raid
Dad Photographer
Last evening I shot my first DNG images with the aim to get better looking images back, and it worked for me. I am amazed at the quality of the DNG files.
A good friend (let's call him nairb) suggested to me yesterday to start shooting in DNG, and he showed me some photos taken as DNG. I was sold on the spot.
Today, I got Adobe CS2 as a start, and I am handling DNG files this way.
I am sold on using my M8 and M9 from now on only in DNG setting.
A good friend (let's call him nairb) suggested to me yesterday to start shooting in DNG, and he showed me some photos taken as DNG. I was sold on the spot.
Today, I got Adobe CS2 as a start, and I am handling DNG files this way.
I am sold on using my M8 and M9 from now on only in DNG setting.
lynnb
Veteran
you'll have a lot more flexibility in processing your files now, Raid. The advantage of DNG is to allow you to re-interpret your images in post without losing information. If you're using LR the processing engine is more powerful than CS2 and you will get better results in post.
Have fun!
Have fun!
Vics
Veteran
Pictures or it didn't happen.
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
good to hear Raid...always fun & enlightening to have a breakthrough
raid
Dad Photographer
It really is an eye opener when you for the first time see your images as DNG files. The details are awesome. I see my children in some images as if they were in front of me. Many people have told me before to shoot in DNG, and now I am convinced that this is the way to go for me.
raid
Dad Photographer
Vic: How can I post a DNG file here? sumgmug does not accept it either. I would not know how to post such a file.
raid
Dad Photographer
This is one of the images that I saved in CS2 from DNG to jpg for posting here. I took it just before sunset yesterday.
raid
Dad Photographer
raid
Dad Photographer
Hi Helen,
While it may a trivial step to take, I finally am seeing the light (better).
Sylvester
Well-known
The DNG is a raw file. When you shoot in JPG, the camera interprets it for you.
When you shoot in DNG, you have to interpret it yourself with Photoshop + CameraRaw or Lightroom. Once interpreted, you need to save a TIFF version of it (lossless format) AND in JPG so you can post it online. I suggest also to keep the raw file. That's where Lightroom comes handy.
Shooting in raw will simply give you more data to work with in post.
EDIT
.PSD (photoshop format) is also a lossless format, but TIFF is a universal format, more suited for archiving.
When you shoot in DNG, you have to interpret it yourself with Photoshop + CameraRaw or Lightroom. Once interpreted, you need to save a TIFF version of it (lossless format) AND in JPG so you can post it online. I suggest also to keep the raw file. That's where Lightroom comes handy.
Shooting in raw will simply give you more data to work with in post.
EDIT
.PSD (photoshop format) is also a lossless format, but TIFF is a universal format, more suited for archiving.
raid
Dad Photographer
Thank you for the tip, Sylvester. So the TIFF version keeps the adjustments while the DNG file keeps the raw information saved.
lynnb
Veteran
Agree entirely with Sylvester, Raid. Good advice.
skibeerr
Well-known
This is one of the images that I saved in CS2 from DNG to jpg for posting here. I took it just before sunset yesterday.
You caught the Blue moment, love it.
raid
Dad Photographer
Thanks. As for the "blue" in the image, this is what it looked like. It is not a color shift.
Bingley
Veteran
So is shooting in RAW the same as shooting in DNG? I've got a GX1 which I can shoot in RAW. How is DNG different?
Sylvester
Well-known
DNG is only a open format for RAW data. Canon uses CR2, Nikon NEF, Fujifilm uses RAF, etc. Leica uses the DNG format.
When shooting in RAW, your GX1 will produce a file. That file is the RAW data that needs to be interpreted. Import in into Lightroom or Photoshop/CameraRaw and you will be able to interpret the file.
Adjust exposure, contrast, black point, white point, highlights, shadows, white balance. Then in Photoshop and/or Lightroom do your dodging and burning, add local contrast, sharpen your image properly, etc etc.
When importing into Lightroom, the program will ask you if you want to convert your RAW from the GX1 into DNG. I'd suggest to convert it, because the DNG is an open format, so you'll always be able to open it with a program, even if Adobe dies. But then, archiving is a whole other debate.
raid
Dad Photographer
Sylvester said that DNG is shooting in RAW.
Sylvester
Well-known
The TIFF will keep the best quality with your adjustments. With proper settings (default ones normally) you will even be able to change those adjustments later in Photoshop.
The DNG should be kept just like a negative. Imagine the TIFF is a print that you'd use as an orignal for publishing a book or in a magasine. The JPG is the publication.
raid
Dad Photographer
Would be nice to see nairb around here again.
Oh well. The future is unknown to us.