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.DNG Converter not recognising my files

Explorer ,
Jan 07, 2025 Jan 07, 2025

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I have a DJI Mini 4 Pro drone. I believe, at least according to the Adobe website, that it is compatible with the latest version of the .DNG converter (17.1) for Mac. I've downloaded it, but it doesnt recognise any of my .DNG files. They are all greyed out. Am I missing something? I have an iMac 2019Screenshot 2025-01-07 at 15.26.12.pngexpand image

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Jan 07, 2025 Jan 07, 2025

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Just point to the source (1 Select the Images to convert) to the folder, not the actual files inside.

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Jan 10, 2025 Jan 10, 2025

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Ive tried that but it doesnt make any difference

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Jan 10, 2025 Jan 10, 2025

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As pointed out by @Wolf Eilers the files are already DNGs, so why do you want to convert them?

Or did you accidentally shoot jpgs? In that case you'd get an error message like the one below.

 

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Mentor ,
Jan 07, 2025 Jan 07, 2025

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Why would the OP need to use the DNG Converter? The DJI files are already in DNG format. Instead, use the Camera Raw plug-in from Photoshop or Bridge and check that the 16.0.1 (or later) version is actually installed.

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Jan 10, 2025 Jan 10, 2025

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Nikonitis,

 

What version of macOS and Photoshop do you have?

 

Or are you using another photo editor?

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Jan 12, 2025 Jan 12, 2025

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Hi Jeff, I am using Affinity 2 with Mac OS Sequoia 15.1.1. I stopped using Photoshop a year or so ago as, having worked in Publishing for some years, I had CS6 for my work. I wasnt prepared to pay Adobe's very high fees for their digital version, so continued with CS6 until my Mac's OS would no longer tolerate it and started playing up. I had to update the OS to Sequoia, in which CS6 wouldnt work. IMO Affinty 2 is excellent and just as good as Photoshop.

My DJI Mini 4 Pro has the facility to create several different image files, when generating images. Generally, as I always did with my Nikon DSLRs, I set the camera to .NEF + jpeg, so I have a hi res editable file and a lightweight jpeg. The camera in the drone, has settings for jpegs, that sends it out processed. In Affinity 2, there are 2 types of .DNG converter, Serif Labs and Apple Core. Each one produces a different editable image. Serif Labs version is awful, with a halo exposure, blue cast, essentially uneditable. The Apple Core version creates a version that needs virtually no post work, providing it was correctly exposted in the first place! I wanted to see how Adobe's version works. It is my understanding that this Digital Neg raw file type was created by Adobe years ago to make it possible for different programs to opens files, from different camera manufacturers. That's where I am coming from.

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Jan 14, 2025 Jan 14, 2025

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You already have DNG files straight from the camera.

Although it is possible to run them through the DNG converter, there is little point in doing so.

I downloaded a sample DNG from the DJI Mini 4 Pro, converted it to DNG in the converter, and the two files are identical in every way. The only difference is the file size – the original is 24 MB, the converted file is 14 MB. The reduced file size is caused by the lossless compression that the DNG converter uses. Your drone might have a setting for using lossless compression, check it out.

 

The DNG format was introduced by Adobe in 2004.

It is an open format, and free for anyone (like camera manufacturers) to use. Not many camera manufacturers are using it, but quite a few photographers (including myself) convert their proprietary raw files (NEF, RAF and so on) to DNG.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Negative

 

... the latest version of the .DNG converter (17.1) for Mac. I've downloaded it, but it doesnt recognise any of my .DNG files. They are all greyed out.

 

Where are they greyed out? I've never seen files greyed out in the DNG converter.

The only error message I have seen is this one, which displays if the chosen folder doesn't contain any raw files.

 

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Jan 15, 2025 Jan 15, 2025

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These are 2 files, both .DNG files generated by the DJI Mini 4 Pro. The top one was opened in Affinity 2 using the Apple Core setting the other, using the Serif Labs setting. They are both completely different. The first required very little post, the second would have been difficult to fix. What I was looking for was to see how, running the original .DNG through Adobe's converter,Screenshot 2025-01-15 at 11.28.10.pngexpand image would affect the outcome, since there are clearly differences. I have looked posts on various forums, going back several years finding, people asking about exactly the same issue.  Apple Core dng.jpgexpand imageSerif labs dng.jpgexpand image

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Jan 15, 2025 Jan 15, 2025

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And this is the result of using the Adobe .DNG converter. It asks for a folder but nothing in the folder is editable

 

 

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Jan 15, 2025 Jan 15, 2025

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Different raw converters will have different initial renderings. The initial rendering is just a starting point.

The image rendered by Serif Labs seems to be using a heavy vignette, which I imagine you can disable.

I have never used Affinity, so I can't provide you with any details.

 

The Apple Core version creates a version that needs virtually no post work, providing it was correctly exposted in the first place! I wanted to see how Adobe's version works.

 

To see how Adobe applications render your raw files, you have to open them in in Camera Raw or Lightroom/Lightroom Classic. Using the DNG converter does not affect the rendering of the image.

 

The DNG converter does not work on individual files, it only works with folders.

Select a folder that contains raw files, and that's it. You will not see any files in the Select folder dialog.

Ignore "No items match your search".

 

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