Tool Palettes

Adjusting brightness

Image brightness can be adjusted. Drag the slider right to brighten images and left to darken them.

1. Undo
2. Enter a setting value (in hundredths of a unit)
3. Drag left or right

Switching picture styles

By switching Picture Styles, you can give images a different look and feel. Select a Picture Style option listed in (2). To undo this change, click (1). Images you change to monochrome can be changed back to color by selecting a different Picture Style.

1. Undo
2. Select

Picture Style	Description
( )	The Picture Style set on the camera at the time of shooting. Shown in parentheses if the camera was in a Creative Zone mode. [Shot settings] is shown in parentheses if the camera was in a Basic Zone mode, and image characteristics for the selected shooting mode are applied.
Standard	Vibrant, sharp images. Suitable for most scenes.
Auto	Automatically adjusts color tone to suit the scene. Vibrant blue skies, greenery, and sunsets, especially in nature, outdoor, and sunset scenes.
Portrait	Smooth skin tones, with slightly less sharpness. Effective for close-up portraits. Skin tone can be adjusted in [Color tone] ().
Landscape	Vibrant blues and greens, and very sharp images. Effective for impressive landscapes.
Fine detail	Detailed rendering of fine subject contours and subtle textures. Colors are slightly more vibrant.
Neutral	For retouching later on a computer. Makes images subdued, with lower contrast and natural color tones.
Faithful	For retouching later on a computer. Faithfully reproduces actual subject colors as measured in daylight under 5200K lighting. Makes images subdued, with lower contrast.
Monochrome	Monochrome images. Can be further adjusted by applying [Filter effect] or [Toning effect] ().
(Picture Style file registered on the camera)	Shown when an image captured with a Picture Style file registered on the camera is selected. The Picture Style file name is listed in parentheses.
[Picture Style file applied in DPP]	The Picture Style file name applied in DPP is shown in brackets.

Using picture style files

In RAW image editing with DPP, you can apply Picture Style files downloaded from the Canon website or created with Picture Style Editor.

1. Click [Browse] on the [Picture Style] panel.

   

2. Select a Picture Style file saved on your computer, then click [Open].

   • To apply a different Picture Style file, repeat step 2.

Adjusting color tone by changing white balance

By changing the white balance, you can make image colors look more natural.

1. Undo
2. Select

• The white balance set on the camera at the time of shooting is indicated in parentheses after the camera icon ().

  • The camera white balance in Creative Zone modes is shown in parentheses.
  • [Shot settings] is shown in parentheses if the camera was in a Basic Zone mode, and image characteristics for the selected shooting mode are applied.
  • For white balance details, refer to the camera instruction manual.

Adjusting color tone by click white balance

For more natural-looking images, you can adjust white balance by sampling an image area as the basis of white. This is effective when you sample image areas where the color tone of white has been altered by the light source.

1. Click [] (1).

   

2. Click an area that will be the basis of white.

   
   1. Cursor coordinates and corresponding RGB values (converted to 8 bits)
   2. Click
   3. Undo
   • To adjust white balance again, click a different image area.
   • Click a gray area if there is no white in the image.
   • To exit, click [] again. In Windows, you can also exit by right-clicking.

Adjusting white balance by setting a color temperature

1. Select [Color temperature] from the [White balance adjustment] list box.

2. Set the color temperature.

   
   1. Enter a setting value
   2. Drag left or right

Fine-tuning white balance

Fine-tuning white balance has the same effect as using a commercially available color temperature conversion filter or color compensating filter.

• Adjust by dragging the point in the adjustment area of the [Fine-tune] panel.

  
  1. Drag
  2. Drag left or right
  3. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)
  • B stands for blue, A for amber, M for magenta, and G for green. White balance is adjusted in the direction you drag.
  • Fine-tuning is also possible by using the sliders or entering values.

Adjusting contrast

Color contrast can be adjusted.

1. Undo
2. Drag left or right
3. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)

Adjusting brightness of shadows/highlights

Adjustment focused on image shadows or highlights enables you to reduce loss of detail in shadows and highlights.

1. Drag left or right
2. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)

Adjusting color tone and saturation

Note that setting the Picture Style () to [Monochrome] will change [Color tone] and [Color saturation] to [Filter effect] and [Toning effect].

1. Undo
2. Drag left or right
3. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)

• Color tone

  Drag the slider right to make colors yellower and left to make them redder.

• Color saturation

  Adjust the overall color saturation. Drag the slider right to make colors more saturated and left to make them duller.

