Panasonic Raw

Readable

image

RW2 is a graphic file format that is typically used for the images captured by the Panasonic Lumix digital cameras.

Identify it

Extensions	`.raw.rw2.rwl.rw1`
MIME types	`image/x-panasonic-rawimage/x-panasonic-raw2image/x-panasonic-rwimage/x-panasonic-rw2image/x-raw-panasonic`
Signatures	`494955001800000088e774d8` at byte 0 (Panasonic Raw)
PRONOM	`fmt/662`
Wikidata	`Q28205418`

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Open it

AbydosOpen sourcereads · GNU Lesser General Public License
ExifToolOpen sourcereads · Artistic License / GNU General Public License, version 1.0 or later
ImageMagickOpen sourcereads · ImageMagick License
libexiv2Open sourcereads · GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
LibRawOpen sourcereads · Common Development and Distribution License version 1.0 / GNU Lesser General Public License, version 2.1
PhotoRecOpen sourcereads · GNU General Public License
PaintShop Pro X4reads and writes
Zoner Photo Studioreads and writes
ACDSeereads · proprietary license
Adobe Camera Rawreads
Adobe Photoshop Elementsreads
Fast Picture Viewerreads
FastStone Image Viewer 5.2reads
IrfanViewreads · freeware
MediaRich Serverreads
Microsoft Photosreads · Microsoft end-user license agreement
PaintShop Photo Pro X3reads
Photorecoveryreads
PicaJetreads · freeware
Q1936840reads
Q472277reads · freeware
VideoStudio X7reads

Convert it

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