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October 14, 2024
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apply xmp file to dng on export

  • October 14, 2024
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this might be a bit of a long shot, but hey - lets try.

 

I shot a timelapse sequence using holy grail method. I ran those dng files through LRTimelapse 4.8.3 (a little outdated, I know). I use LRT to write xmp filesto balance exposure spikes. I do not use keyframes to adjust the look. SO more like a technical grade. Back in LR Classic I read "metadata from file" for all photos. After waiting for thumbs to refresh you can see that you have an equalized image sequence in LR. Now i want to export dng with those xmp changes applied. Like how I see it in the UI. But that does not work. Reading that exported sequence into a different application and comparing it to the original seq shows, that no changes are applied. Any idea if that can be accomplished?

I want to stay in dng to bypass color management found in other file formats. My goal is to export exrs in a secondary step from another application. 

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JohanElzenga
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October 14, 2024

Exporting as DNG already writes the edits to metadata. DNG does not require an XMP file, the metadata are written in the header of the DNG itself. Non-Adobe applications cannot read and apply these metadata however, so they will show unedited images. If that is not what you want, then don't use DNG. Use an RGB based format like TIFF or JPEG.

 

-- Johan W. Elzenga
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October 15, 2024

ok, thanks for answering. Tiff it is then.