XMP files for DNG

[braver]

Since DNG contains XMP, can PM avoid creating XMP files for the DNGs?  What about DNG+JPG pairs?  I assume all edits would be done with the DNG.
Also, would be great to have RAW conversion to DNG in place.  Most of my cameras (Leica/Pentax) shoot native DNG but occasionally some RAWs get in.

[Kirk Baker]

Since DNG contains XMP, can PM avoid creating XMP files for the DNGs?  What about DNG+JPG pairs?  I assume all edits would be done with the DNG.

PM doesn't create XMP sidecar files for DNG images.  Nor would PM create a XMP sidecar file for a DNG and JPEG pair.

Also, would be great to have RAW conversion to DNG in place.

I'm not sure what you mean about RAW conversion to DNG, in place?

-Kirk

[braver]

I'd like to run the Adobe DNG Converter upon ingestion to replace a non-DNG RAW file by the DNG it converts to.  For instance, Lightroom with a primary and secondary directories can ingest RAWs into the backup dir (aeocndary) and then convert into the primary.  Would it be possible to reproduce it with PM?

Update: used Convert to DNG today.  It simply drops new DNGs into the same folder as the originals.  So that's almost there!  Could we have two checkboxes to optionally

-- auto-catalog the new DNGs
-- remove the original RAWs?

... and then of course also having that option in the Ingest would be best.