Canon supplies a collection of software packages with its EOS and PowerShot cameras but Digital Photo Professional 4 (DPP4) is the image editor and this gives you lots of control over images, even enabling customised black & white conversions. Here\u2019s a taste of how it works.<\/p>\n
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How to use\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-basic-exposure-1.jpg\")
\t\t\tHighlighting an image also reveals basic exposure information<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The first time that you open DPP, you won\u2019t see any images, you need to select a folder of images first. To do this, simply click on the arrows next to the storage drives and folders shown in the right column near the top of the screen to reveal their contents and find the folders that contain your images. As soon as you click on a folder of images, thumbnails appear in the middle of the screen – unlike with Lightroom, there\u2019s no need to import anything.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-bookmark.jpg\")
\t\t\tThe Bookmark feature is handy if you have lots of stored images<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Bookmarking a folder adds it to the Bookmark tab, making it easier to find in the future. Right click on the folder concerned and select \u2018Bookmark\u2019 in the box that appears.<\/p>\n
\nCanon Digital Photo Professional’s refined image selection<\/h3>\n
Controls at the bottom of the screen let you adjust the size of the image thumbnails and reveal more or less information about them. You can also rate your images with numbers and\/or stars just by selecting one or more shots and then either clicking on the rating bar at the bottom or tapping 1-5 on the keyboard.<\/p>\n\t\t
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\t\t\tFilter controls make it even easier to track down images<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The filter control at the top of the screen allows you to narrow your image selection by applying up to three filters. Set the filter to \u2018On\u2019 then click on the down arrow next to one or all of the filter types to select the parameter (rating, aperture, ISO etc). Next, select the filter you want to use in the box below.<\/p>\n
\nAdvanced exposure and contrast adjustments<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-range-of-tools.jpg\")
\t\t\tOpening an image reveals a fuller range of tools and options in Digital Photo Professional<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Double-click on an image to open it and see the adjustment panel which opens on the Brightness Adjustment tab at first. If you\u2019re adjusting a raw file you can change the Picture Style to adjust the colour, contrast and sharpening in one go.<\/p>\n\t\t
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\t\t\tWhle it\u2019s no alternative to Adobe CC, there are basic exposure adjustment tools<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The histogram at the bottom of the panel gives you some control over the brightness of the shadows, mid-tones and highlights, but for greater freedom, click on the Tone Curve tab. This shows a histogram with a tone curve that you can click on to add points and change the curves shape to manipulate the brightness and contrast. Pushing a point up brightens pixels in that area of the curve while pulling it down darkens them. For a quick exposure adjustment, this works well.<\/p>\n
\nHow to adjust the white balance in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-white-balance-260x400.jpg\")
\t\t\tDigital Photo Professional enables you to fine-tune white balance for the colour temperature you need<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The white balance drop-down box of presets in the Brightness Adjustment panel is the easiest way to change an image\u2019s white balance and there are fine-tuning sliding controls. However, the Dropper tool is very useful if there\u2019s something that should be neutral in your scene. Just select the Dropper and click on the neutral target to apply the adjustment. If you have several images taken in the same light, tap \u2018Register\u2019 and save the adjustment to the custom values (1,2 or 3). Be sure to click on the Dropper tool to deselect it when you\u2019re finished. Then, when you open an image from the same shoot, click on the custom preset to get the white balance just right.<\/p>\n
\nCanon Digital Photo Professional’s\u00a0Color Adjustment panel<\/h3>\n![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-colour-adjustment.jpg\")
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The Color Adjustment panel gives control over the hue (H), saturation (S) and lightness (L) of the eight colour channels. You can make the yellows a bit greener, for example, and boost their saturation or brightness without changing the blues or reds.<\/p>\n\t\t
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\t\t\tUse the Color Adjustment panel for basic but effective mono conversions<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
This panel is also perfect for making black & white conversions. Clicking on the \u2018Monochrome\u2019 button makes a basic black & white conversion by reducing the all the colours\u2019 saturation to zero. Then you can use the L (lightness) sliders of each colour to adjust the brightness of the corresponding areas in the original image. Sliding the L control of the green channel to the left, for example, darkens green areas in the image while sliding it to the right brightens them. It is not as sopshisticated as Photoshop or Lightroom but it does the job.<\/p>\n
