YOUR FILES
Look first. Convert when you are sure.
Every card shows the JPEG your camera embedded. Click one to open the viewer. Convert when the settings are right.
Reads the sensor data and renders it fresh at full size. Best quality, a few seconds a file.
METADATA
Click any frame to open the viewer: 100% zoom, histogram, camera settings, and exposure, white balance and contrast sliders. Everything clears when you close the tab.
ABOUT ARW
What a Sony ARW is,
and the one thing to know about its preview.
Sony ARW is a TIFF based container. Its compression story changed twice, and its embedded preview is smaller than most brands' on many bodies.
01
Compressed, uncompressed, lossless
Older Alphas wrote only a lossy compressed ARW, 11 plus 7 bit. Uncompressed 14 bit arrived with the a7R II era, and lossless compressed with the a1 and a7 IV generation, in small, medium and large sizes. All of them decode here.
02
The embedded preview is often 1616 by 1080
Unlike Canon and Nikon, many Sony bodies embed a preview of 1616 by 1080 pixels rather than full size. Fine for looking and for a quick sneak peek, not for delivery. For a full size JPG from a Sony file, use Full develop.
03
Every Alpha, plus RX and older models
a7, a7R, a7S, a9 and a1 lines in every generation, the a6000 series, the RX100 and RX10 compacts, and the SLT bodies before them. SR2 and SRF files from the earliest DSC-R1 era open too.
04
Pixel Shift files develop one frame at a time
Pixel Shift Multi Shooting produces several ARW files that Sony Imaging Edge combines. Each one opens here as a normal frame; the combining step is Sony's.
Not a ARW? The same tool opens every major RAW format: RAW to JPG converter for all formats →
HOW IT WORKS
A real RAW developer,
running on your machine.
Not a thumbnail puller dressed up as a converter. The same decoding library behind desktop RAW tools, compiled to run in your browser.
01
It shows you what the camera already made
Every RAW holds a JPEG your camera wrote at capture. The tool finds it in the file and shows it in under a second, so a card of 40 frames is browsable before you have finished reading this sentence.
02
It develops the real thing when you ask
Full develop reads the sensor data with LibRaw: demosaic, camera white balance, color matrix, full size. A neutral, honest render with room to push exposure. Two to ten seconds a file depending on megapixels.
03
It never leaves your machine
The decoder is WebAssembly running in your browser. Files go from your disk into memory and back out as JPGs. No server touches them, which is also why it keeps working with the wifi off.
04
It writes a JPG that still tells its story
Camera, lens, shutter, aperture, ISO and capture date go into the JPG so Lightroom and your gallery still read them. GPS is never copied. Untick one box for a file with no metadata at all.
ONE RAW FILE · WHAT YOU GET
This toolA cloud converter
A desktop RAW app
Time to the first look
Under a second
Upload first · minutes per file
Install, import, wait for previews
Has to upload your files
Never
Every file, every time
No
True develop from sensor data
Yes · LibRaw
Sometimes · often the embedded JPEG
Yes
Works with no signal
Yes
No
Yes
Needs an account or install
No
Usually
Yes · and a license
Batch to one ZIP
Yes · 40 a batch
Paid tiers
Export dialog
Speed depends on megapixels and your machine. The camera preview of a 24 megapixel file shows in well under a second; a full develop takes a few seconds on a recent laptop. A phone works, a laptop is more comfortable.
FORMATS
Every brand.
Twenty six extensions.
Decoding follows LibRaw releases. If a brand new body is not read yet, the camera preview still works because it does not depend on the sensor format.
BRAND
EXTENSIONS
NOTES
Canon
CR2CR3CRWCR3 from the EOS R series and newer bodies included.
Nikon
NEFNRWLossless and lossy compressed NEF, Z series included.
Sony
ARWSR2SRFCompressed, uncompressed and lossless compressed ARW.
Fujifilm
RAFX-Trans and Bayer sensors, compressed and uncompressed.
Olympus · OM System
ORFPanasonic · Leica
RW2RWLDNGPentax · Ricoh
PEFDNGHasselblad · Phase One
3FRFFFIIQVery large files, allow a little time.
Samsung · Sigma · others
SRWX3FMEFMOSERFKDCDCRMRWOlder Sigma Foveon X3F reads; Quattro does not.
Any camera or phone
DNGiPhone ProRAW and Android RAW captures included.
RAW decoding by LibRaw, © LibRaw LLC, used under the LGPL 2.1 license through the open source LibRaw-Wasm build. License notice.
KEEP READING
RAW files, explained without the jargon.
Eight short guides on what is inside a RAW, how to get a JPG out of one, and when each route is the right one.
How to convert RAW to JPG, every way →Open RAW files without Photoshop or Lightroom →RAW vs JPEG, what is actually inside each file →The JPEG hiding inside your RAW file →Canon CR3 vs CR2, what changed →Is it safe to upload RAW files to an online converter? →A client wants one photo tonight →JPG quality and size settings that matter →
COMMON QUESTIONS
ARW questions, answered.
Something we missed?
A body that does not read, a file that renders wrong: send it over and we will look at the actual file. Contact →
Why is my Sony camera preview only 1616 by 1080?
That is the preview the camera wrote into the file. It is a Sony choice, not a limit of this tool. Switch to Full develop for a full resolution JPG from the sensor data.
Can I open ARW files without Imaging Edge?
Yes. Drop them here and they open in your browser. No install, no account, nothing uploaded.
Does it read lossless compressed ARW from the a1 and a7 IV?
Yes. The current LibRaw build decodes the lossless compressed variants introduced with that generation, including the small and medium sizes.
Does the develop match a Sony JPEG?
No. The camera preview carries your Creative Look and DRO. The develop is neutral: camera white balance and the Sony color matrix. Push exposure and contrast in the viewer if you want it punchier.
Are my RAW files uploaded?
No. The converter runs entirely inside your browser. Files never leave your device, Kepla never sees them, and nothing persists after you close the tab. Turn the wifi off after the page loads and it keeps working.
How does the develop compare to Lightroom?
It is an honest, neutral render with the camera white balance and color matrix applied, close to a RAW editor at default settings before any profile or preset. It is not an edit. It is the fastest way to a clean full size JPG without installing anything.
What does "Keep camera info" do?
Writes camera, lens, exposure settings and capture date into the JPG so the file still tells its story. GPS is never copied. Untick it for a JPG with no metadata at all.
