DNG Files with Adjustments
I know there isn't currently an option to export a DNG file that has adjustments I made in C1 applied and saved that can be opened by another party (3rd party processor) in Adobe products. Is this something I can do now, or is possible to add in the near future?
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Not sure I know exactly what you are asking.
Every vendor has their own processing engine. Setting some variable like shadows or contrast to "7" will not give the same results. between Adobe, Capture One, dxo photolab, Luminar, etc. Even the image starting point with no adjustments applied will be different between the different apps. It may even be different between different versions of the same app.
You can bundle up a raw image with it's adjustments to send to another Capture One user by saving it as an EIP file. That is the functional equivalent of a DNG with adjustments given Capture One's philosophy of never modifying an original file. I think it is telling that any vendor that wanted to could process those files -- after they reverse engineer how Capture One's processing engine works -- but none have done so. It's not worth their effort.
Or I misunderstand your question in which case never mind my ramblings. ;)
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Yep you understood what I was asking and I assumed that it wasn't possible for the same reasons you mention. It just wouldn't transfer adjustments properly to a completely different RAW converter algorithm properly so it would never make sense unless all RAW converter software companies agreed upon a universal adjustment which would never happen...My only option it seems for sending RAW converted files are sending DNG without adjustments, or to do it with matching software the other party uses...Lastly I can send TIFF/JPG/or PSD as well...thanks for the reply.
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