Camera Raw Files

Developed by Canon, some selected digital cameras from the organization use the CR3 (Canon Raw 3) extension. It is a proprietary format that allows the organization to distinguish itself from the rest. It is the successor or the CR2 and is based in the CIFF format instead of the TIFF-based latter. The company introduced the […]

Developed by Fuji, its digital cameras use the RAF (Raw Image File) extension to store RAW images. The format supports binary data and doesn’t apply any processing to the image shot by the user. You may occasionally find a JPG (lossy) version of the same picture within the file to showcase as a preview. Every […]

Developed by Sony, its digital cameras shoot digital photographs in ARW format. It is based on the TIFF specification and stores RAW images as captured by the camera’s CCD. Unfortunately, Sony has been using different Charged Coupled Device (CCD) for most of its cameras which mean that images shot from one of them may not […]

Developed by Adobe Systems, the DNG (Digital Negative) format is a universal RAW image format for storing pictures. It is a patented, but open extension which the corporation allows others to use free of cost, but with the condition that the licensee much display the fact that it is licensed from Adobe. It was first […]

Developed by Nikon, the NEF format stores a RAW photo captured by its digital cameras. These files come in 12-bit or 14-bit data form depending on the camera. Users can tweak various aspects of the image, such as exposure, hue, tone, white balance, contrast, and others to give it a look that they desire. One […]

A RAW file stores an unadulterated image that has not been subjected to any editing yet. These files are lossless and store a lot of details. It lets the users use any software to manage its white balance, saturation, exposure, and much more after shooting the image. Most major camera OEMs such as Leica, RED, […]

XML files, or Extensible Markup Language files is a markup language that is a set of rules for encoding documents in a way that is both human and machine-readable. The original use for .XML was focused on documents, but the file has also become a way to represent arbitrary data structure. Its design was meant […]