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 08/02/2006 06:54:02 PM · #1
I'm a new user to Digital Photo Professional and while I like it, I cannot get it to trasfer a photo to Photoshop and open it. I have tried via the keyboard shortcut and through the menu option. Both ways, I get a grey box that pops up and says the trasfer is "In Progress....Please Wait". I do it with PS already open. It will even grab PS and put the window open on top, but no images opens.

I'm running WinXP Pro

Is there something I'm missing? Some option somewhere that makes this all work? It's just sorta' a pain to look up the file number in DPP and then have to switch to PS and open it by hand.
 08/02/2006 07:13:09 PM · #2
it takes quite a while to open it in PS via DPP... don't know how patience you are?

;-)

Message edited by author 2006-08-02 19:13:20.
 08/02/2006 07:41:29 PM · #3
I've tried being patient and waiting a couple of times, and nothing happens. It's not like the system is thinking about it, either, as I can go on ahead and do open other pics without any interference.

And I'm running a fast system: 2.8Ghz, 512 RAM. I don't usually have to wait very long for anything.

Maybe I'm just not patient enough. ;-)
 08/02/2006 07:45:05 PM · #4
That is not enough ram. On my machine, photoshop routinely uses 400meg on its own while I am editing a file. Just having XP booted and sitting there doing 'nothing' will use around 160meg depending on what you are loading at boot. Between XP, Photoshop, and your RAW viewer your machine is starved for RAM. It is cheap stuff these days, you should consider up'ing to a gig or more.
 08/02/2006 07:47:45 PM · #5
Originally posted by routerguy666:
That is not enough ram. On my machine, photoshop routinely uses 400meg on its own while I am editing a file. Just having XP booted and sitting there doing 'nothing' will use around 160meg depending on what you are loading at boot. Between XP, Photoshop, and your RAW viewer your machine is starved for RAM. It is cheap stuff these days, you should consider up'ing to a gig or more.

I'm saving for a gig. I've got a Dell laptop, the most it can take is 1GB, but since it's a laptop, there's only one port - so I have to buy the full 1GB, can't just add another 512 to it.

Yeah, dumb, I know...

08/02/2006 08:05:41 PM · #6
I agree DPP transfering a photo to PhotoShop is very slow, and I run a dula processor fast processor. I tried it and now have gone back to using Adobe Bridge and Photoshop. It was just too slow for me.
 08/02/2006 08:15:26 PM · #7
I use Irfanview for viewing and it loads into Photoshop like lightning... And Irfanview is free!
 08/02/2006 08:28:12 PM · #8
Originally posted by TooCool:
I use Irfanview for viewing and it loads into Photoshop like lightning... And Irfanview is free!

Does Irfanview have RAW capability?

I need:
-Scan through all the shots off the card
-Batch rename with details, if needed
-Tag shots for future editing/notes
-Process RAW
-Batch process

I was using RawShooter, the free version, but I found it clunky and a bit gutless. At some point in the future, I'll upgrade to PSCS2, and I like that RAW process, so I don't really want to spend a lot for software that'll only get replaced. DPP seems to do most of my points okay, but the transfer to PS thing really bugs me.

If anyone wants to suggest software that hits (most) of my points well, I'd love to hear.
 08/02/2006 08:35:26 PM · #9
Just curious, but why do you need to transfer photos in DPP to PS? My current workflow just involves opening the RAW files in DPP, making any changes to white balance, exposure, etc. and then running the batch process to get the TIF files. After that, then I'll open the photos in PS for any further fixing up, but never through DPP. Can you clue me in on your process so I know why you're transferring photos from DPP to PS?
 08/02/2006 08:49:02 PM · #10
Originally posted by acrotide:
Just curious, but why do you need to transfer photos in DPP to PS? My current workflow just involves opening the RAW files in DPP, making any changes to white balance, exposure, etc. and then running the batch process to get the TIF files. After that, then I'll open the photos in PS for any further fixing up, but never through DPP. Can you clue me in on your process so I know why you're transferring photos from DPP to PS?

You're probably gonna' laugh. Right now, I'm using it for jpegs. I shot hundreds on a trip last weekend and have been going through them in DPP and adding check marks to the ones I want to edit. I'd like to be able to use the function to send them right to PS so I can just go from one check mark to the next, without having to open the PS Open window and find the image number again.

I should have said that in the first place. Maybe that's part of the problem I'm having? It doesn't transfer jpegs, only RAW?
 08/02/2006 09:03:01 PM · #11
Originally posted by OdysseyF22:
Originally posted by acrotide:
Just curious, but why do you need to transfer photos in DPP to PS? My current workflow just involves opening the RAW files in DPP, making any changes to white balance, exposure, etc. and then running the batch process to get the TIF files. After that, then I'll open the photos in PS for any further fixing up, but never through DPP. Can you clue me in on your process so I know why you're transferring photos from DPP to PS?

You're probably gonna' laugh. Right now, I'm using it for jpegs. I shot hundreds on a trip last weekend and have been going through them in DPP and adding check marks to the ones I want to edit. I'd like to be able to use the function to send them right to PS so I can just go from one check mark to the next, without having to open the PS Open window and find the image number again.

I should have said that in the first place. Maybe that's part of the problem I'm having? It doesn't transfer jpegs, only RAW?

Ok, I understand now :)

I usually look through my photos in Irfanview just to see them (kind of like the way you are using DPP to view), but then I just open them up separately in PS (not through Irfanview). It does take a little extra time, but I'm used to it. Of course, I'd be interested in learning a quicker way to do this too, either through DPP, Irfanview or another image viewer that's preferably free.

As for transferring jpegs or RAW only, that I'm not sure of as I don't know DPP all that well. I just use it for processing my RAW files, so hopefully someone else has a better understanding of this program and can give you a better answer.
 08/03/2006 01:40:46 PM · #12
Originally posted by OdysseyF22:

You're probably gonna' laugh. Right now, I'm using it for jpegs. I shot hundreds on a trip last weekend and have been going through them in DPP and adding check marks to the ones I want to edit. I'd like to be able to use the function to send them right to PS so I can just go from one check mark to the next, without having to open the PS Open window and find the image number again.

I should have said that in the first place. Maybe that's part of the problem I'm having? It doesn't transfer jpegs, only RAW?

If you've got the hard drive space, you could set up three subfolders, one for each rating and then just transfer the JPGs to them. This would also enforce the "save the original, work on a copy" style many people use.
 08/03/2006 03:12:03 PM · #13
In DPP you can drag and drop pics to other subdirectories - i do this all the time. I use the Quick Check tool to make a first pass and check mark the worst ones for deletion, the second rate ones for moving to an archive folder and the rest remain. I then do a file>select? chekcmarked1 and delete them, repeat for checkmark2 and drag them to a folder.

works in RAW or JPG.

An alternative software program is Breezebrowser Pro (haven't used the non-pro version). Works similar to DPP, can batch convert RAW also.

And you don't have enough RAM. I have 512 and to run PS7 (XP Pro) just about everything is swapped to disk. Ugly slow. I want a new computer, I want CS2 - CS2 wants more ram than I have, and I'm not sure I want to spend $80-150 for 1-2gb of ram for this system. I'm not sure 1Gb will do much better than 512.
 08/03/2006 03:40:39 PM · #14
What version of photoshop? If CS2 why not use Bridge to add the check marks? If not CS2, why not the File Utility?

I've used DPP a couple of times to transfer to PS and it only takes a few seconds even if PS has to open. Mind you, I have 2GB of RAM and the processor speed is 3GHZ (dual).
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