{"id":2271,"date":"2016-09-13T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/lightroomjournal\/?p=2271"},"modified":"2020-04-23T13:35:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-23T20:35:59","slug":"lightroom-for-ios-2-5-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/13\/lightroom-for-ios-2-5-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Shoot in DNG raw in Lightroom for iOS 2.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_2274\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2274\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2274\" src=\"http:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/APC_0071-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Sunrise over Black Rock City\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2274\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sunrise captured with an iPhone 6s Plus in DNG within Lightroom&#8217;s built-in camera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today we are excited to announce an important update to Lightroom Mobile for iPhone and iPad that adds the ability to capture and edit raw photos using Adobe\u2019s Digital Negative (DNG) file format. Having a true end-to-end raw workflow, powered by DNG and Lightroom, on your iPhone and iPad makes it possible to create absolutely stunning photos that, until a few years ago, could only have been done with a traditional camera.<\/p>\n<p>This release catches the iOS version up to the Android version of Lightroom Mobile that was released in <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/lightroomjournal\/2016\/02\/lightroom-2-0-for-android-now-available.html\">February of this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>New Adobe DNG Support<\/h2>\n<p>Lightroom 2.5&#8217;s in-app camera adds in the ability to capture directly in DNG format.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2288\" src=\"http:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Lightroom-2.5-DNG-Capture-Screenshot-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"lightroom-2-5-dng-capture-screenshot\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The DNG file format is an open source raw file format developed by Adobe that offers far more quality and control than either the JPEG or TIFF file formats. With the DNG format, you get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The highest possible image quality because DNG files contain all the data from the camera sensor without the compression artifacts that you find in JPEG formatted\u00a0photos.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2297\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2297\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2297 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/jpeg-artifacts2.jpg\" alt=\"JPEG compression is often good enough for photos that don't need to be edited, but once for those photos that need to be enhanced, the compression can get in the way. This image has obvious JPEG compression artifacts on the right side of the image.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2297\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JPEG compression is often good enough for photos that don&#8217;t need to be edited, but for those photos that need to be enhanced, the compression can get in the way. This image has obvious JPEG compression artifacts on the right side of the image.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>Freedom to experiment with the ability to change the white balance\u00a0even after capturing, something that is not possible\u00a0with a JPEG or TIFF formatted photo.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2287\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2287\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2287 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/White-Balance-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"White Balance Variations\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2287\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By shooting in Adobe DNG, you can experiment with different white balances even after capturing the photo with no loss of quality. Three different white balance options were compared in the image above to find the one that most closely matched the feeling of the original scene.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>More latitude when capturing difficult scenes thanks to\u00a0a greatly expanded\u00a0dynamic range\u00a0within\u00a0your image, which provides the ability to recover highlight information that would have otherwise been discarded if shooting in JPEG or TIFF formats.\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2286\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2286\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2286\" src=\"http:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/highlights-1024x375.jpg\" alt=\"JPEG vs DNG Highlight Recovery\" width=\"640\" height=\"234\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2286\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In order to capture shadow detail, this image was metered from the shadows, resulting in blown out highlights. The DNG version on the right enabled the highlights to be recaptured without issue.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>\n<li>The ability to push your images further thanks to having access to\u00a0all of the\u00a0color and tonal information\u00a0found in your camera&#8217;s sensor, which is thrown away when shooting in the JPEG file format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To learn more about the history of DNG <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.adobe.com\/photoshop\/2016\/09\/adobe-dng-leads-the-way-for-high-quality-photos-on-smartphones-and-tablets.html\">click here<\/a> to read an interview with Thomas Knoll who invented the file format.<\/p>\n<p>To capture in DNG, you&#8217;ll need a device running iOS 10\u00a0that has a 12MP sensor such as the iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, and iPad Pro 9.7. When available, the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will also support capturing in DNG format.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>New Wide Gamut P3 Color Space Support<\/h2>\n<p>In addition to supporting the DNG format, Lightroom for iOS 2.5 also adds support for the new wide gamut P3 color space found in the iPad Pro 9.7 as well the soon-to-be-released iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. This\u00a0wide gamut color space provides 25% more color than the sRGB color space, ensuring that any edits you make in Lightroom accurately reflect any\u00a0the colors in your photos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Availability<\/h2>\n<p>Speaking of the iPhone 7,\u00a0just like with all new cameras, we&#8217;re working to profile the new sensors and lenses found in the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus and will have an update available as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>With this update, Adobe is building on its long heritage of excellence in desktop raw photo editing by enabling the same capabilities for everyone using mobile devices. With the DNG file format on iOS and Android and Lightroom for Mobile Devices, Adobe is pushing the boundaries of mobile photography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/adobe.ly\/2clNisy\">app store now<\/a>\u00a0to download Lightroom 2.5 or update your app to the latest version.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are excited to announce an important update to Lightroom Mobile for iPhone and iPad that adds the ability to capture and edit raw photos using Adobe\u2019s Digital Negative (DNG) file format. Having a true end-to-end raw workflow, powered by DNG and Lightroom, on your iPhone and iPad makes it possible to create absolutely &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/13\/lightroom-for-ios-2-5-0\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Shoot in DNG raw in Lightroom for iOS 2.5&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,12],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-2271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lightroom","category-mobile","category-release","tag-autoimim"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/APC_0071-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3061,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2271\/revisions\/3061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lrj.mattalbright.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}