Adjusting monochrome

Setting the Picture Style () to [Monochrome] enables monochrome photos with effects similar to applying filters or creating monochromatic photos.

1. Select [Monochrome] in the [Picture Style] list box.

2. Configure the settings as needed.

   
   1. Undo
   2. Enter a setting value

   • Filter effect

     Creates monochrome photos emphasizing image areas such as the whites of clouds or greens of trees.

     Filter	Example of Effect
     None	Normal monochrome image without a filter effect.
     Yellow	Blue sky looks more natural, and white clouds look crisper.
     Orange	Blue sky becomes somewhat darker. Sunsets look more brilliant.
     Red	Blue sky becomes quite dark. Fall leaves look brighter.
     Green	Skin tones and lips appear muted. Green tree leaves look brighter.

   • Toning effect

     Creates monochrome photos with a single color added.

     Choose from [No], [Sepia], [Blue], [Purple], or [Green].

Adjusting dynamic range

You can adjust the dynamic range from image shadows to highlights.

1. Drag left or right: Input black point
2. Drag left or right: Input midpoint
3. Drag left or right: Input white point
4. Enter a setting value (in hundredths of a unit)
5. Drag up or down: Output black point
6. Drag up or down: Output white point

• The horizontal axis shows input levels, and the vertical axis, output levels.
• Select [Move midpoint to match] to link the midpoint to your adjustments to input white and black points.
• Use [Linear] in conjunction with other advanced image editing software. Note that selecting [Linear] reduces image brightness.
• Values entered in (4) are applied as the input black point, midpoint, and white point.

Automatic gradation and luminance adjustment

For appealing gradation and luminance, click [Auto] to apply automatic adjustment of dynamic range.

• Automatically adjusts white points, midpoints, and black points on the [Gamma adjustment] panel as well as [Highlight] and [Shadow] on the [Advanced] panel.

• Settings are either reset or retained as follows.

  Settings that are reset

  • Auto Lighting Optimizer
  • [Contrast] on the [Advanced] panel

  Settings that are not reset

  • Brightness adjustment
  • White balance adjustment
  • Linear*

  White points and black points are automatically adjusted.

Using Auto Lighting Optimizer

Use Auto Lighting Optimizer to automatically correct the brightness and contrast of dark, low-contrast images.

You can also change the ALO setting of images that were captured with this feature set on the camera.

1. Select [Auto Lighting Optimizer] (1).

   
   • [Auto Lighting Optimizer] is already selected for images captured with ALO set on the camera.

2. Adjust the setting as needed.

   
   • (2) Choose from three levels: Low/Standard/Strong
   • The image is automatically corrected based on the setting.
   • The default value shown corresponds to the value set on the camera at the time of shooting with ALO.
   • To cancel Auto Lighting Optimizer, clear the [Auto Lighting Optimizer] checkmark.

Adjusting face lighting

Select [Adj face lighting] (1) to enable effective correction of lighting on faces in images captured with oblique lighting or illuminated by flash.

It can be used under the following conditions.

• RAW images from the EOS R1, EOS R3, EOS R5, EOS R5 Mark II, EOS R5 C, EOS R6, EOS R6 Mark II, or EOS R7
• [Auto Lighting Optimizer] selected

Adjusting image sharpness

You can make the atmosphere of images sharper or softer.

Select [Sharpness] or [Unsharp mask] from the list box (2).

1. Undo
2. Select an item
3. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)
4. Drag left or right

• [Sharpness]

  Controls the sharpness of images by adjusting the emphasis of image outlines.

  Drag the slider (4) right to increase the value, emphasize edges, and sharpen the image.

• [Unsharp mask] (RAW images only)

  More detailed adjustment of image sharpness.

  • [Strength]

    Shows the level of emphasis for image outlines. Drag the slider right to increase the value, emphasize edges, and sharpen the image.

  • [Fineness]

    Shows the fineness of the emphasized outline. Drag the slider left to reduce the value and make it easier to emphasize fine details.

  • [Threshold]

    Sets the threshold level of contrast between outlines and surrounding image areas that determines when to enhance edges.

Adjusting clarity

Using this function, you can change the contrast at image edges. Available for images from cameras with a clarity setting.

1. Undo
2. Enter a setting value
3. Drag left or right

• Drag the slider right to increase clarity.

Adjusting color tone by click white balance

For more natural-looking images, you can adjust white balance by sampling an image area as the basis of white. This is effective when you sample image areas where the color tone of white has been altered by the light source.

