Can in DPP??
tomnovy
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Good morning (the London time),
I have been using many RAW conversion programs: aperture, lightrom, capture one etc. I made tests and no matter what I do - canon free dpp software is much much better - noise reduction, sharpness, colours etc.
What do you guys and ladies think about Canon DPP???
Thank you for the answer in advance!
I have been using many RAW conversion programs: aperture, lightrom, capture one etc. I made tests and no matter what I do - canon free dpp software is much much better - noise reduction, sharpness, colours etc.
What do you guys and ladies think about Canon DPP???
Thank you for the answer in advance!
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Feel free to post some examples of images that demonstrate the superiority you see with DPP, versus the current versions of images done via Photoshop CS5 with ACR 6.+, Lightroom3, or Aperture3. You have some nice work on your website.
What I do know, is that because 99+% of the folks whose work I do admire, use either Lightroom3, or Photoshop CS4 or CS5, or Aperture almost exclusively, I have chosen to follow their guidance.
I will admit that I have never tried to make comparable images via both workflows.
I will be interested in seeing your examples.
If you can post the RAW files via Dropbox, or an iDisk, so other folks can see them and try them as well, that would be even better.
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Thank you for the post. I shall prepare a post for that.
OK, now Camera Raw in PS or in Lightroom is way more robust of course, but for most purposes, I find I don't need to open PS at all unless I require advanced corrections such as layers, keystoning or spot removal (which it can do a much much better job at).
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
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I have prepared small article on my blog about Canon DPP - have a look: http://tomnovy.co.uk/blog/reviews/canon-raw-conversion/
Tom, have you updated your copy from the one on the CD?
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take" - Wayne Gretzky
Thanks for posting the pic and the link to your blog. The pic looks fine, but the question in my mind is, compared to what? I realize that it's hard to do PP comparisons--the default settings don't tell you much and the skill of the user may be even more important than the quality of the software. I guess I'll just have to do a few experiments myself and see. I'm glad you brought this up, though, as it's really tempting for lazy people like me to just keep on doing whatever I have been doing.
I have a 24 x 36 in print from a 1DsMkii, shot in Antelope Canyon, MLU, tripod, cable release, prime lens, that is grainless, sharp, and you can see the individual grains of sand falling in the lightbeam. It is only 5 Mb full size, up on smugmug, and was processed in ACR and PS in 2006. There have been dramatic improvements in the camera profiles and Raw engines in LR3 and ACR 6.3.
Which versions of LR and PS are you finding at a disadvantage to DPP?
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The post says:
You can download Canon profiles for LR. I can't say how good they are, because after a lot of playing around, I decided that the Adobe Standard profile is a better starting point for almost all of my images.
If someone knows of a point-by-point comparison of LR3 and DPP, it would be great to have it posted. I have been using LR for several years but might switch if I knew DPP had enough advantages and few enough disadvantages.
Tom, I was hoping to expand this discussion in a format suitable for Graduate School, like John Bongiovanni and I did here - http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=184730
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Your original post made a strong claim: I think people would be interested in seeing some supporting evidence. I made a single test comparison between DPP and ACR and did not see a significant difference in IQ, but I wouldn't call that conclusive.
I have reread this entire thread and I don't think anyone has been rude.