Llghtroom question - importing files

[herbkell]

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I have always used PhotoMechanic to import and rename files but although the M8 DNG files are recognised and can be imported they don't seem to be able to be viewed - all I get is a black preview with a couple of stripes on it.

 

It now seems that I will need to use Lightroom to import my M8 DNG's and it seems to work great except I cannot get LIghtroom importer to show the previews in the import box even if I tick "enable preview" - it seems to work fine on JPEGs but not on DNG.

 

Is this a fact of life i.e. you cant get previews before import of DNG files or am I mssing something.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

thanks

[tashley]

I have always used PhotoMechanic to import and rename files but although the M8 DNG files are recognised and can be imported they don't seem to be able to be viewed - all I get is a black preview with a couple of stripes on it.

 

It now seems that I will need to use Lightroom to import my M8 DNG's and it seems to work great except I cannot get LIghtroom importer to show the previews in the import box even if I tick "enable preview" - it seems to work fine on JPEGs but not on DNG.

 

Is this a fact of life i.e. you cant get previews before import of DNG files or am I mssing something.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

thanks

 

 

I have never had the previews box checked before so not noticed that this feature behaves as you say - it must be a bug. I've tried it on my Dual G5 mac and will later try it on an dual intel Macbook pro to see if there's a difference.

 

Best

 

Tim

[Guest stnami]

Try

 

http://lightroom-news.com/

ps they also have a good forum and technical queries are a specialty

[robsteve]

Try

 

http://lightroom-news.com/

ps they also have a good forum and technical queries are a specialty

 

I could not find the forums in the web site linked above. Do you have a direct link to the forums?

 

Robert

[Englander]

Herb,

On a Mac, at least you are not getting previews in the download dialogue because the OS will not render them. In other words, yes it is normal in LR not to be able to see the previews before the files are downloaded and larger previews rendered by LR. OS X not rendering Leica DNGs is also what is inhibiting Aperture.

 

By the way, PhotoMech will now work with the Leica DNGs, at least in the present 4.5 beta. The images are rendered pretty large, but you cannot get 100%.

Photo Mechanic Public Beta

 

The addition of integration with Controlled Vocabulary for keywords is, I think, really important and elegant. LR will bog down terribly with a large keyword vocabulary; a large CV in PM works great and it interfaces with iView, also.

 

Joe

[Guest sirvine]

This is a problem with OS X, not Lightroom. In fact, once you've converted the DNGs to Abode DNGs (as opposed to Leica RAW DNGs--confusing, I know), if you try to re-import to LR, you should see previews.

[Roderik]

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no problems here.. OSx and Lightroom..

[bsmith]

Even with PM 4.5 beta , you only get a small thumbnail for DNGs. I called CameraBits, they said Adobe won't license them to extract the larger view, the way Bridge creates the previews. They're aware of the problem, but at the mercy of Adobe. They suggested using Adobe Convertor to convert to std DNGs than you'll see full size previews. I tried this, but once converted, Capture One LE no longer recognizes the converted DNGs !

[Guest WPalank]

I could not find the forums in the web site linked above. Do you have a direct link to the forums?

Robert

I think Imants meant to send this link:

http://lightroom-extra.com/

Under "Product Forums" you will find Lightroom. Excellent resource.

[herbkell]

Even with PM 4.5 beta , you only get a small thumbnail for DNGs. I called CameraBits, they said Adobe won't license them to extract the larger view, the way Bridge creates the previews. They're aware of the problem, but at the mercy of Adobe. They suggested using Adobe Convertor to convert to std DNGs than you'll see full size previews. I tried this, but once converted, Capture One LE no longer recognizes the converted DNGs !

 

And I naively thought that the whole purpose of DNG's was to stop the proprietary BS.??

 

At this point are their any advantages of Leica DNG's versus the other brands proprietary RAW formats?

[robsteve]

At this point are their any advantages of Leica DNG's versus the other brands proprietary RAW formats?

 

They were shot with Leica cameras and lenses

[robsteve]

I think Imants meant to send this link:

Leica User Forum

Under "Product Forums" you will find Lightroom. Excellent resource.

 

Couldn't find any forums there either, just FAQS.

[Guest WPalank]

Couldn't find any forums there either, just FAQS.

Try this Rob,

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc2cf0a/?@1.XEmAghyH7v6@

Just checked in Preview post and it works. Sorry!

[Chuckcars]

I have always used PhotoMechanic to import and rename files but although the M8 DNG files are recognised and can be imported they don't seem to be able to be viewed - all I get is a black preview with a couple of stripes on it.

 

It now seems that I will need to use Lightroom to import my M8 DNG's and it seems to work great except I cannot get LIghtroom importer to show the previews in the import box even if I tick "enable preview" - it seems to work fine on JPEGs but not on DNG.

 

Is this a fact of life i.e. you cant get previews before import of DNG files or am I mssing something.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

thanks

PSCS3 Bridge is just the ticket. It will automatically launch when you plug in the card reader. Then, will give you all the choices, including converting to DNG, of renaming and saving your images. PSCS3 will be out in May. The download beta is 685 MB zipped.