The RAW photo format has been around for a long time, but perhaps you have never heard of it. Since at least the early 2000’s, professional photographers have used it as a way to get the highest ...

If you use Raw files for archiving, this may be the most critical issue of all. Some Cautions Raw is not an appropriate format for anyone who takes a casual approach to photography. A good ...

The file extension on a Nikon RAW file (.NEF) will be different from a Canon RAW file (.CR3), for example. But Adobe created an open-source digital negative format called DNG.

Raw files are also large, even when they are losslessly compressed. A typical 16-megapixel camera can produce raw files that range from approximately 15MB to 100MB (depending on the amountӬof detail ...

And by keeping the Raw originals, you’ll have more than one chance to perform the conversion. If you have the Raw file, you can go back to it later and make a new and possibly better JPEG from it.

Windows has never before supported the RAW file format used in most of today’s DSLR cameras. This limitation forced users to rely on third-party applications to view and edit their files.

This file resides in the same folder as your image, with the same name and a .XMP extension instead of the Raw format extension (.CR2, in my case).

Let’s back up a bit. The RAW file format available on high-end digital cameras is exactly what it sounds like—the raw data coming in from the lens (RAW isn’t actually an acronym).