Can Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 export compressed TIFF files?
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In Canon Digital Photo Professional 4, I can batch export TIFFs but I can’t find any option for lossless TIFF compression, so the files are much larger than expected. Does DPP4 support compressed TIFF export at all? If not, has Canon given any reason for leaving it out? More broadly, is it common for photographers to keep a library of uncompressed TIFFs, or do most workflows keep the RAW files and only export final delivery files as needed?
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Is there any way to enable lossless TIFF compression in Canon Digital Photo Professional?
No.
If not, have Canon explained why they don't support TIFF compression?
No.
Do professional photographers tend to maintain their TIFF library without compression?
Most professional photographers I know save RAW files and the final file in whatever format they supply to the customer. Although TIFF was once a more common part of many pros' workflow, the ability of a multitude of photo applications to now work directly with native RAW files has enabled many to skip conversion to TIFF altogether. So most professionals I know do not maintain any sort of TIFF library at all.
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Based on the answers provided, Canon Digital Photo Professional 4 does not offer an option to export compressed TIFF files. There’s also no indication that Canon has publicly explained why TIFF compression is not supported in DPP4.
As for workflow, many photographers no longer keep a TIFF library at all. A common approach is to archive the original RAW files, then export only the final files needed for delivery or specific editing tasks. Since many modern applications can work directly with RAW files, TIFF is often used only as an intermediate or final output format rather than as a long-term library format.
So in practice: keep your RAW originals, and generate TIFFs only when you need them. If file size is a concern, DPP4 itself doesn’t appear to provide a built-in TIFF compression setting.
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