RAW convertors in use by POTN members

MCAsan wrote in post #19249459
ACR and LrC's Develop module are the same raw converter engine and now look alike. They now use the same file system folders to store presets and profiles. So showing them as different items does not convey the reality.

For users of the absolute latest, that might be true. But not everyone uses the absolute latest version, as the newest model camera or the new software capabilitie are not viewed as necessary to everyone. While I use LR, I do not consider myself a Photoshop user, so keeping the two RAW conversion capabilities distinguished from one another serves readers better than smashing the two together.

We had a very recent discussion of DPP mention 'Transfer to Photoshop', and someon pointed out that could be used to send data from DPP to PS, but not LR.

Wilt wrote in post #19249469
We had a very recent discussion of DPP mention 'Transfer to Photoshop', and someon pointed out that could be used to send data from DPP to PS, but not LR.

That's because DPP does not send the image to ARC but to photoshop. Photoshop does not work with raw camera data. Lightroom also has the ability to send the image to Photoshop.

I do think Lightroom and ARC should be kept seperatly though. Even though the raw engine is the same, the interface is not and the tool is different. A aRC to Photoshop workflow is quite different than a Lightroom workflow.

gjl711 wrote in post #19249489
That's because DPP does not send the image to ARC but to photoshop. Photoshop does not work with raw camera data. Lightroom also has the ability to send the image to Photoshop.

And back again if you use Save. In LR preferences if you select External Editing and check the Stack with Original box the TIFF PS sends back to LR with be placed beside the original RAW file.

I find this pretty handy when I edit/export event files as I want them numbered in sequence. I ty to avoid going to PS but a handful wind up there. When the TIFF comes back to LR I will later want to export that TIFF, not the RAW as it has advanced editing. I immediately flag the RAW file when the TIFF shows up. This way I don't have to think about it later. When done editing I use select flagged files command. The RAW's I don't want to export are selected. Then I use the Invert Selection Command and all the un- flagged RAW files and TIFFs are selected. The RAW files I flagged won't be exported.

Old version of LR, also have On 1 Raw from '19.

Wilt wrote in post #19249378
Dave, my thought process about DNG is not a 'RAW convertor', it merely is an INTERMEDIATE TRANSFER convertor to get RAW files into ACR or Lightroom, when either are too dated in version to support native import of very recent RAW files.
I have used DNG conversion and then brought Sony A9 files (or other recent cameras) into Lightroom, even though my LR6.1 does not support Sony A9. The RAW conversion still happens in Lightroom 6.1, not in DNG.

I see it as analogous to my providing transcription of recorded information into Word documents, and you come to me with Hungarian recording. I do not speak Hungarian, so I get Hungarian recording changed into a French recording, and then I transcribe the French recording into a document in English with Word. Transcription is not the same as translation of Hungarian to French.

youre right. i misread the question i think. i work too many dumb hours and get confused....

i noticed when i saw someone had 'liked' the post...

thanks for clarifying