Digital camera RAW formats retain more image information than JPEGs, can produce better results, and offer more editing flexibility. You can use RAW format images on macOS with Photos, Preview, and certain third-party apps, and on iOS using third-party apps that support RAW1.
The Photoshop Camera Raw plug-in delivers lightning-fast, easy access - within Photoshop - to 'raw' image formats in professional and mid-range digital cameras. Adobe Camera Raw for Mac. I come Adobe Camera Raw what is it essentially.If you are familiar with Lightroom.It is basically the same thing that what Lightroom does. Adobe Photoshop cannot use raw photos but if you're a photographer you should always take photos in raw that's because that stores data in 16 bits that means loads and loads of information Photoshop.
iOS 10 and macOS Sierra include system-level support for RAW images from the cameras listed below. Support for additional RAW formats is included in iOS and macOS software updates.
Canon EOS-1D
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N
Canon EOS-1D Mark III
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EOS-1Ds
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EOS-1D C
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II2
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 5DS
Canon EOS 5DS R
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EOS 10D
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EOS 50D
Canon EOS 60D
Canon EOS 70D
Canon EOS 80D2
Canon EOS 100D
Canon EOS 300D
Canon EOS 350D
Canon EOS 400D
Canon EOS 450D
Canon EOS 500D
Canon EOS 550D
Canon EOS 600D
Canon EOS 650D
Canon EOS 700D
Canon EOS 1000D
Canon EOS 1100D
Canon EOS Kiss Digital
Canon EOS Kiss Digital F
Canon EOS Kiss Digital N
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X3
Canon EOS Kiss X4
Canon EOS Kiss X5
Canon EOS Kiss X50
Canon EOS Kiss X6i
Canon EOS Kiss X7
Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Canon EOS Kiss M3
Canon EOS Rebel SL1
Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Canon EOS Rebel T3
Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Canon EOS Rebel T4i
Canon EOS Rebel T5i
Canon EOS Rebel T5 / 1200D / Kiss X70
Canon EOS Rebel T6 / 1300D / Kiss X80
Canon EOS Rebel T6i / 750D / Kiss X8i
Canon EOS Rebel T6s / 760D / Kiss 8000D
Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Canon EOS M
Canon EOS M2
Canon EOS M10
Canon PowerShot G1 X
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
Canon PowerShot G3 X
Canon PowerShot G5
Canon PowerShot G5 X
Canon PowerShot G6
Canon PowerShot G7 X
Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II
Canon PowerShot G9
Canon PowerShot G9 X
Canon PowerShot G10
Canon PowerShot G11
Canon PowerShot G12
Canon PowerShot G15
Canon PowerShot G16
Canon PowerShot S60
Canon PowerShot S70
Canon PowerShot Pro1
Canon PowerShot S90
Canon PowerShot S95
Canon PowerShot S100
Canon PowerShot S110
Canon PowerShot S120
Canon PowerShot SX1 IS
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Canon EOS D30
Canon EOS D60
Canon sRAW
Canon mRAW
DxO ONE
Epson R-D1
Epson R-D1s
Epson R-D1x
Fujifilm X20
Fujifilm X30
Fujifilm X70
Fujifilm X100S
Fujifilm X100T
Fujifilm X-A1
Fujifilm X-A2
Fujifilm X-E1
Fujifilm X-E2
Fujifilm X-E2S
Fujifilm X-M1
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm X-T10
Fujifilm XQ1
Fujifilm XQ2
Fujifilm X-Pro1
Fujifilm X-Pro23
Fujifilm FinePix S3Pro True crime for mac.
