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How to Edit 5D MK III Raw files in Lightroom(Windows)

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wickidwombat:
i'm definately observing a difference between the raws in dpp and viewing the same CR2 file in bridge or photoshop with the ACR 6.7 beta. probably stick with using DPP to convert until adobe come out with release updates.

daveburlo:
Hi
Yes, i have tried converting to DNG and using adobe 6.7, and the files when imported into lightroom4 are excessively noisy, however after many tests, the best solution I found is as you say to output from Canon DPP as 16bit tiff and then work in Lightroom. The tiffs are of course very large files and I'm looking forward to the update From Lighrooom to ease the overall workflow, as this at the moment is a little time consuming.

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daveburlo:
Hi
you mention in your thread that you can import direct into lightroom by pointing the DPP to lightroom,
you explain this  in terms of the directory strucrue for a PC. Can the same be done with a Mac?
 ;)

CanineCandidsByL:

--- Quote from: grahamsz on March 23, 2012, 12:37:11 AM ---TIFF Is definitely lossless (or in some cases uncompressed) but it's by no means a raw format. The most obvious difference is that TIFF is demosiaced, and some amount of processing had to go into that step. It's probably a perfectly decent workflow but you are definitely losing data.
--- End quote ---

Tiff can also be lossy. There are compression options that will throw out data and some apps will default to saving with those options.

Also lossless, doesn't mean you don't throw away data. If you change color depth or the format doens't support certain features of the original format, data can be lost in the lossless compression format.


Personally I'd just use adobe labs raw2dng convenverter even if it is beta/release canidate. They either keep the raws until the final version comes out or just verify the DNGs open and look good and toss the raw right away. Generally these dot releases are less about code and more about datasets that describe how to decode the raw.

msdarkroom:
Response for the import to LR posts:

When you convert to DNG you can specify where the DNG files are created. I have the DNGs placed in a folder that I have in my LR catalog already. When the DNG converter is finished, I open LR and sync the folder. This will lead you to importing the new DNGs to the folder they are already in. (Technically the files are just being added to the catalog, they are not being moved as they are already in the folder, just not visible in LR.)

Basically two steps:
Convert to DNG and specify what folder you want DNG files to be placed in.
Sync that folder inside LR so it will know to import those images to the catalog.

Hopefully that helps those who asked this question.




As for the quality difference between DNG via Adobe's converter and DPP, I have not checked this.
Does DPP add anything automatically (sharpening, contrast, NR, etc.) from picture styles to raw files that you would do manually inside LR to the DNG?

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