Format | DNG | XPM |
Company | Adobe | |
Description | The Digital Negative (DNG) file format is a royalty free RAW image format designed by Adobe Systems | XPM is an image file format created in 1989. It is intended primarily for creating icon pixmaps, and supports transparent pixels. Derived from the earlier XBM syntax, it is a plain text file in the XPM2 format or of a C programming language syntax, which can be included in a C program file. |
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. | Compatibility |
Drawbacks | Large size. not many programs handle it | Uncompressed |
Metadata | Handles XMP, EXIF or IPTC |
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