Adobe Spearheads Initiative for Open Digital Cinema File Format

(iptv.tmcnet.com) -- Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that it proposes to define an industry-wide open file format for digital cinema files to streamline workflows and facilitate archiving and exchange.

Adobe will be using its Digital Negative Specification (DNG) file format and also work in tandem with camera manufacturers like Panavision, Silicon Imaging, Dalsa, Weisscam and ARRI. Adobe will also include software vendors such as Iridas, The Foundry andcodec provider CineForm in order to fine tune the requirements for an open publicly documented file format to be named CinemaDNG. full story