DNG Pre-Processing is the Future for Digital Photography - Particularly Fuji Shooters
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- Опубликовано: 13 дек 2023
- Pre-processing your RAW files into DNGs solves all sorts of headaches for digital photography shooters. In this video I explain why and how you can bring them into your own photo processing workflow.
Adobe DNG converter helpx.adobe.com/camera-raw/us...
DxO Pure RAW www.dxo.com/dxo-pureraw/
IrfranView www.irfanview.com
RawTherapee www.rawtherapee.com
UFRaw ufraw.sourceforge.net
DNG processing also checks for file corruption.
1. DNGs are about 3 times as big, not 20% smaller than Nikon (Nixon) NEF files. I used Adobe Camera RAW on a few different Nikons from the D7000 to the Z9, and this is consistent.
Consistently spot-on as always. Your content is so good that even when I'm familiar with the topic, I still find myself watching it.
Thank you, that was very informative - particularly your workflow.
You do this stuff so well thank you
Thanks for posting this - I have been converting to DNG for years and I often feel like I'm alone in this club.
Hi Andy, I used to use a Pentax K100D camera. DXO Photolab does not support RAW files from this particular camera so I converted them to DNG using Adobe software to do so only to discover DXO does not support DNG conversions from RAWs that are not supported. DXO support told me that! So the premiss of DNG Conversion is not that simple. I cannot in any way edit (or even view) those photos in DXO Photolab. In addition to this I do a fair bit of smart phone (iPhone) photography and RAW files produced by many apps (ProCamera, Halide and Camera+) are not supported by DXO Photolab (or at least were not in V6). I am not particularly techy so there may be workarounds but DXO Support never suggested anything. I am not having a go at DXO - I use Photolab and Filmpack but I'm aware that some of my photos are simply supported which is a bit irritating.
Have I said how much I enjoy your videos, I have been up to now just sticking with the RAF lossless compressed files, might have to give the DNG conversion workflow a try. Another cost option is iridient digital Iridient X-Transformer, not tried it myself but have heard good things.
I started digital capture in 2002 after 30 years of shooting film. My first DSLR was the whopping 4MP Canon 1D. I immediately shot raw format and suffered along with Canon DPP, until Adobe Camera Raw came along in 2003 as a $99 plugin to PS. Then in 2004 the DNG converter came out and I immediately started converting all my raws, so I wouldn’t lose those pesky xmp files. I tried to get on board with LR in version 1, but it wasn’t until v3 when I really embraced it. It’s been my main squeeze ever since. I even print directly from my DNG files to my Epson 9900. My current workflow is card reader, LR with Import Preset (including rudimentary Develop Presets like File Renaming, IPTC, Lens Corrections, Color Profile, Capture Sharpening.) and Convert to DNG. The OG’s like Bruce Fraser and Jeff Schewe guided me with their invaluable knowledge in the Real World book series. Thank goodness because it was like the digital Wild West back then…
Cool vid, Andy. Thanx for turning me on to Hazel! DNG Adobe style all the way.
An excellent explanation. I considered adopting a RAW workflow about 10 years ago, but in the end I decided against. I think the future compatibility issue is a bit overblown sometimes, I have 20+ year old RAW files from a Canon 10D that are still supported in Lightroom. I don't think it would be in Adobe's interests to stop supporting old cameras from a major manufacturer. If they ever did then of course, I would be forced to convert those files to DNG. Likewise with the storage space argument - storage is relatively cheap these days so the cost saving from the size difference between RAW and DNG is smaller. I photograph wildlife and even with aggressive culling, I have many tens of thousands of images in my library which easily fit on a couple of 2TB SSD drives (although backups mean I need two sets, obviously!) Still, the cost of those drives isn't prohibitive. I do use PureRaw often though - so I end up with duplicate DNG files on some images. However, I find PureRaw doesn't work for all images - in my opinion it can sometimes introduce artefacts such as worming in out of focus image areas, so I won't run all my images through it. I use Topaz in PS on those that don't clean up well with PureRaw. Each to his or her own, of course - but I'm pretty happy with this workflow. It isn't the most efficient, but I prefer to keep my original RAWs and I don't want all my images going through PureRaw. Thanks for the video - I enjoyed it.
I am new to your channel and just subscribed. I found this breakdown one of the clearest explanations I have seen.
I have DNG with my ricoh gr3, leica q2 and sony Xperia phone, my canon r5 is CR3 and never had an issue with formats, actually never even given it a thought 🤔 previous canons were CR2 with no issues.. converting maybe ok if you have an unusual format but as you point out canon has too much of the market to be ignored. Maybe im just lucky never to have had an issue
DNG is a RAW format...albeit an open source one. I like your videos!
Well actually Andy, DNG doesn't work with ALL editors. I have a Samsung Galaxy S20+ and DXO Photolab will NOT read DNG files. All the others, no problem.
When I first jumped into digital photography in 2016, I converted to dig on import after watching a few vids on u-tube. Then reading opinions on a forum decided to use Nikon’s new files on import. Still using LR v6 for processing & sometimes Nikon’s NX Studio for raw. And of course, all files are converted automatically when using Affinity for some editing.
Thanks
Great presentation and info! Thank you
To me DNG is a good idea that never caught on (enough). It works fine when it's produced directly from a camera (like Pentax or many smart phones and drones). I'd never convert to DNG from any of the big camera producers own raw formats though. You lose some metadata (probably insignificant, but who knows) and the proprietary raw-formats have better support than DNG in non-Adobe products.
Hi Andy great video.. can you help ?. i have purchased DXO pure raw4 /PL7 and both products will not open any DNG files from my DJI drone and pocket2 camera I have troll the Internet for answers but I've come up with a blank they will open perfectly with light room but with DXO . do you have any ideas how I could get them to work with DXO ..many thanks