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CR2 to JPG Converter

This CR2 to JPG converter turns Canon RAW files into JPGs in your browser, in bulk. Many Canon CR2 files contain a full-size JPEG preview, so conversion can take a fraction of a second per photo — and nothing is uploaded.

Your photos never leave your device. Everything is decoded and converted in your browser; nothing is uploaded.

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Metadata (JPEG output)

Keeping metadata preserves the date, camera, lens and exposure. “Remove location” deletes the GPS coordinates and keeps the rest. Photos can reveal where they were taken — check before you post them.

RAW files

Quick uses the JPEG preview every RAW file contains — almost instant, at whatever size the camera stored (full size on many Canon and Nikon bodies, smaller on others). Full quality develops the sensor data itself with LibRaw: slower, full resolution.

Your photos are converted in this browser and never uploaded.

How to convert CR2 to JPG

Drop your .cr2 files, leave RAW mode on Quick to extract the embedded preview, or choose Full quality to develop the sensor data, then click Convert. With “keep the preview exactly as stored” ticked, the JPEG the camera wrote is passed through untouched, with your chosen metadata options applied.

About Canon CR2 files

CR2 is Canon’s second-generation RAW format, used by Canon EOS DSLRs and some other Canon cameras for well over a decade before newer bodies moved to CR3. It is based on the TIFF container, stores the sensor data at 12 or 14 bits per channel with lossless compression, and holds several JPEG images inside: a small thumbnail and a larger preview.

In our tests a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV CR2 of about 34 MB contained a full-size 6720×4480 JPEG preview of roughly 2 MB, so Quick mode gives a full-resolution JPG almost instantly. Canon’s newer CR3 files are also accepted.

What is kept and lost converting CR2

  • Kept: the picture at the preview’s or full decode’s resolution, plus camera, lens, date and exposure metadata if you choose.
  • Lost: 14-bit tonal range, the ability to re-edit exposure and white balance, and Canon’s maker notes.
  • Not carried over: Dual Pixel RAW data, if the file has it.

Metadata: what is kept, and the location switch

A JPEG written by this tool keeps the metadata that matters: the date the photo was taken, the camera make and model, the lens, exposure time, aperture, ISO, focal length and orientation. GPS coordinates are kept only if you leave metadata on “Keep everything”, and any photo that contains a location is marked with a GPS badge so it is never a surprise. Choose “Remove location” to delete just the coordinates, or “Remove all” to write a JPEG with no metadata at all. Maker notes and thumbnails are not copied. PNG and WebP output do not carry the EXIF block.

How to use it

  1. Drop your photos onto the box, or tap to choose them.
  2. Pick the output format, quality and size, and decide what to do with location data.
  3. Click Convert.
  4. Download each photo, or everything as one zip.

Frequently asked questions

How do I open a CR2 file without Canon software?

Convert it to JPG here. The converter reads the file in your browser and produces a JPG that any program can open.

Is the JPEG preview full size?

On many Canon bodies it is. The 5D Mark IV file we tested held a full-size 6720×4480 preview. If yours is smaller, use Full quality.

Can I convert CR3 files too?

Yes. Quick mode extracts the JPEG preview from CR3 files, and Full quality uses LibRaw’s CR3 support.

Can I convert many photos at once?

Yes. Drop as many as you like (up to 300 on a computer, 25 on a phone, where memory is tighter). They are converted several at a time in background threads, each one reports its own result, and a failed file does not stop the rest. Download them individually or as one zip.

Are my photos uploaded to a server?

No. Decoding and conversion run in your browser using WebAssembly, and the photos never leave your device. The site records only an anonymous count of conversions with the formats involved and a rough batch size, never an image, a file name or any metadata.