Sony ARW RAW Image File 2.x

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ARW is a raw image format produced by some makes of Sony cameras. The format is based upon TIFF.

Identify it

Extensions	`.arw`
Signatures	`49492a00` at byte 0 (Sony ARW 2.x)
PRONOM	`fmt/1127`

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To	With	Fidelity	Command and losses
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.arw out.png` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick	Lossless	`convert in.arw out.tif` Pixels kept; some metadata, colour profiles or layers may be dropped.
AV1 Image File Format	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
Icon file format	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
JPEG XL	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
PDF	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
Portable Network Graphics	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
Quite OK Image Format	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
Tagged Image File Format	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
WebP	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
Windows Bitmap 5.0	ImageMagick (WebAssembly)	Partial	in browser Demosaiced with default settings: raw sensor data and editing latitude are lost.
GIF 89a	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.arw out.gif` Reduced to 256 colours.
JPEG File Interchange Format 1.02	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.arw out.jpg` Lossy compression.
WebP	ImageMagick	Lossy	`convert in.arw out.webp` Lossy compression.

Sources

PRONOM fmt/1127

From PRONOM. Updated 2017-11-28.

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