DNG files not visible in Lightroom 2.5

I've installled Lightroom 2.5 in my old desktop (Pentium 4, 1 GB RAM, Windows XP Home SP 3). After I've imported my camera RAW (NEF) images into Lightroom as DNG, I can see the photo info but photos are not visible.How can I make them visible?

I wonder if you have been using sidecars, as I had assumed. Maybe you've got a metadata template? "XMP files" norrmally refers to sidecars, but could refer to templates too. So which is it? How exactly have you been assigning this file to images in Photoshop? I don't know the detail of Photo Mechanic, though I'm betting your friend has been applying a template. If you do this first, you can then use that Read metadata technique. Once you've done that once, in LR you can save the metadata as a preset, or sync it to other images. Sadly LR can't read metadata templates directly.

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Cannot open DNG files in CS3 or Lightroom?

When I convert RAW files from my new DMC-LF1 camera to DNG, I can not open the files in CS3 or Lightroom. Isn't DNG supposed to be a universal format?
I do not have problems with converted DNG files from my Nikon cameras.

I use the free Adobe DNG Converter vers. 8.1 der supporter mit Panasonic DMC-LF1. I just downloaded this version and now am able to open my Panasonic DNGs in Lightroom, but not in CS3. There are no problems opening my Nikon DNGs in both programs.
This certainly leaves the problem about DNG as a universal format lasting far out in the future, doesn't matter what camera the file came from.
Den 29/12/2013 kl. 15.58 skrev Sulaco:
Re: Cannot open DNG files in CS3 or Lightroom?
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As far as I know DNG is supposed to be standardised format. What are you using to convert the RAW files to DNG?
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DNG files display artifacts in Lightroom but not in Camera Raw

I've been scratching my head over this one for a few days so hopefully someone here can help. Some of my dng images are showing artifacts in Lightroom 3, see attached file as an example. However, if I open these images in Camera Raw 5.7 the artifacts are gone! The artifacts are also gone when I view the DNG in Windows Live Photo Gallery. The images are stored on a gigabit network server with the LR catalog file on the local Win 7 PC. One other thing I noticed is that for some images (not all) the artifacts will show up in the Library module but disappear when viewed in the Develop module. There are no "damaged file" error messages for Lightroom when viewing the affected files. I tried clearing out the Camera Raw Cache but nothing changed.
So my questions are: Are these files damaged or not? Is there a way to fix this problem. Why are they showing up fine in other image programs? Is there a utility that can verify the integrity of a suspect DNG file?

Dennis-H wrote:
Is there a utility that can verify the integrity of a suspect DNG file?
his page explaines how to do that usingAdobe DNG Converter:
http://www.dpbestflow.org/node/382

Cannot open DNG files via Bridge or Lightroom in Photoshop?

I have a problem that has popped up since I installed the 5.6 RAW upgrade to my CS4/Lightroom 2.2 package. Hopefully someone would be kind enough to help me diagnose it, as it affects only about 85,000 raw files currently in my Lightroom Catalogue.
The files were originally shot using a Canon professional camera in their proprietary RAW format, CR2. This conversion occurred upon input into Lightroom while at the same time the original CR2 files discarded (as I am not the son of a Hard Drive Manufacture!). After the installation of the recent DNG/RAW converter upgrade I first noticed that the dng files would not display in Bridge even if I rebuild the cache, however, if I downloaded a Canon CR2 file they displayed without a problem. This condition Bridge; Lightroom continued to display both types of RAW files correctly, however the dng file now had a small triangle with an explanation symbol inside it on the top right of the thumbnail preview indicating that “Lightroom has encountered problems reading this photo, while there was no associated problem with the canon CR2 file. The message 'You will not be able to make adjustments to this photo” was associated with the triangle icon. Quite discerning, considering this has occurred to all 18,000 previously imported and rendered dng previews.
I then tried to import the files into Camera RAW using the ‘right-click technique’ in Bridge on the dng file symbols representing the thumbnails that would be there if I did not have this problem. When I right clicked and selected ‘Open in Camera Raw’ there is no response what so ever. If I drag the dng symbol to the Photoshop desktop it results in the following error message “Could not complete your request because of a program error.” Either way there is no getting the dng file into Photoshop.
I have attempted the following fixes:
1. Clean reinstall of CS4 (saving preferences)
2. Clean update of Camera RAW 5.5
Does anyone out there have any solutions, recommendations, work-around or suggestions for this situation? Is it a problem with a conversion of the metadata? The file structure itself? Can it be fixed? At this juncture I am out of Tums’s, that nasty tasting pink stuff in the bathroom and am headed for the pharmacy for something stronger.
I would appreciate any help at all.
Gregg
DigitalImage Studio
FL

I know it does help find a solution, but I have run across some older DNG's that will open in LR 2 but will not open in Bridge/CSR 4. (These are DNG's created by Scott Kelby for his LR 2 book - I have attached on to this post.) I can open them first in LR and then tell LR to edit the image in Photoshop and it will open. I have not yet had the issue of LR not being able to open the DNG correctly. However, I may not have done a DNG conversion since I installed the 5.6 upgrade. When I get a chance I will go convert some CR2 files and see what happens.
Mike
I have uploaded one of Kelby's dng's that will not open in my desktop nor laptop Bridge/CSR 4 w/all updates. DNG 5.6 is unable to process them as well. It will import into LR. Other than that I cannot cause DNG's not to load into Bridge/CSR.
Opps the file is too big. You can download it from here. Kelby's Technical Copy Editor told me she did not have the same problem. Weird. I hope you solve your problem.

