DPX 2.0

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Identify it

Extensions	`.dpx`
MIME types	`image/x-dpx`
Signatures	`53445058` at byte 0 (DPX v2 Big endian) `58504453` at byte 0 (DPX v2 Little endian)
PRONOM	`fmt/193fmt/541`
Wikidata	`Q27967438`
Library of Congress	`fdd000178`

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Open it

ImageMagickOpen sourcereads and writes · ImageMagick License
AbydosOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
ConverseenOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
OpenImageIOOpen sourcereads · BSD licenses
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
Q847465Open sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1 or later
Konvertorreads and writes
DaVinci Resolvereads and writes · freeware / proprietary license
Q650922reads and writes · freeware / proprietary license
Adobe After Effects 5.5reads
Adobe Premiere Proreads · proprietary license
Blackmagic Fusionreads · freeware

Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.dpx out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.dpx out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.dpx out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.dpx out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.dpx out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

From Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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