Ma ster Files a n d d e r i v a t i v e F i l e s you run the newly adjusted DNG files back through theDNGconvertersinceitcanruninthebackground. IfyouopenallthefilesinCameraRawthroughBridge toruntheconversion,yourworkstationwillbetiedup untilthattaskisfinished. An Important Item to Be Aware of You will need to save the new DNG files in a new folder;otherwiseyouwillhaveasecondcopyofeach DNGinterleavedwiththeoriginalfiles(i.e.,thecon- verterwilladda_1justbeforethefileextension).This is true whether you use Bridge/Camera Raw or the DNGconverter. Lightroom Lightroom gives you the choice (Lightroom: catalog settings) to automatically write PIE XMP to the DNGfilesormanuallyupdatetheXMPdata(Meta- data: Save Metadata to File). We recommend using thiscommandtoupdatetheXMPattheendofyour PIE session. This ensures that the image adjustments (as well as any metadata additions) are written into the DNG files. A person who only works on one computermaynotseetheneedtowriteXMPtothe DNG,butstoringallyourPIEworkinacatalogwill limityouroptionsandmakethefilelessportable.For example, if working in Lightroom and the XMP is not written to the file, the PIE work done in Light- room will not appear in the file. Consequently, if the file is viewed in Bridge, or in Lightroom on another computer, this means all of your work will not show up. As with Bridge/Camera Raw, this will tie up your workstation until the task is complete. However, Lightroom conveniently rewrites the DNG files, so youdonothavetocreateanewfolderanddeletethe old folder, as you need to do when using the stand- 176 alone converter or Bridge/Camera Raw. This is the bestoption,inouropinionbecausethePIEworkwill showupinBridgeandLightroomonanyothercom- puter, and since the JPEG preview has also been updated,yourimageadjustmentswillshowupinother browsers and cataloging applications that don't parse rawfiles. late dnG BindinG--COnvert aFter OPtiMiZatiOn Our workflow preference isto convert to DNG after wehavegonedeeperintotheworkflow.Weedit,rate, rename, and do a good first round (or two) of PIE work so that the image files are at least 90% opti- mized. More work can always be done, but at this stage, we should feel good enough about how the images look that we can show them. This is the best workflow point to convert to DNG. Here are the options: Save Options · SaveFolder It's best to save in a new folder. We use the same folder name but indicate that these are DNG files. For example, 09016 TomBloom cr2 becomes 09028 TomBloomDNG.Iftherearenestedfolders,wecheck the option to preserve subfolders. This is a conve- nient feature only available in the standalone DNG converter. · Selectnameforconvertedimages Westickwiththedefault,whichis"DocumentName." This preserves our original file name and adds the DNGextension.Forexample;RNA_09028_0123.cr2 becomesRNA_09028_0123.DNG.