This page contains information on the CR2 file extension (Canon RAW version 2), a popular image file format
| 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 | Convert CR2 file 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 |
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)
