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Originally Posted by Nigel C
So, what photo editing software do you use, and why?
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Canon Digital Photo Professional (DPP) and Adobe Lightroom (LR)
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Originally Posted by Nigel C
How much would you pay for editing software?
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DPP free with a Canon DSLR, you need some software off the disc that came with the camera to be able to install it. Primarily for RAW processing, and pretty good at it for what I want. White Balance, curve adjustments and batch processing.
LR, I did pay for can't remember how much (hmm.. paid for its predecessor that Adobe bought out now I think about it) Many more bells & whistles than DPP but probably more capable. Its cleverer than me at the moment...
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Originally Posted by Nigel C
What typical corrections do you normally make for say a full sunny day, a cloudy day, light coloured subjects, dark coloured subjects?
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What I said for DPP, light temp / white bal, and brightness curves is about all.
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Do you use just one or more programs to get the desired effect?
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No, one or other of the above. Oh, I also use IrfanView for batch re-sizing of JPG, slideshows etc. Free &well worth grabbing at http:\\
www.IrfanView.com
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Was it easy to learn? Tips for beginners?
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DPP is pretty easy, LR not so much but I've not had to go for help yet. Lots of buttons & menus to work through.
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Originally Posted by Nigel C
JPEG or raw editing?
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I shoot both JPG & RAW (ie both at the same time) for several reasons, redundancy as my card reader/PC eats files at random (1% loss rate), JPG also for quick processing as my main PC is a bit of an antique, RAW batch processing takes a long time. RAW because I've had shots I really wanted saved by being in RAW, the extra detail meant I could recover a shot that I otherwise would delete.