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Digital Negative

Digital Negative (DNG) is an open source, lossless, well defined camera RAW data container with the goal to replace a range of proprietary, closed source raw image containers. It has been developed by Adobe and was launched on September 27, 2004. The launch was accompanied by the first version of the DNG specification, plus various products, including a…

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Container for
Metadata may be embedded in XMP, Exif or IPTC formats.
Developed by
Adobe Systems
Extended from
TIFF/EP
Initial release
September 27, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-09-27)
Internet media type
image/x-adobe-dng, image/x-raw-adobe, image/DNG
Latest release
Specification1.7.1.0 / September 2023 (2023-09)SDK1.7.1 2410 / November 2025 (2025-11) September 2023; 2 years ago (2023-09)

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Rationale for DNG

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DNG conversion

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Digital Negative

Nodes137
Edges136
Triples24
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.014599
Components1

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Digital Negative

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related to Adobe products · 10
Digital Negative → Adobe, Adobe DNG Converter, Adobe Systems, Adobe's, All, DNG, It, September, The, Windows
Container for · 1
Digital Negative → Metadata may be embedded in XMP, Exif or IPTC formats.
Developed by · 1
Digital Negative → Adobe Systems
Extended from · 1
Digital Negative → TIFF/EP
Filename extension · 1
Digital Negative → .mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .dng & .DNG
Initial release · 1
Digital Negative → September 27, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-09-27)
Internet media type · 1
Digital Negative → image/x-adobe-dng, image/x-raw-adobe, image/DNG
Latest release · 1
Digital Negative → Specification1.7.1.0 / September 2023 (2023-09)SDK1.7.1 2410 / November 2025 (2025-11) September 2023; 2 years ago (2023-09)
Open format? · 1
Digital Negative → Yes
SDK · 1
Digital Negative → 1.7.1 2410 / November 2025 (2025-11)

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dng raw camera image cameras adobe digital format software specification first tiff support september products formats images file ep files

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Digital NegativeContainer forMetadata may be embedded in XMP, Exif or IPTC formats.1.00infobox
Digital NegativeDeveloped byAdobe Systems1.00infobox
Digital NegativeExtended fromTIFF/EP1.00infobox
Digital NegativeFilename extension.mw-parser-output .monospaced{font-family:monospace,monospace} .dng & .DNG1.00infobox
Digital NegativeInitial releaseSeptember 27, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-09-27)1.00infobox
Digital NegativeInternet media typeimage/x-adobe-dng, image/x-raw-adobe, image/DNG1.00infobox
Digital NegativeLatest releaseSpecification1.7.1.0 / September 2023 (2023-09)SDK1.7.1 2410 / November 2025 (2025-11) September 2023; 2 years ago (2023-09)1.00infobox
Digital NegativeOpen format?Yes1.00infobox
Digital NegativeSDK1.7.1 2410 / November 2025 (2025-11)1.00infobox
Digital NegativeSpecification1.7.1.0 / September 2023 (2023-09)1.00infobox
Digital NegativeType of formatRaw image format1.00infobox
Digital NegativeWebsitehelpx.adobe.com/photoshop/digital-negative.html1.00infobox

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