Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm surprised because Phase One just bought Expression Media from Microsoft and it recognizes the Adobe DGN files. I was thinking they would consolidate their Capture One and Expression Media into a "do everything" DAM software. Maybe they still will. Tina On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Gerry Walden <gwpics at me.com> wrote: > As a person who would like to use Capture One more, I was very disappointed > to find today that .dng files made with Adobe etc. software are not > readable > by Capture One. One day they will get their act together at phase One and > produce software that you can actually use for everything. > > Gerry > > Gerry Walden LRPS > +44 (0)23 8046 3076 (Office) > +44 (0)797 287 7932 (Mobile) > Web: www.gwpics.com > Blog: www.gerrywalden.wordpress.com > > > > > > > > > On 4 Jun 2010, at 21:22, Tina Manley wrote: > > > There are other advantages to running the Leica DNG files through Adobe's > > DNG conversion software. When you are using a cataloging software like > > Expression Media, the thumbnail is taken from the DNG file. Leica's is > too > > small to be usable. With Adobe you can choose to save a larger thumbnail > in > > the DNG. The Adobe DNG is still smaller than the Leica one and there is > no > > loss. > > > > Tina > > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Frank Filippone <red735i at earthlink.net > >wrote: > > > >> There are truly lossless compression algorithms. And maybe compressed > DNG > >> uses one of them.... but then the amount of compression is never > fixed... > >> it > >> varies by data. So compressed, lossless, fixed compression ratio, > >> algorithms are not known to me... not that I know that much about the > >> subject....... > >> > >> Maybe compressed DNG is lossless, maybe not.......after all, if you > >> compress > >> something, the deleted bits came from somewhere..... > >> > >> Why mess with it when memory cards are so small and so cheap? > >> > >> > >> Frank Filippone > >> red735i at earthlink.net > >> > >> Just received my M9 two days ago. Have been and intend to continue > >> shooting DNG (raw) and doing all adjustments, even if it's only a > >> preset, in Lightroom. Was surprised to see the option of DNG > >> Compressed, a factor of two compression. In practice, does this cause > >> significant deterioration, and under what circumstances? > >> -- > >> Herbert Kanner > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley, ASMP > > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com