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Edits gone when exporting DNG to Lightroom Classic

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    Some screenshots showing us what you are seeing in both programs would be helpful. I'd like to see the edited RAW file in Photo RAW, the exported DNG in PR and in Lr.

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  • dhemme

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    What does the .dng look like in Photo RAW?

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  • dhemme

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    To my eyes the .dng looks the same as the edited version in Photo RAW while the version shown in Lightroom looks unsharp.

    Have you looked at it in any other viewer such as QuickLook or Preview? How does it look there?

    I don't have an answer for you, sorry. The first thing to find out is why does it look different? Are the edits actually missing (I seriously doubt it) or is there a difference between how the two programs display the file. This is why I suggest using a third or fourth program to view it as well.

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  • dhemme

    To me it looks in between the two, not quite as much contras as the ON1 raw.  I will ask int the Lightroom forum, I like to use the new masking tools in Lightroom to finish up the photos.

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    Did you resize the image when you exported to .dng? Either up or down. Or, is it the exact same pixel dimensions as the original raw file?

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  • dhemme

    Exact same as the original file.

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  • Brian Lawson Community moderator

    OK, just a thought that might have had something to do with it.

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  • dhemme

    I switched to exporting a TIFF file and the photo now looks the same in Lightroom, but it’s a very large file.

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