GFW2-SCUSA Posted May 9, 2023 Share #1 Posted May 9, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) I have shot using DNG+JPG on my cards. I have want to separate them so I can delete all the DNG as all I want are the JPG files. Is there a way to do this as a large batch rather than individual pictures? I use Mac, Photos and Lightroom (though not very well). Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Luke_Miller Posted May 9, 2023 Share #2 Posted May 9, 2023 In Lightroom Library mode use the Library Filter bar Text tool (at the top of the window) to search for DNG. Then do a Control-A to select all then delete. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFW2-SCUSA Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share #3 Posted May 10, 2023 Thank you, Luke. I shall give it a try. Lightroom and I don't seem to click well. the penny hasn't dropped so I'll try this on unimportant files. Quote Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
otto.f Posted May 10, 2023 Share #4 Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) You upload your photo’s from an SD-card to your computer, no? Find the map on the SDcard where the photo’s are and sort by Type of file: dng or jpg. Then select all the dng’s and put them in the bin Edited May 10, 2023 by otto.f Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 12, 2023 Share #5 Posted May 12, 2023 I wonder why you want only the JPGs - a bit of a waste of data if you ask me - like keeping your Wallmart prints and destroying the negatives. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted May 13, 2023 Share #6 Posted May 13, 2023 With new technology and Ai evolving rapidly the new programmes that Adobe and other companies are introducing, such as 'super resolution' and 'Denoise Ai', need the RAW (.dng) files to work optimally. On top of that storage continues to get cheaper. We've heard before that JPEG is 'good enough for me', but there is very little prospect for going back and making old digital images even better with some of the amazing software coming on stream. It's almost like you can travel back in time to make a better photograph, you can remove digital noise from an ancient digital P&S, deblur Grandad in the wedding photo, increase the resolution of an image so you can finally have a 16x20 printed, but only if you've kept the RAW files. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted May 13, 2023 Share #7 Posted May 13, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) We must accept, Steve, that not all photographers strive for the best photograph they ever took, but for a tangible memory and nothing more and do not realize that by discarding the negative they are freezing the photograph in time. Which does not absolve us from pointing out that they might do so much better in the future. Even now I cringe from time to time. at "I don't need anything more than LR6" posts and see the technical results of the photographs posted 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff S Posted May 13, 2023 Share #8 Posted May 13, 2023 And, further, the best they ever see is a screen shot, not a print. Not just wasted data, but often wasted money on expensive gear. Jeff Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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