.dng files not showing as thumbnails in Mac Finder

Hi.
I'm in the process of converting to Lightroom for my photos on my Mac, and when I've downloaded the sample .dng files for the tutorials I notice that they do not appear in my Mac Finder folders as thumbnails. Clearly this is a bit of a disadvantage where photo files are concerned.
The .dng files I've downloaded all appear as identical graphical icons that look like a camera aperture.
Is there any way to get these files to show up as thumbnails on my Mac please?
I'm running OS X 10.9.4 on a MacBook Pro.

They are the sample files available at the official Adobe Lightroom Support website, for use when following the official video tutorials. The metadata on them shows them to be from a Canon EOS 5D MkII.
They can be downloaded here:- How to manage your digital photos | Adobe Photoshop Lightroom tutorials If that link takes you to the overview page, they're in the block on the far left of the page, called 'Getting Started'.
(Actually, could you possibly do me a favour and download them from there to see if they show up as thumbnails on your computer? If they specifically don't, but other .dng files do, then it would prove that it is something about the files themselves that are to blame.)

DNG files not showing thumbnails preview icon on mac, after reduce/resize pixel count. Mavericks 10.9.2, Photoshop CC, ACR 8.4.0.199. Any Solution?

This is driving me crazy. With today's huge file sizes it seem to me that for the majority of pictures a pixel count of 12-16 mega pixels y more than ok size for editing and make printings; for the professional jobs is a good idea to have the biggest file we can. Due to that i was trying to convert some NEF files to DNG, saving some space in the process, But the impossibility to preview the picture's thumbnails and the file size (it displays 0x0) immediately take me to 1984, (Windows 3.11). and those are bad memories.
I don't know if this is an apple's or adobe's error, but it needs to be solved.
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Thanks for your insight JimHess. Someone else on another post pointed out how Photoshop changes the color profile and other things and then trying to make this file into a DNG again confuses Mavericks (and, presumably, other flavors of OS X). Admittedly, the process I described is unorthodox and not what may want to do. Thank you.
A.J.: First, I am offended by your suggestion to omit my comment. I was simply trying to provide help in finding a cause of a general problem people are having across the internet. That problem, as you pointed out, is that modifying a DNG in some way in photoshop results in the thumbnail no longer being visible. Your modification is the size. Mine was not. But it was a general modification in photoshop and an attempt to reconstitute the file as a DNG that seems to be common theme, whether this workflow makes sense or not. Additionally, I'm very new to digital photography and tried to be helpful. I would advise you (as an educator who knows the consequences of negative first-time experiences) to be more mindful that not everyone on here is as experienced as you and everyone can benefit from being clearer in their questions and their comments.
Second, as JimHess pointed out, in manipulating a DNG file in any of the programs in a way that alters the actual file (not changing some setting that is ultimately stored in a side-car file or does not actually alter the photo) is probably the root of the problem. Changing the file size by altering pixel count may first require one of your adobe products to physically alter the file information in a way that stops Mavericks from being able to recognize the contents as RAW information. Does this make sense?
Best regards,
Robert

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Adobe DNG files not supported in Aperture 3.1.2?

Those of you that follow this forum may have read my previous post - https://discussions.apple.com/message/15009745#15009745 - about RAW files from my old Windows machine whice look fine in iPhoto, but when I imported my iPhoto library into Aperture 3 they have this red haze over them like a flash coloured gel.
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Hi Bob, here's a quote from the link Stephen provided:
"Adobe Camera RAW converted DNGs won’t work because the fine print of Apple’s DNG support shows that it only works with unconverted DNGs—and the new lensdata support of Adobe’s DNG specification generates converted DNGs. While, Adobe may disagree with me (and there is a good reason why they should), this is just the sort of moving-target that causes me to argue against converting to Adobe DNGs."
As I said in the post this provides some useful background information, but I can't imagine that iPhoto uses a better DNG converter than Aperture (although perhaps older, so maybe that's why I can see the files okay in iPhto and not Aperture?). As for my OS, it's the latest version, I've done two software update checks this week so would for sure have run that when it came around, but I appreciate yours and others thinking on this problem of mine.

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Thanks for the reply, LPF.
LittlePaleFace wrote:
First of all, we are not Adobe emplyees here, just fellow users.
Right, this is the Adobe community....
LittlePaleFace wrote:
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LittlePaleFace wrote:
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Hi-
I just bought a Leica X1 which shoots raw in DNG format but the raw DNG files it creates to not display thumbnails in Media Expression (formerly a micorsoft product, now Phase one).
I am running mac OS X 10.6.4
One "solution" offered in the Leica forum was to run the Leica DNG file in DNG converter... I did and it worked but that is a really really clumsy solution to what I feel should not be a problem.... and renaming and deleting original files etc it a real PITA if you shoot any number of photos.
I know that Nikon had issues with new versions of NEF files which had something to do with "header changes" in the NEF file before ACR could decode them, and I'm wondering if there is some similar issue with DNG that I am not aware of.
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Operating system: Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (Build 6002)
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