Have had a quick trial of DPP 3.0. (Thank you Canon for mac version at same time as PC).

The RAW converter now has highlight and dark-end control as well as previous controls and the crop line is added visibly to the image thumb-nails which is nice.

The highlight/shadow or whatever seems a good way of introducing noise to Canon shots where is has not been a serious problem before, though used ever so gently does complement other controls. Maybe good come summer with heavy shadow problems?

The additional noise reduction pane (for CR2 and/or jpg/tif) seems no competition for NeatImage.

I am rapidly becoming a NeatImage fan having discovered that its main strength is as much in sharpening up, but with less danger of introducing halo than using unsharp mask, and more directed to where it is neeeded. Also good noise reduction on wide open areas. Just wish it was a stand-alone, cos as it is one has to have all the ball-and-chain effects of PS(E) running on the computer to use it. But, without question, is an ideal complement to DPP.