DPP vs Photoshop CS

+evenstar · 18th January 2005

Was editing some RAW photos yesterday, when I realised that RAW images that are opened with DPP first then converted to JPEG are a lot sharper than images that are opened directly with Adobe Photoshop CS. Colour tone and saturation was also very much nicer..
Images were taken with 300D + 24-70 f2.8L, hence I found it weird that the images were very soft when opened with photoshop CS. Thus I tried out using DPP to convert to JPEG and editing with photoshop, and the results were so much better...

Is this normal? Anyone else has same experience?

loupgarou · 18th January 2005

whatever dpp does, photoshop can do, just have to incorporate whatever saturation settings, sharpening settings that are required.

kahheng · 18th January 2005

Originally Posted by +evenstar

Was editing some RAW photos yesterday, when I realised that RAW images that are opened with DPP first then converted to JPEG are a lot sharper than images that are opened directly with Adobe Photoshop CS. Colour tone and saturation was also very much nicer..
Images were taken with 300D + 24-70 f2.8L, hence I found it weird that the images were very soft when opened with photoshop CS. Thus I tried out using DPP to convert to JPEG and editing with photoshop, and the results were so much better...

Is this normal? Anyone else has same experience?

I have no experience with 300D raw conversion using DPP but with a 1Ds, my findings are the opposite. DPP is however my tool of choice for quick browsing. It's much faster than CS for this purpose.

singscott · 18th January 2005

I personal view canon raw process in Capture One V3.6 seem to be very good in all department.

+evenstar · 18th January 2005

Originally Posted by loupgarou

whatever dpp does, photoshop can do, just have to incorporate whatever saturation settings, sharpening settings that are required.

So in Photoshop Camera Raw Window, I have to turn up the sharpness setting to maximum for every photo when processing?

user111 · 19th January 2005

not much difference i observed. but dpp is more for quick and easy due to the simpler interface

plinius · 19th January 2005

erm....pardon my ignorance...what is DPP?

thanks

Cheers

EternitY · 19th January 2005

Originally Posted by plinius

erm....pardon my ignorance...what is DPP?

thanks

Cheers

Digital Photo Professional is the software that is bundled along with Canon DSLR.

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+evenstar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 5,453	DPP vs Photoshop CS Was editing some RAW photos yesterday, when I realised that RAW images that are opened with DPP first then converted to JPEG are a lot sharper than images that are opened directly with Adobe Photoshop CS. Colour tone and saturation was also very much nicer.. Images were taken with 300D + 24-70 f2.8L, hence I found it weird that the images were very soft when opened with photoshop CS. Thus I tried out using DPP to convert to JPEG and editing with photoshop, and the results were so much better... Is this normal? Anyone else has same experience? __________________ the SEARCH FUNCTION is there for a reason. USE IT!

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loupgarou Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,794	whatever dpp does, photoshop can do, just have to incorporate whatever saturation settings, sharpening settings that are required.

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singscott Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: www.whltelightphotographer.com Posts: 1,659	I personal view canon raw process in Capture One V3.6 seem to be very good in all department.

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user111 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 4,719	not much difference i observed. but dpp is more for quick and easy due to the simpler interface

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plinius Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Singapore Posts: 670	erm....pardon my ignorance...what is DPP? thanks Cheers