Once you understand what you can do to a RAW image, and what effect each change has, then any of the tools are capable of allowing you to do that. There are other tools which do both of these things - there are free RAW processors (RawTherapee is one), there are other paid RAW processors (Capture One for example), and there are tools which allow you to catalogue images, but for me, Lightroom brings it all together into a single place. You can categorise images in multiple ways using multiple different sets of tools which match your own workflow, build keyword hierarchies, and essentially, create a single massive library of all your work. You can build presets of everything, you can adjust lots of images at once, you can create virtual copies to compare different kinds of edits, and importantly, it has a powerful catalogue function. For me though, the key with Lightroom is that it is designed around workflows. Lightroom can make all the adjustments that DPP can, but also allows you to make other more subtle adjustments (actual 'pixel' modifications in some instances, such as cloning items out in a limited way). Lightroom isn't that intuitive either, but it was better than DPP (for me). In general, using DPP you have to process each file one at a time, I don't think it has any tools to allow you to say, copy development changes you made to one RAW file and apply them to 20 others, or select 15 files and make one change to all of them at once.Īlso, DPP does have any significant cataloguing functionality, for managing a large collection of images.ĭPP for me, had quite a steep learning curve, it wasn't very intuitive. You can read reviews all day long but many of them are a bit in depth for me at this point - maybe that in itself has answered my question!ĭPP allows you to make all the necessary adjustments to RAW files (white balance, lens compensation, exposure, contrast, sharpening, noise reduction, etc., etc.) As such, it's fit for purpose. I realise much of this is probably personal preference to an extent, but I'm just looking for some general advice. Have many of you used DPP in the past? How does it compare to something such as Lightroom (which from what I've read is the best and/or the most used)? Why or how is Lightroom better in layman's terms? Will I be limited in any way if I stick to DPP? I intend to follow some tutorials etc online but really after some first hand experience from people. I really don't know how to judge whether this software is any good as A) I've never used software like it before and B) I'm new to photography in general. As I bought the Canon new I've installed Digital Photo Professional and had a little play with it. I've recently purchased a Canon 1200D and am keen to start shooting in RAW and learning the ropes of post processing. Hi all, please excuse if this is covered elsewhere, I did do a search but nothing too recent came up.
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