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Allow C1 to read new Adobe compressed DNGs (as of ACR 16) produced by Adobe de-noise AI

Graham Smith

What problem do you see this solving?

Reading  the new compressed DNG files produced by Adobe ACR's Denoise AI. Since Adobe ACR 16 (Photoshop 24)  was released, C1 cannot see the new compressed DNGs produced by Adobe
When was the last time you were affected by this lack of functionality, or specific tool?
Since Adobe updated a week ago.  Before this latest Adobe update, C1 was able to see the DNGs that Adobe produced from their Denoise AI tool (these were saved beside the Raw and were immediately visible in C1 sessions). I use an external de-noising program on at least 50% of my files

Are you using any workarounds or other solutions to achieve your goals in Capture One?
I'm round tripping to DXO Photolab for denoising, but would like the option to choose between DXO or Adobe depending on the file. Others are re-opening the Adobe DNG, (in the new format) back into ACR and manually exporting the file in an older DNG format that C1 can read. 

Are you happy to be contacted further about this suggestion or request?
Yes

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  • Marvin Ruppert

    I found a workaround for you: Open the denoised Adobe DNG file with Adobe DNG converter and resave it. (I use compatibility Camera RAW 14 and newer.) Adobe uses a new compression algorithm that substantially reduces file size, but makes the file unreadable by C1. With reconverting to the old format the file gets bigger, but can be read by C1 again. As far as I have seen there’s no loss in image quality.

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  • Graham Smith

    Thanks,

    I didn't mention the Adobe DNG converter, because other people had said they had tried it and it wouldn't read the compressed DNGs either, hence my suggestion on using "save as" from within ACR which had been tried and worked. Maybe Adobe have updated the DNG Convertor since those initial discussions.

    As I said, for now, I'm just sticking with DXO Photolab which is actually a smoother round trip exercise from C1 than Adobe denoiseAI is, but sometimes Adobe denoiseAI gives nicer results. 

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  • David Bergman

    The "Save As" workaround does indeed work, but make sure you set compatibility to "Camera Raw 14.0 and later." If you leave it on the current default "15.3 and later," it still won't be readable by C1. 

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  • Graham Smith

    Thanks David

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