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Hi Guys:

Would like to get my raw conversion going in C1 ( i use jpeg an dng) but really dont know how..i need to upload it from my card reader(all my pics) and put it on my computer ...I just see my Jpeg but now raw

Thanks

Eddy

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Not sure what you really mean "Just see my JPG but now raw".

 

You'll need to open either C1 or some other App that can see/read/display DNG files.

Those App's being C1 PS-ACR LR or Aperture (Mac program So this program means nothing to you) along with several others that I'm not familiar with.

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1 You also need to check that your M8(?) is writing DNG's, the factory default is "jpeg only" if I recall correctly. Check the camera menu settings.

 

2 Are you using a card reader? Transferring DNG's via the USB cable is a real pain as you get the wrong file extension for some inexplicable reason.

 

3 Why use jpeg at all? For me this is pretty useless, except for B&W which can be quite decent. It really slows the M8 down a lot compared to DNG only.

 

Succes!! You will get there soon enough :)

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Don't know about PC but with Mac card reader shows folder called DCIM, inside which is another called 104LEICA, inside which are ... DNG files. I tend to drop these into a desktop folder and give it a name and Capture 1 shows that folder, opens with all raw files for processing. Although I see that with a card reader connected to computer, C1 shows device and its contents.

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You can use CS3, the inbuilt RAW processor (ACR) can handle DNG, provided it is reasonably up to date. For importing your files I recommend ImageIngester - Software for professional digital photographers which will drop your files in a folder of your choice, allow you to choose which files to upload through thumbnails, automatically sort by date, rename if you wish and add your copyright details to EXIF.

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You don't need to import files on Windows though (even though Jaap's suggestion is fine).

 

Just get a good USB2 card reader, create a folder on your system and drag and drop all the files to the folder. Back the folder up to another drive if your images are important.

 

Then you can just point C1 to that folder and you're done. You can also use PS / ACR or Lightroom, but give C1 a whirl.

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Ok ppl capture one i have created a folderdropped my pics in there ...at what point in time do i need to chnage the dng to jpgand then save it at as a jpg..i am running this on windows pc wher can i read about this the manual seems to cater to the mac for this..

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Open the files in C1 or ACR (Photoshop) using the settings: 16-bits, aRGB, TIFF

When using C1 you must export the files to either Photoshop or Lightroom.

Use these setting as far as possible in your postprocessing process (Elements does not support 16 bits fully)

There is a case to be made for dropping down to sRGB a bit earlier in the process if you are planning to go to sRGB anyway. Remember the change from aRGB o sRGB loses colour information that cannot be recovered.

After you have finished your postprocessing convert the file to 8 bits (for many applications you can maintain aRGB, but for the web you must use sRGB) and save as a jpeg.

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Ok ppl capture one i have created a folderdropped my pics in there ...at what point in time do i need to chnage the dng to jpgand then save it at as a jpg..i am running this on windows pc wher can i read about this the manual seems to cater to the mac for this..

 

When I use C1 I process my images to the same folder I store the image in.

I create a new folder for every days shooting. So I have a main folder for each year, like now 2009, then a sub-folder of the month and day, 0610, that the images from that day get placed in.

In C1 I select that days folder to process the images to and add C1 to the original file name. That way I don't have to go looking/searching around for the processed images from C1.

You change the folder the images are processed to in the Process dialog of the C1 interface.

 

I never convert to JPEG unless I'm going to use that image on my website or for posting to forums or sending a image in a email.

Otherwise I always work from a TIFF or if I use PS/ACR for processing M8 DNGs a PSD file.

Once I have all my edits done in either a TIFF or PSD file and I'm going to send it or post it to some website I have actions in PS to convert it to sRGB and size it.

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many Thanks JAAPV and SHOOTIST

Will follow those instructions ..but do i really cs or can i just use the capture one soft ware..to do everything

Well you can't print from C1, so you'll need another program for that, and I'm not sure you can resize, make them a smaller pixel dimension (hieght & width), in C1 for posting to forums (especially this forum that only takes 960x960 pixel images) and uploading to a photo website.

 

So IMHO you will always need another program to finalize your images for one use or another.

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Hello All am getting the gist of this great APP...My question is

1) Since my Canon d5 mk2 is not supported in CS3 ..(irrelevant in a way) but use it for my slr

2) My leicaM8.2 is supported by C1 version 4.8.....I have an issue here...I want to keep my raw(dng,Tiff files) and practice editing with them..Where in the tools icon do i save this as a JPEG...First and foremost i use a card reader to dnload my files and they are in jpeg and DNG ..I have decided to go for complete raw photography..

when using my M8.2 so i need to procees the raw before editing then save yes

i still want to keep my original raw pics

I really dont know if this makes sense..

this is in windows with XP

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Hello All am getting the gist of this great APP...My question is

1) Since my Canon d5 mk2 is not supported in CS3 ..(irrelevant in a way) but use it for my slr

2) My leicaM8.2 is supported by C1 version 4.8.....I have an issue here...I want to keep my raw(dng,Tiff files) and practice editing with them..Where in the tools icon do i save this as a JPEG...First and foremost i use a card reader to dnload my files and they are in jpeg and DNG ..I have decided to go for complete raw photography..

when using my M8.2 so i need to procees the raw before editing then save yes

i still want to keep my original raw pics

I really dont know if this makes sense..

this is in windows with XP

 

C1 is a RAW developer. It takes RAW files and converts them into something you can see. In C1 you can change/correct white balance, tint, hue, brightness, contrast and the like.

You can then output (Process) that raw file as a TIFF or JPEG or both. It is then you need another program like PS to do more edits or print the image.

 

Unless you delete the RAW, DNG for the M8 and whatever Canon RAW files are, off your hard drive they will always be there. In C1 processing your images to either TIFF or JPEG, or both, does not delete or change the RAW file. They will always be on your hard drive.

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