1. Click [].

   

2. Click an area (1) that will be the basis of white.

   
   1. Cursor coordinates and corresponding RGB values (converted to 8 bits)
   • To adjust white balance again, click a different image area.
   • Click a gray area if there is no white in the image.
   • To exit, click [] again. In Windows, you can also exit by right-clicking.

Adjusting tone curves

You can adjust the brightness, contrast, and color of specific image areas by changing the tone curve ().

1. Select the tone curve mode and interpolation method.

   

2. Adjust the tone curve.

   

   1. RGB: Adjusts R, G, and B together

      R, G, B: Adjusts individual channels

   2. Shows a histogram for the original or edited image
   3. Coordinates of the adjustment point ([]) set most recently
   • The horizontal axis represents the input level, and the vertical axis, the output level.
   • Up to eight adjustment points [] can be set.
   • To remove an adjustment point [], either double-click the point or press the Delete key.

Example of tone curve adjustments

Brightens midtones

Darkens midtones

Sharpens the image

Softens the image

Adjusting dynamic range

You can adjust the dynamic range from image shadows to highlights.

1. Drag right: Input black point
2. Drag left: Input white point
3. Input black point value
4. Input white point value
5. Drag up: Output black point
6. Drag down: Output white point
7. Output black point value
8. Output white point value
9. Undo

• The horizontal axis shows input levels, and the vertical axis, output levels.

Using Auto Lighting Optimizer

For ALO instructions, see Using Auto Lighting Optimizer in Basic Adjustment Tool Palette.

Adjusting overall hue and saturation

• Hue: Drag the slider right to make colors yellower and left to make them redder.
• Saturation: Adjust the overall color saturation. Drag the slider right to make colors more saturated and left to make them duller.

1. Undo
2. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)
3. Drag left or right

Adjusting to monochrome

Click [Monochrome] to create a monochrome image, with all eight color gamuts set to the lowest saturation (-10). You can then edit the monochrome image by dragging the H and L sliders for each color gamut to adjust hue and brightness.

1. Drag left or right
2. Undo
3. Enter a setting value (in tenths of a unit)

Making corrections

1. Select an image.

2. Select the items to correct.

   • Thumbnails of lens aberration corrected images are labeled with [] in the main window ().
   • To reduce correction, drag the slider left.
   • Use the [R] and [B] sliders below [Chromatic aberration] to correct red and blue chromatic aberration.
   • Select any extender used at the time of shooting if a list box is displayed for extender selection.
   • For distortion correction of images captured with EF8–15mm f/4L USM Fisheye or EF15mm f/2.8 Fisheye lenses, you can choose options in the [Effect] list box besides the [Shot settings] option. The effects can be adjusted with the slider below [Distortion].
   • For images captured with EF8–15mm f/4L USM Fisheye, you can use the fine-tuning slider when selecting [Emphasize Linearity] from the [Effect] list box. Use the fine-tuning slider if the main slider does not provide enough adjustment.

Checking correction results

• Peripheral illumination and distortion aberration

  Use full-screen display to check.

• Chromatic aberration and color blur

  Check by clicking the area of interest on the image and then examining it in the magnified view.

Adjusting correction results

• Peripheral noise from [Peripheral illumination] can be alleviated with luminance or chrominance noise reduction (). However, this may not alleviate the noise if you have applied significant peripheral illumination correction to images captured at night or at high ISO speeds.
• To restore sharpness to images that are blurrier after [Distortion] correction, try increasing the sharpness with sharpness adjustment ().
• To restore vibrancy to images that are faded after [Color blur] correction, try increasing saturation ( or ). Note that [Color blur] is effective for correcting blue or red color blur at the edges of image highlights. Correction is not effective under other conditions.

Distortion aberration correction for fisheye lenses

• Shot settings

  Distortion correction is limited to compensation for optical distortion.

  

• Emphasize linearity

  Gives images an appearance resembling the “central projection” produced by most lenses. Although it enables wide, panoramic images, peripheral stretching reduces sharpness.

  

• Emphasize distance

  Gives images an appearance resembling an “equidistant projection,” which maintains relative distances.

  With this projection, all points in the image are at proportionally correct distances and angles relative to the center. Used in astrophotography of the celestial sphere (for applications such as star maps or solar path diagrams), it enables equidistant projection of objects at the same height from the horizon, or declination.

  

• Emphasize periphery

  Gives images the appearance of a “stereographic projection.” Peripheral stretching may reduce sharpness.

