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Just a note on DDP. I tend to use it sparingly on luminance data, but I know others that use it as the primary means of stretching data. The process can deliver pleasing results, but for ultimate control, its hard to beat photoshop's levels and curves. The ability to display both shadows and highlights in a single process if not correctly understood can lead to trouble. Take note of the mid-level as this is where you tell the histogram to start the progressive curve to highlights.
Like all tools they have their place. I do like DDP for RGB data however. Stretching it as far as the colour data will permit, followed by heavy saturation, then introduce the layer as a softlight blend, then drop the opacity to taste. If that doesn't bring on the vibrant colours, duplicating the softlight layer again (two softlight blends) will surely get you rich colours. mmmm s a t u r a t e d c o l o u r ....
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