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shawnh97010311
shawnh97010311
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February 25, 2022
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HELP: How to export reverted versions of dng files without making virtual copies

  • February 25, 2022
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Hey everyone. Needing some guidance on an ability to export DNG files from LR. For example, let's say I have 100 edited "anchor" images and 400 unedited images. I want to export all of them at once as reverted/unedited/original as shot DNG files. Can anyone point me in the direction of a feasible method for this? Thank you! 

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dj_paige
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February 25, 2022

If you select the desired photos, you can set the Export option that says Image Format to be Original, and then unedited images are exported.

shawnh97010311
shawnh97010311Author
Known Participant
February 25, 2022

Hey thanks so much for this! So the issue is I need them exported as DNG files not the original RAW file. I am looking for a very particular export of these files as small DNG's. Is there any other method available for the reversion or settings? 

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dj_paige
Legend
February 25, 2022

When you export, you can select Image Format: DNG and then you get DNGs of all your selected images. There is no way to create a "small DNG", the size is what it is, you have no option to change it. Your edits will be written to metadata when you do this export of DNG, so the original pixels are not changed. Other than Lightroom/Lightroom Classic/Photoshop/Photoshop Elements/ACR/Bridge, no software will use these edits written into metadata, so effectively the original pixels unedited are all that can be used.

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