Your files never leave this device — 100% in-browser
RAW to JPG Converter
Extracts the JPEG your camera already rendered inside the RAW — byte-identical, never re-encoded, never uploaded.
Every RAW file carries a JPEG the camera itself rendered at capture time — this tool parses the RAW's TIFF structure and hands you that embedded JPEG byte-for-byte: full 5760×3840 from a Canon CR2, full 6016×4016 from a Nikon NEF, in about a second, with zero quality loss because nothing is re-encoded. Multi-gigabyte shoots never leave your machine.
Last verified 2026-09-06 — this tool passed 85 automated end-to-end checks
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01 — ZERO RE-ENCODING
Upload converters decode and re-compress, stacking a second generation of JPEG loss. This extracts the camera's own JPEG untouched — what you'd get shooting RAW+JPEG.
02 — SECONDS, NOT MINUTES
No 25 MB upload per frame, no queue. Parsing the TIFF structure and slicing bytes is near-instant, even for a 200-shot card dump.
03 — YOUR SHOOT STAYS YOURS
Client photos, unpublished work, personal archives — RAW files are originals. They are read locally and never transmitted.
How to use
- Drop your file(s) into the box above — or click it to browse.
- Conversion starts immediately — no settings needed.
- Click Download on each finished file — or Download all (.zip) for a batch. Nothing was uploaded at any point.
How a browser converts RAW without a 30 MB decoder
A RAW file is not just sensor data — cameras embed a fully rendered JPEG (it's what the rear LCD shows). Formats from Canon, Nikon and Sony are TIFF containers; this tool walks the IFD tree, collects every embedded image, skips the lossless-JPEG sensor data browsers can't decode, and extracts the largest real JPEG. That file is served to you unmodified — same bytes the camera wrote, including the camera's color rendering, sharpening and white balance.
The honest trade-off: this is the camera's rendering, not a raw development. Exposure recovery, highlight rescue and white-balance changes need a real raw developer (Lightroom, darktable, RawTherapee). For "I need to see / send / cull these shots as JPGs" — the actual reason most people search this — the embedded JPEG is exactly the right answer, and faster than any demosaicing pipeline could ever be.
What the embedded JPEG gives you (verified on real files)
| Format | Embedded JPEG | Notes |
|---|
| Canon CR2 (5D III) | 5760×3840 — full resolution | IFD0 strip |
| Nikon NEF (D750) | 6016×4016 — full resolution | SubIFD |
| Sony ARW (α7 II) | 1616×1080 preview only | Sony stores no full-size JPEG |
| Orientation | Preserved from the RAW | Portrait shots stay upright |
| Metadata | Output is the clean camera JPEG | RAW keeps the originals |
When NOT to use this
- You plan to edit exposure or color — develop the RAW properly in a raw editor; that is what the format is for.
- Sony ARW full-resolution needs — Sony embeds only a 1616×1080 preview (a format limitation, reported honestly in the size readout). Canon and Nikon embed full resolution.
- Scientific/forensic work — the embedded JPEG carries the camera's processing; use the raw data.
Frequently asked questions
Is this real RAW development?
No — and that's the point. It extracts the JPEG your camera rendered at capture, byte-identical, instantly. Full demosaicing in the browser is on the roadmap; for editing latitude use a desktop raw developer.
Why is my Sony file only 1616×1080?
Sony ARW files embed only a preview-size JPEG — a format decision by Sony, not a limit of this tool. Canon CR2 and Nikon NEF embed full-resolution JPEGs and extract at full size.
Are my photos uploaded?
No — the RAW is parsed in your browser and the JPEG is sliced out of it locally. For a 40 MB file even the upload time saved is significant; the privacy is the bigger win.