I realize most who see this have no interest in ancients and/or coin photography and/or Canon cameras but just in case: Any owner of better Canon brand DSLR's may want to download the new DPP4 (Digital Photo Professional version 4) free software for processing RAW files. You got the old software on the disk that came with your camera and can download the new version free (as opposed to other brands that sell the software) at Canon sites in your country. If any of the terms used (Canon, DSLR, RAW mean nothing to you, excuse the waste of your time. If you are using a Canon, you might want to give DPP4 a try. I am enjoying the experience and find the controls it gives over tonality quite useful. Below is my first image converted with it. This shows the coin as it looks.
Doug can you compare this to the processing in Photoshop? Is it just giving you some better tools for managing color? Or somehow the color is just "better" when bringing up a raw file before even editing it?
Doug, forgive the 'stupid' question--but is that Canon software transferable to other brands?? I have a Fujifilm Finepix S8600 and I'm wondering if this is applicable---but I doubt my camera is advanced or sophisticated enough...I guess my 'ignorance' is showing LOL And Dave M's question interests me also....
Is that a newer substitute for the EOS Utility (the interface for taking live view shots on the computer) or is it a graphics manipulation program for post processing?
I believe there is also a new version of the EOS Utility but I have not looked at it. The Canon software only works on Canon RAW files produced by Canon cameras and, as I understand it, they have not finished making it compatible with really old cameras like my Digital Rebel 300D. I have not tried it. I found the colors from DPP cleaner than those I got from Photoshop Elements. Full Photoshop is overkill for what I do and I have never owned it. The new program allows all the control of color I would want but does not combine two halves into one file so I will still use Elements for that as well as making local corrections and working with layers which does not come up on coins (at least not yet) but is a major part of my work with other photos. I apologize to Nikon and other users for this post but I wanted to be sure anyone who might benefit would see it and was really hoping that I might find someone who has been using it more than I have and could help with my beginner questions.
The EOS Utility doesn't do any editing of images, to my knowledge. It just captures them and leaves you a file. Canon has always had DPP as a separate program.
A gentleman who takes such marvelous photographs, and who also posts pertinent information regarding a certain picture taking platform, should not be apologizing for anything. It is I who should be apologizing for my somewhat rude statement......