Fujifilm FinePix S5Pro
Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro
Fujifilm FinePix X100
Hasselblad CF-22
Hasselblad CF-39
Hasselblad CFV-16
Hasselblad CFV-50c
Hasselblad H3D-31
Hasselblad H3D-31 II
Hasselblad H3DII-50
Hasselblad H4D-40
Hasselblad H5D-50c
Hasselblad Lunar
Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n
Konica Minolta ALPHA SWEET DIGITAL
Konica Minolta ALPHA-5 DIGITAL
Konica Minolta ALPHA-7 DIGITAL
Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200
Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D
Konica Minolta DYNAX 7D
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 7D
Leaf AFi 5
Leaf AFi 6
Leaf AFi 7
Leaf AFi-II 6
Leaf AFi-II 7
Leaf Aptus 17
Leaf Aptus 22
Leaf Aptus 54S
Leaf Aptus 65
Leaf Aptus 65S
Leaf Aptus 75
Leaf Aptus 75s
Leaf Aptus-II 6
Leaf Aptus-II 7
Leaf Valeo 11
Leaf Valeo 17
Leaf Valeo 22
Leica C (Typ 112)
Leica D-Lux (Typ 109)
Leica D-Lux 2
Leica D-Lux 3
Leica D-Lux 4
Leica D-Lux 5
Leica D-Lux 6
Leica DIGILUX 2
Leica DIGILUX 3
Leica M
Leica M Monochrom
Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246)
Leica M-E
Leica M8
Leica M8.2
Leica M9
Leica Q (Typ 116)
Leica S (Typ 007)
Leica S2
Leica SL (Typ 601)
Leica V-Lux (Typ 114)
Leica V-Lux 1
Leica V-Lux 2
Leica V-Lux 4
Leica X (Typ 113)
Leica X-U (Typ 113)
Leica X1
Leica X2
Leica X Vario (Typ 107)
Minolta DiMAGE A1
Minolta DiMAGE A2
Nikon 1 AW1
Nikon 1 J4
Nikon 1 J5
Nikon 1 S2
Nikon 1 V3
Nikon COOLPIX A
Nikon COOLPIX P330
Nikon COOLPIX P340
Nikon COOLPIX P6000
Nikon COOLPIX P7000
Nikon COOLPIX P7100
Nikon COOLPIX P7700
Nikon COOLPIX P7800
Nikon D1
Nikon D100
Nikon D1H
Nikon D1X
Nikon D200
Nikon D2H
Nikon D2Hs
Nikon D2X
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon D3
Nikon D3S
Nikon D300
Nikon D300S
Nikon D3000
Nikon D3100
Nikon D3200
Nikon D3300
Nikon D5500
Nikon D3X
Nikon D4
Nikon D4S
Nikon D40
Nikon D40X
Nikon D54
Nikon D50
Nikon D5004
Nikon D5000
Nikon D5100
Nikon D5200
Nikon D5300
Nikon D60
Nikon D600
Nikon D610
Nikon D70
Nikon D70s
Nikon D700
Nikon D750
Nikon D7000
Nikon D7100
Nikon D7200
Nikon D80
Nikon D800
Nikon D800E
Nikon D810
Nikon D810A
Nikon D90
Nikon Df
Nikon E8400
Nikon E8700
Nikon E8800
Nikon 1 J1
Nikon 1 J2
Nikon 1 J3
Nikon 1 S1
Nikon 1 V1
Nikon 1 V2
Olympus C7070WZ
Olympus C7000Z
Olympus C70Z
Olympus C8080WZ
Olympus E-1
Olympus E-3
Olympus E-5
Olympus E-30
Olympus E-300
Olympus E-330
Olympus E-400
Olympus E-410
Olympus E-450
Olympus E-500
Olympus E-510
Olympus E-600
Olympus E-620
Olympus PEN E-P1
Olympus PEN E-P2
Olympus PEN E-P3
Olympus PEN E-PL1
Olympus PEN E-PL1s
Olympus PEN E-PL2
Olympus PEN E-PL3
Olympus PEN E-PL5
Olympus PEN E-PM1
Olympus PEN E-PM2
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL6
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL7
Olympus EVOLT E-420
Olympus EVOLT E-520
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II5
Olympus OM-D E-M10
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II
Olympus SP-570UZ
Olympus STYLUS 1
Olympus STYLUS SH-2
Olympus STYLUS TG-4 Tough
Olympus STYLUS XZ-2
Olympus XZ-1
Panasonic LUMIX CM1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ35
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ38
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ50
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ70
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ72
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ100
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ150
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ200
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ300 / DMC-FZ330
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ1000
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G6
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G10
