The bundled raw file converters supplied with Canon (top) and Olympus (below) cameras provide good image viewing and management facilities plus useful tools for converting raw files into editable TIFF ...

Why You Should Shoot in Raw Format When you edit a raw camera file, you get far more leeway when it comes to bringing out dark areas and recovering overly bright areas such as skies. The same is ...

The RAW photo format has been around for a long time, but perhaps you have never heard of it. Since at least the early 2000’s, professional photographers have used it as a way to get the highest ...

If you use Raw files for archiving, this may be the most critical issue of all. Some Cautions Raw is not an appropriate format for anyone who takes a casual approach to photography. A good ...

Adobe Camera Raw is full of useful functions, but I’ve found a way to use it on more than just RAW files. Here’s what you ...

It's also worth noting that different camera manufacturers use their own RAW formats, so your camera could shoot its RAW files as .NEF, .CR2 or .ARW, depending on whether it's a Nikon, Canon or ...

However, not all of the most-recent cameras’ RAW format images are supported by the software, so it’s best to check the list of supported models on the Microsoft Camera Codec Pack download page.

This file resides in the same folder as your image, with the same name and a .XMP extension instead of the Raw format extension (.CR2, in my case).

Raw files allow for much more editing than JPEG files. Your camera probably captures 12 to 14 bits of data per pixel, but a JPEG file can only hold eight bits of data per pixel.