Possible for Adobe DNG Converter to skip DNG's?

[Patrick]

I used the Adobe DNG converter on a daily bases to convert many folders full of RAW images to DNG. A problem I have is occasionally we pull a folder out of the archive which is full of DNG files and add a few new RAW files to it, then it goes back into my queue of folders to convert. Adobe DNG converter always converts the DNG's again, something that I just can't understand. Anyways, when there are a lot of images this does add to processing time.

Anyone know of any methods of having DNG converter skip these? I would like to avoid having to make a script to move out the DNG's then move them back in after conversion. Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks.

Patrick

[Marc Rochkind]

Patrick--

While DNG Converter probably isn't "converting" DNGs, there is more potential work to do to them, such as creating/updating full-size JPEG previews. That's why they get processed.

To my knowledge (which is fairly complete), there isn't any option to skip them. This is why ImageIngester doesn't simply give DNG Converter a folder to work on (if that's even a command-line option... I can't remember), but actually gives it the individual files, but in groups, so that it doesn't launch DNG Converter an excessive number of times.

--Marc

[Patrick]

Hi Marc, thanks for the info. I do see your point about the DNG's having aspects that could be different to justify the converter wanting to generate a new version, that does make sense. I will take a look at my workflow and see what I can do to leave the existing DNG's out of the process, as the problem is really more with how I am doing things and not how the converter works. Thanks,

Patrick

[Chris Bishop]

The manipulated files could be moved to a temporary "Awaiting DNG conversion" folder, during the days work during a "save as" operation.
The DNG converter could then re-convert these files-- and--put them back into the original "correct" folder?
Chris Bishop