\nHow to create and use recipes in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-recipe-screen.jpg\")
\t\t\tRecipes are stored in a dedicated folder for easy retrieval<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
DDP allows you to save many of the key adjustments as a \u2018Recipe\u2019 that you can apply to other images to get the same look. The next step is to copy the adjustment settings and the best way to do this is via Edit>Save Recipe in File. This allows you to save everything with a memorable file name in a folder of your choosing so you can recall it at a later date.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t![\"Canon](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Canon-DPP-recipes.jpg\")
\t\t\tRecipes enable you to quickly access adjustments for a consistent look<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
When you want to apply a Recipe to another image, just select it in the browser and click on Edit>Read and Paste Recipe from File. Then find the file you want to use in the box that appears and click on \u2018Open\u2019 to apply the edits.<\/p>\n
\nPhotographer and journalist, Angela Nicholson<\/a> started reviewing cameras for Amateur Photographer<\/em> in 2004 and was our Technical Editor before leaving for new pastures in 2010. Last year she founded SheClicks<\/a>, a community for female photographers.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\t\t\tHighlighting an image also reveals basic exposure information<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The first time that you open DPP, you won\u2019t see any images, you need to select a folder of images first. To do this, simply click on the arrows next to the storage drives and folders shown in the right column near the top of the screen to reveal their contents and find the folders that contain your images. As soon as you click on a folder of images, thumbnails appear in the middle of the screen – unlike with Lightroom, there\u2019s no need to import anything.<\/p>\n\t\t
\t\t\tThe Bookmark feature is handy if you have lots of stored images<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Bookmarking a folder adds it to the Bookmark tab, making it easier to find in the future. Right click on the folder concerned and select \u2018Bookmark\u2019 in the box that appears.<\/p>\n
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Canon Digital Photo Professional’s refined image selection<\/h3>\n
Controls at the bottom of the screen let you adjust the size of the image thumbnails and reveal more or less information about them. You can also rate your images with numbers and\/or stars just by selecting one or more shots and then either clicking on the rating bar at the bottom or tapping 1-5 on the keyboard.<\/p>\n\t\t
\t\t\tFilter controls make it even easier to track down images<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The filter control at the top of the screen allows you to narrow your image selection by applying up to three filters. Set the filter to \u2018On\u2019 then click on the down arrow next to one or all of the filter types to select the parameter (rating, aperture, ISO etc). Next, select the filter you want to use in the box below.<\/p>\n
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Advanced exposure and contrast adjustments<\/h3>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOpening an image reveals a fuller range of tools and options in Digital Photo Professional<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Double-click on an image to open it and see the adjustment panel which opens on the Brightness Adjustment tab at first. If you\u2019re adjusting a raw file you can change the Picture Style to adjust the colour, contrast and sharpening in one go.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhle it\u2019s no alternative to Adobe CC, there are basic exposure adjustment tools<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The histogram at the bottom of the panel gives you some control over the brightness of the shadows, mid-tones and highlights, but for greater freedom, click on the Tone Curve tab. This shows a histogram with a tone curve that you can click on to add points and change the curves shape to manipulate the brightness and contrast. Pushing a point up brightens pixels in that area of the curve while pulling it down darkens them. For a quick exposure adjustment, this works well.<\/p>\n
\nHow to adjust the white balance in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDigital Photo Professional enables you to fine-tune white balance for the colour temperature you need<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The white balance drop-down box of presets in the Brightness Adjustment panel is the easiest way to change an image\u2019s white balance and there are fine-tuning sliding controls. However, the Dropper tool is very useful if there\u2019s something that should be neutral in your scene. Just select the Dropper and click on the neutral target to apply the adjustment. If you have several images taken in the same light, tap \u2018Register\u2019 and save the adjustment to the custom values (1,2 or 3). Be sure to click on the Dropper tool to deselect it when you\u2019re finished. Then, when you open an image from the same shoot, click on the custom preset to get the white balance just right.<\/p>\n
