optics Pro, you'll start using your lenses in a different way and see sharpness in a new light.

With DxO Optics Pro's lens softness correction you will:

Regain lost details
Harmonize sharpness from center to edge and from one image to the next
Add micro contrast for more pop!
Add sharpness based on a level determined by you

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Photo: Cyrille de la Chesnay

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Volume anamorphosis correction

This correction is better understood with a few pictures and with an analogy. We can think of volume (i.e. 3D) anamorphic distortion as the photographic equivalent of the problem that mapmakers have when trying to represent our 3D planet on a two dimensional sheet of paper. Mapmakers know that it is impossible to conserve all the properties of the earth's features (surface, distances, etc...) on a flat surface. Mapmakers choose the best trade-off for the objective they are trying to achieve. The same applies in photography – 3D objects (people, faces, or columns, for example) can appear distorted when projected on the camera's sensor.
People appearance at the edge of a group, architectural shots or crowd close-ups can be vastly improved with DxO Optics Pro's unique feature. Simply choose the type of shape suffering from distortion (cylindrical, such as people in a group shot, or spherical, such as for heads in a news shot) and let DxO Optics Pro do the rest. The results are remarkable!

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Photo: Jean Luc Dubin

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Keystoning/horizon correction

Keystoning is also referred to as vertical and horizontal linear perspective correction. Unlike the corrections described above, the keystoning and horizon corrections are not based on DxO Optics Correction Modules and have to be manually set by the user. With this feature of DxO Optics Pro, all of your lenses in effect become ‘shift’ lenses, greatly widening your photographic possibilities!
Horizon correction is an easy-to-use image rotation tool.

Use DxO Optics Pro to correct:

The distorted perspective which sometimes appears in architecture photos
A slightly sloping horizon

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Photo: Guillaume Gaiotti

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