Once I create the DNG version do I still go through the ACR step with full control, or does creating the DNG eliminate the use of ACR?
Honestly, Richard, I don't know, since I don't use DNG. I have CS6 on Windows and after viewing images from my D-7100 in ViewNX2, I open them in ACR, do some minor adjustments and then save them as 16 bit PSD files.
Hopefully, someone will hyave a good answer for you.
--P
Posted by Keith Bauer on October 10, 2015 at 4:21 PM
If you use DNG, you still open the files and process them in Adobe Camera Raw. DNG is just another RAW format. I find no value in DNG's as they simply complicate my workflow, but I'm also using the latest versions of Photoshop and LightRoom. Your use of DNG could help you in compatibility with a new camera and PS CS3. You are still going to miss out on all the new functions available in newer versions of ACR, but you will be able to open DNG files from a new camera (after converting them from the camera manufacturers format).
Posted by Richard Ditch on October 10, 2015 at 4:28 PM
Thanks, Preston, for making this into a new topic. Thanks, Keith, for the answer.
Posted by Walter Rowe on October 27, 2015 at 2:57 PM
I was once an advocate for Adobe DNG format. I am no longer an advocate for Adobe DNG. The adoption and support of the file format by software makers has not been ubiquitious. Moving Adobe DNG files from one software platform to another may not work in all cases.
In my own experience, I moved from Adobe to Apple Aperture. The Adobe DNG files opened fine and Aperture was able to process them. I lost all my Adobe edits and had to make adjustments all over again in Aperture, but that was expected. Apple eventually announced they were ceasing development of Aperture so I had to move all my images elsewhere.
At first I went back to Adobe Lightroom, but found it so incredibly slow on my Mac (LOTS of memory and the latest processor, still no love) and so I tried out Capture One Pro from PhaseOne. I LOVE Capture One Pro. The quality I get out of it exceeds Adobe Lightroom. However, Capture One's support for Adobe DNG files is not up to par with Apple or Adobe. Capture One can read them, but the colors don't look accurate. Very over saturated and results vary depending on camera model of the original native camera raw file. I have been able to work around this and have had exchanges with PhaseOne who insure me they are working to improve DNG support.
My point in all of this is that if you think you will ever leave the Adobe ecosystem, then you probably should avoid Adobe DNG file format. The only place where you are guaranteed to have excellent support for the format is in the Adobe ecosystem.
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3 repliesRichard Ditch asked the following question in The Photoshop Alternatives thread.
Honestly, Richard, I don't know, since I don't use DNG. I have CS6 on Windows and after viewing images from my D-7100 in ViewNX2, I open them in ACR, do some minor adjustments and then save them as 16 bit PSD files.
Hopefully, someone will hyave a good answer for you.
--P
If you use DNG, you still open the files and process them in Adobe Camera Raw. DNG is just another RAW format. I find no value in DNG's as they simply complicate my workflow, but I'm also using the latest versions of Photoshop and LightRoom. Your use of DNG could help you in compatibility with a new camera and PS CS3. You are still going to miss out on all the new functions available in newer versions of ACR, but you will be able to open DNG files from a new camera (after converting them from the camera manufacturers format).
Thanks, Preston, for making this into a new topic. Thanks, Keith, for the answer.
In my own experience, I moved from Adobe to Apple Aperture. The Adobe DNG files opened fine and Aperture was able to process them. I lost all my Adobe edits and had to make adjustments all over again in Aperture, but that was expected. Apple eventually announced they were ceasing development of Aperture so I had to move all my images elsewhere.
At first I went back to Adobe Lightroom, but found it so incredibly slow on my Mac (LOTS of memory and the latest processor, still no love) and so I tried out Capture One Pro from PhaseOne. I LOVE Capture One Pro. The quality I get out of it exceeds Adobe Lightroom. However, Capture One's support for Adobe DNG files is not up to par with Apple or Adobe. Capture One can read them, but the colors don't look accurate. Very over saturated and results vary depending on camera model of the original native camera raw file. I have been able to work around this and have had exchanges with PhaseOne who insure me they are working to improve DNG support.
My point in all of this is that if you think you will ever leave the Adobe ecosystem, then you probably should avoid Adobe DNG file format. The only place where you are guaranteed to have excellent support for the format is in the Adobe ecosystem.