\nCanon Digital Photo Professional’s\u00a0Color Adjustment panel<\/h3>\n\n
The Color Adjustment panel gives control over the hue (H), saturation (S) and lightness (L) of the eight colour channels. You can make the yellows a bit greener, for example, and boost their saturation or brightness without changing the blues or reds.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUse the Color Adjustment panel for basic but effective mono conversions<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
This panel is also perfect for making black & white conversions. Clicking on the \u2018Monochrome\u2019 button makes a basic black & white conversion by reducing the all the colours\u2019 saturation to zero. Then you can use the L (lightness) sliders of each colour to adjust the brightness of the corresponding areas in the original image. Sliding the L control of the green channel to the left, for example, darkens green areas in the image while sliding it to the right brightens them. It is not as sopshisticated as Photoshop or Lightroom but it does the job.<\/p>\n
\nHow to create and use recipes in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipes are stored in a dedicated folder for easy retrieval<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
DDP allows you to save many of the key adjustments as a \u2018Recipe\u2019 that you can apply to other images to get the same look. The next step is to copy the adjustment settings and the best way to do this is via Edit>Save Recipe in File. This allows you to save everything with a memorable file name in a folder of your choosing so you can recall it at a later date.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipes enable you to quickly access adjustments for a consistent look<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
When you want to apply a Recipe to another image, just select it in the browser and click on Edit>Read and Paste Recipe from File. Then find the file you want to use in the box that appears and click on \u2018Open\u2019 to apply the edits.<\/p>\n
\nPhotographer and journalist, Angela Nicholson<\/a> started reviewing cameras for Amateur Photographer<\/em> in 2004 and was our Technical Editor before leaving for new pastures in 2010. Last year she founded SheClicks<\/a>, a community for female photographers.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\t\t\tOpening an image reveals a fuller range of tools and options in Digital Photo Professional<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
Double-click on an image to open it and see the adjustment panel which opens on the Brightness Adjustment tab at first. If you\u2019re adjusting a raw file you can change the Picture Style to adjust the colour, contrast and sharpening in one go.<\/p>\n\t\t
\t\t\tWhle it\u2019s no alternative to Adobe CC, there are basic exposure adjustment tools<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The histogram at the bottom of the panel gives you some control over the brightness of the shadows, mid-tones and highlights, but for greater freedom, click on the Tone Curve tab. This shows a histogram with a tone curve that you can click on to add points and change the curves shape to manipulate the brightness and contrast. Pushing a point up brightens pixels in that area of the curve while pulling it down darkens them. For a quick exposure adjustment, this works well.<\/p>\n
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How to adjust the white balance in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDigital Photo Professional enables you to fine-tune white balance for the colour temperature you need<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The white balance drop-down box of presets in the Brightness Adjustment panel is the easiest way to change an image\u2019s white balance and there are fine-tuning sliding controls. However, the Dropper tool is very useful if there\u2019s something that should be neutral in your scene. Just select the Dropper and click on the neutral target to apply the adjustment. If you have several images taken in the same light, tap \u2018Register\u2019 and save the adjustment to the custom values (1,2 or 3). Be sure to click on the Dropper tool to deselect it when you\u2019re finished. Then, when you open an image from the same shoot, click on the custom preset to get the white balance just right.<\/p>\n
\nCanon Digital Photo Professional’s\u00a0Color Adjustment panel<\/h3>\n\n
The Color Adjustment panel gives control over the hue (H), saturation (S) and lightness (L) of the eight colour channels. You can make the yellows a bit greener, for example, and boost their saturation or brightness without changing the blues or reds.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tUse the Color Adjustment panel for basic but effective mono conversions<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
