DPP4 now supports down to EOS 450D

Neil Schofield wrote:

There is a flip side to this, canon appear to have stopped supporting DPP 3 for any newer bodies and I have been trying to come to terms with using DPP4, but for my needs it's awful in two major areas

Yesterday I had to go through 1800 Cr2 raw files ( shooting sandmartins in flight Prefocused)

I regularly shoot over 1000 images per shoot too. There are a couple of things that might smooth the process...

I find that there are 3 inadequacies with the QUICK CHECK function, firstly it's far slower to load images compared with DPP3 which is instant

For a first run-through (before editing images), go to Tools/ Preferences/ Image Processing 2, and select "Show Original Image."

The images will now load instantly (as fast as you can click/arrow). I find this works great for vetting.

After editing you can select "Show Image with Recipe Applied" as there will be far fewer images to go through.

Secondly you can't use a keyboard and mouse together, one to toggle between images and the other to remove/apply check marks on DPP 3 they work independently which speeds up selection massively

I use the keyboard exclusively. My first run-through is to eliminate most of the unsatisfactory images (giving them a Star rating, or Reject).

In the Quick Check screen, as long as you have last clicked with your mouse on the image preview (or thumbnail preview) area then you can scroll through the images using the Arrow Keys on the keyboard. I keep my index finger over the Right-Arrow Key.

Then I keep my left index finger over the "x" (Reject) key.

I use the Numpad to give the images Star ratings too.

"0" on the Numpad clears any Reject or Star ratings.

If I want to give images Checkmark ratings, I have my left thumb over the "Alt" key and use that in conjunction with the Numpad to give the Checkmark ratings. (The first run-through I only give Star and Reject ratings though), but YMMV.

Thirdly the cursor to move to the next shot is too close to the cursor that takes you automatically to the last shot

If you click anywhere else on the Preview Screen you will have to click back on the image in order to make the arrow keys work again for scrolling.  For instance the only way (so far) that I've found to clear a Checkmark is to use the mouse and click on the "Clear" button (remember to click back on the image anywhere to re-enable the arrow keys).

Additionally CROPPING is a problem as there is no preset for either A size landscape or A size portrait, and that a real downer when you have a few hundred to do, canon still sell A size paper and A size printers though

Sorry no help here, as I do all of that in Photoshop (after basic editing and converting in DPP).

Any chance they will update DPP 3 for the newer bodies

Zippo.

Maybe give the "Keyboard" technique a whirl. It's been extremely fast for me.

Good luck!

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