First experiences with Adobe's DNG Converter

I downloaded the new DNG converter from Adobe. The download was painless and
inside the zip file was an upgraded RAW plug-in and the DNG program. Neither
had to be installed...I just moved the old RAW plug-in to another place and
put the new one in. My Oly E-10 (4mp) takes a 7mp RAW file and the DNG was
compressed to 3.3mp for a big savings on space. It converts a folder at a
time and saves where ever one wishes. It can re-name the file and appears to
be able to add to the current file name which might be nice for cataloging
purposes.

Opening the DNG was the same as opening the ORF....that is the RAW for Oly.
From that point on its just the same as it was.

The hope is that in 20 years when no on remembers how to open an ORF the DNG
will still be supported and access to the RAW information will be retained.

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Thanks,
Gene Palmiter
freebridge design group
freebridge magazine

Gene Palmiter wrote:



The hope is that in 20 years when no on remembers how to open an ORF the DNG
will still be supported and access to the RAW information will be retained.

You forgot to add... In a perfect world!
Good luck.
So far only Adobe support it!

Ryadia

I didn't forget. As Pandora discovered...there is Hope even in an imperfect
world. I am saving both sorts of files for the time being....and will until
I see support in a few other places.


"Ryadia" wrote in message
...
Gene Palmiter wrote:



The hope is that in 20 years when no on remembers how to open an ORF the
DNG
will still be supported and access to the RAW information will be
retained.

You forgot to add... In a perfect world!
Good luck.
So far only Adobe support it!

Ryadia

That's a wise move. I'm thinking with the industry (as in all related
companies) knowing what a money pig Adobe is the other companies will think
twice before allowing Adobe to control the foundation of such an important
move. They can all imagine that at some point they would have to pay Adobe
usage license fees for using the DNG, and the users are getting the 'free
for now' DNG Converter is just a way to get the public on side, but Adobe
will get money from us too in the future. Right now each company pays
nothing to use their form of raw.

Linda

"Gene Palmiter" wrote in message
newsZS7d.1206$MU6.503@trndny08...
I didn't forget. As Pandora discovered...there is Hope even in an imperfect
world. I am saving both sorts of files for the time being....and will
until
I see support in a few other places.


"Ryadia" wrote in message
...
Gene Palmiter wrote:



The hope is that in 20 years when no on remembers how to open an ORF
the
DNG
will still be supported and access to the RAW information will be
retained.

You forgot to add... In a perfect world!
Good luck.
So far only Adobe support it!

Ryadia

"Linda_N" wrote in
:

That's a wise move. I'm thinking with the industry (as in all related
companies) knowing what a money pig Adobe is the other companies will
think twice before allowing Adobe to control the foundation of such an
important move. They can all imagine that at some point they would
have to pay Adobe usage license fees for using the DNG, and the users
are getting the 'free for now' DNG Converter is just a way to get the
public on side, but Adobe will get money from us too in the future.

That's always possible. However, Adobe has owned Tiff for some time, and
hasn't tried anything stupid. I think they learned their lesson with Type 1
format.

Right now each company pays nothing to use their form of raw.

And already we're seeing obsolescence of RAW formats. Adobe's idea is a
good one.

"Gene Palmiter" wrote:

I downloaded the new DNG converter from Adobe. The download was painless and
inside the zip file was an upgraded RAW plug-in and the DNG program. Neither
had to be installed...I just moved the old RAW plug-in to another place and
put the new one in

On the web site the DNG converter is under Photoshop CS. Does anyone
know if it will work with Photoshop 7?

Scott Peterson

--
Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one
who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
Ambrose Bierce

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Scott Peterson wrote:

On the web site the DNG converter is under Photoshop CS. Does anyone
know if it will work with Photoshop 7?

The converter is a stand-alone program. But PS 7 won't be able to open
the resulting DNG files.

--
Jeremy |

"Eric Gill" wrote in message
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"Linda_N" wrote in
:

That's a wise move. I'm thinking with the industry (as in all related
companies) knowing what a money pig Adobe is the other companies will
think twice before allowing Adobe to control the foundation of such an
important move. They can all imagine that at some point they would
have to pay Adobe usage license fees for using the DNG, and the users
are getting the 'free for now' DNG Converter is just a way to get the
public on side, but Adobe will get money from us too in the future.

That's always possible. However, Adobe has owned Tiff for some time, and
hasn't tried anything stupid. I think they learned their lesson with Type
1
format.

Right now each company pays nothing to use their form of raw.

And already we're seeing obsolescence of RAW formats. Adobe's idea is a
good one.

I agree that a standard raw for all manufacturers is a good move. I just
hope that the development of the same is open source (not owned by any
specific company) otherwise us consumers will pay for it. One money hungry
company in control could put very hefty user fees on the use of the raw
after it becomes widely accepted/industry standard). This could result in
those hefty user fee costs to companies getting included in the retail price
tag for consumers to pay. Open source would prevent such greed for the most
part I suspect.

Linda

In article ,
says...
The converter is a stand-alone program. But PS 7 won't be able to open
the resulting DNG files.

Those dastardly Adobe folks! This is all a scheme to get us to upgrade
to Photoshop CS!
--
http://www.pbase.com/bcbaird/

"Brian C. Baird" wrote in message
.. .
In article ,
says...
The converter is a stand-alone program. But PS 7 won't be able to open
the resulting DNG files.

Those dastardly Adobe folks! This is all a scheme to get us to upgrade
to Photoshop CS!

I'm not surprised if it is.

Linda