Denoise not compatible with .DNG file exported from Helicon Focus

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March 5, 2024
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After stacking a set of images in Helicon Focus and exporting the final stacked image in a .DNG format, I cannot denoise the image in Lightroom. For other .DNG files that haven't been through Helicon Focus, the feature works.

Windows

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Rob_Cullen

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As I understand "Denoise" (in simple terms)- The feature requires a raw image from the original camera capture that contains sensor data.

Helicon Focus (and other external apps) may produce a DNG file-type), but the file is more like a rendered RGB TIF file in a DNG file 'wrapper'- and so not compliant with the Denoise need for a 'true' raw file.

(A raw file converted to DNG is still a raw file in a DNG wrapper hence the feature works.)

Regards. My System: Windows-11, Lightroom-Classic 15.3, Photoshop 27.5, ACR 18.3, Lightroom 9.3, Lr-iOS 10.4.0, Bridge 16.0.3 .