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF6
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH4
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GM1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GM5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX7 Mark II / GX80 / GX85
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LC1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LF1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ60
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ61
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ70
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ71
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS40
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS50
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS60 / DMC-TZ80
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS100 / TZ100 / TX1
Pentax 645D
Pentax 645Z
Pentax *ist D
Pentax *ist DL
Pentax *ist DL2
Pentax *ist DS
Pentax *ist DS2
Pentax K10D
Pentax K100D
Pentax K110D
Pentax K100D Super
Pentax K20D
Pentax K200D
Pentax K2000
Pentax K-16
Pentax K-3
Pentax K-3 II
Pentax K-5
Pentax K-5 II
Pentax K-5 IIs
Pentax K-7
Pentax K-30
Pentax K-m
Pentax K-r
Pentax K-S1
Pentax K-S2
Pentax K-x
Pentax MX-1
Pentax Q
Samsung GX-10
Samsung GX-1L
Samsung GX-1S
Samsung GX-20
Samsung NX10
Samsung NX11
Samsung NX100
Samsung NX200
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R II
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EOS-1D C
Canon EOS-1D X
Canon EOS-1D X Mark II2
Canon EOS 5D
Canon EOS 5DS
Canon EOS 5DS R
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Canon EOS 6D
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Canon EOS 10D
Canon EOS 20D
Canon EOS 30D
Canon EOS 40D
Canon EOS 50D
Canon EOS 60D
Canon EOS 70D
Canon EOS 80D2
Canon EOS 100D
Canon EOS 300D
Canon EOS 350D
Canon EOS 400D
Canon EOS 450D
Canon EOS 500D
Canon EOS 550D
Canon EOS 600D
Canon EOS 650D
Canon EOS 700D
Canon EOS 1000D
Canon EOS 1100D
Canon EOS Kiss Digital
Canon EOS Kiss Digital F
Canon EOS Kiss Digital N
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X2
Canon EOS Kiss Digital X3
Canon EOS Kiss X4
Canon EOS Kiss X5
Canon EOS Kiss X50
Canon EOS Kiss X6i
Canon EOS Kiss X7
Canon EOS Kiss X7i
Canon EOS Kiss M3
Canon EOS Rebel SL1
Canon EOS Rebel T1i
Canon EOS Rebel T2i
Canon EOS Rebel T3
Canon EOS Rebel T3i
Canon EOS Rebel T4i
Canon EOS Rebel T5i
Canon EOS Rebel T5 / 1200D / Kiss X70
Canon EOS Rebel T6 / 1300D / Kiss X80
Canon EOS Rebel T6i / 750D / Kiss X8i
Canon EOS Rebel T6s / 760D / Kiss 8000D
Canon EOS Digital Rebel
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XS
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT
Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Canon EOS M
Canon EOS M2
Canon EOS M10
Canon PowerShot G1 X
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark II
Canon PowerShot G3 X
Canon PowerShot G5
Canon PowerShot G5 X
Canon PowerShot G6
Canon PowerShot G7 X
Canon PowerShot G7 X Mark II
Canon PowerShot G9
Canon PowerShot G9 X
Canon PowerShot G10
Canon PowerShot G11
Canon PowerShot G12
Canon PowerShot G15
Canon PowerShot G16
Canon PowerShot S60
Canon PowerShot S70
Canon PowerShot Pro1
Canon PowerShot S90
Canon PowerShot S95
Canon PowerShot S100
Canon PowerShot S110
Canon PowerShot S120
Canon PowerShot SX1 IS
Canon PowerShot SX50 HS
Canon PowerShot SX60 HS
Canon EOS D30
Canon EOS D60
Canon sRAW
Canon mRAW
DxO ONE
Epson R-D1
Epson R-D1s
Epson R-D1x
Fujifilm X20
Fujifilm X30
Fujifilm X70
Fujifilm X100S
Fujifilm X100T
Fujifilm X-A1
Fujifilm X-A2
Fujifilm X-E1
Fujifilm X-E2
Fujifilm X-E2S
Fujifilm X-M1
Fujifilm X-T1
Fujifilm X-T10
Fujifilm XQ1
Fujifilm XQ2
Fujifilm X-Pro1
Fujifilm X-Pro23
Fujifilm FinePix S3Pro True crime for mac.
