Specifying Preferences

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Specifying Preferences

You can change the various functions of DPP in the [Preferences] window. Check the contents of each window and set. Also, depending on the item, a detailed explanation may be available, so see each window.

  1. Select the [Tools] menu → [Preferences].

    • The [Preferences] window appears.

  2. Select the tab sheet, specify the settings, and then click the [OK] button.
    [General Settings] tab sheet
    [View Settings] tab sheet
    [Tool Palette] tab sheet
    [Color Management] tab sheet

General Settings

You can specify the folder that opens when DPP is started up, image quality of displayed and saved RAW images, etc.

[General settings] Tab Sheet

[Startup folder] Allows you to select whether the folder that was open the last time is displayed or the specified folder is always displayed when DPP starts up.
[Save recipe] Allows you to select whether the edited image is saved automatically or the confirmation dialog box is displayed, when you exit DPP or change images displayed in the main window to the ones in another folder.
[Viewing and saving RAW images] Allows you to set the quality of the displayed RAW image.
[JPEG image quality] Allows you to set the quality of the displayed JPEG image.
[Default value of output resolution] You can set the resolution for RAW images converted and saved as JPEG or TIFF images. (Saving as a JPEG or TIFF Image, Batch Save as JPEG or TIFF Images (Batch Processing))
[At EOS Utility startup] If you check this checkbox, the edit image window is displayed automatically when you start up EOS Utility.
[OK] Applies the settings and closes the window.
[Cancel] Cancels all settings and closes the window.

Viewing and saving RAW images

You can select from two types of image quality for displaying/saving RAW images: high image quality with false color reduction processing and noise reduction function used, or high speed without false color processing and noise reduction function used.

  1. [High quality]

    • False color reduction processing is automatically applied, and the image can be displayed/saved as a false color reduced-high quality image. Furthermore, you can use the noise reduction function to reduce the luminance noise and chrominance noise.

    • Because the effects of the false color reduction processing and noise reduction function are difficult to see in the [50% view] or [Fit to window] display of the edit window and edit image window, use [100% view] or [200% view] to check.

    • We recommend that you normally set [High quality] for a balance between image quality and display speed.


  1. [View images at high speed (moiré reduction off)] of [High quality]

    • If you checkmark [View images at high speed (moiré reduction off)], when the image is displayed in the edit window or the edit image window, false color reduction processing is not applied. However, you can use the noise reduction function.

    • As the setting is the same as [High quality] other than for image display, the image undergoes false color reduction processing when it is saved.


  1. [High speed]

    • Since false color reduction processing is not applied, the display speed of a RAW image in the edit window or the edit image window, and the time it takes to save a RAW image is shorter than with [High quality].

    • You cannot use the noise reduction function.

    • Depending on the image, it may be displayed/saved with false color or noise being noticeable.


For images shot with ISO speed range expansion set, the difference in image quality between [High quality] and [High speed] becomes remarkable. To check the image quality of images shot with ISO speed range expansion, make sure to set [High quality] and check the images in the edit window or edit image window.

JPEG image quality

  1. [Remove block noise and mosquito noise]


The extent of the improvement in noise reduction

The higher the JPEG image's compression rate, the more noise is reduced. When the compression rate is low, the effect of noise reduction is negligible.

View Settings

You can specify settings relating to the display.

[View Settings] Tab Sheet

[Grid pitch] Allows you to specify the grid spacing in a range of 8 to 256 pixels used when the grid lines are displayed in the edit window or the edit image window.
[Image selection status] If you check this checkbox, an image opened in the edit window will appear selected in the main window.
[Magnification in Edit window] Allows you to select the magnification of the image when opening the edit window.
[Magnification when the Edit/Edit image window is double-clicked] Allows you to select the magnification of the image when double-clicking the edit window.
[RAW and JPEG] You can display and handle a RAW image and JPEG image shot simultaneously as a single image.
[Sort order in main window] You can set the order of images which have been rearranged in the main window to be maintained or not maintained.
If you checkmark the checkbox, the order of the rearranged images is maintained even if you exit DPP or select another folder in the folder area.
If you remove the check mark, the order of the rearranged images is not maintained and reverts to the previous order when you exit DPP or select another folder in the folder area.
[Highlight/shadow Alert] Highlighted/shaded areas that exceed the set range can be displayed on the image as warning indicators.
[Quick check tool display] You can change the enlargement ratio to 50% or 100%, when an image is enlarged in the quick check window.
[OK] Applies the settings and closes the window.
[Cancel] Cancels all settings and closes the window.

Tool Palette

You can specify settings for the tool palette.

