MyPC recently died on me and I have had to purchase a new machine.
I have reinstalled Canon DPP version 3.1 which came with my 40D.
I never ad any issues prior with this.
Now when I convert and save the option is not there to save as an 8 bit Tiff only an exit tiff 8 bit.
What does this mean? Sorry if I am being dumb here but where has the straight forward 8 bit option gone and what is the diffrerence with an exif tiff 8 bit?
I was converting and saving them as 16 bit tiff and editing in PS CS 2but it will not then let me save as JPEG, can PS 2 not handle 16 Bit files?
I just want my PC back to how it was.
I am not very computer literate at all so hope someone out there can help me.
I'm guessing not a lot of people who looked use DPP. Most people are not exactly enamored with its user interface. At least in the past. I once heard a rumor that it has improved.
As far as PS CS is concerned it handles 16 bit images just fine. The jpg standard only supports 8 bit files though so not a Adobe problem. I work in 16 bit a convert when necessary (web, off-site printing).
UA935 wrote:
What does this mean? Sorry if I am being dumb here but where has the straight forward 8 bit option gone and what is the diffrerence with an exif tiff 8 bit?
The only difference with an Exif-TIFF (which is, for good reasons, now the only 8-bit TIFF option) is that EXIF data for the image is preserved in the file DPP creates.
Same colors, same compatibility, same format. Just now it will hold onto any copyright and exposure information that exist in the file.
When it is time to process the file, either by File>>Convert and Save (command D) or File>>Batch (command B), that is when a dialog box appears that gives you your file type options (IE tif 8 or 16 bit, jpg, file dpi, embed profile option, etc).
I use DPP. I have a version that came with my 30D two years ago. I upgraded recently and immediately found I had lost the ability to make adjustments for several photos at once. I unloaded and reloaded the older version.
I use it to adjust exposure and white balance and maybe some sharpening, but not always. These are the things DPP has the most power to adjust. Anything beyond that I do in PS.
I have ver 3.4.1.1, and the process is to copy the recipe to the clipboard (under edit menu list), select other image(s), and paste the recipe to duplicate the adjustments.
Gunslinger wrote:
I use DPP. I have a version that came with my 30D two years ago. I upgraded recently and immediately found I had lost the ability to make adjustments for several photos at once. I unloaded and reloaded the older version.
I use it to adjust exposure and white balance and maybe some sharpening, but not always. These are the things DPP has the most power to adjust. Anything beyond that I do in PS.
To adjust several images: Select the group of photos and open the edit image window. edit any one of them with the changes you'll want to apply to all of the others. When done, use edit/copy recipe to clipboard to save the list of "edits" and then edit/past recipe to all images. At that point it will ask if you want to paste the recipe to all selected images. click yes. Then you are free to move on to make further edits individual images as required. When you get out of DPP or select another folder you'll be asked whether or not to save the changes.
