RAW+JPEG thru DPP

I just shot my first photos in RAW+jpeg. I opened them up in DPP and began working on the RAW images. I liked what I saw. Lots more color and sharpness. My questions. Once the RAW image has the PP'ing, it is saved as tiff or jpeg?. Doesn't this process lose quality of the image? Once it is saved as jpeg, is the RAW image lost? Can the RAW image be taken to a camera store for processing as a color print? , or is it processed from jpeg? Any help along these lines would be very helpful.

Since you asked so many questions, I 'll just point you to Canon's video tutorials

http://www.usa.canon.c​om/content/dpp2/index.​html

Although DPP saves any modifcations you make, you can undo all of them and return to the original shot.

I haven't messed with trying to to export as TIFF, but the JPGs it outputs are pretty good.

OC Zoom wrote in post #3514604
Once the RAW image has the PP'ing, it is saved as tiff or jpeg?.

it is not the raw file which is saved as tiff or jpeg. The raw file remains a raw file and a new file is created after converting the raw file. The new file cab be tiff or jpeg, depends on what you want.

OC Zoom wrote in post #3514604
Doesn't this process lose quality of the image?

With tiff, there is no lost of quality. With jpeg there is lost in quality but depending on the level of compression you choose, this may be visible or invisible to the human eye. It's all a compromise between the amount of quality you are ready to loose and the file size you want. Better quality means bigger size file.

OC Zoom wrote in post #3514604
Once it is saved as jpeg, is the RAW image lost?

No.

OC Zoom wrote in post #3514604
Can the RAW image be taken to a camera store for processing as a color print?

I think, no (at least in France). However someone posted a news here few days ago : National geographics can do the raw conversion for you (at which price ? don't know). But I don't know if they make the prints also.

OC Zoom wrote in post #3514604
or is it processed from jpeg?

Generally, prints are made from jpeg (or tiff also sometimes).

Thanks everyone. All your info was helpful. The video tutorial is just what I needed, thanks dekalbsteel.

I might just have to put that link in my sig!

I used that link from you and loved it! You have one vote for putting it in your sig.

dekalbSTEEL wrote in post #3514696
Since you asked so many questions, I 'll just point you to Canon's video tutorials

http://www.usa.canon.c​om/content/dpp2/index.​html

It took me 90 minutes with the tech section at Dell Computers to get the quick time player installed in my computer so I could read that tutorial. Maybe I'll have some time tomorrow to actually read the tutorial. I hope it's worth it.
Thanks again dekalbsteel.

OC Zoom wrote in post #3515364
Thanks everyone. All your info was helpful. The video tutorial is just what I needed, thanks dekalbsteel.

For anyone else who comes across this thread in search of info about DPP I must concur.
PLEASE take the time to sit through the Canon online DPP tutorials. They are invaluable in learning how to use DPP and get excellent results in a short amount of time. You'll save yourself alot of time, bewilderment, anxiety, head scratching, despair, disappointment, pointless posts on this forum and anguish by investing some time and viewing ALL the online tutorials.

Also - the tutorials are easy to sit through.