Workflow/Image Storage/DNG Question

[b-honk]

I am pretty new to digital photography, and being that I am not naturally organized, I realize that I have to really get into the habit of sticking to a system for saving my images.

Right now I import them through Lightroom where I develop and tweak them. Then I export a jpeg sized for the web to a folder on my computer (outside of lightroom). What I don;t understand is, and this may sound really dumb, where are the dng files being saved? I see a folder with lots of dngs with no thumbnails or names, is this because dng files can only be opened in Lightroom or PS?

Should I be doing something with the DNG files besides just organizing them in LR?

Thanks!

[FrankLamont]

Make sure you check your settings.

Personally, my workflow is this:

1. Open Lightroom, import from device (CR2 files) to a assigned folder
2. Process images
3. Export full res. JPEGs to a folder

No DNGs, no other files concerned. Just two files per image.

[b-honk]

When I import the files in LR, they are automatically being converted into DNG files...you are saying that I should remove that setting?

Sorry if I sound daft, I'm just not getting it. I can't figure out what and where the images I am seeing in LR are.

I am searching other threads as we speak so that no one will have to repeat info.

Thanks so much for your help!

[Jim Bryant]

For anybody interested in workflow get "That DAMN Book" (Digital Asset Management) by Peter Krogh. The DAM Book: Digital Asset Management for Photographers

[Quo Fan]

The next time you download pictures to your computer, look where Lightroom is putting them. You can designate where they go. I send mine to my server.