Format | DNG | PNG |
Company | Adobe | Portable Network Graphics |
Description | The Digital Negative (DNG) file format is a royalty free RAW image format designed by Adobe Systems | The PNG file format is regarded, and was made, as the free and open-source successor to the GIF file format. The PNG file format supports true color (16 million colors) whereas the GIF file format only allows 256 colors. PNG excels when the image has large areas of uniform color. The lossless PNG format is best suited for editing pictures and all popular modern browsers fully support PNG. |
Benefits | It is a response from Adobe to the demand for a unifying camera raw file format. Digital Negative is based on the TIFF/EP format and mandates use of metadata. | Lossless, popular, 16M colors |
Drawbacks | Large size. not many programs handle it | Large files |
Metadata | Handles XMP, EXIF or IPTC |
Professional photo conversion and processing. | |
Used by photographers (amateur and professional), design studios, architects, large organizations (NASA, IBM, Chrysler, University hospitals). | |
Totally risk free. After purchase, you have a 30-day money back guarantee. |