[Tool Palette] tab sheet

[Default settings of RGB tool palette] Select [Tone curve mode] (tone curve display), [Tone curve interpolation method] (tie method), and [Histogram display] displayed in the [RGB] tab sheet on the tool palette.*1
You cannot apply changes to the settings until you re-open the folder.
[Tool palette display in Edit Image Window] Allows you to select whether the tool palette is displayed as [Docking display] (within the window) or [Floating display] (another window).
[Modified Picture Style settings] You can select whether the [Color tone], [Color saturation], [Contrast], [Unsharp mask] and [Sharpness] settings will be changed or retained, when you change the Picture Style.
If you checkmark the checkbox, the [Color tone], [Color saturation], [Contrast] and [Sharpness] settings will be changed to match the camera's preset settings, when you change the Picture Style.
If you remove the check mark, the [Color tone], [Color saturation], [Contrast] and [Sharpness] settings will be retained, even if you change the Picture Style.
[Tool palette display mode] Select whether to match the tool palette display mode (display/hide) in both the Main window and Edit window.
[Default noise reduction settings] You can set a default beforehand for the noise reduction level.*2
RAW Images:
When [Apply camera settings] is selected, you can pre-set a noise reduction level that suits the camera settings beforehand as the default.
When [Set as defaults] is selected, you can pre-set a preferred default setting for the noise reduction level beforehand.
JPEG/TIFF Images:
You can set a desired default noise reduction level beforehand.
For images not having a recipe attached, the default set here for noise reduction level is applied.
However, if you want to apply settings to images in the opened folder, you need to re-open the folder after making settings here.
For images with a recipe attached, the noise level recorded in the recipe remains as it is and the default for noise reduction level set here is not applied.
[OK] Applies the settings and closes the window.
[Cancel] Cancels all settings and closes the window.

*1Even if the default setting is changed, the new default setting is not applied to edited (i.e., adjusted using the tool palette, trimmed, dust-erased) images. Change each one individually.

*2In instances where the same level of noise occurs in several images, such as images shot with high ISO speed, setting an appropriate default noise reduction setting enables you to apply a batch noise reduction default to all the images displayed in DPP (excluding images with a recipe attached). This eliminates the need to apply noise reduction to each individual image. And, since you always shoot with the same conditions, it is also useful when you want to set the same noise reduction level for all shot images.

Color Management

You can specify settings relating to color management, such as settings for work color space, conditions for color matching, etc.

[Color Management] tab sheet

[Default settings of Work color space] You can select from five types of color space that is applied as a default setting in RAW images. Color space that has been set is applied as the color space when a RAW image is converted and saved (Saving as a JPEG or TIFF Image, Batch Save as JPEG or TIFF Images (Batch Processing)) or printed (Printing an Image).*1 *2
If you have changed the setting, and you restart DPP, the new setting is applied as the default setting color space.
You can check color space that has been set in an image in the main window, in the edit window and the edit image window.
[Color matching settings] [For display]*3:
Where a profile is attached to the monitor you are using, you can display an image in more faithful colors by setting the profile.
If you select [Use the OS settings], the color profile set in Windows will also be applied in DPP.
If you are using multiple monitors, only the profile of the primary monitor is applied to DPP.
Select the [Monitor profile], click the [Browse] button and in the dialog box that appears, select a profile for your monitor.
[Printing profile]*4 *5:
Where a profile is attached to the printer you are using to print images, you can print an image and simulate the colors displayed on screen by setting the profile.
The profile that has been set is applied to all printing (Printing Photographs with a Printer other than the Canon Inkjet Printers, Printing with Shooting Information, Printing a Thumbnail List (Contact Sheet Printing)) except for printing using a Canon inkjet printer (Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint EX, Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint) or linked printing (Printing RAW Images on a High-End Canon Printer).
[CMYK simulation profile]:
You can select the color when printing in the CMYK environment of a printing machine, etc. from four types of profiles and perform simulation on screen.
When CMYK simulation has been set, [CMYK] appears in the bottom of the main window, edit window and edit image window, and colors can be checked.
To temporarily cancel CMYK simulation, press the <Ctrl> + <Y> keys.
[Rendering intents when using Easy-PhotoPrint] You can set a rendering intent (matching method) for printing using Easy-PhotoPrint.
The rendering intent is ordinarily set to [Relative Colorimetric].
When colors with [Relative Colorimetric] are not satisfactory, set to [Perceptual].
[OK] Applies the settings and closes the window.
[Cancel] Cancels all settings and closes the window.

*1Even if the default setting is changed, the new default setting is not applied to edited (i.e., adjusted using the tool palette, trimmed, dust-erased) images. Change each one individually.

*2You can set a color space that is different from the default settings for each image. (Setting Work Color Space)

*3If you use a profile created using a third-party monitor color reader, images can be displayed in even more precise colors.

*4Even if you set a printer profile, if you use the color adjustment function of the printer driver, the image may print in colors different from those displayed on screen.

*5If you are printing using a Canon inkjet printer (Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint EX, Printing Photographs with Canon Inkjet Printers Compatible with Easy-PhotoPrint) or using linked printing (Printing RAW Images on a High-End Canon Printer), a profile is set automatically even when the [Printing profile] setting is not performed. This allows you to print faithful colors easily.




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