EOS R7 JPG Picture Profiles / Recipes?

[justadude]

A friend of mine was recently gifted a Canon R7 camera by her fiancé, to replace her old and tired Fujifilm camera.  She has asked for some help from me on understanding a lot of the (new to her) menu since she knows I shoot Canon.  I've been able to help her a lot on the different settings, but in one area I am looking for some suggestions here from the group.

Let me start here...

She loved the Fujifilm recipes, and was a little disappointed that Canon does not have these.  I need to add that she does not love editing at all.  I offered to teach her, but she said editing would take away from her love of photography - make it feel like a chore.  She is asking me how she can learn to set up (adjust?) just a few JPEG picture profiles to look like some of the recipes she had before.  Some of her favorites looked like film.

I know that Canon does NOT have the same custom options like Fujifilm does, and I explained that to her, so no need to tell me that.  However a quick Google search gave me a billion (ok, only a million) options on how to go about setting a few of these up to kind of resemble Fujifilm recipes.  I have never attempted anything like this, simply because I like editing RAW files.  So... Instead of me sifting through a million (ok, in reality, only 100,000) videos and articles... has anyone here ever had any luck with setting up a few film like JPEG profiles on their Canon camera?  If so, can you point me towards links of ones that actually look good (instead of the 99,990 that look mediocre)?

And just in case you are think of suggesting this, she does not want to trade in the R7 for a newer Fujifilm.  She said her fiancé would be disappointed, and she really does love the camera and has been excited to learn more about it.

[jrhoffman75]

I have never used. but found this via search.

Canon Picture Style Editor is another tool.

https://global.canon/en/imaging/picturestyle/editor/

[shadowsports]

Gary,

The picture styles option mentioned by John is a good one. 👍  Hopefully that "works" for her.

DPP also supports recipes.   With minimal work, she could create a her own recipie(s) and apply them to her images globally.  Canon has superior color science. You can only encourage her.  The rest depends on her.  

[johnrmoyer]

https://cam.start.canon/en/C005/manual/html/UG-02_BasicShooting_0030.html 

Available Shooting Modes in SCN Mode

Shooting Mode
	Portrait		Close-up
	Group Photo		Food
	Landscape		Night Portrait
	Panoramic shot		Handheld Night Scene
	Sports		HDR Backlight Control
	Kids		Silent shutter
	Panning

https://cam.start.canon/en/C005/manual/html/UG-02_BasicShooting_0170.html 

Creative Filters Mode

• Creative Filter Characteristics
• Adjusting the Miniature Effect

You can shoot with filter effects applied. Filter effects can be previewed before you shoot.

Creative Filter Characteristics

•  Grainy B/W

  Makes the image grainy and black and white. By adjusting the contrast, you can change the black-and-white effect.

• Soft focus

  Gives the image a soft look. By adjusting the blur, you can change the degree of softness.

•  Fish-eye effect

  Gives the effect of a fish-eye lens. The image will have barrel distortion.

  Depending on the level of this filter effect, the area trimmed along the periphery of the image changes. Also, because this filter effect magnifies the center of the image, the apparent resolution at the center may degrade depending on the number of recorded pixels, so set the filter effect while checking the resulting image. One AF point is used, fixed at the center.

• Water painting effect

  Makes the photo look like a watercolor painting with soft colors. By adjusting the effect, you can change the color density. Note that night scenes or dark scenes may not be rendered with a smooth gradation and may look irregular or have significant noise.

• Toy Camera effect

  Shifts colors to those typical of toy cameras and darkens the four corners of the image. Color tone options can be used to change the color cast.

• Miniature effect

  Creates a diorama effect.

  Shooting under the default setting will keep the center looking sharp.

  To move the area that looks sharp (the scene frame), see Adjusting the Miniature Effect. [1-point AF] is used as the AF area. Shooting with the AF point and scene frame aligned is recommended.

• HDR art standard

  Photos retain more detail in highlights and shadows. With reduced contrast and flatter gradation, the finish resembles a painting. The subject outlines will have bright (or dark) edges.

• HDR art vivid

  Colors are more saturated than with [

  HDR art standard], and the low contrast and flat gradation resemble graphic art.

• HDR art bold

  The colors are the most saturated, making the subject pop out, and the picture looks like an oil painting.

• HDR art embossed

  The color saturation, brightness, contrast and gradation are decreased to make the picture look flat, so that the picture looks faded and old. The subject outlines will have intensely bright (or dark) edges.

https://cam.start.canon/en/C005/manual/html/UG-04_Shooting-1_0200.html 

Picture Style Selection

• Picture Style Characteristics
• Symbols

Just by selecting a preset Picture Style, you can obtain image characteristics effectively matching your photographic expression or the subject. 

https://cam.start.canon/en/C005/manual/html/UG-04_Shooting-1_0210.html 

Picture Style Customization

• Settings and Effects
•  Monochrome Adjustment

You can customize any Picture Style by changing it from the default settings. For details on customizing [Monochrome], see 

 Monochrome Adjustment.

https://cam.start.canon/en/C005/manual/html/UG-04_Shooting-1_0220.html 

Picture Style Registration

You can select a base Picture Style such as [Portrait] or [Landscape], adjust it as desired, and register it under [User Def. 1] – [User Def. 3]. Useful when creating several Picture Styles with different settings.

Picture Styles that you have registered on the camera using EOS Utility (EOS software, ) can also be modified here. 

https://www.canon-europe.com/pro/infobank/picture-style/  

[justadude]

John, Rick, and John... thanking all three of you for this great information.  I'm going to forward these links and let my friend do some homework on the info before I give her a hand setting some of this up.  

The only thing I think she will reject is the DPP4 suggestion because she is dead set on exporting JPEGs and calling them finished with no other effort.  I tried talking her into some simple edit programs, and got the "You aren't listening to me" look.  lol

[johnrmoyer]

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@justadude wrote:

John, Rick, and John... thanking all three of you for this great information.  I'm going to forward these links and let my friend do some homework on the info before I give her a hand setting some of this up.  

The only thing I think she will reject is the DPP4 suggestion because she is dead set on exporting JPEGs and calling them finished with no other effort.  I tried talking her into some simple edit programs, and got the "You aren't listening to me" look.  lol

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So far as I know, it is possible to set the camera to save both JPG and CR3 files and then change the style in the camera menus and save a new JPG file. So, the same photo can have more than one version with different styles all in the camera.