Digital Light & Color

When I open a DNG file and save as and choose "Save script with image copies", the file that is save din the image folder has the extension tif, not dng. Are they, in fact, identical files? The documentation says the starting file is saved in the image folder, but it is surprising to find it with a different name.

PWP cannot save images in raw formats such as DNG, RAW, HEIC, etc. That's why when you Save with Image Copies, it currently asks you what format you want to save the image files in, and the only options are various forms of TIFF or JPEG. If the original file is a DNG, the saved file should be a TIFF with exactly the same image data and metadata as the original file, so it should work the same as if you loaded a DNG even though it is not a DNG file.

Theoretically, the code could be rewritten to copy the original file instead of saving it, but there are complications with the original file possibly no longer being available or with the original file being the result of a Paste, or duplicate filenames being saved in the save folder, and probably some other cases I haven't thought of. These problems could probably all be solved, but the end result does not seem to justify the effort.

To forestall this question ever arising again, perhaps add a sentence or two to the Save documentation saying what happens when the original is a DNG or HEIC file.

I updated the help file and Scripts.pdf for the next release.