mantra wrote in post #13788495
ACR is the photoshop camera raw plugin , you can find in cs2,cs3,cs4 and cs5 , don't know about cs
so when you open a raw file in photoshop ,it loads the plugin (acr)
in lightroom is the base of develop module ,
i guess dpp or capture one are the best converters
sadly no
acr has more features
cheers
Lightroom 3 and CS5 share the same "Raw processor", known in Photoshop as Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and they have the same tools and Raw "development" capabilities, which are quite extensive.
DPP is the Canon Raw processor and is designed to "play well" with Canon Raw files, in that it uses the Picture Styles and other in-camera settings when rendering the preview and give you a nice "starting point" for your Raw processing and it also has a decent set of tools to go beyond what an out-of-camera jpeg would be if you want to take full advantage of its capabilities.
For DPP, Lightroom and Camera Raw, the end result is an output image in a file format that other software can "read" -- DPP puts out tiff or jpeg image files. It doesn't "share" its Raw processes with non-Canon software, so an app like Photoshop or Lightroom (or other apps) have to have a converted jpeg or tiff from DPP before they can "work with" an image processed in DPP.
Likewise, DPP can't "see" Raw processing done via Lightroom/ACR in a CR2 file. Again, the image must be exported/converted to a jpeg or tiff before DPP can deal with the "developed" image.
Lightroom and Photoshop ACR can "share" Raw processing, though, using a couple different approaches. This can be useful for some things, although typically if you want to open an image in Photoshop from Lightroom you would use the "Edit in Photoshop" approach. You can even open images as Smart Objects, or multible images for "Blending" in Photoshop (these are advances made after the first version(s) of LR1.
And then, Lightroom is a "big" app that is designed to manage your image library. Some people love it, some don't. Don't jump into Lightroom until your understand what it's "about" and really want it!
As to other Raw processors, yes they are out there. If you're a Mac user then Aperture has a very good rep, otherwise you can look at the various ones available.
If you are new to Raw processing, my advice is to get the most out of DPP that you can, if you have Photoshop or Elements, well, those are great image editors, then take your time to explore and learn about the various apps that can give you "more" than, say, DPP.
