You can configure the import preferences. On the Import... dialog in the File Handling dropdown there is an option to import as DNG. And on the Edit menu choose Preferences then the Import tab to set your compression options.
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Mark Erickson > Sent: 31 December 2008 01:04 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Another Pentax/Lightroom question > > Here's a question for you.... > > With CS2/Bridge, my image input workflow went like this: > > 1) Take images using ACR raw format. > 2) Point Bridge at my SD card > 3) Open all images using ACR (3.7, I think) > 4) Save all as DNG to an "incoming" folder > > ACR did a nice job of compressing the DNGs when it saved. My > K10D images > were typically ~16MB out of the camera, and would be down to > around 10MB or > 11MB with nondestructive compression applied. > > When I try to do a similar operation using Lightroom 2.2, it > appears that > Lightroom just copies the images untouched into the > distination "incoming" > directory without compressing them. > > Anyone know how to change this? Should I just shoot using > PEF instead? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
