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CR2, NEF, ARW and DNG to JPG

Get a JPG out of your RAW photos

Save the picture your camera stored inside CR2, NEF, ARW and DNG files.

or drop them here · paste works too

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A lake at dawn between pine trees and blue mountainsRAW
A lake at dawn between pine trees and blue mountainsJPG

Drop RAW files — CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, ORF, RW2, PEF or RAF

The JPEG preview your camera stored inside each file is found and shown at its own size. It is the camera's preview, not a RAW development.

You can paste a picture, too.

Drop Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, DNG, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, Pentax PEF or Fujifilm RAF files. The JPEG preview the camera saved inside each one is found, turned upright and shown at its own pixel size — ready to save as JPG.

The camera's preview, not a RAW development

A RAW file holds the sensor's data, which has to be developed — demosaiced, white-balanced, tone-mapped — before it is a picture. Cameras also store a ready-made JPEG inside the file so their own screen can show it. This page finds that JPEG; it does not develop the sensor data, and it says so on every result. The preview carries the camera's own processing: its white balance, picture style and noise reduction at the moment of shooting.

Many cameras store a preview at or near full size; some store a smaller one. The page prints the preview's real pixel size so you know exactly what you are getting before you save.

How it is found

CR2, NEF, ARW, DNG, ORF, RW2 and PEF are built on the TIFF structure: this page walks the file's directories and sub-directories for embedded JPEGs and picks the largest. RAF keeps its preview's position in the file header. When the structure points nowhere useful, the file is scanned for embedded JPEGs. The camera's orientation is applied, so a portrait shot comes out upright.

You can save the preview exactly as the camera stored it, byte for byte, or as a JPEG or PNG written here (the JPEG searched to visually identical, 0.990 at 512 px). Canon's newer CR3 format is not read yet; the page says so.

Questions about RAW to JPG

How do I convert CR2 to JPG without Photoshop?
Drop the CR2 here. The JPEG preview Canon stores in every CR2 is found, turned upright and shown with its size; press Convert and Save, or save the camera's JPG exactly as stored.
Is this the same as developing the RAW?
No. It is the JPEG the camera made when you took the photo. To change white balance or recover highlights, the RAW needs a developer such as the camera maker's software or a RAW editor.
Why is the JPG smaller than my camera's resolution?
Some cameras store a reduced-size preview. The page shows the preview's real pixel size before you save.
Which RAW formats work?
Canon CR2, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Adobe DNG, Olympus ORF, Panasonic RW2, Pentax PEF and Fujifilm RAF. Canon CR3 is not read yet.
Are my RAW files uploaded?
No. The file is read in this tab and never leaves the device — which also means no waiting for a 30 MB upload.

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