ART vs Canon Digital Photo Professional

ART is a free, open-source RAW image processor for Linux, macOS and Windows. Derived from RawTherapee, it aims for a simpler interface while retaining processing power and quality. Its editing capabilities include layers, batch editing and local adjustments using drawn or parametric masks. It handles metadata and can optionally read and write XMP sidecar files. A plugin system supports custom input and output formats, including true HDR output. For color work, ART supports ACES CLF LUTs through OpenColorIO and CTL scripts through the ACES CTL interpreter. It also includes automatic perspective correction adapted from darktable. User commands can connect external programs; documented AI masking and denoising workflows rely on separate open-source tools, and the project says full AI-tool integration is unlikely in the foreseeable future. ART is licensed under GPL version 3 and comes without a warranty. Stable binaries are linked from GitHub releases, with additional builds listed for Windows, openSUSE, Arch Linux and notarized macOS. Questions and bug reports can be directed to its GitHub issue tracker or discussion board.

Canon Digital Photo Professional is free Windows and macOS software for viewing, processing, editing, and printing RAW images from compatible Canon EOS digital cameras and RAW-capable PowerShot models. It imports and edits Canon CR3 RAW, HEIF, and JPEG files, with output in JPEG, TIFF, or HEIF. Editing controls include rotation, white balance, dynamic range, colour, and tone-curve adjustments. Diffraction Correction and Digital Lens Optimizer provide lens corrections. Recipes offer preset-based editing shortcuts, while star ratings, bulk renaming, and bulk resizing support photo organization and output. Neural network processing covers digital lens optimization, noise reduction, and demosaicing. Compositing and Depth Compositing functions are listed for reducing noise and sharpening details. Colour management supports sRGB, Adobe RGB, Wide Gamut RGB, and ICC profiles. Canon also lists EOS Utility for remote camera control and transfer, plus Picture Style Editor for creating styles used in DPP.