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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 PNG - 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 | .png |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | PNG pronounced ping is a format for storing bitmapped (raster) images on computers. It was created originally to replace the GIF file format when it was announced that the companies who created the GIF format wanted royalties. PNG uses indexed colors and lossless compression (like a .GIF file), but without those copyright limitations; it cannot be animated like a GIF image. |
| Actions | Convert PNG file View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | PNG images are in many ways better than .GIF as they also include an 8-bit transparency channel, which allows the colors in the image to fade from opaque to transparent; GIF images only support fully opaque or fully transparent pixels. PNG supports palettes of 24-bit RGB colors, RGB images or greyscale or RGB images. PNG was intended to be able to transfer images on the Internet, not professional graphics, and so does not support other colour spaces (such as CMYK). |
| Associated programs | Apple Preview Corel Paint Shop Pro GIMP - The GNU Image Manipulation Program (LINUX) Microsoft Windows Photo Gallery Viewer Safari |
| Developed by | PNG Development Group |
| MIME type | image/png |
| Useful links | Further information on PNG Files How can I open a PNG file ? Convert PNG 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)