Skip to main content
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
  • 3 replies
  • 47 views

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!

    3 replies

    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.

    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