Importing DNG into Develop Persona loses all adjustments.

[mvanzyl]

Every time I import a DNG into the Develop Persona that has previously had edits done to it in another software like Lightroom, all adjustments to color/crop/exposure are lost and the base unedited DNG file is displayed.

All other programs like browsers, file managers and social media can display an edited DNG properly, it seems to be only Affinity Photo that can not process and display the adjustments made to the file.

Is there a setting I can change so that importing a DNG will maintain these adjustments? It seems strange that Affinity can't read the metadata of the file and display it as intended.

 

 

 

Edited November 20, 2022 by mvanzyl

[DM1]

Surely if the file has been edited in Lightroom it is no longer 'raw'. Save it out in a lossless format and open it as a 'normal' file in photo to retain edits and make any further adjustments.

[walt.farrell]

Does LR save the edits in the DNG, or beside the DNG in an XMP file?

If it uses XMP files, the Affinity apps only use XMP files to obtain metadata, not to obtain editing info.

[mvanzyl]

I am not certain how the data is linked to the file in Lightroom, however all the browsers and file managers display the image with the adjustments, so I would assume it is baked into the metadata somehow.

[walt.farrell]

7 hours ago, mvanzyl said:

I am not certain how the data is linked to the file in Lightroom, however all the browsers and file managers display the image with the adjustments, so I would assume it is baked into the metadata somehow.

I don't think it is. I think it's probably in an XMP file, which Photo won't process. You should be able to see them in your file system.