Hi EveryOne,
Today's big news is that Adobe which dominates the photo software market has come up with a revolutionary new picture format called DNG (Digital Negative Specification) which is going to replace the jpg/jpeg format as industry standard. The new format gives great quality pictures/images as compared with any other available format such as jpg/jpeg. The new file format is already compatible with 65 makes of digital cameras and the Adobe photoshop is updated with this file format as well. This DNG format is free and is distributed without any royalties.
Here is the news:
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http://news.google.com/nwshp?gl=us&ned=us&topic=t http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtm...story_id=27203 Adobe tries to unify digital camera market with new file standard News Story posted on 27 September 2004 8:45 PM GMT by Stuart Miles Adobe has announced ambitious plans to unify the digital camera market by creating a single file format that all digital cameras can record in.
Called the Digital Negative Specification, Adobe hopes that the new format will solve the problem of multiple formats and multiple software packages by introducing a single format that can store information from a diverse range of cameras.
Adobe, who will be offering The Digital Negative Specification free of any legal restrictions or royalties, hopes that in doing so integration of the .DNG file format into digital cameras, printers, and software products will become widespread.
Where it sees the strength of the new file format is in a set of metadata that must be included in the file to describe key details about the camera and settings.
Of course the .DNG format is immediately supported in Adobe Photoshop CS as part of an updated Camera Raw Plug-in, as well as Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0
Those not using Adobe products can still use the format by downloading a DNG converter free at: www.adobe.com/dng.
The application will translate raw formats from more than 65 cameras, including recent models such as Canon PowerShot S60, Epson RD-1, Fujifilm FinePix S20 Pro, and Nikon Coolpix 5400, into the new .DNG file format.
Adobe has already got some big names behind the standard including HP, Microsoft, Corbis and Paul Getty images.
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Many people have snapped many DNG domains today and I also made some bets as follows (based on overture searches for jpg/jpeg):
DNGimage.com
DNGpicture.com
DNGviewer.com
DNGeditor.com
FreeDNG.com
DNGsoftware.com
SexDNG.com
I thought its better to waste $50 today than paying thousands later if this thing takes off.
Please share your opinion/comments/appraisals.
Btw, as of 11 AM this morning there were some good ones still available based on jpg/jpeg overture results, just in case someone wants to make a bet or two on the future popularity of this revolutionary technology.
Thanks for your time and comments,
Linear Mode
