Nov 03 2009

Learning All About The Amazing DNG

AC_Blog_091103_1In my last post I featured the nifty “DNG Recover Edges” and made the point that it only works on DNGs. I discovered this nifty, free application while researching my column for the latest October/November 2009 issue of AfterCapture. In “Catching Up with the Amazing DNG” I celebrate how far the DNG has come in five years, since it was publicly announced by Adobe on September 27, 2004.

If you would appreciate a little background information on the DNG or to better understand how this amazing file format continues to pick up steam in its march towards a universal standard, give my piece a read. It’s based in large part by conversations with Adobe’s Tom Hogarty and digital workflow guru Peter Krogh.

Both touched on some pretty heady technical developments about the DNG, which were both hard to understand and even harder to communicate. However, both Hogarty and Krogh insisted that what really matters Continue reading “Learning All About The Amazing DNG”

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May 12 2008

The DNG is Way Cooler Than Cool. So Use It!

Category: Workflow & DAMEthan G. Salwen @ 7:57 am

ACMF_090514_Adobe - Digital Negative (DNG)Here are the four critical things you need know about the DNG, the Adobe-developed, open-source Digital Negative:

1. The DNG is the coolest RAW electronic imaging file format on Earth.

2. The DNG is absolutely the best archival format for all your RAW files.

3. The DNG offers amazingly innovative workflow benefits.

4. You should embrace the Digital Negative by converting all of your RAW captures to DNGs as part of your normal workflow.

Like many elegantly simple and powerful inventions, the DNG is sadly misunderstood. And because the majority of photographers are not yet using the DNG and not yet

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