Canon DPP4 - observations - any feedback?
I am still continuing with DPP4 but I must admit I find Adobe ACR so much more obvious and visually intuitive. Fixing the Highlights in DPP can be done in a variety of ways but knowing which is likely to be the most logical or route leading to highest "quality" is not always so. The Exposure slider affects everything, the Highlights sometimes does not fix the Highlights fully, what I have found is that the Contrast slider is invaluable- just one click often does the trick, this may be in the initial processing window or in the curves panel, it often fixes the Highlights and Shadows simultaneously.
I am still unclear how to ensure the blacks are correctly exposed, I find the Histogram pretty useless really because if I adjust it to show maximum exposure range or even near there the Highlights and Blacks start to flash. I have resorted to looking at the curves to check the exposure range there.
I am at last in agreement over noise, I recently took some images at ISO 5000 and they were a full stop under exposed but after using DPP I was very impressed with the finished product. I also get the impression there is an element of automation in the noise reduction settings, the values appear to change of their own volition with differing ISO settings.
It would also be nice if the digital lens correction could be made to apply automatically - perhaps it can but I have not discovered how to achieve this.
Any comments or views would be gratefully received.