Export from raw without redundant files?

[Chris3000]

Is it possible to export from raw, with denoise added, without the redundant file? I don't really need the non denoised file. It just complicates my file management. 

[AxelMatt]

As fas as I understand your question right you're denoising a image in Camera Raw.

In this case a separate linear .DNG file will be create. 

The original file without denoiing must be delete manually. 

But, I would keep the original though, as denoising is destructive and cannot be undone. 

[Chris3000]

Delete manually, is what I'm trying to avoid. And. I have the original raw files safe and sound somewhere, so it just makes more work for people this way.

[AxelMatt]

Delete manually, is what I'm trying to avoid.

By Chris3000

There's no other possibility at the moment.

It seems that there's a solution in the future as @D Fosse wrote.

[D Fosse]

Let's be clear here, since you're using the word "export", which makes your question ambiguous.

• Are you talking about saving out a derivative RGB file, such as a PSD, TIFF or jpeg?
• Or are you specifically talking about Denoise, which up to now was executed on a separate DNG, in addition to the original raw file?

If the first, the answer is don't delete the raw file. The RGB file has discarded a lot of data in the process, which you can't get back.

If the latter, enable the "technology preview" in ACR (which is available right now!) and Denoise is performed on the original raw file. A separate DNG is no longer created.

[Bojan Živković]

As already explained, the short answer is NO!

[D Fosse]

Actually, there's a new "technology preview" in ACR. Check this, and you can Denoise without having to create a separate DNG. It will come to Lightroom when ready.