Does jpg.now apply lens corrections?

CR2 is Canon's Raw image format used by every Canon DSLR from 2004 to roughly 2018 — the 5D Mark II/III/IV, 6D, 7D, 70D/80D/90D, the Rebel line, and most pro EOS bodies of that era. CR2 files contain the unprocessed sensor data plus a JPEG preview, embedded EXIF, and lens-correction metadata. Converting to JPG runs the full demosaic and tone-curve pipeline that Canon's in-camera JPG would have applied.

The dominant use case is photographers delivering finished work without firing up Lightroom or Canon DPP. Wedding shoots, real-estate galleries, stock-photo submissions, and event coverage all end with a CR2-to-JPG step — the client never wants the raw file, they want a viewable, sharable image at a reasonable file size.

The second case is round-tripping. Many photo printers, photo books, and online labs (Mpix, Bay Photo, WhiteWall) accept JPG only. A CR2 won't upload anywhere. The JPG export is the universal bridge between the camera's full-fat raw and any consumer or print delivery channel.

Reasons to convert CR2 to JPG usually come down to compatibility, file-size, or specific feature requirements. Common situations:

• An app or platform only accepts JPG uploads.
• You need a feature unique to JPG (e.g. transparency, vector scaling, animation, multi-page pages, etc.) that CR2 doesn't provide.
• You're optimising file size — modern formats often produce smaller files than the older format you started with.
• You need a single archival format across a project so files behave consistently in the same viewer.

1. Open the CR2 → JPG tool on jpg.now.
2. Drag your CR2 file onto the drop zone, or click Select files. You can drop a whole folder of files at once.
3. The output is fixed to JPG. If the format supports extra options (page size, transparency background, quality, EXIF stripping), tweak them in the right-hand panel.
4. Click Convert. The job runs on our server and finishes in a few seconds for typical photos.
5. Download the result. Files stay in storage for 24 hours and are then permanently deleted.

The entire flow is free for the first 10 jobs per day with no signup required. A free account doubles that quota; a premium plan removes the limit entirely.

• Use the camera's 'as-shot' white balance unless your CR2 was clearly shot under mixed lighting — the in-camera setting reflects the photographer's intent.
• Quality 95 is the camera-JPG default for Canon. Going lower (Q85) is fine for web; going higher (Q98) wastes bytes with no visible benefit.
• For client delivery, batch-export at 2048-px long edge — that's plenty for screens and email, and keeps file sizes around 1–2 MB per image.
• Always keep the CR2 originals. If a client requests a recrop or colour tweak in a year, you can't recover detail from the JPG — only the CR2 gives you that latitude.
• If you need a TIFF for retouching, convert CR2 to TIFF separately — JPG bakes the 8-bit colour and lossy compression in permanently.