  Used for world maps or images from surveillance cameras, because it enables relative positions on a spherical surface to be accurately depicted.

  

• Emphasize center

  Gives images the appearance of an “orthographic projection.” Central stretching may reduce sharpness.

  Used in photography for celestial luminance distributions and fisheye images of animals, because subjects that are equally bright can be depicted as taking up the same amount of space in the image.

  

Digital lens optimizer

Various aberrations from lens optical characteristics can be corrected, along with diffraction and low-pass filter-induced loss of resolution.

Note that Digital Lens Optimizer requires RAW images captured using lenses listed in the [Add or Remove lens data] window.

For best results, set [Sharpness] or [Strength] for [Unsharp mask] to 0 for RAW images you will edit with Digital Lens Optimizer.

1. Select an image.

2. Download the lens data.

   
   • If [Lens data: Yes] is displayed, go to step 4.
   • If [Lens data: No] is displayed, click [].

3. Select the lens used at the time of shooting.

   
   • Click [Start].

   Caution

   • Digital Lens Optimizer cannot be applied to images if [Not Available] is displayed.
   • Downloading lens data may not be possible, depending on the state of your computer. Wait a while before you try downloading again.
   • If you will change the lens data storage location and have already downloaded lens data, manually move the downloaded lens data from the original folder to the new folder.

   Note

   • To delete lens data, clear the checkmark next to the lens name and click [Start].

4. Select [Digital Lens Optimizer].

   
   • Drag the slider to adjust the effect. To undo this change, click (1).
   • The thumbnail is now labeled with [].

   Caution

   • Lens data downloaded with versions of the software before Digital Photo Professional 4 cannot be used. Use lens data downloaded with Digital Photo Professional 4.
   • Digital Lens Optimizer cannot be applied at the same time as [Diffraction correction].
   • Images cannot be corrected with [Chromatic aberration] on the Lens Correction tool pallet if Digital Lens Optimizer has been applied.

   Note

   • Any adjustment of [Sharpness] or [Unsharp mask] should be done after applying Digital Lens Optimizer.

Sharpness and unsharp mask

See Adjusting image sharpness.

Automatically erasing dust

Dust Delete Data appended to images by cameras can be used in automatic erasure of these spots.

1. Select an image with appended Dust Delete Data.

2. Click [Apply Dust Delete Data].

   

Manually erasing dust

You can erase dust spots on an image by selecting them one by one. To erase linear specks, see Erasing unwanted image areas.

1. Click the area with dust to erase (1).

   
   • The image is displayed at full size, centered on the area clicked.
   • The display position can be changed by dragging.

2. Select a method of erasure.

   • Click [] for dark spots or [] for light spots.
   • Moving the cursor will show the area for erasure, indicated by [].

3. Using [] (2), select a spot.

   
   • Spots enclosed by [] are erased.
   • Click another part of the image to keep erasing spots.
   • To erase spots in other areas, momentarily cancel erasure by right-clicking or by clicking the button you clicked in step 2, then follow these steps from the beginning.
   • [] is displayed if a dust spot cannot be erased. Note that clicking repeatedly may erase spots that were not erased after your first click.

Erasing unwanted image areas

This editing enables you to cover unwanted image areas with sections of the image copied from other areas.

Soft-proofing colors

Selecting [Soft-proof colors] enables you to apply the current printing or CMYK simulation profile to the image shown.

1. Click [Settings].

   

2. Select a profile to apply.

   • Choose an option in the [Printing profile] or [CMYK simulation profile] list box.

     
   • After selection, click [OK].

3. Select the profile to use in soft proofing, then select [Soft-proof colors].

   

Specifying the opening size for RAW images

Set the size used by DPP when opening RAW images captured in [] mode, with a .CR3 file extension.

• The setting applies to individual images and is saved as part the recipe.
• This size is also used when saving JPEGs or TIFFs converted from the RAW image.

Viewing and saving RAW images

Applies to RAW images from these cameras.

• EOS-1D X Mark III, EOS R1, EOS R3, EOS R5, EOS R5 Mark II, EOS R5 C, EOS R6, EOS R6 Mark II, EOS R7, EOS R8, EOS R10, EOS R50

1. Select an image.

2. Select an option.

   
   • [Prioritize image quality (recommended)]: Displays and saves images in normal DPP quality.
   • [Prioritize speed]: Enables faster RAW image display and saving. Note that noise may be noticeable in some images.