Image
What is a .dpx file?
A .dpx file is a Digital Moving Picture Exchange Bitmap (version 1.0). This is an image format — a picture, drawing or graphic. Confusingly, this extension has been used by 11 different formats over the years — they're all listed below.
This extension has been used by more than one format
11 different formats have claimed .dpx over the years, so two files with the same extension aren't necessarily the same kind of thing.
- Digital Moving Picture Exchange BitmapVersion 1.0 · fmt/193
- Digital Moving Picture Exchange BitmapVersion 2.0 · fmt/541
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion 6 · fmt/1519
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion 7 · fmt/1520
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion 8 · fmt/1521
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion X2 · fmt/1522
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion X3 · fmt/1523
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion X4 · fmt/1524
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion X5 · fmt/1525
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion X6 · fmt/1526
- Serif DrawPlus DrawingVersion X8 · fmt/1527
How to open a .dpx file
- GIMP (free) and IrfanView open a very wide range of image formats, including obsolete ones.
- XnView MP is the best bet for unusual or legacy image types.
- Your operating system's built-in viewer may work for mainstream formats.
The registry records this extension against Digital Moving Picture Exchange Bitmap, Digital Moving Picture Exchange Bitmap, Serif DrawPlus Drawing and others, so software from that family is the most likely match.
How to convert a .dpx file
- Open it in GIMP or XnView and export as .png (lossless) or .jpg (smaller).
The technical record
For archivists, developers and the merely curious: these are the PRONOM registry entries for .dpx.
| Format name | Version | MIME type | PUID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Moving Picture Exchange Bitmap | 1.0 | — | fmt/193 |
| Digital Moving Picture Exchange Bitmap | 2.0 | — | fmt/541 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | 6 | — | fmt/1519 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | 7 | — | fmt/1520 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | 8 | — | fmt/1521 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | X2 | — | fmt/1522 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | X3 | — | fmt/1523 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | X4 | — | fmt/1524 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | X5 | — | fmt/1525 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | X6 | — | fmt/1526 |
| Serif DrawPlus Drawing | X8 | — | fmt/1527 |