Fujifilm FinePix S5Pro
Fujifilm FinePix S2Pro
Fujifilm FinePix X100
Hasselblad CF-22
Hasselblad CF-39
Hasselblad CFV-16
Hasselblad CFV-50c
Hasselblad H3D-31
Hasselblad H3D-31 II
Hasselblad H3DII-50
Hasselblad H4D-40
Hasselblad H5D-50c
Hasselblad Lunar
Kodak DCS Pro SLR/n
Konica Minolta ALPHA SWEET DIGITAL
Konica Minolta ALPHA-5 DIGITAL
Konica Minolta ALPHA-7 DIGITAL
Konica Minolta DiMAGE A200
Konica Minolta DYNAX 5D
Konica Minolta DYNAX 7D
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 5D
Konica Minolta MAXXUM 7D
Leaf AFi 5
Leaf AFi 6
Leaf AFi 7
Leaf AFi-II 6
Leaf AFi-II 7
Leaf Aptus 17
Leaf Aptus 22
Leaf Aptus 54S
Leaf Aptus 65
Leaf Aptus 65S
Leaf Aptus 75
Leaf Aptus 75s
Leaf Aptus-II 6
Leaf Aptus-II 7
Leaf Valeo 11
Leaf Valeo 17
Leaf Valeo 22
Leica C (Typ 112)
Leica D-Lux (Typ 109)
Leica D-Lux 2
Leica D-Lux 3
Leica D-Lux 4
Leica D-Lux 5
Leica D-Lux 6
Leica DIGILUX 2
Leica DIGILUX 3
Leica M
Leica M Monochrom
Leica M Monochrom (Typ 246)
Leica M-E
Leica M8
Leica M8.2
Leica M9
Leica Q (Typ 116)
Leica S (Typ 007)
Leica S2
Leica SL (Typ 601)
Leica V-Lux (Typ 114)
Leica V-Lux 1
Leica V-Lux 2
Leica V-Lux 4
Leica X (Typ 113)
Leica X-U (Typ 113)
Leica X1
Leica X2
Leica X Vario (Typ 107)
Minolta DiMAGE A1
Minolta DiMAGE A2
Nikon 1 AW1
Nikon 1 J4
Nikon 1 J5
Nikon 1 S2
Nikon 1 V3
Nikon COOLPIX A
Nikon COOLPIX P330
Nikon COOLPIX P340
Nikon COOLPIX P6000
Nikon COOLPIX P7000
Nikon COOLPIX P7100
Nikon COOLPIX P7700
Nikon COOLPIX P7800
Nikon D1
Nikon D100
Nikon D1H
Nikon D1X
Nikon D200
Nikon D2H
Nikon D2Hs
Nikon D2X
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon D3
Nikon D3S
Nikon D300
Nikon D300S
Nikon D3000
Nikon D3100
Nikon D3200
Nikon D3300
Nikon D5500
Nikon D3X
Nikon D4
Nikon D4S
Nikon D40
Nikon D40X
Nikon D54
Nikon D50
Nikon D5004
Nikon D5000
Nikon D5100
Nikon D5200
Nikon D5300
Nikon D60
Nikon D600
Nikon D610
Nikon D70
Nikon D70s
Nikon D700
Nikon D750
Nikon D7000
Nikon D7100
Nikon D7200
Nikon D80
Nikon D800
Nikon D800E
Nikon D810
Nikon D810A
Nikon D90
Nikon Df
Nikon E8400
Nikon E8700
Nikon E8800
Nikon 1 J1
Nikon 1 J2
Nikon 1 J3
Nikon 1 S1
Nikon 1 V1
Nikon 1 V2
Olympus C7070WZ
Olympus C7000Z
Olympus C70Z
Olympus C8080WZ
Olympus E-1
Olympus E-3
Olympus E-5
Olympus E-30
Olympus E-300
Olympus E-330
Olympus E-400
Olympus E-410
Olympus E-450
Olympus E-500
Olympus E-510
Olympus E-600
Olympus E-620
Olympus PEN E-P1
Olympus PEN E-P2
Olympus PEN E-P3
Olympus PEN E-PL1
Olympus PEN E-PL1s
Olympus PEN E-PL2
Olympus PEN E-PL3
Olympus PEN E-PL5
Olympus PEN E-PM1
Olympus PEN E-PM2
Olympus PEN-F
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL6
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL7
Olympus EVOLT E-420
Olympus EVOLT E-520
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II5
Olympus OM-D E-M10
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II
Olympus SP-570UZ
Olympus STYLUS 1
Olympus STYLUS SH-2
Olympus STYLUS TG-4 Tough
Olympus STYLUS XZ-2
Olympus XZ-1
Panasonic LUMIX CM1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ35
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ38
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ50
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ70
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ72
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ100
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ150
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ200
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ300 / DMC-FZ330
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ1000
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G6
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G10
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF6
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GF8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH4
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GM1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GM5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX7 Mark II / GX80 / GX85
