Canon's DPP v. LR v. Bibble?

I am re-evaluating my RAW workflow software and am looking for input from those of you who use recent versions of DPP, Bibble and LR, as to what you like, don't like, and find useful in your workflow.

I've been using Canon's DPP for years with my EOS 1D MKIIn, and have grown more satisfied with each update's revision. I find it straightforward to use, it gets the bulk of the job done, and as others have posted here on the DPR Forums: "I like the colors."

I have several old versions of PS which I rarely use. I looked at the early versions of LR, and it didn't impress me. I have used Bibble v4.x quite a bit, and have always found it's UI somewhat awkward. Bibble has some very nice features (dust data, Perfect Color, Noise Ninja, Lens Corrections, etc.) and as my EOS 1D MKIIn predates DPP's Dust Data software feature, Bibble's method works well. Bibble used to be my go to for Noise Ninja's NR and slight image rotation corrections, but DPP now offers those features and overall DPP's UI has always been very clear and concise from input, processing and batch output. When, after long delay, Bibble v5 was finally released, I did not upgrade.

Please contribute your thoughts and input.

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I've used DPP since 2002 and find it suits my needs perfectly. The price for DPP is much better than either of the other two you mention (free with camera). I dropped Bibble way back when they went through a spell when they didn't think they had to correspond with their customers and I've never gotten hooked on LR. I do use Photoshop CS5 every day but may have to stay at that level now that Adobe is changing their upgrade policy.
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I looked at a number of programs and settled on Bibble5 for my NEF raw files.

I like the huge databae that Bibble5 has on cameras and lens. I like the easy setup of presets. I like the batch functions. I like the 'Perfectl Clear' feature. I like the Noise Nija featue. Most of all I like the speed.

Now, in the main, I only use Bibble to convert my RAWs to 16bit tiffs. I do all other PP in PSPx4. To be honest I haven't tapped into any of the other Bibble features much. So I can't comment on their results.

I am another happy Bibble5 user, though I have to admit that I do not know Canons DPP and have limited experience with LR.

But Bibble does a great job for me and I really love the selective editing with layers, its speed, color, and the many free or cheap plugins (zBlur, , Vigne, GradFilterPro, zText, zPerspector,...). Lens corrections work very well for my setup of lenses (Tokina 12-24/4, Sigma 30/1,4, Nikon 50/1.8D, Nikon 18-105, Nikon 70-300 on a Nikon D90).

It works flawlessly with my Wacom Intuos3 Tablet and is very flexible with keyboard shortcuts.

Tough some people critique the UI and the DAM features I found out that even these can be optimized (just dive into the bibble forum, which is a really great learning ressource).

I highly recommend to give it a shot, just do not give up right away and definitely join the forum to seek for guidance and advise!

I have a 5D Mark II and installed the DPP software that came with the camera, but never used it. I already had Lightroom and have always used it for all of my raw conversion. The other day, I had a particular raw file I was working with and I needed to see the focus point, so I decided to go ahead and and take a look at raw conversion with DPP. Unlike DPP, Lightroom is not able to display the focus point, which is something I'd always wished it was capable of doing. I really liked the outcome.

I was impressed enough with DPP (upgraded to the newest version, 3.11.1) that I may consider changing my workflow to perform initial processing with DPP and perform any final work using Lightroom. I'll probably always continue to use Lightroom, because I like its cataloging/database function.

paul10r said:

I was impressed enough with DPP (upgraded to the newest version, 3.11.1) that I may consider changing my workflow to perform initial processing with DPP and perform any final work using Lightroom. I'll probably always continue to use Lightroom, because I like its cataloging/database function.

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The only problem with that approach that I can see is that I don't think Lightroom is going to read the adjustments made using DPP. I might be wrong, but I don't think so.