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Preview artifacts with .DNG (RAW) files

Hello there, as in the subject I'm in stuck trying to obtain a true image preview when open a raw file in...preview....


I'm on a 16" MBP 2019.


This is what I get when opening the .DNG version in Preview:


First of all: why is there a line in the middle of the picture and it disappear if I resize the preview?


Second (but that's the principal question): there are several automatic adjustments that Preview does, such as saturation, graduation, white balance, eccc). I want to disable this function.


That's the same .DNG, opened in an editor, that I know the camera shoot:


So, how can I avoid that?


Plus, questions: is there a way to open direct .GPR files with preview? Any other free third party softwares to accomplish that?


Thanks and have a nice day!

MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 1, 2022 8:46 AM

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Nov 1, 2022 12:54 PM in response to Sintetico

I have never known Preview to make auto adjustments on newly opened images of any kind; and I have not had any problems with Preview opening DNG images, at least not DNG's created by Photoshop or CaptureOne Pro. What is the source of your DNGs?


Preview is a general-purpose viewer and is probably not specifically attuned to the characteristics of any particular vendor's RAW image format/data. This may be why it seems to make auto adjustments. My RAW images are Nikon and Canon and I've not had any problems with them.


As for GoPro files, this article may be helpful -> How to open GoPro RAW .gpr image files without Lightroom or Photoshop

Preview artifacts with .DNG (RAW) files

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