This panel is also perfect for making black & white conversions. Clicking on the \u2018Monochrome\u2019 button makes a basic black & white conversion by reducing the all the colours\u2019 saturation to zero. Then you can use the L (lightness) sliders of each colour to adjust the brightness of the corresponding areas in the original image. Sliding the L control of the green channel to the left, for example, darkens green areas in the image while sliding it to the right brightens them. It is not as sopshisticated as Photoshop or Lightroom but it does the job.<\/p>\n
\nHow to create and use recipes in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipes are stored in a dedicated folder for easy retrieval<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
DDP allows you to save many of the key adjustments as a \u2018Recipe\u2019 that you can apply to other images to get the same look. The next step is to copy the adjustment settings and the best way to do this is via Edit>Save Recipe in File. This allows you to save everything with a memorable file name in a folder of your choosing so you can recall it at a later date.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipes enable you to quickly access adjustments for a consistent look<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
When you want to apply a Recipe to another image, just select it in the browser and click on Edit>Read and Paste Recipe from File. Then find the file you want to use in the box that appears and click on \u2018Open\u2019 to apply the edits.<\/p>\n
\nPhotographer and journalist, Angela Nicholson<\/a> started reviewing cameras for Amateur Photographer<\/em> in 2004 and was our Technical Editor before leaving for new pastures in 2010. Last year she founded SheClicks<\/a>, a community for female photographers.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\t\t\tDigital Photo Professional enables you to fine-tune white balance for the colour temperature you need<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
The white balance drop-down box of presets in the Brightness Adjustment panel is the easiest way to change an image\u2019s white balance and there are fine-tuning sliding controls. However, the Dropper tool is very useful if there\u2019s something that should be neutral in your scene. Just select the Dropper and click on the neutral target to apply the adjustment. If you have several images taken in the same light, tap \u2018Register\u2019 and save the adjustment to the custom values (1,2 or 3). Be sure to click on the Dropper tool to deselect it when you\u2019re finished. Then, when you open an image from the same shoot, click on the custom preset to get the white balance just right.<\/p>\n
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Canon Digital Photo Professional’s\u00a0Color Adjustment panel<\/h3>\n\n
The Color Adjustment panel gives control over the hue (H), saturation (S) and lightness (L) of the eight colour channels. You can make the yellows a bit greener, for example, and boost their saturation or brightness without changing the blues or reds.<\/p>\n\t\t
\t\t\tUse the Color Adjustment panel for basic but effective mono conversions<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
This panel is also perfect for making black & white conversions. Clicking on the \u2018Monochrome\u2019 button makes a basic black & white conversion by reducing the all the colours\u2019 saturation to zero. Then you can use the L (lightness) sliders of each colour to adjust the brightness of the corresponding areas in the original image. Sliding the L control of the green channel to the left, for example, darkens green areas in the image while sliding it to the right brightens them. It is not as sopshisticated as Photoshop or Lightroom but it does the job.<\/p>\n
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How to create and use recipes in\u00a0Canon Digital Photo Professional<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipes are stored in a dedicated folder for easy retrieval<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
DDP allows you to save many of the key adjustments as a \u2018Recipe\u2019 that you can apply to other images to get the same look. The next step is to copy the adjustment settings and the best way to do this is via Edit>Save Recipe in File. This allows you to save everything with a memorable file name in a folder of your choosing so you can recall it at a later date.<\/p>\n\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRecipes enable you to quickly access adjustments for a consistent look<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n
When you want to apply a Recipe to another image, just select it in the browser and click on Edit>Read and Paste Recipe from File. Then find the file you want to use in the box that appears and click on \u2018Open\u2019 to apply the edits.<\/p>\n
\nPhotographer and journalist, Angela Nicholson<\/a> started reviewing cameras for Amateur Photographer<\/em> in 2004 and was our Technical Editor before leaving for new pastures in 2010. Last year she founded SheClicks<\/a>, a community for female photographers.<\/strong><\/p>\n
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DDP allows you to save many of the key adjustments as a \u2018Recipe\u2019 that you can apply to other images to get the same look. The next step is to copy the adjustment settings and the best way to do this is via Edit>Save Recipe in File. This allows you to save everything with a memorable file name in a folder of your choosing so you can recall it at a later date.<\/p>\n\t\t
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