How can I import DNG files into iPhoto 8?

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How can I import DNG files into iPhoto 8?

Shooting with a Canon Rebel XT, I've downloaded RAW files onto my hard drive, edited them in Adobe Camera Raw (ACR) and saved them as digital negatives (DNG) with the .dng extension. Bridge and iPhoto work with these just fine, but iPhoto doesn't seem to want to import them.

Aside from saving them as jpegs or TIFFs, is there any way to get these files to play nice with iPhoto 8?

MacBook Pro 2.33, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Oct 30, 2008 8:00 PM

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LarryHN

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Oct 30, 2008 10:14 PM in response to El Brooklyn

El Brooklyn

Welcome to the Apple user discussion forums

Bridge and iPhoto work with these just fine, but iPhoto doesn't seem to want to import them.

Can you please explain what you mean by this

LN

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El Brooklyn Author

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Oct 31, 2008 5:50 AM in response to LarryHN

Err, I meant "Bridge and Photoshop." It's iPhoto that's giving me the problem.

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Jan 8, 2009 10:46 AM in response to El Brooklyn

I'm having the same problem with iPhoto after editing my images in Bridge and converting the files to DNG before importing to iPhoto. The metadata on the DNG file will not show up in iPhoto when I import DNG files. Yet, if I convert the DNG files to JPEG and import the JPEG files into iPhoto all the metadata and keywords in the original DNG files is imported. I use Bridge and CS3 for editing but want to use iPhoto for asset management.

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Yer_Man

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Jan 8, 2009 11:01 AM in response to Jerry1635

Not all DNG’s are the same. What camera is the source of the files?

Regards

TD

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Jan 8, 2009 11:05 AM in response to Yer_Man

the Canon D60 which does show up on the iPhoto compatibility list

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