Convert CR2 to JPG - online and free - this page also contains information on the CR2 and JPG file extensions.
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How to convert a CR2 to a JPG file?
- Choose the CR2 file that you want to convert.
- Select JPG as the the format you want to convert your CR2 file to.
- Click "Convert" to convert your CR2 file.
Zamzar Pro Tip: You could consider using Libraw which is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo cameras to open CR2 files.
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| File extension | .cr2 |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | The Canon RAW version 2 (cr2) format is a RAW format created by Canon for storing digital images. This does not contain a ready to view picture like a JPG or PNG file, it is used to store information directly coming from the sensor. You can choose to store your pictures in RAW format which gives you the benefit of being able to do a lot of post processing on the file, if you tried to do this with JPEG, this would be difficult and would likely result in a quality loss. |
| Actions | CR2 to JPG - Convert file now View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | RAW files are the best quality to size ratio that a photograph can be stored in, primarily because each colour is recorded in either 12 or 14 bits and a lossless compression is used. The CR2 takes over from Canon's previous format - CRW and is used by the Canon 350D, 1D, G9 and 20D models. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Paint Shop Pro Picasa digiKam |
| Developed by | Canon Inc. |
| MIME type | image/cr2 |
| Useful links | Inside the Canon RAW Image format Canon EOS Rebel T3 Series: Choosing the RAW File Type Convert CR2 file |
| File extension | .jpg |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | JPG's are often used for web sites and email as they are generally smaller file sizes as they are lossy meaning that some image quality is lost when the JPG is compressed and saved. The resultant 'lossy' file means that quality can never be recovered. The JPG format is often used in digital camera memory cards. The JPG file is a great format as it often manages to compress files to 1/10 of the size of the original file which is especially good for saving on bandwidth. |
| Actions | Convert JPG file View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | JPG is a graphical file format for editing still images, it offers a symmetrical compression technique which is processor intensive and time consiming in both compression and decompression. JPEG is a joint standard of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T T.81) and the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 10918-1). JPEG involves a lossy compression mechanism using discrete cosine transform (DCT). Compression rates of 100:1 can be achieved, although the loss is noticeable at that level. Compression rates of 10:1 or 20:1 yield little degradation in image quality. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Photoshop Apple Preview Corel Paint Shop Pro Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Viewer |
| Developed by | The JPEG Committee |
| MIME type | image/jpeg |
| Useful links | More detailed information on JPG files Choosing the best way to compress a JPG file Convert JPG file |
Convert CR2 file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert CR2 files to a variety of other formats
- cr2 to bmp (Windows bitmap)
- cr2 to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- cr2 to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- cr2 to pcx (Paintbrush Bitmap Image)
- cr2 to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- cr2 to png (Portable Network Graphic)
- cr2 to tga (Truevision Targa Graphic)
- cr2 to tiff (Tagged image file format)
- cr2 to wbmp (Wireless Bitmap File Format)
- cr2 to webp (Lossily compressed image file)