4 Best Tools To Convert RAW to JPG For Free Online

RAW to JPG converters are flooded all over the internet. None of them though are fast enough to process thousands of files in minutes.

There are few alternates that worked better for me in rapidly converting files to jpegs.

But, before we move on, let’s understand why you actually need to convert a RAW file into a JPEG.

Why you should shoot in RAW and convert to JPEG

RAW file is full information, these are the images that are unprocessed by the camera. JPEG’s on the other hand are processed by the camera which results in loss of information.

But why then you need JPEG’s?

Well, most non-photographers can’t open RAW files, so it’s better to provide standard file format like JPEG’s to your clients, which definetely means that we need to convert RAW to JPEG.

How to convert RAW to JPEG

1. RAW.PICS.IO

This is a real-time RAW to JPEG converter that works online.

Pros:

1. Simple to use, no need to download a software
2. Supported formats ‘NEF’, ‘RAF’, ‘DNG’, ‘ARW’, ‘JPG’, ‘CR2’, ‘ORF’, ‘CRW’, ‘PNG’.
3. It’s not only a converter but a complete software to do basic editing.

Cons:

1. CR3 format is not supported

2. Cloud Convert

Cloud convert works online & provide options to control image resolution, quality & file size before converting RAW to JPEG.

Pros:

1. Variety of supported formats like ARW, CR2, DCR, ERF, ICNS, ORF, PPM, TIF, CR3, DNG, NEF, ICO, RW2 etc
2. It doesn’t only convert to JPEGs, you can convert anyone format to other

Cons:

1. The time to upload the RAW file is huge. It takes a lot of bandwidth to upload RAW files.

3. IloveImg

A one-step process to convert RAW to JPEG.

Pros:

1. It is the simplest way to convert & download jpegs.
2. We can also save files on dropbox or google drive.

Cons:

1. The website is not clean, it consists of ad banners.

4. Convertio

It looks similar to cloud convert. Converting any one format to any other format easily.

Pros:

1. You can import files from Dropbox, Google Drive etc
2. It has a chrome extension
3. They have API support available

Cons:

1. No such cons

Conclusion

Online converters are efficient for us as we don’t need to download a seperate software, but they have their own limitations.

If you are on limited bandwidth, it is always recommended to look for Mac and PC alternates to convert RAW to JPEG’s.

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