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Raw file formats are popular in digital photography workflows because they offer greater creative control. The public archival format for digital camera raw data

With the format specification freely available, any developer can build software that supports and takes advantage of DNG. DNG allows photographers to archive their raw camera files in a single format for easy cataloging and access in the future. The Adobe DNG Converter is a free utility that enables you to easily convert camera-specific raw files from more than 700 cameras to the more universal DNG raw format.ĭigital Negative was developed to address the lack of an open standard for the proprietary and unique raw files created by each digital camera. However, the original raw file can also be embedded in the new DNG format to ensure that proprietary metadata from the manufacturer is not lost.Īdobe Digital Negative Converter supports Camera Raw 2.4 to 1.32 and DNG 1.1 to DNG 1.6.Version History 16.0.1 (1683) (16.0.1f1683) The Adobe DNG Converter may, in some cases, ignore some of this proprietary metadata and only include the basic information necessary for creating a high-quality image file. The Digital Negative specification allows for all pixel information stored in current raw formats and all of the additional, proprietary metadata that many manufacturers include. It is also a safer file format to use when you plan on long-term archival of images. Unlike most manufacturer-specific raw formats, the Digital Negative is an openly published specification that is not only supported by Adobe but is also freely available for other software and hardware vendors to support. One benefit of using the DNG Converter is backward compatibility for the latest cameras in older versions of Photoshop, Lightroom, Bridge, After Effects, and Photoshop Elements through the DNG Converter. Adobe DNG Converter (Digital Negative) allows camera-specific raw files to be converted to a universal DNG raw file.

Download the new Adobe DNG Converter 16.0