Using DPP - Mistake?

As the topic is DPP, I'll post a link to Canon's DPP tutorials.......
http://usa.canon.com …ArticleAct&arti​cleID=1228

It seems with each revision Canon makes to DPP, there are subtle improvements to its functionality. If you haven't used it for a while, it may be better now than what you remember of it.

Software I seem to use most.....
- DPP
- PS Elements
- Faststone Image Resizer

My images are 99.9% perfect out of the camera, so I don't need PS or LR to fix problems that I didn't shoot right in the first place

Nice link, I haven't used DPP in ages, might just have to tinker and see what the importing difference is from the cards.

one nice thing I like is in dpp is you can quickly view files without downloading to any hard drive.

sue.t wrote in post #11312979
If you save the changes in the image file, is it a permanent change (destructive)?

One of the things I really like about DPP is that the changes can be unchanged at any time. I've gone back and re-adjusted the raw RAW shots from a year ago - with DPP this is possible.

Nothing done in LR is permanent. It never changes the original file. The option to put the changes in the picture file simply eliminates the XMP file by incorporating the data into the picture file.

I'd use DPP more if they would include a "rotate tool" like the one in Lightroom. To me, you can't beat Lightroom from rotating and cropping.

John E,

You've missed that very feature in the last two versions of DPP obviously. I like the way Canon have done it.

John E wrote in post #11317374
I'd use DPP more if they would include a "rotate tool" like the one in Lightroom. To me, you can't beat Lightroom from rotating and cropping.

DPP Trimming/Angle Adjustment Tool....
http://cdn.sellpoint.n​et …_Trimming_Angle​_Tool.html

Or, perhaps fancier still, with the DPP++ add-on.

http://digitol.free.fr​/doku.php?id=dpppp:scr​eenshot

Thanks guys! I must have missed this! It's been a while since I've used DPP.

I've been using DPP for about a year now. Have tried Arc Soft and Photoshop Elements and I personally thought they were difficult to use without having a manual/book on hand. For my purposes, DPP will do everything I will ever need and Canon does provide a free downloadable manual which helps greatly.

TopHatMoments wrote in post #11315187
PS didn't come online for windows users till sometime late 1992, so till then the 300D and the 1D, only had DPP.

1992? OK, I'll take your word for that. I first used it in '95 or so.

The 1D was introduced in 2001 and the 300D in 2003, nine and eleven years later.

Yep, yer right, my point DPP was in house and would open and work canon files, PS didn't get raw format capable till elements 4 or was it 5.
Still sometime before the 300d an 1D.

The early 90's were right as my divorce was galloping through court
After the final paperwork on that, me and JD worked side by side for years. Some of them still fuzzy.
I know I started out with windows 3, but none of it makes much since till win98. I still have bunch of shark drives I used on 95, I think

DPP is great because it can read Canon raw files with the correct picture styles. Other photo editing software may not even have your camera profile. So, your initial raw shots may look crappier than they are in DPP. I normally run my shots through DPP, doing general editing and importantly to crop the shots at the right aspect ratio suitable for printing. I then run the shots through CS5 for more localized editing such as color balancing, levels adjustment, cloning, and some color enhancement.