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Your threee most common print sizes will be 4x6, 5x7 and 8x10, with some maybe wanting to do a "full bleed" 8.5x11. Doing a 5x7 print will crop very little (off the longest dimension) and so is closest to your 2:3 sensor aspect ratio. The most severe cropping is done for an 8x10 -- an 8.5x11 "full bleed" is somewhat less cropped, again all at the longest dimension. One practical is to give them two sizes, a...

iViewMedia Pro (on Mac, not sure about PC) writes the IPTC straight into the CR2 file if there's no .xmp. LR will be able to read (most of) that. LR will not be able to read catalog sets and such stuff, nor iView labels and ratings. I usually select all images I want in iView, then right click and "open with" LR2. It will take LR a while to import a few thousand images though Use "import at existing...

Quote: Originally Posted by fastap I process my raws in Lightroom, someone here said that ACR/Lightroom together is a great combo. What benifits does ACR have over Lightroom when it comes to processng raws? You misunderstood. The ACR engine is built into Lightroom. You don't need Lightroom AND ACR. ACR is a companion app with Photoshop and Bridge. When it comes to processing Raw files, there is no difference between doing it with LR or...

Oh...I was just wondering because there are a lot of pirated copies floating around...some are even for sale on Ebay. And while I don't encourage pirating it makes no sense to buy pirated software when that same software can also be downloaded for free from so many websites. If its a private listing you should ask the seller to sign transfer of license form: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/152/tn_1528...nts/na_tol.pdf . That way you'd know...

7D files respond pretty well to sharpening, but do it based on your output size.

I use DPP and Photoshop, both programmes let me see EXIF data, DPP gives me far more than I'm ever going to want, but while PS shows me less, it's still more than enough. Saving processed images in TIFF form keeps the data intact.

Quote: Question 2: When they final the release will I be informed of the final update? On the first page of the Preferences, tick the box for "Automatically check for updates." Or in the Help menu periodically select "Check fo updates."

Quote: Originally Posted by tzalman James, DPP is a bit confusing in this respect. "Save" means that your edits are listed in the metadata section of the RAW file and the next time it is opened in DPP (and only DPP) they will be applied. The original data written by the camera in the file is not overwritten and you can return to it if you wish. DPP also allows you to save the editing data separately in a .vrd file....

Quote: Originally Posted by Tony-S What I don't understand is why you have to have one or the other. It would seem that by now MS would have come up with a way of letting 32-bit and 64-bit apps coexist on the same system. Same reason why Apple doesn't let bluray support for it's OS. Things happen, and they want to play it safe by disallowing certain things. Eventually it'll be changed and it'll be the newest, biggest...

Quote: Originally Posted by tim Why didn't you think about that when you took the photo rather than having to manually crop each image? My point is just that 3:2 ratio is much easier. Some images are better square. Some images are better at 4:5. Some images are better at 2:3. Some images are better at 9:16. That's what I meant by "artistic compositional integrity." "Easier" does not necessarily...