{
 "id": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-2-x",
 "name": "Sony ARW RAW Image File",
 "version": "2.x",
 "category": "image",
 "identifiers": {
  "extensions": [
   "arw"
  ],
  "puid": [
   "fmt/1127"
  ],
  "magic": [
   {
    "offset": 0,
    "hex": "49492a00",
    "notes": "Sony ARW 2.x"
   }
  ],
  "signatures": [
   {
    "name": "Sony ARW 2.x",
    "sequences": [
     {
      "position": "bof",
      "offset": 0,
      "pattern": "49492a00{0-512}534f4e59{0-6144}00b001000400000003"
     }
    ]
   }
  ],
  "priority_over": [
   "fmt/353"
  ]
 },
 "status": "unknown",
 "summary": "ARW is a raw image format produced by some makes of Sony cameras. The format is based upon TIFF.",
 "projects": [
  {
   "name": "PRONOM fmt/1127",
   "url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/PRONOM/fmt/1127",
   "kind": "format-doc"
  }
 ],
 "provenance": {
  "sources": [
   "pronom"
  ]
 },
 "updated": "2017-11-28",
 "family": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x",
 "tools": [
  {
   "name": "ImageMagick",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "license": "ImageMagick License",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "ImageMagick (WebAssembly)",
   "url": "https://github.com/dlemstra/magick-wasm",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "open_source": true,
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Abydos",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133445760",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU Lesser General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "ACDSee",
   "url": "https://www.acdsee.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "proprietary license",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe Camera Raw",
   "url": "http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/cameraraw.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Adobe Photoshop Elements",
   "url": "http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Converseen",
   "url": "https://converseen.fasterland.net/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 3.0",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "ExifTool",
   "url": "https://exiftool.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Fast Picture Viewer",
   "url": "http://www.fastpictureviewer.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "FastStone Image Viewer 5.2",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q112767622",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "IrfanView",
   "url": "https://www.irfanview.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "libexiv2",
   "url": "https://exiv2.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "LibRaw",
   "url": "https://www.libraw.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "Common Development and Distribution License version 1.0 / GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "MediaRich Server",
   "url": "https://equilibrium.com/mediarichserver/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "PaintShop Photo Pro X3",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122675173",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "PaintShop Pro X4",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110977057",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Photopea",
   "url": "https://www.photopea.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "PhotoRec",
   "url": "http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "GNU General Public License",
   "open_source": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Photorecovery",
   "url": "https://lc-tech.com/help/PhotoRecovery/English/index.html",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "PicaJet",
   "url": "http://picajet.com/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q122522973",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122522973",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q1936840",
   "url": "https://www.darktable.org/",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Q472277",
   "url": "https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": false,
   "license": "freeware",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131777585",
   "reads": false,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "name": "Zoner Photo Studio",
   "url": "http://www.zoner.com",
   "reads": true,
   "writes": true,
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  }
 ],
 "parsers": [],
 "conversions": [
  {
   "to": "portable-network-graphics",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.arw out.png",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "to": "tagged-image-file-format",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.arw out.tif",
   "fidelity": "lossless",
   "losses": "Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "to": "jpeg-file-interchange-format-1-02",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.arw out.jpg",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "to": "webp",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.arw out.webp",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Lossy compression.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "to": "gif",
   "tool": "ImageMagick",
   "command": "convert in.arw out.gif",
   "fidelity": "lossy",
   "losses": "Reduced to 256 colours.",
   "url": "https://imagemagick.org",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  },
  {
   "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",
   "via": "sony-arw-raw-image-file-1-x"
  }
 ]
}