Hello, I see few topics in this forum with similar “issues” like this one. And a lot of misunderstandings about RAW images and lens.
And I will try to bring some light here.
Image with light geometric distortion and vignetting is not broken or bad converted image! This is exact RAW image as it is! Nothing wrong here! Just show real distortion of Wide/Ultra Wide lens. Almost all WA/UWA lens have them. And almost all lenses have vignetting to some extent. Some very small some like in your case very noticeable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion_(optics)
The correct jpg image is highly corrected in camera image! With geometric and light/colors/WB and many other things already baked in the camera!!!!
Are there any issues with PD and image conversion? Absolutely NO! This is exact RAW image and it should be like this
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Are there options to get better image from the start in PD? Of course if Cyberlink create profile for every possible camera/lens. We will start with better corrected image at least without geometric distortion.
Why we have better images in other software like Lightroom, Capture 1 and so on?
Because this brands have made profiles for all this mentioned settings and apply them by default. So you get some better looking image with less effort. But you pay more money for the effort these companies made to get working profiles for every possible lens out there.
This is why all these companies have long lists with supported lenses and cameras.
What we can do when we could not find profile for our camera and/or lens?
We need to apply all wanted corrections by hand. And PD provides all needed tools and instruments. You have geometric corrections and you have vignetting corrections for lens corrections and many others.
Also you have all kinds of color/light/WB/Noise reduction and so on.
But this is the idea of RAW image - having all the freedom not to use default image adjustments but to make your adjustments!
And yes, many times you will start with very bad looking RAW file compared to jpg. But if you need RAW that looks exactly as jpg why do you use RAW in the first place?
Seems like most people expect to see RAW files looking like jpgs. And when they see real RAW files they are stunned
. And then start looking for problems in the software. But there is no problems in the software. There could be just missing profiles. But did you check for your camera/lens support prior getting the software?
So you can really ask for camera/lens profile but could not look for issue and software fix. If cyberlink made written statement they will support your camera and lens this is different story. Then you can ask them why these profiles does not work. But if your exact camera and lens are not listed as supported you need to do all corrections by hand. Use similar profiles from similar lens for example. Or another option is to find software that will provide you all needed lens and camera profiles.
I hope this explanations will be in help to many people and set their expectations so they will not be disappointed when they see REAL RAW images.
PS:
As advised from PIX in other topic:
https://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/79674.page
"Checking the installed program folders for each version confirms this. In C:\Program Files\CyberLink\PhotoDirector10\PhotoDirector presets the contents of the CameraProfile & LensProfilefolders, & all sub-folders, are identical in every respect. The same profiles are available on DZ, irrespective of the version used."
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