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October 3, 2016
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P: Export/Extract DNGs shot in Lightroom Mobile App to Camera Roll or Computer

  • October 3, 2016
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Hello. I would like to request a feature be added to Lightroom Mobile for iOS to export RAW DNG files shot withing the iPhone Lightroom Mobile app as DNGs to the camera roll. I am trying to sync to my desktop app but apparently it's been already been synced to some other catalog I no longer have access to. I cannot proceed without deleting all the images I shot in RAW on the iPhone.

29 replies

Community Expert
April 21, 2019
If you don't use Lightroom CC on your desktop, you can export to your photo roll on your device. You do this by tapping the share button and selecting "export original". If you are on iOS, you can then select whether to save to the camera roll or to Files. In the first case, the image will show up on Photos on a mac. In the second case, you can save the dng to iCloud, Dropbox, etc. and it will sync up to a desktop that way. But all that said, the very simplest way is to just run Lightroom Classic or CC on your desktop.
Victoria Bampton LR Queen
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 21, 2019
Georg, let them sync up to the cloud, then they can download to Lightroom CC or Lightroom Classic on your desktop. 
Victoria - The Lightroom Queen
Inspiring
April 21, 2019
still not finding how to do it
Community Expert
March 22, 2017
Where are you checking this? When I export original I definitely get a dng file in the photos. Note that the photos app on iOS cannot deal with raw files and simply shows you the embedded jpeg, but they will sync to your desktop through iCloud photo library just fine as seen in the screenshot below. Those files will import and work great in Lightroom. I have never transferred images using a USB cable from my iPhone so no clue whether that works but my guess would be yes.
Edusign-SE
Participant
March 22, 2017
Another way to do it is to buy an I-Flash Device. A usb with a Lightning connector on one side and an ordinary usb connector on the other side. If you export original from Lightroom to the photo stream you can import it to the usb as a dng file. And then just plug it in to the computer.
Edusign-SE
Participant
March 22, 2017
Hi, I tried to do that but it was exported as a jpg file
JB
Community Expert
March 12, 2017
Go into the image. Tap the share icon (the square with an arrow out of it). Hit 'export original'. This should give you a dng file on your photo stream if your file was shot in dng mode.
Participant
March 12, 2017
How?
Community Expert
March 11, 2017
Yes you can now export original (I.e. Dng if you shot that) to the camera roll
Participant
March 11, 2017
5 months already. Fixed?