{
 "id": "canon-raw-3-0",
 "name": "Canon Raw",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "cr3"
  ],
  "mime": [
   "image/x-canon-cr3"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1595"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q99761366"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "000000186674797063727820000000016372782069736f6d"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Canon Raw 3.0",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "max_offset": 5,
      "pattern": "6674797063727820*6d6f6f76{32}43"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "fmt/199"
  ]
 },
 "status": "readable",
 "summary": "The .CR3 file format (Canon RAW version 3) is a digital photography RAW format created by Canon.",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "ImageMagick",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "license": "ImageMagick License",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "url": "https://github.com/dlemstra/magick-wasm",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe Camera Raw",
   "url": "http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS 250D",
   "url": "https://global.canon/en/c-museum/product/dslr883.html",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS 850D",
   "url": "https://www.canon.es/cameras/eos-850d/specifications/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS 90D",
   "url": "https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/eos-dslr-and-mirrorless-cameras/dslr/eos-90d-body",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS M200",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68693083",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS M50",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q51539860",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS M6 Mark II",
   "url": "https://www.usa.canon.com/internet/portal/us/home/products/details/cameras/eos-dslr-and-mirrorless-cameras/mirrorless/eos-m6-mark-ii-ef-m-15-45mm-f-3-5-6-3-is-stm-evf-kit",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R",
   "url": "https://cweb.canon.jp/eos/special/eos-r/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R100",
   "url": "https://cweb.canon.jp/eos/lineup/r100/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R3",
   "url": "https://www.canon.at/cameras/eos-r3/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R5",
   "url": "https://www.canon.de/cameras/eos-r5/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R50",
   "url": "https://cweb.canon.jp/eos/your-eos/product/eosr/r50/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R6",
   "url": "https://www.canon.de/cameras/eos-r6/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS R6 Mark II",
   "url": "https://www.canon.de/cameras/eos-r6-mark-ii/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS Ra",
   "url": "https://cweb.canon.jp/eos/special/eos-r/ra/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS RP",
   "url": "https://cweb.canon.jp/eos/lineup/rp/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon EOS-1D X Mark III",
   "url": "https://www.canon.es/cameras/eos-1d-x-mark-iii/",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark III",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98729248",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "GIMP",
   "url": "https://gimp.org",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Microsoft Photos",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26328552",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Microsoft end-user license agreement"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q105686724",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105686724",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q42432333",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42432333",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true
  },
  {
   "name": "Q472277",
   "url": "https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware"
  },
  {
   "name": "Zoner Photo Studio",
   "url": "http://www.zoner.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true
  }
 ],
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "File Formats Wiki",
   "url": "http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/Canon_RAW_3",
   "kind": "wiki"
  },
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1595",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1595",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  },
  {
   "name": "Wikidata Q99761366",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q99761366",
   "kind": "wiki"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "converters",
   "engines",
   "ffw",
   "pronom",
   "wikidata"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2026-10-25",
 "version": "3.0",
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "portable-network-graphics",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cr3 out.png",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "tagged-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cr3 out.tif",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "jpeg-file-interchange-format-1-02",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cr3 out.jpg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "webp",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cr3 out.webp",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.cr3 out.gif",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Reduced to 256 colours.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org"
  },
  {
   "to": "portable-network-graphics",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "jpeg-file-interchange-format-1-02",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "webp",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "av1-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "jpeg-xl",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "tagged-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "windows-bitmap",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "icon-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "quite-ok-image-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  },
  {
   "to": "pdf",
   "tool": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "command": "In the browser at https://openformatdb.org/convert/, or convert_file in the OpenFormatDB MCP server",
   "fidelity": "partial",
   "losses": "Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.",
   "url": "https://openformatdb.org/convert/",
   "engine": "imagemagick"
  }
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}