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| File extension | .raw |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | The RAW file format contains untouched raw pixel information that comes straight from sensors of a digital camera. In digital photography it is the equivalent of a negative from traditional film-based photography. Digital Cameras process the RAW file by changing it to a full colour JPEG or TIFF image file that is stored on a memory card for a camera, but it is usually possible to retain the original RAW file too. Generally as the RAW file comes straight from the sensor this gives photographers more control over how the final JPEG or TIFF image is displayed. There is no single RAW format. Digital camera manufacturers have each developed their own proprietary (often undocumented) formats, often changing the format from one camera model to the next. Several major manufacturers, including Canon, Sony and Nikon encrypt elements of the file to prevent 3rd party tools from accessing them. |
| Actions | RAW to TIFF - Convert file now View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | RAW files are made up of 12 or sometimes 14 bits compared to JPEG which is only made up of 8 bits. This provides for better image quality since any calculations used to generate the pixel values (often described as RGB) can be performed on the base data. This does however mean that RAW file sizes are often between two and six times large than standard JPEG images. |
| Associated programs | Adobe Photoshop Adobe Photoshop Elements Apple Preview Corel Draw Google Picasa |
| Developed by | Various |
| MIME type | N/A |
| Useful links | Information about the RAW image format dcraw homepage The two varieties of RAW file formats Convert RAW file |
| File extension | .tiff |
| Category | Image File |
| Description | Tiff was originally created by a company called Aldus, and is now owned by Adobe systems, it is a file format for storing images, including line art and photographs. It was created due to the popularity of scanners and was thought-up to become the standard scanned image file format. It is a popular format for high-colour-depth images and it has also been adapted to accommodate greyscale images. |
| Actions | Convert TIFF file View other image file formats |
| Technical Details | A TIFF file is made up of many different blocks which define the palette data or the LZW-compressed body among other things. The byte order is either Motorola or Intel depending on the first word. if it is MM, then you have Motorola byte ordering and likewise if it is II it means you have Intel byte ordering. Each TIFF file begins with an image file header which then points to an image file directory which contains the image data and image information. |
| Associated programs | CyberLink PowerDVD InterVideo WinDVD VideoLAN VLC Media Player Windows Media Player |
| Developed by | Aldus, Adobe Systems |
| MIME type | image/tiff image/x-tga |
| Useful links | More information about what a TIFF file is How can you open a TIFF file ? Convert TIFF file |
Convert RAW file
Using Zamzar it is possible to convert RAW files to a variety of other formats
- raw to ai (Adobe Illustrator Artwork)
- raw to bmp (Windows bitmap)
- raw to eps (Encapsulated PostScript)
- raw to gif (Compuserve graphics interchange)
- raw to jpg (JPEG compliant image)
- raw to pcx (Paintbrush Bitmap Image)
- raw to pdf (Portable Document Format)
- raw to png (Portable Network Graphic)
- raw to tga (Truevision Targa Graphic)
- raw to tiff (Tagged image file format)
- raw to wbmp (Wireless Bitmap File Format)
- raw to webp (Lossily compressed image file)