RAW Image file
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RAW relates to several image file formats since each camera
manufacturer has one or several formats (depending on equipments).
These files contains the data acquired by sensors almost
unprocessed.
Name | RAW Image file |
|---|---|
| Short name | RAW |
| Developed by | Camera manufacturers |
| Year | multiple proprietary formats exist |
| Pros | Lossless |
| Cons | Large file size |
| Features | |
| Vector graphics | No |
| Raster image | Yes |
| Lossless | Yes |
| Animation support | No |
| Transparency support | No |
| Layers support | No |
| HDR | Yes |
| Maximum bit depth | Typically 14-bit |
| CMYK support (for print) | No |
| Maximum number of channels | Typically Bayer data (RGBG) |
| Commonly used for | HDR photography, Archiving |
| Browser support (without plugin) | |
| Google Chrome | No |
| Microsoft Edge | No |
| Safari | No |
| Firefox | No |
| Opera | No |
| Additional | |
| File extensions | .crw .cr2 .raw .rw2 .nef .nrw .orf ... |
| Wikipedia | wikipedia.org/... |
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