What RAW camera formats are supported?

Camera RAW formats (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF, DNG, RW2, ORF, and others) store the unprocessed sensor data from your camera - Essentially everything the image sensor captured, before the camera's internal processor applies sharpening, noise reduction, white balance, and colour rendering. This gives photographers maximum post-processing flexibility but requires specialised software to view and share.

Converting RAW to JPG produces a standard, universally shareable image. The conversion applies automatic white balance, tone curve, and basic colour rendering to produce a natural-looking result. For maximum creative control over the final look, professionals use Adobe Lightroom, Camera Raw, or Capture One to develop RAW files with custom settings before exporting to JPG.

RAW files are considerably larger than JPEG: a 24 MP camera produces a RAW file of 25–40 MB versus a JPG of 4–12 MB. Converting RAW to JPG at quality 90–95% provides a file suitable for sharing, archiving, and web publishing while retaining excellent image quality.

Reasons to convert RAW 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 RAW 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 RAW → JPG tool on jpg.now.
2. Drag your RAW 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.

• For the best tonal rendering, develop RAW files in Lightroom or Capture One with your preferred colour grading before exporting to JPG - The automatic conversion applies sensible defaults but won't match custom adjustments.
• Use quality 90–95% for RAW-to-JPG conversion to preserve the full detail captured by your camera sensor.
• Keep your original RAW files as permanent archives even after converting -RAW data cannot be recreated from a JPG.
• Check white balance before converting - The automatic correction handles most scenes well, but mixed lighting or unusual colour casts may need manual adjustment.