Adobe Lightroom Export question

[Photog82]

Hi Daniel, I realise that RAW+XMP does that as well, I'm wondering though, what would be safer, to stick with DNG which contains the edits (not XMP file) and any Adobe program (presumably) will support DNG or go to RAW+XMP (I still keep RAWs no matter what) and not save to DNG. I'm not aware of other programs that read RAW+XMP?

[Daniel Browning]

I'm not aware of other programs that read RAW+XMP?

Well, there are really only two parts to be saved: the image data and the edits. When it comes to the image data, I think the original camera raw is the safest format, but DNG should be nearly as safe. When it comes to saving the edits, I don't really know. I don't know any other programs that read edits from the XMP file, but I also don't know of any that read the edits from the DNG file. Sorry I can't be more help.