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GX8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-L1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LC1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LF1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX1
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX2
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX3
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX5
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX7
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX100
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ60
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ61
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ70
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ71
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS40
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS50
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS60 / DMC-TZ80
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-ZS100 / TZ100 / TX1
Pentax 645D
Pentax 645Z
Pentax *ist D
Pentax *ist DL
Pentax *ist DL2
Pentax *ist DS
Pentax *ist DS2
Pentax K10D
Pentax K100D
Pentax K110D
Pentax K100D Super
Pentax K20D
Pentax K200D
Pentax K2000
Pentax K-16
Pentax K-3
Pentax K-3 II
Pentax K-5
Pentax K-5 II
Pentax K-5 IIs
Pentax K-7
Pentax K-30
Pentax K-m
Pentax K-r
Pentax K-S1
Pentax K-S2
Pentax K-x
Pentax MX-1
Pentax Q
Samsung GX-10
Samsung GX-1L
Samsung GX-1S
Samsung GX-20
Samsung NX10
Samsung NX11
Samsung NX100
Samsung NX200
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX1R II
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 III
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 II
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 III
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 IV
Sony DSC-F828
Sony DSC-R1
Sony DSC-V3
Sony Alpha DSLR-A100
Sony Alpha DSLR-A200
Sony Alpha DSLR-A230
Sony Alpha DSLR-A290
Sony Alpha DSLR-A300
Sony Alpha DSLR-A330
Sony Alpha DSLR-A350
Sony Alpha DSLR-A380
Sony Alpha DSLR-A390
Sony Alpha DSLR-A450
Sony Alpha DSLR-A500
Sony Alpha DSLR-A550
Sony Alpha DSLR-A560
Sony Alpha DSLR-A580
Sony Alpha DSLR-A700
Sony Alpha DSLR-A850
Sony Alpha DSLR-A900
Sony Alpha ILCE-3000
Sony Alpha ILCE-5000
Sony Alpha ILCE-5100
Sony Alpha ILCE-6000
Sony Alpha ILCE-6300
Sony Alpha ILCE-7R II
Sony Alpha ILCE-7S
Sony Alpha ILCE-7
Sony Alpha ILCE-7 II
Sony Alpha ILCE-7R
Sony Alpha ILCE-7S II
Sony Alpha NEX-3
Sony Alpha NEX-3N
Sony Alpha NEX-5
Sony Alpha NEX-5N
Sony Alpha NEX-5R
Sony Alpha NEX-5T
Sony Alpha NEX-6
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony Alpha NEX-C3
Sony Alpha NEX-F3
Sony Alpha SLT-A33
Sony Alpha SLT-A35
Sony Alpha SLT-A37
Sony Alpha SLT-A55
Sony Alpha SLT-A57
Sony Alpha SLT-A58
Sony Alpha SLT-A65
Sony Alpha SLT-A68
Sony Alpha SLT-A77
Sony Alpha SLT-A77 II
Sony Alpha SLT-A99
Sony NEX-VG20
Additional formats supported by iOS 10.2 and macOS 10.12.2
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Canon EOS M5
Fujifilm X-T23
Nikon D3400
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G8 / G80 / G85
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-LX9 / LX10 / LX15
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ2500
Pentax K-70
Additional formats supported by iOS 10.3 and macOS 10.12.4
Fujifilm X-A3
Nikon B700
Nikon D5600
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
Olympus PEN E-PL8
Panasonic LUMIX DMC-TZ82 / DMC-TZ85
Phase One IQ1 100MP / IQ3 100M7
Sony Alpha ILCE-6500
Sony Alpha ILCA-99 II
Sony Cyber-shot RX100 V
Additional formats supported by iOS 10.3.2 and macOS 10.12.5
Canon EOS 77D / 9000D
Canon EOS Rebel T7i / 800D / Kiss X9i
Fujifilm GFX 50S3
Fujifilm X-T203
Fujifilm X100F3
Hasselblad H6D-100c
Hasselblad X1D-50c
Panasonic LUMIX GH5
Additional formats supported by iOS 10.3.3 and macOS Sierra 10.12.6
1. RAW processing on iOS with third-party apps is available on iPhone 6 or later, iPad Pro (9.7-inch, 10.5-inch, 12.9-inch), iPad mini 4, iPad Air 2, and iPod touch (6th generation).
