topic Re: Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing in Camera Software

Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing from DPP

PeteMc — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:01:56 GMT

Getting back into playing with DPP4 (still a newbie with it) and wanted to play with Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer. When I click on it in the Tools menu I get "Target file does not exist." I was working with a RAW image from a R5, if that is the issue.

I didn't find a whole lot on the Support page, but AI (which, of course, we all believe whole heartedly) said to reinstall. So download again from the Canon site and did a clean install with no change.

I don't see it on the site as a separate download, so what am I missing?

ADDED: I discovered that you have to Activate the option in Customize Toolbar (which doesn't makes a lot of sense🤔). But that has been done with no change.

Re: Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing

kvbarkley — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:15:00 GMT

Did you turn it it on in the camera for the raw you took?

Re: Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing

PeteMc — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:21:41 GMT

Ohhh... Okay, back to the camera to check. Didn't realize it was a setting in the camera that would be defaulted to off.

Re: Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing

kvbarkley — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:43:40 GMT

It is in the first shooting menu with the image quality

Re: Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing

kvbarkley — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:05:30 GMT

There are some caveats and tradeoffs when the option is turned on:

Re: Dual Pixel RAW Optimizer Missing

PeteMc — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:23:33 GMT

Thanks for the notes. I've been reading a bit about it and when or if I'll opt to use it.

Originally I didn't remember reading about it on the camera side and just ran across the option in the DPP menus. But obviously not just a DPP thing.