DPP: raw ---> jpeg

Hi,

I need help.

Please let me know what I'm doing wrong. I already searched forum for answers. Found couple topics but it did not help me.

I'm shooting in RAW. Then using DPP deliver'd with my XTI I correct sharpness, a little bit contract and etc. Pictures looks great to me. They are sharp. So I process the batch and export them into jpeg's (I even tried tiff 16-bit no compression), high quality and the sharpness is gone.

Colors and everything looks ok (sRGB). I compared original raw with converted jpeg and there is noticable diffrence between them. Converted images are just not sharp.

I tried to convert same pictures in CS3 and same story.

Compare at 100% view for sharpness.

I did and yes there is a difference.

What is the problem? Is it dpp?

I even start playing with converted jpeg. I tried to sharpen the image but nothing change. I slide the bar up to 100 and the picture looks still soft.

What is the deference between the final printed product? If you print a RAW file directly and then the same image from a JPG is the softness evident?

If they are the same final quality, I am thinking that it might be a function of the program you are viewing the files in, and not the files themselves.

Rad

niebyl2002 wrote in post #3358165
I compared original raw with converted jpeg and there is noticable diffrence between them. Converted images are just not sharp.

I tried to convert same pictures in CS3 and same story.

So are the RAWs sharper than the jpgs?
What are you using to view the comparison with? Zoombrowser? Picasa? Windows fax viewer? CS3?

I once posted a screenshot here about some differences between DPP and PSCS2.
Sharpness wasn't one of the differences...
Here is another one...

What version of DPP?
What settings in the prefs?

Post a screenshot...

How compressed are your JPEGs?