Preferences

Image Processing

Image processing 1

• JPEG image quality

  [Remove block noise and mosquito noise]

  • You can improve JPEG image quality by reducing noise that tends to occur in these images.

    Also effective when saving JPEGs converted from RAW images (, ) and for JPEGs saved as separate files. It is more effective for JPEGs with a high compression rate, and noise reduction may be less noticeable for JPEGs with low compression.

• Modified Picture Style settings

  Select to retain setting values for [Color tone], [Color saturation], [Contrast], [Unsharp mask], [Sharpness], and other options for each Picture Style.

• Noise reduction defaults

  You can set a default in advance for noise reduction levels. This setting is only for RAW images.

  • Select [Apply camera settings] to set noise reduction levels corresponding to camera settings in advance as defaults.
  • Select [Set as defaults] to set your preferred noise reduction levels in advance as defaults.

  For images without a recipe, default noise reduction levels set here are applied. Any changes you make take effect as the default noise reduction levels applied to images next time DPP starts up.

  For images with a recipe, noise levels in the recipe remains as-is, and the default noise reduction levels set here are not applied.

• Sharpness defaults

  Sharpness defaults can be set in advance. This setting is only for RAW images.

  • Select [Apply camera settings] to set sharpness levels corresponding to camera settings in advance as defaults.
  • Select [Set as defaults] to set your preferred sharpness and unsharp mask levels in advance as defaults.

  For images without a recipe, default sharpness and unsharp mask levels set here are applied. Any changes you make take effect as the default sharpness levels applied to images next time DPP starts up.

  For images with a recipe, sharpness in the recipe remains as-is, and the default sharpness and unsharp mask levels set here are not applied.

Image processing 2

• Quick Check window settings

  You can configure image display settings for the Quick Check window. Select [Show image with recipe applied] to display images that have a recipe with the recipe applied. Note that any changes you make take effect next time DPP starts up.

• Default size when opening RAW images

  For RAW images with the extension .CR3 that were captured with [] selected on the camera.

  You can set the default size for RAW images opened in DPP (except for images captured with the EOS R1, EOS R5 Mark II, EOS R6 Mark II, EOS R8, EOS R50, EOS R100).

  This default size is also set when RAW images are converted and saved as JPEGs or TIFFs.

  Note that any changes you make take effect next time DPP starts up.

• HDR PQ image quality settings

  Image quality enhancement in HDR PQ mode has been introduced as of Digital Photo Professional 4.10.40. To keep using the results of past editing in earlier versions, select the checkbox for [HDR PQ image quality settings *].

• Default for viewing and saving RAW images

  You can set the default condition for viewing and saving RAW images.

  Note that any changes you make take effect next time DPP starts up.

Color Management

• Default settings of work color space

  Choose one of five color spaces () to apply as a default setting of RAW images. This is applied as the color space when RAW images are converted and saved (, ) or printed ( to ).

  • Any changes you make take effect as the default color space applied to images next time DPP starts up.
  • You can check the color space that is set in an image in all windows except the Quick Check window.
  • Select [Use shooting color space as work color space] to set the color space configured on the camera at the time of shooting as the working color space.

  Note

  • A color space different from the default setting can be set for each image ().
  • Changes to the default setting are not applied to images already edited with a tool palette, as by cropping or erasing dust. Change the setting manually for each image as needed.

• Color-matching settings (monitor color setting, Windows only)

  For monitors with color profiles (), you can display images in more faithful colors by setting the profile.

  • Select [Use the OS settings] to apply the color profile set in Windows to DPP. If you are using multiple monitors, the profile set for each monitor is applied to DPP.
  • Selecting [Monitor profile] enables you to click [Browse] and then select the monitor profile.

• Printing profile (printer color setting)

  If your printer lacks a profile, setting the profile in DPP enables you to print images in colors closely resembling the colors displayed by your monitor.

  Note

  • If you set a printing profile in DPP, disable color management by the printer driver. With color management by the driver, images may not be printed in colors close to your monitor colors.
  • Using a profile created with a commercially available monitor colorimeter enables even greater accuracy in image color display.

View Settings

• Thumbnail order

  Set the default sort order for thumbnails in the main window, and whether the order of images you rearrange will be retained. When the checkbox is selected, DPP will retain the order of rearranged images, starting the next time you select a folder ().

• Reset user interface

  Restores the default user interface settings.

  Choose from two resetting options.

  Select [Restore defaults at startup] to restore the original settings next time DPP starts up. Note that the checkmark will be cleared at that time.

• HDR assist display (movies)

  This function enhances display of CRM and MP4 files with [HDR PQ] set to [On], for easier viewing in SDR environments. The setting takes effect next time DPP starts up.

  Note that for CRM files, this function only applies to the RAW movie tool.

  • Applies to images from the EOS R5 or EOS R6.
  • Exposure priority (mid-tones): Maintains brightness in image areas from shadows to midtones. Useful in checking exposure.
  • Tones priority (highlights): Maintains color reproduction and gradation as much as possible. Useful in checking gradation in highlights.

Properties Display Settings

• View settings

  You can configure the information shown with thumbnails and previews.

  Select [Show Av/Tv/ISO on thumbnails] to show Av, Tv, and ISO information on thumbnails displayed at Size 3 or larger.

• Preview properties font

  Set the font used for information shown in the preview window.

• Properties to display

  Configure in detail the settings for [Display settings for thumbnails with info], [Display settings for thumbnail list], and [Display settings for preview properties]. Available options are listed at left, with current display items at right. Use [Add >>] and [<< Remove] to complete the settings. With [Move Up] and [Move Down], you can also rearrange the display order.

  Note

  • Not all property items may be displayed, depending on the combination of window, preview window, and thumbnail size.

Survey

• Click [Change settings] and make any changes in the dialog box.