Raw image format

For the file format, see IMG (file format).
For the Shockwave Media File (.dcr) created with Adobe Director, see Adobe Director, Adobe Shockwave, and Adobe Shockwave Player.
Not to be confused with Rawdisk.
"Camera raw" and ".srf" redirect here. For the Adobe product, see Adobe Camera Raw. For the ATL file type, see ATL Server § SRF files.

Raw image file
Filename extension
.3fr,
.ari, .arw,
.bay,
.braw, .crw, .cr2, .cr3,
.cap,
.data, .dcs, .dcr, .dng,
.drf,
.eip, .erf,
.fff,
.gpr,
.iiq,
.k25, .kdc,
.mdc, .mef, .mos, .mrw,
.nef, .nrw,
.obm, .orf,
.pef, .ptx, .pxn,
.r3d, .raf, .raw, .rwl, .rw2, .rwz,
.sr2, .srf, .srw,
.tif,
.x3f
Type of formatImage file formats

A camera raw image file contains unprocessed or minimally processed data from the image sensor of either a digital camera, a motion picture film scanner, or other image scanner.[1][2] Raw files are so named because they are not yet processed, and contain large amounts of potentially redundant data. Normally, the image is processed by a raw converter, in a wide-gamut internal color space where precise adjustments can be made before conversion to a viewable file format such as JPEG or PNG for storage, printing, or further manipulation. There are dozens of raw formats in use by different manufacturers of digital image capture equipment.

  1. ^ "Understanding RAW Files Explained". Luminous Landscape. 2 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Camera Raw Formats". Digital Preservation. Library of Congress. 2006-10-04. Retrieved 2014-03-11.