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Start using RPP converter I note a strange effect when opening converted files in PS or Mac files preview it seems they are blurred/foggy compared to those processed in DCS PD and opening in PS or Mac preview
I mean in RPP it looks quite good but not so after









any suggestion?
 
Photodesk looks over sharpened sometimes, in my opinion.

Consider sharpening your RPP a bit and change your levels on the shadow side (to more contrast in the blacks).
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What's your RPP processing options? (a screenshot with RPP panel showing all the options might help).

RPP can be set for different goals - develop raw specifically for postprocessing or finish them all in RPP. Unlike say ACR/LR it does not blur the channels to hide demosaicing noise so RPP processed files should in the same conditions look sharper than by other raw converters. Of course they benefit from sharpening in PP as well.
 
One other thing - don't be reluctant to boost saturation in RPP. Unlike say LR/ACR the saturation there is different so it does not skew colours. It work especially well with Kodak files and you can up it by quite large number (15-40) to bring out subtle colour details and still say leave natural looking skintones etc.
 
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left in PS right RPP









the same saturated









what I don't understand is why it changes the look just out of RPP
I mean whatever parameter I set it will look different out of RPP
 
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To which colorspace your RPP exports? That can do a lot with look of photo..

sRGB is usually best choice for straight to web, or aRGB/ProPhoto RGB for further edits (only if you have LCD that can actually display that, if not sRGB is better).
 
I would like to thank all you for the contribute, I started to read some of the guide and when I will get time I will deal more of RPP.
 
RPP does not export to Prophoto - this space is a waste of space (sorry for the the pun).

The best option for postprocessing imho is to export from RPP in TIFF 16bit BetaRGB. RPP can also output TIFFs in LAB directly.

The sRGB output is only good if you won't do any PP after RPP and for SLR/n I would guess in some cases the PP is needed (dealing with moire and colour noise in high resolution areas). RPP also has an interesting colour space checker which shows the selected colour space and how the current image firs it (and which colours are out consequently). It can be used to judge what effect say the sRGB space will have on your image.
 
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