Images that are imported into Lightroom and then exported (even in the same format and same color space with lossless or no compression) always go through a 8-bit to 16-bit (or 32-bit) back to 8-bit round trip process.  The last step, from 16-bit back to 8-bit, involves adding dither (very small random perturbations) to avoid visible quantization issues such as banding.  For most cases, this is the desired process because it improves quality.  However, for the use case that you describe, it will result in some changes in the numerical values, because of this step. ... View more

Oliver, my understanding is that neither S23 nor Pixel 6a support Ultra HDR. Cheers, Eric ... View more

We've shipped A1 support for a long time, so making any changes now in the underlying base exposure adjustment would break rendering compatibility for all existing A1 users' images in Lightroom.   If you prefer to start with a darker image, you can customize your Raw Defaults with an Exposure value of -0.15 (or whatever). ... View more

Thanks for reporting that!  We've now posted the document (with the fix) on the main DNG page. ... View more

The following is a draft of the updated DNG Converter command line documentation that we'll post on the official site before too long.  Not all the options are available yet (esp. -lossyMosaicJXL and -losslessJXL), but the other JPEG XL related compression settings do work.  There are many examples that I've added to the docs for typical use cases.  For example, for high quality lossy, try:  -dng1.7 -lossy -jxl_effort 7 -jxl_distance 0.1 [input file]   As an example for a source non-DNG Bayer file that is lossless compressed using the native format. Original: 45 MB Convert to DNG (lossless JPEG, prior to 1.7): 38 MB Convert to DNG (lossy JPEG XL, effort 7, distance 0.1): 16.4 MB Convert to DNG (lossy JPEG XL, effort 7, distance 0.2): 9.9 MB Convert to DNG (lossy JPEG XL, effort 7, distance 0.3): 7.2 MB ... View more

Hello, can you describe a bit more how you tested the sample photos in Google Photos, in terms of the mechanics?   For instance, did you download the photos on a Pixel 8 or Pixel 8 Pro, add the photos to Google Photos (on the phone), and view them on the device? Or, did you upload to Google Photos via a web browser?    Or some other method?   ... View more

We're looking into the issue.  Thanks for reporting it. ... View more

Thanks for explaining that.  In general I would always recommend using Super Resolution on the original (in this case, NEF) data.  This is for two reasons.  First, Super Resolution works best on raw (mosaic) data, such as the Bayer mosaic data in a NEF (Super Res applies both demosaicing and upsampling at the same time, for a better result).  Second, Super Resolution will generally amplify any lossy compression artifacts (esp. in RGB data).   Note that in ACR 16, if you apply Super Res on your NEF, the result DNG will be quite a bit smaller than when you previously used ACR 15.x, because the result will be compressed using the new method (JPEG XL).   In other words, this flow should produce the best output (with good file size): NEF -> Super Resolution (demosaic + upsampling) -> result is compressed DNG   Whereas the following flow will also produce small files but will compromise the quality and hence not recommended: NEF -> Lossy Compressed DNG (demosaiced linear RGB image) -> Super Resolution (upsampling only) -> result is compressed DNG ... View more

Can you explain the workflow (steps) you followed to produce the image on the right? Is your original file a raw file or something else? ... View more

Yes, we will eventually also release the installer natively via the normal Creative Cloud app. In the meantime, please try the one I linked to earlier.  The installer needs Rosetta, but the ACR 15.1.1 plug-in is Universal and therefore contains native Apple silicon code. ... View more

We've just released Camera Raw 15.1.1 which fixes this bug. Please note that this is currently only available via the web links below (not via the main CC installer app): https://www.adobe.com/go/acr_installer_mac https://www.adobe.com/go/acr_installer_win ... View more

We've confirmed the issue is related to Output Sharpening when GPU is enabled in HDR mode.  We're working on a fix. In the meantime, the workarounds are (a) disable "Use GPU for image processing" in Preferences/performance, as you already identified, or (b) disable Output Sharpening. Thanks for your help & patience. ... View more

Understood, Pawel. Thanks for the original file + settings, this helps. We'll look into it. ... View more

Hi Pawel, can you please explain what you mean by "the exported images are distorted" ?  Can you please post a screenshot or an example of the result?  Thanks.   Also, could you share what settings you used in the Save dialog? ... View more

Does this happen with all panoramas that you attempt to merge in ACR (and then apply Boundary Warp to)?  Or, just one or some particular panos? ... View more

What type of drive are you exporting to?  Is it a network drive? ... View more

Yes, Lr Classic 10.2 should fix this issue.  To the best of my knowledge, the bug affected a specific range of AMD GPUs (which many of our customers have).  If you were experiencing the system freezes / crashes / forced reboots in Lr Classic 10.1.x please update to 10.2.  (Plus, 10.2 is a lot faster in Library in general, due to several performance optimizations done by the team.  So, I recommend 10.2 for multiple reasons.)   If you update to 10.2 and are still encountering system freezes, please report back and we'll work through diagnostics.  Thanks. ... View more

No, 10.1.1 doesn't have the fix, but our next release (very soon) should.  Thanks for your patience. Eric ... View more

*catherineg  This issue will be fixed in our next release; thanks for your patience. ... View more

*Kristineohara Yes, with the fix, you'll be able to upload the NEF files directly into Lr and edit normally. ... View more

Thank you for providing the sample images.   We have internally confirmed the fix with these images.  The fix will be in our next release (not too long from now).  Thanks for your patience and help. ... View more