Camera RAW
DNG files
An openly documented raw format from Adobe. Some cameras save DNG directly, and so do iPhones shooting Apple ProRAW.
- Full name
- Digital Negative
- Made by
- Adobe
- Introduced
- 2004
- File extension
- .dng
- Compression
- Unprocessed sensor data, lossless or lightly compressed
- Best for
- Editing photos with the most room for adjustments
- Opens in
- Lightroom, Photoshop, Photos, Preview and most raw editors
- In FileFlip
- Opens
Good at
- Keeps everything the sensor recorded
- White balance and exposure can be changed later without loss
Not so good at
- Large files
- Has to be developed before it can be shared
- Each camera maker has its own format
DNG in FileFlip
FileFlip opens DNG files and converts them to other formats. It doesn’t save DNG.
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