MGBJAY Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 OK ... I've tried to find this answer to no specific avail ... If I choose to convert a few of my CR2 RAW images to the DNG format, will I then be able to open them into APHOTO and edit to my hearts content? I have been unable to find a straight answer to that question? The longer that I use APHOTO, the more I find questions that I have had answers for using PS and LR ... but not so much here. MGBJAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 As you have Affinity Photo, why not just try converting a few of them and see how they work. Photo can open DNG files, but that's a rather generic format, so trying it for yourself is probably best and easiest. Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v_kyr Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 35 minutes ago, MGBJAY said: I have been unable to find a straight answer to that question? affinity photo open dng affinity photo load dng files affinity photo cr2 dng Well I assume you didn't searched on the internet then. Quote ☛ Affinity Designer 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Photo 1.10.8 ◆ Affinity Publisher 1.10.8 ◆ OSX El Capitan ☛ Affinity V2.3 apps ◆ MacOS Sonoma 14.2 ◆ iPad OS 17.2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted February 15, 2019 Staff Share Posted February 15, 2019 Hi MGBJAY, Welcome to Affinity Forums Out of curiosity, why don't you open the .cr2 files directly in Photo? Isn't your camera supported yet? Here's the list of supported cameras for the upcoming 1.7 version. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 14 hours ago, MGBJAY said: OK ... I've tried to find this answer to no specific avail ... If I choose to convert a few of my CR2 RAW images to the DNG format, will I then be able to open them into APHOTO and edit to my hearts content? I have been unable to find a straight answer to that question? Straight answer - yes! However (!) I'm assuming you're using Adobe's DNG converter - there may be other converters that don't produce a "real" DNG file. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGBJAY Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 14 hours ago, v_kyr said: Good Morning IanSG ... Thanks for the answer. I will be using ADOBE DNG. I thought I would give it a try and see what all the scuttlebut was all about. I am currently using mostly with my CANON EOS 5D. Yes, the original from back in 2007 I believe. It has been a versatile tool, and I hope to get a good number of years out of it still. I prefer the native CR2 file format that it produces, and am simply curious about the DNG format, and want to see how it functions. Again, Thanks. MGBJAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 2 hours ago, MGBJAY said: I prefer the native CR2 file format that it produces, and am simply curious about the DNG format, and want to see how it functions. Again, Thanks. MGBJAY I recently converted all my Pentax DNG, Canon CR2 and Panasonic RW2 files to Pentax DNG - it saved quite a lot of disk space, but I didn't notice any other changes. I'd be interested to hear if your results are different. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGBJAY Posted February 15, 2019 Author Share Posted February 15, 2019 I will convert a few of my CR2 images and will share my experience as soon as I do that. Not certain that I would convert all of them at this point. You are gutsy to do that all at once. MGBJAY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanSG Posted February 16, 2019 Share Posted February 16, 2019 15 hours ago, MGBJAY said: You are gutsy to do that all at once. Thank you, but I tried a few files first, and the originals have been backed up! That said, I now use the DNG converter to upload my SD cards, so I no longer keep the originals. Quote AP, AD & APub user, running Win10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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