Best post processing program for 7d

What would be the best post processing program to purchase for working with a 7d? I currently have Elements 6 and I am looking at Elements 10. I have also heard good things about Lightroom. I want a program that will make sharpening a pretty easy task. Thanks in advance.

Well, both are good programs. For a "one size fits all", though, I'd suggest Elements, because it will do "everything". Lightroon will do "most of everything" very efficiently, but I'd suggest taking your time to read up on things regarding Lightroom before jumping into things. In the meantime, play with all the toys in Elements!

Have you tried working with Canon's Digital Pro Professional? The current version is 3.11.1 and it works really well!

Since you are already familiar with Elements 6, the upgrade to Elements 10 is very reasonably priced. And you should pull down the trial download of Lightroom 3.6 to give it a try.

It can't hurt to look at the freebie software too - Darktable (if you can run it) and even GIMP should allow some simple editing. I wouldn't shell out for Adobe software unless I was using the things that it's worth paying for (I've already made that mistake).

stlouis_26 wrote in post #13659829
What would be the best post processing program to purchase for working with a 7d? I currently have Elements 6 and I am looking at Elements 10. I have also heard good things about Lightroom. I want a program that will make sharpening a pretty easy task. Thanks in advance.

If you shoot RAW, then the Canon's Digital Photo Professional that has already been mentioned is a very good tool.

Thanks to all for the responses. I am trying to get into dpp but I am having trouble finding any books on dpp processing. I have it downloaded but finding good information on how to use it has been a problem. Right now I am leaning toward Elements 10 and will continue to look for more info on dpp. I am just starting to transition into raw processing. I plan on spending Saturday shooting everything in raw + jpeg.

This link may help you move along.

https://www.google.com …0b3fe853&biw=14​15&bih=835

Here's a link to DPP Threads, plenty of valuable info:

https://photography-on-the.net …p?p=13146400#po​st13146400

As was mentioned, DPP can be invaluable if shooting Raw, but for someone new to photography and/or post-processing I still recommend Elements.

stlouis_26 wrote in post #13659829
What would be the best post processing program to purchase for working with a 7d? I currently have Elements 6 and I am looking at Elements 10. I have also heard good things about Lightroom. I want a program that will make sharpening a pretty easy task. Thanks in advance.

No program makes sharpening easy. Good sharpening requires judgement and a bit of creativity. Like all the rest of photography, I guess.

DxO does a great job, but it's soooo sllooowww I couldn't use it for high volume work. The results are really nice though.

It could just be me, but I swear CS5 does a much better job of dealing with noise than Elements does.

I was initially underwhelmed by the 7D's noise at high ISO, but then I upgraded to CS5 and now I'm more than happy.

Thanks again to all. I will check out the links and try to get rolling with all of this. I actually have CS4 on a laptop but I have not done much with it. I guess I need to take more time with it as well. I am located where there is very little in the way of places to go to get any kind of workshops on processing so it is pretty much learn as you go. I am off to do a sunrise right now.

Steve of Cornubia wrote in post #13662012
It could just be me, but I swear CS5 does a much better job of dealing with noise than Elements does.

I was initially underwhelmed by the 7D's noise at high ISO, but then I upgraded to CS5 and now I'm more than happy.

If the difference is a version of ACR 5.7 or older vs. ACR 6.x, then yes, the NR is much improved.
Otherwise, there should be no difference.

Thanks this is helpful.

tim wrote in post #13661937
DxO does a great job, but it's soooo sllooowww I couldn't use it for high volume work. The results are really nice though.

I second that, probably one of the best set of camera-lens specific corrections, pretty good NR, but sloooowww (new version does utilize openCL and GPU acceleration for some improvement in speed c/w prior)