Hey guys...DJ, Tim, Dane? Anyone? Chris? Brian?


Where are my heroes at???

Ok...so I installed my DPP software (after having it for two weeks since I've gotten my sweetness) and tried to organize a recent shoot. The pictures that pop up are blurry!!!!!!! I do it my old way...download it just by copying the files to a folder...they are clear. What gives? Is it the default outview of the resolution? It's at 500. Then I went to 1000, nothing happened. What am I doing wrong??????????????
Ready to pull her hair out...

KK

katherine,

don't worry . . .

all you need to do is lay off the vodka martinis for a few hours and your vision will return to normal.





seriously . . . i can offer you no practical help in this matter. sorry

You might need to buy a new set of lenses...

Just playing... ;-)

How many images are you trying to load/view at one time? and how long are you waiting before trying to view them?

I didnt' tell you guys that I have a glass eye on the left? Look real closely at my avatar...my oriental eyes help hide it! and Brian...I've only had 5 instead of my 7 morning martinis....

Tim, I'm only trying to view less than 50 images.

I'm sooooooooooooooo irritated right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why is this happening to me.

KK

(i need another drink)

OHHHHHH Duh!! Lens for my cam???? not for my eyes?????

I am trying to control my laughter here.... katherine... dont' worry.... I installed my DPP too yesterday and got so frustrated I stoped playing with it and installed the utility thingee and was able to retrieve a RAW image and make it JPEG.... I tell you all the stars were alligned yesterday for me!

The Canon File Viewer Utility thingy?? Right now...until someone helps me understand, I HATE DPP. Sounds like an STD anyhow. "Try this medicine here...for your DPP"

What file thingee are you talking about?

? KK ?

DPP will bring up your images blurry and then focus them after a few seconds....I think patience might be your answer so try just opening one image and leaving it for a little while and seeing if it focus... I was watching the guy at the Canon booth today and the same thing was happening there....

Thanks D!! As I start my morning here...I will pray for more patience in my devotionals.

I have a really dumb question. I shoot Nikon so I'm not familiar with DPP but why don't you just use Photoshop and the File Browser/Raw Plug-in?

Nikon's software stinks. Maybe Canon's sw if just better.

Hey Alan! Welcome!

I've heard from others as well that Nikon's software isn't the greatest and hopefully they'll improve it for you guys soon!

The best thing about DPP vs. PS is it's quickness and simplicity in batch processing. You can do similar batches with PS but not quite as easily so DPP seems to be the best so far. If you're on Nikon or shooting with an older model from Canon you'll want to look into Capture One. which is another good piece of software!

Cheers!
DJ

Thanks for the tip David. And great forum BTW.

I've also used Photo Mechanic which so far in my experience is the fastest program for working with raw images.

My only issue is I hate having too many programs in my workflow. Digital capture workflow can be daunting enough with one program:-)

So in a feeble attempt at keeping it simple I just use Photoshop. I have read that the new Photoshop CS 2 file browser is supposed to be muuuuch better. We'll see.

Katherine, did you ever get this sorted out?

Worst comes to worse, I'd suggest trying to uninstall the program and reinstalling.

But DJ's advice on just waiting longer sounded like the best option.

Tim...can't I just fly you on over for a little bit while DJ is gone???

KK,
Aren't you in Hawaii?? I'm sure Tim can be bought if you fly him over! Can I get a witness Mr. Blackjack?
ds

Dane...

I'm moved to Louisiana...Either way...Tim..if you read this...I have TONS of candy for you!!!

KK

You guys are too funny. I've been laughing out loud reading about the DPP woes. It reminds me of when I showed my grandma how to use the internet...there was some stuff she just didn't get. But don't worry, she gets it now, and I feel like once you get it figured out you'll love it. Josh

QUOTE

Katherine, did you ever get this sorted out?

Hey guys...I just gave it a try again...and man....waiting about 5 seconds longer to view the files really makes a BIG difference! I'm sooo on a roll now....batch process rocks!

Not bad for guessing what do to eh?? (I still have to read the manual) J/K...kinda I just skimmed it.

Tim...your presence online gave me luck!!! Thanks buddy!



KK

oh...just one more question and I will try to shut up...

by default on my software...when i'm doing a batch..the image quality is at 10 and the sharpness is at 0...do i want that all the way up to 5?????? or leave it where it is...I'm afraid that it will look too contrasty

KK

well....i just tried it...and I guess i answered my own question. (OSP has jsut gotten me soo spoiled)

K guys...i'm turning in...

KK

Uh oh... I missed my boy Dane's post... and yes... for candy and free air miles... I'll do almost anything.

As for the quality and sharpness, we put the quality at the highest it will go, and the sharpness at 2.

Since we shoot with the mark II, we probably need more sharpening than those shooting with cameras such as the 10d or the 20d. The mark II does very little in camera sharpening as compared to other cameras. Play with it a little bit and see what you like. Undersharpening is better than over-sharpening.

DPP is an amazing program, play with it a bit and see where you can get. You can keep it simple on yourself, or get all crazy and take it further than even canon meant for it. (they say you have 2 stops in exposure compensation, I would argue they have allowed for closer to 4 stops or more...)

Tim...you are sooo hella smart!

Hey Tim...and everyone...

Thanks for helping me with my "STD problems"...lmao .
(I am talkign about DPP still)

Tim...I have like another question about DPP...how do you color correct a whole entire batch? Instead of frame by frame?

KK

And did you ever get your new phone yet? What addy should I send the goodies to?

Alright,

I forget if you're on a PC or Mac... but I guess it's basically the same on both... if you have a PC, simply right click, and up will come a dialog box, and you want to "copy recipe" then you click on whatever thumbnails you want to apply that to, or click one, then scroll to the last of a group of images and hold shift and click the last one. Then right click again, and this time select "past recipe"

If you're on a mac that can right click... you're set the same way, but if you have a retarded Mac mouse, you'll have to hold down the control or the "ctrl" button while clicking, and follow the same steps...

Hope that helps.

Oh, and yeah, still waiting on the phone... hmph....!!!! and my addy, well, I'll drop that to you via PM.

Hasta

Alan and DJ-

I would recommend using the manufacture software for your raw conversions simply because they wrote the code for their raw files. CS camera raw works, but it's tough to get it to look as good and generally takes more tweaking. I have never used Phase One or those high rollin' workflow proggies so I can't comment on those guys.

alan- photo mechanic is amazing. can't work without it.

Technically the PS Raw conversion software is much more powerful and will give you much greater control over you Raw files than the conversion software offered by the camera companies. PS allows for much more greater depth and finite control within the files.

Unfortunately, PS Raw conversion will also kill your workflow. (Though I've heard rumors, but have yet to check it out, that in CS2 you can do similar batching such as is possible with DPP.

PS and the camera manufacturers rely upon the same code reading to manage/deal with Raw files, it comes down to the amount of control in different areas of the files that the software allows for.