# Raw Formatt File?-CRW **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 15, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629 "2005-11-15T21:48:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2005, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/1 "2005-11-15T21:48:42Z")
well i took a bunch of black and white pics straight off my cam in NYC and all of the B&W pics were set as a raw format on the camera. and i cannot actually open them to full size. how come?. also i had to select the program(microsoft picture veiwer) to even get them to open. Camera is a cannon S70 so how can i get them full size like a regular pic? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 5:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/2 "2005-11-16T05:13:20Z")
I’m pretty sure photoshop CS2 can do it (atleast I read an article not long ago about it). Not positive though… havent used raw picture formats before ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/3 "2005-11-16T08:54:57Z")
Photoshop can usally do it, I’ve used version 7 to do it for a few games. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 9:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/4 "2005-11-16T09:31:59Z")
I’d be surprised if The GIMP isn’t able to work with them… If you hate the interface to The GIMP, check out GIMPShop. You can download it here: [http://care2x-plugins.sourceforge.net/gimpshop\_2.2.8\_setup.exe](http://care2x-plugins.sourceforge.net/gimpshop_2.2.8_setup.exe) ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/5 "2005-11-17T10:29:09Z")
what is RAW though? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2005, 10:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/6 "2005-11-17T10:58:32Z")
I believe raw is how the image actually goes into the camera before it’s “made” digitaly inside the camera. So the quality/color/ect is actually superior to the images the camera “produces”. Thats about all I know though, read about it in a photography mag a year or so ago. I think it’s almost like what a negitive is to film camera ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/7 "2005-11-18T01:09:29Z")
Raw means the quality hasn’t been fucked with… JPEG’s actually have quality loss compared to a raw or lossless compression technique (ex PNG) ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 1:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/8 "2005-11-18T01:50:24Z")
I think raw is in uncompressed TIFF format. Photoshop as well as some viewers like ACDSee32 can open them. ---
**Author:** ![Twizted](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/twizted/32/7206_2.png) [@Twizted](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Twizted)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 3:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/9 "2005-11-18T15:00:04Z")
is there program that is not the size of phot shop that i can use? ---
**Author:** ![Violator](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/violator/32/7278_2.png) [@Violator](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Violator)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/raw-formatt-file-crw/4629/10 "2005-11-18T15:08:30Z")
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