DPP

Hi I have always used Lightroom as my photo editing software however it is version 4 and forces me to convert to DNG elsewhere first. I am shooting with the7D MarkII and a 5DIV.

I have been wanting to try using DPP instead however Im not really familiar with the workflow and tool options. Is there a dedicated site for DPP for learning all the in's and outs? Video tutorials? Or am I limited to the disc that came with my camera?

Check these links. The last one also has an embedded link to 5 YouTube videos done by Canon which you may wish to watch. Also, the latest and greatest is 4.x something and which version you use is somewhat OS dependent. For instance I still carry a Win XP laptop in the field and it uses DPP 3.x but my "main" PC is a Win 7 64 bit which can use DPP 4.x. If you let us know what you are using you might get improved advice.

http://cpn.canon-europe.com …re/dpp_video_tu​torials.do

http://learn.usa.canon​.com …ials/dpp4_tutor​ials.shtml

http://www.canonwatch.​com …ofessional-dpp-tutorials/

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

I am editing using an iMac

jlstan wrote in post #18444318
I am editing using an iMac

I don't think it makes a difference. I haven't used the latest DPP on a mac but at least for the older versions it was no different.

DPP 4.x covers 10.5 (Leopard) to 10.12 (Sierra) and although it may not make a difference it will be good to know what you have. You might also look for the "solutions" disk that came with your camera and install what is on the disk. Then do the download of the latest and greatest and do an upgrade. If you have issues let us know. They are generally easy to fix, especially if you have the Solutions disk.

Any reason that purchase of the upgrade (or full version) of LR6 (standalone purchase, not the CC version monthly subscription) is not considered?

No real reason other then I've never used Photoshop. The only editing I've ever done has been with Lightroom 4.

Here is a guide to DPP V4.0, I believe 3.x is a separate guide.

https://www.eostrainin​gacademy.co.uk …-professional-version-4-0

You can download a sample to try before you buy.

Cheers

Dennis

Thank you so much for all the helpful info..

jlstan wrote in post #18444379
No real reason other then I've never used Photoshop. The only editing I've ever done has been with Lightroom 4.

Yeah, and neither have I used Photoshop (except for Photoshop LE). Using LR5.7 and LR6 are not 'the same as' using Photoshop CC (and LR CC)

One issue you may have with DPP is that if you have been shooting for a while your older cameras may not be supported by DPP4 so you may need both version 3 and 4.

If you make much use of the Lr DAM features for managing your images, as well as the develop module for processing them, DPP will be no match for Lr. Personally with large numbers of images from camera's that are not supported in DPP4, and a mostly RAW only workflow in Lr, where I only create output files as needed having to use multiple versions of DPP would be a non starter. I moved to Lr from a Bridge/ACR/Ps workflow because of the number of RAW/PSD/JPEG files I was having to juggle and try to keep up to date.

If I were in a position where I had to deal with new cameras that were not supported in my version of Lr I would go with the DNG conversion option. I would keep a copy of the CR2 (or other file type) in my backup archive, but I would just work locally with the DNG's.

I had to move to CC last year, my new computer came with a 5K monitor, and you need CC to properly support that screen resolution. If I were in the position of needing new camera support only I would like Wilt have gone for Lr6.

I'm pretty sure that while Adobe continue to use Process Version 2012 they will carry on releasing camera updates for Lr6 without exposing the new tools in the interface. They do something very similar between Ps and Ps Elements (for current versions), where they limit access to certain tools in the Elements version of ACR, while the PV2012 engine is identical in both. If you process an image in the full version, or add the instructions to the xmp file by hand, the Elements ACR will run the conversion without any issues.

Although currently you are doing the conversion to DNG manually it should be very easy to make a script that will automatically do this for you. This should actually be easier on OSX than with windows, since OSX is based on the BSD Unix clone.

Alan