Format | DNG | TARGA |
Company | Adobe | Truevision (now AVID) |
Description | The Digital Negative (DNG) file format is a royalty free RAW image format designed by Adobe Systems | TARGA File Format, is a raster graphics file format. It was the native format of Truevision Inc.'s TARGA and VISTA boards, which were the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support Highcolor/truecolor display. |
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. | Many games create screenshot files in TGA format. |
Drawbacks | Large size. not many programs handle it | Uncompressed large files. Obsolete. |
Metadata | Handles XMP, EXIF or IPTC |
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