Photo · Converters

RAW to JPG Converter

This RAW to JPG converter turns camera RAW files — Canon CR2 and CR3, Nikon NEF, Sony ARW, Adobe DNG and more — into JPGs in your browser, in a batch, with your choice of a near-instant embedded preview or a full-quality decode. Your photos are never 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 RAW to JPG

Drop your RAW files onto the box. Choose Quick to cut the JPEG preview out of each file — almost instant — or Full quality to develop the sensor data itself, which is slower but gives the full resolution. Then choose the output format and metadata options and click Convert.

Quick versus full quality

Every RAW file contains a JPEG preview that the camera made for its own screen. Quick mode extracts it, so a 30-megapixel file converts in a fraction of a second. How good that preview is depends on the camera: in our tests a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV CR2 held a full-size 6720×4480 preview and a Nikon Z 6 NEF a full-size 6048×4024 one, but a Sony a7 III ARW held only 1616×1080 and a Ricoh GR III DNG only 720×480.

Full quality ignores the preview and demosaics the sensor data with LibRaw at full resolution, applying the camera’s white balance and converting to sRGB. It takes seconds per file and uses much more memory, so it suits a few important photos rather than a whole shoot.

What RAW to JPG conversion loses

  • Bit depth: RAW files hold 12 or 14 bits per channel; JPEG keeps 8.
  • Editing latitude: exposure, white balance and highlight recovery are baked in. Keep the RAW file if you may want to edit later.
  • Camera-specific processing: a full decode applies LibRaw’s rendering, which can differ from the camera’s own JPEG look.

Supported RAW formats

Canon CR2, CR3 and CRW; Nikon NEF and NRW; Sony ARW, SRF and SR2; Adobe DNG; Fujifilm RAF; Panasonic RW2; Olympus and OM System ORF; Pentax PEF; Samsung SRW and others. Quick mode works on any file that contains a JPEG preview; Full quality relies on LibRaw’s support for the specific camera.

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 convert RAW to JPG for free?

Drop the RAW files here, choose Quick or Full quality and click Convert. It is free, runs in your browser and has no watermark.

Why is my converted photo smaller than the original?

In Quick mode the JPEG is the preview stored in the RAW file, and some cameras store a preview smaller than the full sensor size. Switch to Full quality for the full resolution.

Which is better, Quick or Full quality?

Quick is nearly instant and gives the camera’s own rendering, at the preview’s size. Full quality gives full resolution but is slower and uses more memory.

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.