2. Canon RAW format only
3. Uncompressed RAW format only
4. Nikon RAW L format only
5. 16MP RAW format only
6. Single shot RAW format only
7. Lossless RAW format only
- January 02, 2020
- 24 min to read
A comprehensive review of the best RAW photo editors on the market
There are many RAW photo editors available, and they get better every year. It can be hard and time-consuming to try all of them, so we've tried them for you and come up with a list of the best RAW photo editors you should consider right now.
Professional photographers shoot in RAW to preserve as much detail as possible. They want high-resolution images with a wide dynamic range, natural-looking colors, and sharp details. RAW files are large files that need powerful editors. A good RAW photo editor is able to edit RAW files while preserving image quality and color accuracy.
The first criterion in choosing a RAW photo editor is how good the RAW processor is and how well it renders the RAW data. But there are also other criteria to consider, such as support for batch processing, digital asset management, preset libraries, layers and masks, and local editing tools. Practicality is also important. Consider system requirements, processing speed, the user interface and workflow, and, of course, the price.
Because RAW editors are sophisticated software that require a long time to develop, you'll hardly find free RAW photo editors. The only free editors on our list are darktable and RawTherapee, cross-platform image processing programs with enthusiastic communities around them. Nevertheless, all paid RAW photo editors on this list offer free trials that allow you to test them before buying.
The best RAW photo editors on the market
1. Luminar 4
Released at the end of 2019, Luminar 4 is a RAW photo editor that includes AI-based technology. Yes, it provides support for most RAW file formats and all the basic adjustments you need, but it also provides content-aware automatic adjustments. Its smart features and friendly interface have already convinced many professional photographers to become Skylum Ambassadors.
Luminar's AI-based features analyze your images and make decisions based on their contents. Luminar 4 recognizes objects and people and applies custom adjustments for different types of pictures. It includes AI-based features for sky replacement, skin and portrait enhancement, structure enhancement, general image enhancement, and adding sun rays.
Moreover, Luminar 4 comes with more than 70 built-in presets, called Looks, that provide easy access to the most popular artistic styles. You can also create your own presets and download Signature Looks designed by renowned photographers from the Luminar Marketplace.
Luminar 4 allows you to fine-tune every aspect of an image, which is great because in RAW editing, every detail counts. Luminar works with layers and masks and provides easy tools for controlling opacity and blending modes. The workflow is fluid and easy to learn, and you'll find features such as batch processing, adjustment synchronization, digital asset management, and image rating and labeling.
Luminar 4 works as standalone software, a plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, and an extension for Apple Photos. It's available for Mac and Windows and costs $89.
2. Aurora HDR
Aurora HDR was the first Skylum solution for RAW photo editing and is one of the most appreciated HDR photo editors. It's the perfect choice if you want to create images with a wide dynamic range. Aurora provides tools for bracket merging that create high-quality images without halos, chromatic aberrations, or artifacts. It also includes basic tools such as color toning, a polarizer filter, detail enhancer, and LUT mapping.
Like Luminar 4, Aurora HDR makes use of AI technology to separate noise from detail and deliver exquisite denoising and detail enhancing tools. As Aurora is a RAW photo editor, its support for layers and masks is especially useful. Also useful are the presets designed in collaboration with professional photographers, which deliver amazing effects in seconds.
In terms of practical features, Aurora HDR offers batch processing, support for most popular cameras, and the ability to run as standalone software or a plugin for Adobe and Apple products. Aurora HDR is available for Windows and Mac and costs $110.
3. Adobe Lightroom
Due to its prestigious producer, Adobe Lightroom has been the standard in RAW photo editing for a long time. But it has lost many fans since Adobe introduced the monthly subscription plan. Yes, Lightroom is a RAW photo editor that gives you access to cloud space and synchronizes your edits across all your devices. But it's expensive, and people have started to look for cheaper alternatives. Adobe Lightroom costs $9.99 per month, which means almost $120 per year. That's more than other software costs for a lifetime license.
