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Gunther Wegner
Known Participant
May 22, 2026

P: DNG Converter 18.3 and 18.3.1 stall when used to resize DNG files

  • May 22, 2026
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The Adobe DNG Converter that we use in LRTimelapse for the downscaling of Raw files and DNGs is broken in Version 18.3 and 18.3.1 (18.2 works fine).

The issue seem to affect DNG files only.

Here is how to reproduce it:
"/Applications/Adobe DNG Converter.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe DNG Converter" -dng1.4 -cr7.1 -side 1024 -p1 -fl -d /Users/xxxx/Desktop -o conv.dng /Users/xxxx/Desktop/test.DNG

On 18.3 and 18.3.1 this command doesn't return, while on 18.2 it works fine.

Adapt the paths, you can download the test.DNG file from here:

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ce5muil4r0wm7ms6zsnqs/test.DNG?rlkey=0r61gyqc2u7w3u8i4727qsdim&dl=1

I hope you can fix this asap! Thank you so much!

    5 replies

    Rikk Flohr_Photography
    Community Manager
    June 18, 2026

    Greetings all,  

     

    A new update for the Adobe Photography products has been released.  The June release contains an update regarding this issue. 

    If you do not see the update in your Creative Cloud Application, you can refresh it by pressing  [Ctrl/Cmd]+[Alt/Opt]+[ R ].

    Note: It may take up to 24 hours for your update to be available in your Creative Cloud app.

     

    Thank you for being so patient. 

    Rikk Flohr: Adobe Photography Org
    Gunther Wegner
    Known Participant
    May 31, 2026

    The issue seems to be resolved in version 18.3.2, thank you!

    MadManChan2000
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    June 1, 2026

    Great, thank you for confirming!

    Gunther Wegner
    Known Participant
    May 26, 2026

    Thank you! It’s possible that you are right, it was DJI files that users reported not working. Thanks for addressing this so quickly! 

    Gunther Wegner
    Known Participant
    May 26, 2026

    Sorry, the link above expired. Use this for a test DNG (but it seems to be broken with all DNGs).

    MadManChan2000
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    May 26, 2026

    Thank you, I’ve got it now (you can remove the file if you like).  Confirmed the issue.  Are you sure it happens with all DNGs?  I’m only seeing it so far with Hasselblad models, notably the drone models.

    In any case, we’re putting out a new release soon (this week) which should address this.  Thanks for your patience.

    Gunther Wegner
    Known Participant
    May 27, 2026

    If you want me to test different DNG variants before your release, feel free to send me a beta. You can send it to support at LRTimelapse dot com.

    MadManChan2000
    Adobe Employee
    Adobe Employee
    May 25, 2026

    Hi Gunther, the dropbox link above isn’t working for me, can you please post the file again?

    Gunther Wegner
    Known Participant
    May 26, 2026