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I tested canon’s Digital Photo Professional (DPP) software a few days ago on one of my linux box. I like to take some notes for myself for later use. I have installed DPP a few times today just too fine tune the documentation. I even tested it on an ubuntu live cd, just to be shore it will work for most people.

The DPP is at the time of writing in version 3.2.0.3. It can be downloaded from web from canon. Dpp also come on a cd with many cameras from canon, but that version can be old.

First thing todo on an ubuntu box is to enable the universe repository in the file /etc/apt/source.list. It is just to take away the # sign form that line with your favorite editor in suuperuser mode. For me this means something like

sudo vi /etc/apt/source.list

Then update the package list

sudo apt-get update
and install wine

sudo apt-get install wine

then
wineprefixcreate

The downloaded dpp require an older version of the software. The easiest way to do this is to put these lines in a file:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareCanonFileViewerUtility]
"registry"="1"

I named the file canon2.reg ,and from the command line typed regedit canon2.reg

I found a tip on the winehq site about turn off debugging and it is done by

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows NTCurrentVersionAeDebug]
"Auto"="0"
"Debugger"="winedbg --auto %ld %ld"

I called this file aedebug-0.reg

And run

regedit aedebug-0.reg

Then it’s time to install DPP.
After you have downloaded DPP (try here) run wine DPP320_EN.exe

It takes a while and first you get up a window with the title “exception raised” just leave it or close it.

The install process is quite straightforward.

Afterwards there will be a dpp launcer on the Desctop and one in the Programs-wine- menu. The latter may require a logout-login.

There is few bugs when running this. The first one I noticed is the folder view turn to garbage often. Lucky enough this can be fixed with closing and opening the folder view with the folder button.

The other bug is the “fit to window” view mode. It does not work correctly. The other modes like 50% work. A workaround might be to check the images in the trimmer tool. Select tools-start trimmer tool to just check your images.

Another thing I will like to point out is that dpp saves jpg image with adobergb by default. So if yor image look muddy in a web browser this is the reason.
I don’t think I will use DPP much. But I can be nice to have to check different settings. My goal was in the first place to check the portrait picture style on my canon 10D.

Here is a little sweetheart a meet a few days ago. Stright from dpp. Normaly I think I would sharpen this a little more after resizing.

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