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For this money, Adobe Lightroom offers endless sharing capabilities, image synchronization, exquisite image management tools, and easy-to-use image editing tools. It also has many presets, and you can find more in the large Adobe community, which also offers books, tutorials, and video materials.
Adobe Lightroom is available for Windows and Mac, but check the system requirements before you buy it because it requires relatively new operating system versions.
4. ACDSee Photo Studio
ACDsee is known for its image organizing software, but its latest products show that it has become a powerful competitor on the photo editor market. Photo Studio is a complete editing solution that includes RAW processing, image editing tools, and the amazing ACDSee digital asset management.
ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2020 supports more than 500 camera models and offers RAW editing tools such as LUTs, non-destructive color grading, lens corrections, noise and haze removal, contrast and brightness adjustments, layers and masks, selection tools, and local adjustments. It's fast and supports many file formats, offers batch processing, and has a lot of tools for zooming, previewing, and reviewing images. In terms of the interface and image management, it's one of the best RAW photo editors.
ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2020 is available only for Windows. There's also a separate ACDSee Photo Studio for Mac 6. You can choose between a monthly subscription at $8.90 and a lifetime license for $99.95.
5. PhotoDirector Ultra
With PhotoDirector Ultra, Cyberlink aims to deliver a photo editor that accumulates the functionalities of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom at a better price. PhotoDirector Ultra supports many RAW file formats and provides AI-based tools for image retouching, layer editing, and presets.
This software is aimed at a wide variety of users, from professional photographers to the general public. It mixes powerful content-aware image adjustments with tools for making videos out of images, frame templates, and 360-degree photo editing. Delivering a wide variety of features isn't always the best idea, however. Professional photographers are more interested in color accuracy, noise reduction, and detail preservation than in applying brushstrokes that simulate painting styles.
But despite the features unrelated to RAW editing, PhotoDirector Ultra is very good at recovering blurred images, eliminating haze and fog, and retouching portraits. It also provides image management tools, cloud storage, and additional products such as special effects and dedicated plugins.
PhotoDirector Ultra is available for Windows and Mac and costs $74.99.
6. Capture One Pro 2020
Capture One develops a RAW photo editor that supports many RAW file formats and has dedicated versions for Fuji and Sony camera users. Capture One Pro 2020 is a complete photo editing solution for all cameras, and it provides tools for image editing and management.
While Capture One Pro 2020 isn't very easy to learn and use, once you get to know it, you'll have full control over every aspect of your images. This software's features range from tools for basic image adjustments (fixing exposure, color, and contrast) to HDR tools, advanced color adjustments, and presets. Essential for a RAW editor, Capture One Pro 2020 works with layers and masks and provides non-destructive editing.
Capture One Pro 2020 is a powerful photo editor even if its workflow isn't for beginners. It provides lens and camera profiles, lens correction, high color accuracy, and tools for printing and creative artwork. All these features come with a price, however: Capture One Pro 2020 costs $27 per month. It's available for Windows and Mac.
7. DxO PhotoLab
Like Capture One Pro, DxO PhotoLab is a complex RAW photo editor for professional photographers. It focuses on color accuracy and camera compatibility. DxO PhotoLab matches the rendering of over 60 camera models and provides optical corrections and custom lens profiles.
Among its best features are exquisite color tools such as ICC profiles, Moiré removal, and the new HSL tool, more than 40 presets, haze removal based on colorimetric component analysis, noise removal that's been optimized to process RAW files at high speed, and local adjustments. DxO PhotoLab is an editor for color perfectionists and aims to satisfy the most demanding professionals.
DxO PhotoLab provides digital asset management with all you need for organizing images in a neat interface. It's available for Windows and Mac and costs $140.
8. PaintShop Pro
PaintShop Pro is one of Corel's solutions for photo editing that includes RAW functionalities. Keeping to Corel's long tradition in graphic design, PaintShop Pro provides not only photo editing tools but also graphic design tools. So if you want tools for creating artistic compositions, drawing, and painting onto images, PaintShop Pro is the best editor for you.
In terms of RAW photo editing, PaintShop Pro offers a powerful RAW processor, lens correction, HDR editing, geometric transformations, basic adjustments for image retouching, and layers and masks. It doesn't have too many filters and presets, but it offers support for third-party plugins such as the NiK Collection from DxO and Topaz Labs plugins. This may cover the need for extra features, but these plugins come with an additional cost.
