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Exporting or Outputting (Processing) DNG files

Levin Barrett
I have Pro for Sony version 11. I have created a session for this task. I am trying to export or recipe process some photos as .DNG files for later import into my timelapse program. The original photos are .ARW format (sony RAW). I have made editing adjustments including cropping to 16:9 ratio and all files are currently in my capture folder.
I selected all, right clicked the images and selected show in library in order to access the folder location. I have then used output/process recipe to output these as .DNG files to the session output folder. It processes the photos as expected.

The problem is when I go to the output folder, only the unmodified photos are visible. When I use my timelapse program to import the DNG photos OR if I open one in Photoshop, it is only the original unedited RAW photo with no adjustments present. It would appear that Capture One is NOT exporting the edited photo. If I export as JPG files, no problem - all edits are present. It just won't do it for DNG files. Despite the instructions in the manual, at no stage do I get an option for export original or variant or include adjustments.

I then tried exporting via the File/Export Images/variant without success. Then I tried exporting via the File/Export Images/Original and for the 1st time it gave me the option of "Include adjustments" which I selected but again it still only exported the original RAW photo, not the edited version.

Does anybody have any suggestions. I am still trying to work out if it is an export problem OR do I have some sort of viewing selection problem and the edited files are present, capture one is simply not showing them to me. I suspect it is an export problem given that opening the exported photos in another program only shows the unedited version. Is it simply NOT within the capability of Capture 1 of export a DNG with edits.

Any thoughts?
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  • HansB
    You need to process the files to use the process recipes.
    That's done using the cogwheel icon, using menu - 'File' - 'Process', the 'Process' button in 'Output'-tab - 'Process Summary', or by keyboard shortcut <CMD> + 'D' (on Mac).

    'Export' only gives you the original image, with or without sidecar files.
    The adjustments are in the sidecar files. Only useful for moving images between users/computers and backups.


    Regards,
    Hans
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  • HansB
    Sorry, my post above seems not to solve it. I'm just back at my Mac and tried processing to DNG with recipe. But just like you I only get the 'original'. I never use DNG, so I cannot tell why. Maybe anybody else?


    Regards,
    Hans
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  • Ian Wilson
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    See this thread especially the final comment from John Doe on Fri 09 March. DNG is essentially a raw file format, so exporting one with the corrections embedded is problematic.

    Ian
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  • Levin Barrett
    Thanks for your input Ian and Hans. I read the thread and now understand what is going on. I was a little suspicious something like that might be happening, outputing a RAW file as another RAW file. I agree with one of the comments in the thread though, why put in a feature to export as DNG if it can't. At least now I know it is not a problem of me having the settings wrong. There actually is an issue and the program simply can't do it at the moment.

    For me it is an easy workaround as I will simply go back to using lightroom. It was mainly that C1 has the "dust spot" feature that can remove sensor spots on a moving timelapse series. (and I now prefer C! even though I am still learning it)

    Thanks again for your help.
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