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Term: DNG

Definition:
Digital Negative (DNG) is a digital image file format designed by Adobe Systems. DNG is a file format that wraps camera sensor data ("camera RAW data") plus metadata to support image reconstruction, adjustment, and display based on the TIFF/EP standard. Thus it can be seen as a means to "normalize" a RAW image. Adobe has submitted the format to ISO in order to establish a standard format that can be used in place of the dozens of different proprietary RAW formats currently in use.
Category:
Image
Resource:
Adobe specification
http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/dng_spec.pdf
Adobe Digital Negative (DNG), Version 1.1
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000188.shtml
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