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DNG

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Adobe Digital Negative

File type: Digital camera RAW file, Bitmap image file

A dng file extension is related to the Digital Negative (DNG) RAW digital image file format developed by the Adobe Corporation. It is used to store digital RAW pictures captured by digital cameras and DSLRs (Digital Single Lens Reflex cameras).

Found 2 different file type records with the same dng filename suffix.

What is dng file?

File type category:
Digital camera RAW file
Bitmap image file

Date updated: July 14, 2025

The dng file extension is associated with the universal Digital Negative RAW file format developed by Adobe.

It is non-proprietary and public defined format for camera RAW files that can be used by hardware and software developers for a more flexible RAW processing and archiving workflow. End users can use Digital Negative (DNG) as an intermediate format for storing digital images.

Advantages of Adobe Digital Negative:

  • Self-Contained - DNG metadata is publicly documented and digital processing software do not need camera-specific knowledge to process DNG images created by digital camera.
     
  • Archival - DNG files will be readable by software in the distant future.
     
  • TIFF compatible - Digital Negative format is an extension of TIFF 6.0 picture image format (compatible with TIFF-EP standard).

How to open dng file?

A wide variety of image editors and viewers can work with the DNG format.

How to convert dng file?

Usually DNG format can be exported to another format in photo editors.

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IDsoft dungeon data

File type category:
Game file

Date updated: April 8, 2019

Record marked as obsolete and not updated for a long time.

The dng file extension is reported to also have been used in older computer games from Id Software, such as Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, etc. Some sort of dungeon file - perhaps maps.

How to open dng file?

You probably cannot access these file manually, unless there exist some kind of modding tools that can be used for this purpose.

How to convert dng file?

We do not know about any possible conversion for this file type at this time.

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