Do you use DPP

[400dabuser]

To edit your photos at first, before you use photoshop to either add things or polish your photos?

I have been using DPP as my RAW editor for the last two to three weeks, and I have seen the improvement over the photoshop elements RAW editor

[RikWriter]

I just use it as a RAW converter. Once the photos are saved as TIFFs, I PP them in CS.

[nphsbuckeye]

I can't remember the last time I used DPP.

[snyderman]

I use DPP. Probably because like you, I'm new to both DSLR and post-processing work. And to echo your comments, my shots look better for using it.

dave

[René Damkot]

I mostly use LR for the workflow, but sometimes prefer DPP for quality.

[breal101]

I use ACR mostly but I do think that DPP is better from a quality standpoint, it's a little on the slow side compared to ACR.

[gjl711]

I switch between them depending on how I'm feeling at the moment. I have not really noticed a big difference between the final products delivered from each though DPP does have different defaults.

[NigelD]

I use DPP for RAW conversion then CS3.

[400dabuser]

I can't remember the last time I used DPP.


So what do you use as a RAW Editor?

[Roy Mathers]

I don't think I have ever used DPP. I use LR2 for almost everything.

[S.Horton]

I mostly use LR for the workflow, but sometimes prefer DPP for quality.

When are you selecting DPP over ACR, and why?

@OP - I use DPP on vacation only, when all I have is a laptop. Otherwise, all CS3/ACR.

[Karl Johnston]

I love DPP, I've used photoshop with its ACR and lightroom and I honestly like to say that DPP is a lot faster, a lot more precise and handles workflow a thousand times smoother for me.

[nphsbuckeye]

So what do you use as a RAW Editor?
ACR. Although DPP may be better for colors, it's one more step in addition to having far, far fewer options than PS.

[400dabuser]

Is ACR part of the photoshop package???

[Tunneruk]

I've only ever used DPP once, Just to see what it was like, Straight back to CS4 I went!

[nphsbuckeye]

Is ACR part of the photoshop package???
Yes. If you open a raw file, Photoshop open the plug-in ARC in which you can do many, many manipulations before you open Photoshop proper.

[The Moose]

I don't think I have ever used DPP. I use LR2 for almost everything.

This. I can't see myself bothering to try DPP out either because I'm more than happy with LR2.

[René Damkot]

When are you selecting DPP over ACR, and why?


If an image needs to go into PS anyway, I don't usually bother with LR.
My main reason to move to LR was the reason that I can skip PS mostly (for Performing Arts shots), and the edits are saved in a .DNG of about 10Mb rather then a .psd file of about 100Mb. Saves 90Mb per edited image, and with hundreds of images, that adds up rather quickly ;)

However, there is that occasional image that I cannot get right in LR2 no matter what, but can get right in DPP / PS.

Also, I prefer DPP / PS for sharpening and NR on high ISO images, so if an image is to be printed large, I usually use DPP / PS, or (if the image was edited already in LR) LR without sharpening and sharpen in PS.

[TweakMDS]

For me, DPP beats ACR at CA removal (sorry for all the abbreviations...)

For most other things, I prefer Photoshop/ACR. I'll be trying to convert my workflow to lightroom soon though, it seems more aimed at what I do in post processing than photoshop, which of course has a huge graphics design overhead.

[gh patriot]

I use DPP all the time. It fast, easy and free. I also use Gimp and Picasa to do local adjustments.

[birdfromboat]

I started with dpp, and still use zoombrowser. all work is done in cs4 now, with bridge doing the file opening and searching, but my laptop has dpp and zoombrowser on it, and I use it to set up quick slideshows for people that want to see the pics quickly. great for that, and dpp has the color correction 'wheel' for quick color corrections of raw files. beyond familiarity, speed , and size on the drive, they offer no advantages to me.

[jesshen]

I recently went to a 50D, do I understand correctly that my Photoshop Elements 3 (or any Photoshop?) will not support the 50D RAW files (for example sRAW1, sRAW2) and so I have to use DPP first, then convert to something that Photoshop will take?

Thanks,
Jessica

[Colorblinded]

I've tried DPP in the past but didn't like it a whole lot, I can't see using it now since I much prefer Capture 1 both in operation and results to ACR.

I haven't even had DPP installed on a computer in quite a while.

[Sparky98]

I have DPP, Zoombrowser, and Elements 5 on my computer and find that I am using DPP almost exclusively now. I rarely do much more than make simple adjustments - contrast, brightness, sharpening, etc - and I can do most of them in DPP. I have found though that if I make adjustments in DPP and then open the file in Elements the picture looks oversharpened in Elements but not in Zoombrowser. Since I don't do a lot of work on my pictures I find that DPP is usually quick and easy and it does a good job for me.

[400dabuser]

Yes. If you open a raw file, Photoshop open the plug-in ARC in which you can do many, many manipulations before you open Photoshop proper.


OK, thanks for clearing that up

[400dabuser]

I have DPP, Zoombrowser, and Elements 5 on my computer and find that I am using DPP almost exclusively now. I rarely do much more than make simple adjustments - contrast, brightness, sharpening, etc - and I can do most of them in DPP. I have found though that if I make adjustments in DPP and then open the file in Elements the picture looks oversharpened in Elements but not in Zoombrowser. Since I don't do a lot of work on my pictures I find that DPP is usually quick and easy and it does a good job for me.


I can't stand Zoombrowser, keep leaving those .info files on the hard drive in each folder

[randomlinh]

nope. haven't installed it in years. LR2/ACR for me. Workflow is ever so important to me. But, DPP can tell me focus point, right? I've been meaning to try that out. There are times where I'd like to check that.

[deci]

Only if I need to do a quick and dirty conversion or if I can't be bothered to switch the 'pooter with Photoshop installed on. But I never use DPP for stuff I want to keep, even though it is good enough, I just like all the extras you get with ACR and PS, like adjusting the angle of a crop slightly (you may be be able to do that in DPP, but I've never found it).