RAW to JPEG: develop a shot online
Plainly: RAW is not compressed here, it is developed. What you get back is a JPEG — an ordinary picture that opens anywhere.
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Supported compression and conversion formats:
JPEG, JPG, PNG, GIF, WEBP, MP3, TIFF, TIF, BMP, DIB, RLE, JP2, JPF, JPG2, JPX, J2K, JPC, MJ2, OGG, OGV, SPX, WAV, 3GP, AAC, M4A, M4B, OPUS, OGA, MP4, AVI, MKV, MKA, SVG, EXR, RAW, ARW, SRF, SR2, CRW, CR2, CR3, DNG, DCR, KDC, ERF, 3FR, MEF, MRW, NEF, NRW, ORF, PEF, RAF, RWL, RW2, SRW, X3F, PDF, JXL.
Why this is developing, not compressing
A RAW file is not an image but the raw readings of a sensor: 12–14 bits per channel, colours not yet resolved, settings not yet applied. Turning that into a picture means developing it — demosaicing the sensor grid, applying white balance, gamma and a colour profile. That is what happens here, and the result is saved as JPEG at 8 bits per channel.
Calling that compression would be dishonest: what goes away along with the weight is the headroom RAW is shot for. A developed JPEG will not give back a blown-out sky or let you move white balance without damage — those possibilities stay in the original file.
What carries over: the white balance the camera recorded, the orientation of the frame, and the colour profile. What is lost: bit depth, non-destructive editing, and some of the capture metadata.
When that is enough
Sending a frame to a client for approval, posting it in a chat, attaching it to an email, checking quickly what is on a memory card — in all of these a JPEG serves better than a RAW: it weighs a fraction and opens on any device.
If the shot is going into real editing — Lightroom, Capture One or anything similar — develop it there and keep the RAW. Online developing does not replace retouching; it solves "I need an ordinary picture, and I need it now".
Formats from the major manufacturers are supported: ARW, SR2, SRF (Sony), CR2, CR3, CRW (Canon), NEF, NRW (Nikon), ORF (Olympus), RAF (Fujifilm), RW2 (Panasonic), PEF (Pentax), SRW (Samsung), DNG, X3F, 3FR, MEF, MRW, DCR, KDC, ERF, RWL.
Common questions
Does my RAW file survive?
Yes, the original is untouched: you get a new JPEG and the RAW stays on your disk.
Can a JPEG be turned back into RAW?
No. Bit depth and raw sensor data cannot be reconstructed — a file with a RAW extension made from a JPEG is still that JPEG under another name.
Why do the colours differ from what the camera showed?
The camera displays its own preview with its own contrast and saturation. Developing uses the recorded white balance and a standard sRGB profile, so the picture can look more neutral.