Prevent DNG files in ACR

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January 24, 2025
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Hi ~ After making edits to a raw image in Photoshop Camera Raw I want to save the image; perhaps to make further edits at a later time, perhaps not, but either way I do not want DNG files. How do I prevent images from being saved as DNG files from PS camera raw? Thank you in advance for assistance ~

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Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

You can (batch) save to different file formats directly from within ACR without ever needing to render the raw file into an unsaved Photoshop document.

kdkclickchickAuthor

Known Participant

Thank you, Stephen. I do not usually edit images by the batch, but how would I save different file formats directly from ACR as you say? Can it be accomplished one image at a time?

Stephen Marsh

Community Expert

Yes, I put (batch) in parentheses as it works for a single active/selected file or for multiple selected files in the "filmstrip".

It's an old screenshot repurposed from another post, forget that it shows an ORF smart object embedded layer and saving as DNG, there are many other file format options available, including some which are not available from within Photoshop itself.

D Fosse

Community Expert

You can't, that's not how it works.

Edits to a raw file are jut stored as text instructions. You cannot overwrite a raw file, you cannot change it in any way - you can only change the accompanying text instructions. A raw file is read-only.

If you open that raw file from Camera Raw into Photoshop, it is no longer a raw file. Then it's been demosaiced, processed and encoded into a new RGB file, separate from the original raw file. This can obviously be resaved to any format you like.

kdkclickchickAuthor

Known Participant

Sincerely appreciate the inputs! D Fosse...what I'm seeing throughout my online search about this is that after editing a raw image in camera raw I click 'open' and the image opens in PS and that image is a DNG file. Then to get a jpg or tiff the DNG has be opened in PS then go to "File" > "Export" > "Export As" and choose jpg or tiff. Is that correct or is the information I'm getting not up-to-date?

D Fosse

Community Expert

It just shows DNG in the title bar because the title bar shows where the file is coming from - not where it's going, that's not known.

What you have open in Photoshop at this point is not a DNG. It's no longer a raw file. What you have is a copy that has been processed into an RGB file. Saving this new file (to any format you like) is independent of the original raw file. That stays unchanged in its original form.

CMass

Legend

Hey @kdkclickchick,

Any edits you make in Camera Raw are completely non-destructive. This means your adjustments are saved in the metadata and can be revisited or modified in Camera Raw at any time. To save your edits, simply click the down arrow in the upper-right corner.

Additionally, check out this insightful Live Stream recording by Terry White, where he dives into the features and workflows of Camera Raw: https://adobe.ly/42psSsf

^CM

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