Export files for Lightroom post processing, DNG or TIF?

are both file format include all the adjustment done in photolab? or the dng only include some of the adjusments?
i found the colour is more rich when i open the tiff file in lightroom, while the color of dng file is dull
thanks!

Just a thought, Barry … That might be due to the ICC profile for your DNG export being assigned as Original (= as shot) … esp. if you’re capturing with the Adobe colour-space.

John M

I use both formats depending on the following

  1. DPL used for lens/anamorphosis/perspective corrections only: DNG
  2. DPL also used to adjust colours and more: TIFF, usually 16 bit with appropriate colour space

Notes:
16 bit TIFFs are BIG, but leave enough headroom for further processing
DNGs can easily be white balanced because they show the known temperature/tint properties. Opening DNGs in another editor (Lightroom and such) can give you strange colours, specially in fairly saturated primary colours. I have one image with a red curtain that gives me a headache once it is back in Lr as DNG. Issue caused by color space (clipping in the reds in this case)

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