When DNG opened in fullscreen, does XnView change DNG content/RGB?

[cadu]

Hi,

When I open a DNG file in XnView fullscreen, always the following message is appearing:
"this picture will be converted to RGB with 8bits per component".
What does it mean?
Is XnView changing the DNG content?

Thanks for information!
Carlos_Cadu

[cday]

When I open a DNG file in XnView fullscreen, the following message always appears:
"This picture will be converted to RGB with 8bits per component".
What does it mean?
Is XnView changing the DNG content?

The image will be opened as RGB 8-bits per pixel as XnView software currently (and as far as I know for the foreseeable future) only processes images at 8 bits per pixel...

But your original DNG file will only be altered if you resave the opened image to the same filename and extension -- if there is any risk of doing that accidentally, it might be best to only open copies of your original files.

[cadu]

Thanks for reply cday.
Although my issue is when opening image in fullscreen, I also tried to edit a DNG file in XnView and it can't.
I mean, the message "This picture will be converted to RGB with 8bits per component" seems inoffensive when I open image in fullscreen, just a "read" operation XnView is performing, but it can't harm/affect the DNG content actually.
Is this understanding right?

[cday]

I mean, the message "This picture will be converted to RGB with 8bits per component" seems inoffensive when I open image in fullscreen, just a "read" operation XnView is performing, but it can't harm/affect the DNG content actually.
Is this understanding right?

Yes, as long as you don't resave the file the original will not be changed.

Although my issue is when opening image in fullscreen, I also tried to edit a DNG file in XnView and it can't.

I've been trying to check if there has been a recent post on that subject but haven't been able to find one, and I've also been unable to quickly check if there is a plug-in required...