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Apr 21, 2019 16:22:48   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
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Apr 21, 2019 16:40:48   #
kymarto Loc: Portland OR and Milan Italy
 
mwsilvers wrote:
I agree. With regard to raw conversions your experience is with two of the three best converters so its not surprising that the differences you see between the two are minimal.

Unfortunately, there are no perfect PP solutions, although some may come closer than others. Each of us, once we have experience with a variety of the options available, needs to choose a process flow that we are comfortable with using and which provides us with satisfying results. Ten experienced photographers may choose ten different paths to reach those results.
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Agree absolutely. The key is to identify what is important to you and how you can achieve it. I use a bunch of different third party plugins but PS is my main gig. I can't stand LR, but I know others love it. I have DxO as well, but hardly use it at all these days. Everyone has different needs and different goals.

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Apr 21, 2019 18:07:39   #
revhen Loc: By the beautiful Hudson
 
Whatever works for you and you feel comfortable with: Use!

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Apr 21, 2019 18:50:28   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
kymarto wrote:
Agree absolutely. The key is to identify what is important to you and how you can achieve it. I use a bunch of different third party plugins but PS is my main gig. I can't stand LR, but I know others love it. I have DxO as well, but hardly use it at all these days. Everyone has different needs and different goals.



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Apr 21, 2019 18:55:57   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
revhen wrote:
Whatever works for you and you feel comfortable with: Use!


Absolutely agree. I would add, though, that getting experience in a lot of different tools might open up new possibilities that aren't considered when one sticks to a single set of tools. Luckily most of the post processing software options out there allows us to download and use full featured 30 day demos. I downloaded and tested 9 difference programs that way.

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Apr 21, 2019 23:56:55   #
ialvarez50
 
Resqu2 wrote:
So I’m getting into more paid work and only shooting raw now. I have been importing straight into Lightroom CC and working from there on my IPad Pro. I’m always reading stuff on the internet and saw a few articles detailing why you should never do that and they include samples showing the raw file side beside in LR and in CDPP and of course the CDPP looks much better right off. The articles pretty much says to use the software that came with your camera which is CDPP for us Canon guys. It goes on to say you can export to PS or LR from there but to always start with the Canon software. What are y’all thoughts on this? Am I doing things wrong or making it harder on myself by not using the included software? Thanks as always.
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The program from Canon that came with your camera is very good. Did you noticed that all the people that told you not to use it, also said that they have never use it themselves? The program is good and if you learn to use it, it will be very good. The problem is that many people only have used adobe products. Just use the program and if you do not find it usefull, go on and spend the $120.00 a year for adobe stuff. By the way, I use photoshop, lightroom, PP from Canon etc, it all depends on the images that I am editing.

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Apr 22, 2019 00:14:32   #
mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey
 
ialvarez50 wrote:
The program from Canon that came with your camera is very good. Did you noticed that all the people that told you not to use it, also said that they have never use it themselves? The program is good and if you learn to use it, it will be very good. The problem is that many people only have used adobe products. Just use the program and if you do not find it usefull, go on and spend the $120.00 a year for adobe stuff. By the way, I use photoshop, lightroom, PP from Canon etc, it all depends on the images that I am editing.
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Canon DPP is an excellent way to get your feet wet with raw processing. For some it may be all they'll ever need. For others it may be a first step to more fully featured post processing software.

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Apr 22, 2019 00:18:44   #
ialvarez50
 
Yes it is. I always recommend it to my students so they don't spend any money. Over the years many of the learn it so well that this program is all they use.

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Apr 22, 2019 13:47:07   #
dave.m
 
Resqu2 wrote:
So I’m getting into more paid work and only shooting raw now. I have been importing straight into Lightroom CC and working from there on my IPad Pro. I’m always reading stuff on the internet and saw a few articles detailing why you should never do that and they include samples showing the raw file side beside in LR and in CDPP and of course the CDPP looks much better right off. The articles pretty much says to use the software that came with your camera which is CDPP for us Canon guys. It goes on to say you can export to PS or LR from there but to always start with the Canon software. What are y’all thoughts on this? Am I doing things wrong or making it harder on myself by not using the included software? Thanks as always.
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Not sure if the IPad Pro is colour corrected (or correctable) so wonder if that is an ideal screen for final working. I know that my 10" samsung android tablet has a slight blue hue which I switch off with the built in blue light filter. (Apparently screen manufacturers use blue lighting to make the image look crisp and sharp - unfortunately not so good for the eyes with prolonged viewing.) The screen then has an off-white shade. Neither are ideal.

Also, after 10 years of Photoshop I am a recent convert to LR. I found the CC to be abysmally slow and severely lacking in functionality compared with LR CC Classic. I understand the benefit of LR CC when on the go, but would be reluctant to use it as my main or only editor.

More expert LR CC vs. Classic users may offer better comments

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Apr 23, 2019 22:22:56   #
Michael1079 Loc: Indiana
 
Longshadow wrote:
I have a Canon and use DPP for editing the RAW.
I don't have LR. But even if my other three editors would work with the CR2 file, but I prefer to use DPP as Canon made it explicitly for [[i]their[/i] RAW files.


Like Longshadow, I use the much maligned DPP for editing. Not saying that importing the riles into LR would not work - I've heard too many good things about Lightroom. I don't have/own LR, and so I work with what I have, which gives me results I like and enjoy. <shrug>

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