Convert RAW to JPG

A RAW file holds the sensor's unprocessed data, but nearly every camera also stores a finished JPEG preview inside it. That is the image you see on the camera's screen during playback. This tool finds that embedded image, picks the largest one if there are several, applies the camera's rotation flag, and saves it as a JPG at the quality you choose.

So it does not develop the raw sensor data. There is no white balance, exposure or noise adjustment: the JPG looks exactly as your camera rendered it with its own settings (picture style, white balance, contrast). If you shot with a monochrome picture style, for example, the extracted JPG is black and white even though the RAW still has the color data.

Everything happens in your browser and nothing is uploaded. Because there is no raw processing, extraction is quick, even for a whole card's worth of files.

Extension	Camera brand
CR2, CR3	Canon
NEF, NRW	Nikon
ARW, SRF, SR2	Sony
DNG	open format (Leica, Pentax, many phones and others)
ORF	Olympus, OM System
RW2	Panasonic
RAF	Fujifilm
PEF	Pentax
SRW	Samsung
3FR, IIQ, ERF, KDC, MRW, RWL, X3F	Hasselblad, Phase One, Epson, Kodak, Minolta, Leica, Sigma

If a file has no usable embedded image, you get an error for that file and the rest of the batch still converts. Such a file needs a real raw developer.

That depends on the preview your camera writes:

• Many cameras embed a full-resolution JPEG, so you get the photo's full pixel size, for example 6000 × 4000 px from a 24 MP body.
• Some embed a smaller one. This is typical of several Sony models and of older and compact cameras. The JPG is then noticeably smaller than the true resolution, which is usually still fine for screens, messages and social media.

The result list shows each JPG's pixel size, so you can tell right away. For large prints or heavy cropping from a camera with small previews, develop the RAW instead.

This tool is ideal for quick culling and sharing after a shoot, viewing RAW files on a computer or phone without raw software, or when you like your camera's own JPEG colors.

Use a raw developer, such as your camera maker's free software or an open-source raw editor, when you want to:

• change white balance or exposure, or recover blown highlights and shadows;
• apply noise reduction, lens corrections or custom color grading;
• get full resolution from a camera that embeds only a small preview.

The flexibility of RAW is only available through developing; this tool returns the camera's ready-made picture.

• Keep your RAW files. The JPG is one rendering; the RAW is the negative.
• Quality: the embedded preview is already a JPEG, so stay near the 90% default. Output uses the MozJPEG encoder for compact files. Need a size limit? Use Compress image afterward.
• Metadata: shooting details such as date and camera usually do not carry over from the RAW into the JPG.
• Big files on phones: each RAW is read fully into memory, so large batches are smoother on a computer.

Several files download as one ZIP, and each JPG can also be saved separately. To shrink the pixel size, use Resize image.