File Conversion: Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG? If so, how?

JimBo42 Loc: Tennessee

Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG?

If so, how?

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

The simple answer is yes. More than likely using the software that came with the camera. Otherwise, any current photo processing software would work.
--Bob

Jim Coulson wrote:

Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG?

If so, how?

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Use the editor, DPP, that comes with the camera (or download it).
(Or if you have an editor that can work with Canon RAW files.)
Open the RAW file in the editor and save it as a JPEG.

JimBo42 Loc: Tennessee

Thanks!
I down loaded DPP for my old Canon 7D + SN.
Very easy change.

I have a few pics for UHH, and want them all to be jpg.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Jim Coulson wrote:

Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG?

If so, how?

Download Canon's DPP (Digital Photo Professional). Open the Canon RAW and Save-As to JPEG, with lots of sizing options. DPP is available from usa.canon.com, or your country local's version of this Canon site. You'll need a Canon EOS body serial number to enable the free download. Any valid s/n will work.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Jim Coulson wrote:

Thanks!
I down loaded DPP for my old Canon 7D + SN.
Very easy change.

I have a few pics for UHH, and want them all to be jpg.

Yes, for the web, JPEG is good, RAW not so much.....

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Jim Coulson wrote:

Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG?

If so, how?

CRW?

Or CR2? CR3?

CRW was the original Canon RAW file type. My EOS 10D made 6MP CRW files back in 2003.

The next generation of Canon DSLRs made 12-bit CR2 files, beginning around 2006 or 2007.

Around 2010 Canon DSLRs began shooting 14-bit CR2 and since Digic 8 processors were intro'd in 2018 (starting with EOS R & EOS M50) they are making CR3 files.

The only reason I'm posting this is because Canon's more recent Digital Photo Pro (DPP) software may not be able to work with the CRW and 12-bit CR2 files. At some point they rewrote the software and it would no longer work with those older file types. There were some upset people when that happened. I really don't know if Canon later revised DPP or the backward compatibility of the DPP download version available today.

If you ever have a problem with DPP, use one of the many, widely available third party RAW converters instead. In most cases they're fully capable of working with even the earliest types of Canon RAW files. Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop and Photoshop Elements certainly can handle them.

JimBo42 Loc: Tennessee

I appreciate all the info. I was able to do the conversion easily with DPP.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

--Bob

Jim Coulson wrote:

I appreciate all the info. I was able to do the conversion easily with DPP.

Jack 13088 Loc: Central NY

Pardon me but I take issue with the term file conversion. A raw file from the camera is not finished, baked if you wish. Essential processing steps like de-mosaic, white balance, conversion to a viewable color space, sharpen and more need to be performed before compressing the resulting image into a JPEG file. Unless you are willing to participate in these steps it is quite likely the the camera will do better job easer and quicker than with default software.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

https://support.usa.canon.com/kb/index?page=content&id=ART162667
https://www.zamzar.com/convert/crw-to-jpg/

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Little if any processing is required to present a jpg from a RAW file. In Ps, I'd simply open the file in ACR, then click open, the file opens in Ps, and finally save it as a jpg. That's all that is required to "convert" a RAW to a jpg.
--Bob

Jack 13088 wrote:

Pardon me but I take issue with the term file conversion. A raw file from the camera is not finished, baked if you wish. Essential processing steps like de-mosaic, white balance, conversion to a viewable color space, sharpen and more need to be performed before compressing the resulting image into a JPEG file. Unless you are willing to participate in these steps it is quite likely the the camera will do better job easer and quicker than with default software.

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

Jim Coulson wrote:

Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG?

If so, how?

Canon Digital Photo Professional is available from Canon's website. You'll likely need your camera's serial number to use it.

Dozens of digital imaging software applications can do it. Your computer operating system probably has the required components in it, if it is up to date.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Jim Coulson wrote:

Is it possible to convert a Canon RAW image, CRW, to a JPG?

If so, how?

CRW is a very old format. However, you can convert it to a DNG file using the Adobe DNG converter, after which you should be able to edit the file in most raw post processing programs and export it as a jpeg.

Jack 13088 Loc: Central NY

rmalarz wrote:

Little if any processing is required to present a jpg from a RAW file. In Ps, I'd simply open the file in ACR, then click open, the file opens in Ps, and finally save it as a jpg. That's all that is required to "convert" a RAW to a jpg.
--Bob

True, and the OP didn’t say why he wanted a simple conversion. But if the expectation is shooting raw is going to yield a higher quality jpg then just shooting jpg in the first instance then that is not true.

If the desire is to batch convert a raw shot for some immediate unedited use then it would be better to just output both raw and camera processed jpg files especially if to separate memory cards.

I used to do that when I wanted to show others the shoot in the field and all I had was a netbook that was too slow to run Lightroom (Classic).

In my world everything goes into LrC where it is stored forever. However, I am both lazy and impatient so I use a canned import with using the embedded previews which are jpegs that are good enough for forearly passes through the library.

I worry that folks are being misled and expect that raw is a magic pill to improve their photography.