I am an avid Mac user and use Aperture 2.0 extensively.
Recently I ran Cannon's Digital Photo Professional to look at some raw files and noticed that all images looked way better than in in my beloved Aperture
Both are set on RGB 1998 color space. But the images in the Canon software are all much sharper and look better.
Perhaps the default conversion settings were different. DPP pays attention to the profile that you used whereas most or all other software does not. The profile can make a difference to the way an image looks.
Also make sure the programs are using the colour management properly and that yor monitor has been calibrated and profiled. that won't affect sharpness but it affects other aspects of image appearance.
hi Rogier,
Rogier you are right, i have noticed that clearly. i exported from aperture and converted from DPP and you can see clear difference in details. and you can see it more clearly when you zoom in using preview the huge difference. even when i process i added more sharpness and color you still see the huge difference, i keep convincing my self that they look the same but there is a big difference in details. because for me if i do all my processing in one software (aperture) that would make my life much simpler, but unfortunately life isnt simple lol. this is why i keep all my raw in external hard drive to keep DPP editing info in the same location. and if i want the raw again i just convert again from DPP,and dont have to do all the processing again, and only keep the Jpg in Aperture.
good luck.
Yup, DPP is extremely hard to beat. I just wish Canon would:
* open-source the algorithms so that companies like Adobe, Apple, and others could implement it in their awesome RAW software, or
* provide at least full screen browsing of photos, searching and filtering of files (like Adobe Bridge) or for goodness sake, at least incorporate one-key shortcuts to daily used functions like rating, moving to the next/previous photo
I suggest a small petition that at least some minimal improvements are implemented. Even customizable keyboard shortcuts would just make my day. And a full screen preview of photos, is it so much? Now we have to see those ugly white scrolling bars on the right and bottom all the time.
menyhart wrote:
Yup, DPP is extremely hard to beat. I just wish Canon would:
* open-source the algorithms so that companies like Adobe, Apple, and others could implement it in their awesome RAW software, or
* provide at least full screen browsing of photos, searching and filtering of files (like Adobe Bridge) or for goodness sake, at least incorporate one-key shortcuts to daily used functions like rating, moving to the next/previous photo
+1 on those. DPP / Raw Image Task give much better colour rendition and lower noise than any other raw converter i've tried, but the interface and usability is just not good enough.
Lightroom with the canon raw converter running as a plugin would be great. Its a shame they don't do that. At least the new Camera Raw/Lightroom profiles are pretty good for my 350D.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Canon's DPP, currently at ver. 3.5.1 supplies the highest quality output when a combination of
* sharpness
* noise
* color
is examined. Since the three above are about the most important qualities *) to look at from the point of what technology offers (rest is up to the person behind the camera) it [DPP] is an important and much overlooked tool. Even if Canon were to charge a few hundreds for their software and improve its usability people would flock to it and I myself would be the first to buy a copy.
*) Fuji Velvia had those three and that's why we used it.
