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Photo Processing Software
I've added a Recommended
label to those items I personally recommend.
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Canon's Digital Photo
Professional (DPP). Recommended.
Canon's new DPP version is my product of choice for Canon Raw file
conversion. DPP provides the ability to create 'recipes' that
contain. You can use these recipes to easily apply settings to
multiple pictures & batch process raw files. DPP is my current
choice for Canon raw file conversion. I highly recommend it.
For a great tutorial on using DPP, see the
Introduction to
Digital Photo Professional on the photoworkshop.com web site.
DPP is free for owners of Canon EOS Digital cameras
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Vuescan written by Ed
Hamrick. Recommended.
Hands down the best scanner software out there. I've used this
program since my 35mm days in 2000 controlling my Nikon CoolScan scanner for
film & slides. Vuescan supports over 400 different
scanners. It is easy to use, provides great results, &
simplifies batch processing workflow. Ed offers great, timely support & constantly
updates the program. He also offers Mac OS X & Linux versions of
the software.
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BreezeBrowser.
Very nice program written by Chris Breeze to manage pictures,
convert Canon raw files (now does other types too), & generate HTML
pages. I've used this product for a couple of years & have
been very happy with it. Chris regularly releases updates &
provided good support. I highly recommended this product until
December 2004. Chris decided to release an upgrade disguised
as a new 'Pro' version in December 2004. In April 2003 he changed the
licensing model from free lifetime updates to a yearly subscription
for updates. With Chris stating that the upgrade is a new
product, he gets out of the original BreezeBrowser lifetime upgrade license
terms. I don't believe this the right way to treat previous
customers. I understand the business needs for changing the
licensing method, but not the way he went about doing it. I
believe Ed Hamrick, creator of Vuescan (see above) handled it in a
better way. When he changed from a free updates to a tiered
product line, he grandfathered the original users with licenses for
his pro version with continued free updates. Chris says he will continue to support
the original BreezeBrowser. We'll see. Due to the
way Chris handled this situation, I took the chance to re-evaluate
raw conversion applications & switched to Canon's DPP (see above)
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