Camera manufacturing giants Panavision, Silicon Imaging, Dalsa, Weisscam and ARRI are joining with Adobe Systems in an effort to define an industry-wide open file format for video

Announced in April this year at NAB in Las Vegas, Adobe's CinemaDNG aims to streamline workflows and ensure easy archiving and exchange for video editing professionals.

Based on the successful DNG file format for still photography, CinemaDNG adds features for cinema-related workflows. Under its plans, Adobe says CinemaDNG will be free for manufacturers to implement, and designed to improve compatibility between RAW video files from different camera manufacturers.

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