Convert CR2 to JPG
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CR2 is the RAW format of Canon's EOS cameras from 2004 to about 2018, from the EOS 20D and 350D to the 5D Mark IV. Each file is the unprocessed sensor data plus a small preview. Canon's own software and RAW editors read it; phones, browsers and email do not, which is a problem the moment you want to show somebody a picture.
This page develops the CR2 into a JPG at full resolution. It uses the white balance the camera set when you pressed the shutter and applies the rotation the camera recorded, so portrait shots arrive upright. We tested it with files from an EOS 350D; the developer behind it reads the whole CR2 family.
What you get is a clean, neutral picture, not a finished edit: Canon's Picture Style is a recipe the camera applies to its own JPGs and is not part of the sensor data. If the result looks flat next to the camera's JPG, a little contrast and saturation in the editor brings it close. Keep the CR2 files; they remain the best starting point for serious editing. RAW development is a Pro feature. Your CR2 files are encrypted on the way to us and deleted within the hour.
CRW, CR2, CR3: three generations of Canon RAW
Canon has changed its RAW format twice. CRW came first, in the EOS D30, the 10D and the original 300D. CR2 replaced it in 2004 and stayed for fourteen years; it is built on the TIFF format and packs the sensor data without loss, which is why so many programs learned to read it. In 2018, starting with the EOS M50, Canon moved to CR3, a different container that also offers a smaller, lightly lossy variant called C-RAW. Every EOS R body writes CR3.
If your files end in .CR2, your camera is a DSLR from the 20D to the 5D Mark IV, or one of the earlier EOS M models, and this page is written for it.
What Canon's own JPG has that the developed file does not
Besides the Picture Style, the camera quietly fixes several things when it writes its own JPG. It brightens the corners that a lens darkens, straightens the bowed lines of wide-angle lenses, removes colour fringes at high-contrast edges and smooths noise at high ISO. None of that is in the sensor data, so none of it is applied here.
With a good lens at moderate settings you will hardly notice. With a kit zoom at its widest, or at ISO 6400, the developed picture may show darker corners or more grain than the camera's version. The editor's noise reduction and sharpening help with the second. Lens corrections need a RAW editor that knows the lens.
Megapixels, megabytes and one limit
An 8-megapixel CR2 from a 350D is about 8 MB, an 18-megapixel file from a 600D or a 7D about 25 MB, and a 30-megapixel file from a 5D Mark IV between 35 and 40 MB. All of them develop at full resolution. The exception is the EOS 5DS and 5DS R: at just over 50 megapixels they exceed what is processed at full size, so their files are developed at half the width and height, with a warning in the result. For a sharing copy that is still more than twelve megapixels.
Frequently asked questions
Does it also read CR3 and CRW files?
The page accepts them and the same developer handles them. We have tested all three with real files, from a PowerShot G1 of 2000 to an EOS R6. A camera newer than the developer knows gives the picture the camera itself stored in the file, with a warning that says so.
Why does my JPG look different from the camera's own?
The camera applies a Picture Style to its JPGs. A RAW file does not include that processing, so the developed picture is more neutral.
Is the picture cropped or reduced?
No. The full sensor area is developed at full resolution.
How large may a CR2 file be?
Up to 200 MB. Developing RAW files is part of the Pro plan.
Can I convert CR2 files on a phone or a tablet?
Yes. Everything happens on our servers, so any browser will do. Mind the upload: twenty RAW files are several hundred megabytes, better sent over Wi-Fi than mobile data.
Does the JPG contain the camera's date and settings?
No. Shooting data is not carried into the developed JPG. Sort or rename by the CR2 files if you depend on the capture time.