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DigitalNegativeConverter3.0ReadMe
WhatisaDigitalNegative(DNG)?
DigitalNegative(DNG)isanopenlypublishedrawfilespecificationthatstoresthe“raw”pixeldata
capturedbythedigitalcamerasensorbeforeithasbeenconvertedtoJPEGorTIFFalongwithstandard
EXIFmetadata,date,time,cameraused,andcamerasettings.Thisformatisfreelyavailableforother
softwareandhardwarevendorstosupport.
WhatistheAdobe(DNG)Converter?
TheAdobeDNGConverterenablesyoutoeasilyconvertcamera-specificrawfilesfromthesupported
cameraslistedbelowtoamoreuniversalDNGrawfile.
Whatisa“raw”file?
Arawfilecontainsthe“raw”datacapturedbythedigitalcamerasensorbeforeithasbeenconvertedto
JPEGorTIFF.CamerasthatcreateJPEGorTIFFfilesprocess(andinthecaseofJPEGfiles,
compress)thesensordata.Whenworkingwithrawfiles,thefileisnotcompressedorprocessedinthe
camera—instead,oursoftwaregivestheusercompletecontrolovertheconversionsettings.For
example,whitebalanceisnotappliedtotherawfilebutisstoredwiththefilesothesoftwarecandefault
totheoriginallyintendedsetting.OtherinformationcontainedinaDNGfileincludesstandardEXIF
metadata(justlikeinJPEGfiles),date,time,cameraused,andcamerasettings.
Benefitsofrawfiles
Someofthebenefitsofshootingrawinclude:
?SmallerfilesthanuncompressedTIFF
?DoesnothavetheartifactsofcompressedJPEGs
?Manykeycameraparameters,suchaswhitebalance,canbemodifiedevenaftertheimageis
captured
?Youhavecompletecontroloverconversionsettingsratherthanlettingthecameradecide
?Accessto16-bitdataforgreaterdetailandfidelity
?Flexibilityofconvertingasinglefileusingmultipleconversionsettings
WhyconverttoDNGfiles?
Unlikemostmanufacturer-specificrawformats,theDigitalNegativeisanopenlypublishedspecification
thatnotonlyissupportedbyAdobe,butisalsofreelyavailableforothersoftwareandhardwarevendors
tosupport.Consequently,itcanbeasaferfileformattouseforlong-termarchivalpurposes.Archiving
yourfileasadigitalnegativeeliminatesworriesthattherawfilewillnolongerbereadableoncethe
camerathatcreateditbecomesobsolete.
TheDigitalNegativespecificationallowsfornotonlyallofthepixelinformationstoredincurrentraw
formats,butalsoforalloftheadditional,proprietarymetadatathatmanymanufacturersinclude.The
AdobeDNGConvertermayinsomecasesignoresomeofthisproprietarymetadata,andonlyincludethe
basicinformationnecessaryforcreatingahigh-qualityimagefile.Theoriginalrawfile,however,canalso
beembeddedinthenewDNGformattoensureproprietarymetadatafromthemanufacturerisnotlost.
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SupportedCameras
SupportforthefollowingcamerashasbeenaddedfromDNG2.4to3.0.
?FujifilmFinePixS3Pro
?SonyDSC-V3
Belowisacompletelistofsupportedcamerasinthis3.0version.
