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In this article, I'm comparing Adobe Camera Raw 12.4 alongside Adobe Bridge 10.1.1 versus Canon Digital Photo Professional 4.12.60.0, all of which are their current versions. In the interests of keeping things to a readable length, I'm limiting myself only to image editing, and won't address features like image management, tethering or printing. That's a question we've wanted to answer for a while now, and one which I'll discuss in a new series of articles comparing the user interfaces, performance and image quality of the manufacturer's apps with those of their much-vaunted Adobe rival.
But is that a smart move in our newly-normal, more cost-conscious world, or could you get by just as well with your camera's bundled software?Ĭanon Digital Photo Professional version 4.12's user interface. If you're like many photographers, the first thing you do upon taking a brand-new camera out of its package is to set aside the included software download info (or, with older cameras, the CD or DVD), opting instead for a third-party option like Adobe's Camera Raw or Lightroom.
