Thumbnail Layout

Images transferred to your computer are listed as thumbnails in the main window (thumbnail layout). You can also double-click thumbnails to view them at a larger size in a Preview Window.

Main window

  1. (1)Toolbar
  2. (2)Thumbnails
  3. (3)Thumbnail control panel
  4. (4)Checkmarks ()
  1. (5)Rating ()
  2. (6)Image rotation
  3. (7)Image browsing

Note

  • For details on movie files, see Movie Playback and Frame-Grabbing.
  • Images may be shown cropped if they include aspect ratio information.
  • Besides a thumbnail layout, you can switch to a multi-layout view in the main window ().

Changing Thumbnail Display

You can resize thumbnails and choose the information shown.

  1. Select your preferred items in the [Thumbnails] menu.

    Windows

    macOS

Thumbnail Control Panel

You can also adjust thumbnail display from the thumbnail control panel.

  1. Resize thumbnails
  2. Thumbnail display without file names
  3. Normal thumbnail display
  4. Thumbnail display with image details
  5. Thumbnail display in a list
  6. Properties display settings ()

  7. Show a single thumbnail for images in both RAW and JPEG format

    RAW and JPEG images captured at the same time are shown as a single image.

    • Only the RAW image is shown in all DPP windows.

    • Any adjustments made from DPP tool palettes or other controls are only applied to the RAW image. However, the following operations apply to both the RAW and JPEG image.

      Deletion ()

      Moving or copying ()

      Labeling with a checkmark ()

      Rating ()

      Rotating ()

  8. Continuous playback of split movie files

    • Only a thumbnail for the first movie file is shown.
    • This setting is retained and applied the next time DPP starts up.
    • The following image operations apply to all split movie files.
      [Copy], [Cut] (Windows) / [Cut] (macOS), [Delete], [Add to collection], [Rename Tool]
    • Filtering and sorting () only apply to the first movie file.
  9. Select all thumbnails
  10. Clear selection of all thumbnails
  • To display the thumbnail control panel if it is not shown, select [Thumbnail control panel] in the [Thumbnails] menu.

Sorting and Filtering Thumbnails

You can sort and filter thumbnail display.

Click (1) to show sorting and filtering options.

Click (2) to hide sorting and filtering options.

Sorting

  • Select an option listed in (4).
  • Click (5) to switch between ascending and descending order.

Filtering

  • Select an option in (6). Note that options on the left take precedence.

  • Select items in (8). Multiple items can be selected with the following mouse operations. If files were added, an asterisk is temporarily displayed in the option name.

    Windows

    Selecting multiple items consecutively: Shift-click

    Selecting multiple items one by one: Ctrl-click

    macOS

    Selecting multiple items consecutively: Shift-click

    Selecting multiple items one by one: Command-click

Filtering by blur/out-of-focus image detection

You can filter images from cameras supporting blur/out-of-focus image detection as follows.

  • In (6), select [Blur/Out-of-Focus image detection].

  • Select an option in (8). Options can be combined to recreate camera detection levels.

    High: [****]

    Standard: [****] and [***]

    Low: [****], [***], and [**]

Other functions

  • Click (3) to apply your sorting and filtering options to thumbnails next time DPP starts up. The sorting and filtering settings are also retained if you switch folders.
  • Click (7) to hide (6) and (8).
  • Drag (9) to adjust the display area for (8).
  • [Custom] is displayed in (4) if you rearrange thumbnails by dragging them.

Checking Histograms

You can check image histograms by displaying the histogram palette.

  1. Select [Histogram palette] in the [View] menu.

  2. Select the thumbnail of an image to check the histograms.

    • To choose a histogram option, right-click the histogram palette.

    • To switch between showing and hiding the histogram palette, click [Histogram] in the lower right of the main window.