Canon
EOS-1D
EOS-1Ds
EOS-1DMarkII
EOS-1DsMarkII
EOS10D
EOS20D
EOSD30
EOSD60
EOS300D(DigitalRebel/KissDigital)
PowerShot600
PowerShotA5
PowerShotA50
PowerShotPro1
PowerShotS30
PowerShotS40
PowerShotS45
PowerShotS50
PowerShotS60
PowerShotS70
PowerShotG1
PowerShotG2
PowerShotG3
PowerShotG5
PowerShotG6
PowerShotPro70
PowerShotPro90IS
Contax
NDigital
Epson
R-D1
Fujifilm
FinePixF700
FinePixS5000Z
FinePixS7000Z
FinePixS2Pro
FinePixS20Pro
FinePixS3Pro
Kodak
DCS14n
DCSPro14nx
DCS720x
DCS760
DCSProSLR/n
KonicaMinolta
DiMAGEA1
DiMAGEA2
DiMAGEA200
DiMAGE5
DiMAGE7
DiMAGE7i
DiMAGE7Hi
Maxxum7D(NorthAmerica)
DYNAX7D(Europe)
Alpha7(Asia)
Leaf
Valeo6
Valeo11
Valeo22
Leica
Digilux2
Nikon
D1
D1H
D1X
D100
D2H
D70
Coolpix5000
Coolpix5400
Coolpix5700
Coolpix8700
Olympus
E-10
E-1
E-20
C-5050Zoom
C-5060Zoom
C-8080WideZoom
Panasonic
DMC-LC1
Pentax
istD
Sigma
SD9
SD10
Sony
DSC-F828
DSC-V3
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HowtoUsetheAdobeDNGConverter
1.LaunchtheAdobeDNGConverterbydouble-clickingontheicon.
?YoucanalsodraganddropindividualimagesorafolderofimagesdirectlyontotheAdobeDNG
Convertericon.Thiswillautomaticallylaunchtheconverter.
2.SelectthefolderofimagesyouwouldliketoconverttoDNG.
3.SelectthelocationyouwouldlikethenewDNGfilestobesaved.
4.SelectthenameyouwouldliketouseforthenewDNGfiles.
?Ifyouselect“DocumentName,”theexistingnameofthefilewillbeusedwiththenewDNG
extensionadded.
?Youcanchoosetoaddserialnumbersorletterstothename.Anexampleofthenamewill
appearafter“NameExample.”
?Beginnumbering:Enterthestartingserialnumberifyouwouldlikeittobedifferentthanone.
?FileExtension:ThefileextensionisautomaticallysettoDNG.Youcanchoosetheextensionto
beeitherupperorlowercase.
5.Preferencesaresetto“Compressed(lossless)”and“PreserveRawImage”bydefault.Youcan
changethosepreferencesbyclickingon“ChangePreference…”Belowisadescriptionofthe
differentsettings.
?ImageConversionMethod:
oPreserveRawImage–theimagedataisstoredintheoriginal“mosaic”format,if
possible,whichmaximizestheamountofdatapreserved.Mosaicimagedatacanbe
convertedtolineardatabutthereverseisnotpossible.
oConverttoLinearImage–theimagedataisstoredinaninterpolated(“demosaiced”)
format.Thiscanbeusefulifacamera’sparticularmosaicpatternisnotsupportedbya
DNGreader.
6.Clickon“Convert”
7.Adialogwillappearshowingthestatusoftheconversion.
HowtoopenDNGfilesinAdobePhotoshop
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CS2andPhotoshopElements
ToviewandopenDNGfilesfromwithinPhotoshopElementssoftwareyou’llneedtoensureyouhavethe
latestCameraRaw3.0plug-in.PhotoshopCS2shipswiththeCameraRaw3.0plug-in.Thoseusing
PhotoshopCSwillneedtoupgradetoPhotoshopCS2tousetheCameraRaw3.0plug-in.Youcanget
thelatestCameraRawversiononAdobe.comat:
Mac:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=40&platform=Macintosh
Win:
http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=40&platform=Windows
TechnicalSupport
IfyouhaveanyproblemswiththeAdobeDNGConverter,pleasepostthemontheAdobeUsertoUser
Forumat:http://www.adobe.com/support/forums/main.html
TheAdobeDNGConverterwillbeupdatedperiodicallytosupportnewlyreleasedcameraformats.
ThankyouforyourinterestintheAdobeDNGConverter.Adobeoffersafulllineofdigitalimaging
productstohelpyougetthemostoutofyourphotographs.Tolearnmore,visitAdobe.com.
Copyright?2005AdobeSystemsIncorporated.Allrightsreserved.
AdobeandPhotoshopareeitherregisteredtrademarksortrademarksofAdobeSystemsIncorporatedin
theUnitedStatesand/orothercountries.Alltrademarksnotedhereinarethepropertyoftheirrespective
owners.
2/24/2005
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