Canon RAW 2.0

Writable

image

The .CR2 file format (Canon RAW version 2) is a digital photography RAW format created by Canon.

Identify it

Extensions	`.cr2`
MIME types	`image/x-canon-cr2`
Signatures	`49492a001000000043520200` at byte 0 (Canon RAW 2) `49492a00100000004352` at byte 0
PRONOM	`fmt/592`
Wikidata	`Q27866048`

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Open it

libexiv2Open sourcereads and writes · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
AbydosOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
ConverseenOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 3.0
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads · ImageMagick License
LibRawOpen sourcereads · Common Development and Distribution License version 1.0 / GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
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Convert it

To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.cr2 out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.cr2 out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.cr2 out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.cr2 out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.cr2 out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

From Converters (FFmpeg, ImageMagick, Pandoc, LibreOffice), Just Solve the File Format Problem (File Formats Wiki), PRONOM, Wikidata. Updated 2026-10-24.

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