In terms of useful functionalities, PaintShop Pro doesn't have digital asset management, but it does provide batch processing and support for many file formats. PaintShop Pro is easy to learn and has a customizable workspace. But if you don't need graphic design tools, they'll only slow you down.
PaintShop Pro is available only for Windows and costs $79.
9. AfterShot Pro
Another RAW photo editing solution from Corel is AfterShot Pro. Designed to compete with Adobe Lightroom, AfterShot Pro focuses on increasing processing speed while delivering high-quality images.
Unlike PaintShop Pro, however, AfterShot Pro is dedicated to photography. This means is has RAW camera profiles, lens corrections, a large library of presets, and highlight recovery for images with a wide dynamic range. It also provides efficient digital asset management and integrates with other editors. In exchange, it doesn't have graphic design tools.
In terms of RAW photo editing, we're more interested in color accuracy, noise reduction, and HDR tools than in drawing tools. Still, the advanced selection tools provided by Corel's programs are always welcome for local adjustments and subtle image retouching.
AfterShot Pro is a better option than PaintShop Pro for RAW editing. It's also more expensive, as it costs $99.99. But if you compare it with Adobe Lightroom, you'll see that it's worth the money.
10. Darktable
Darktable is an open-source, free RAW photo editor available for Linux, Mac / macports, BSD, Windows, and Solaris 11 / GNOME. It's designed to be a virtual darkroom and allows you to view negatives through a zoomable lighttable.
Aiming to be more than a RAW convertor, darktable provides tools for image enhancement, batch processing, and tethered shooting. It also allows you to develop your own image processing modules and add them to the program.
For a free editor, darktable offers exquisite tools, from an optimized RAW processor that can manage large files to non-destructive edits and professional color management. It has ICC profiles, several demosaicing methods, base and tone curves, lens corrections, and tools for dithering, haze, fringing, noise removal, color, contrast, and white balance adjustments. It also offers a few filters for creative effects.
However, darktable has minimal image organizing functionalities. It does allow you to search for images by tags, stars, and labels, and it works with metadata.
11. RAW Power
Gentlemen Coders offers a RAW photo editor for Mac and iOS called RAW Power that can run as standalone software or a Photos extension.
RAW Power uses Apple's RAW decoder to provide high-quality images. Among its best features are support for hundreds of camera models, precise curve adjustments, white balance recovery, lots of presets, and perspective and chromatic aberration corrections.
RAW Power also provides digital asset management, batch processing, synchronization between devices via iCloud Photo Library, multiple editing windows, and batch export. It comes as an extension to Apple Photos and costs $29.99
12. RawTherapee
RawTherapee is a free RAW photo editor for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It provides high-quality images with high dynamic range and uses state-of-the-art demosaicing algorithms. Although it's open-source software, RawTherapee supports most common RAW file formats, including those from Pentax and Sony.
Among its best features are RAW histograms, adjustments for fixing exposure, contrast, detail, and color, color profiles, and advanced controls. RawTherapee also lets you save your current editing profile for later use or batch editing. Unfortunately, it doesn't support layers, and you have to apply all adjustments to the same layer, which may be confusing.
RawTherapee has a neat workspace that allows you to find all you need in seconds. It's intuitive, well-labeled, and has shortcuts for everything. It also provides file browsing, ratings, and color labeling, and it supports metadata. For those who want to see how printed images will look, RawTherapee runs a simulation with a specific printer profile.
13. Affinity Photo
Affinity Photo provides powerful photo editing and graphic design tools. Alongside RAW editing, it provides HDR editing and focus stacking, panorama stitching, support for editing Adobe Photoshop files, and painting tools.
In terms of RAW photo editing, Affinity Photo's big advantage is its ability to process very large files (more than 100 Megapixels) and to offer smooth zoom at 60 frames per second. It gives you full control over the smallest details of your images and provides editing tools such as levels, curves, HSL, and exposure and white balance adjustments. All edits are non-destructive because Affinity Photo works with layers and masks. You can perform local adjustments using advanced selection tools, analyze histograms, and edit EXIF information.
Affinity Photo provides lens corrections, noise reduction, and hot pixel removal, which is essential for RAW editing. It also provides presets and effects, including brush libraries and text and vector tools. It's one of the best RAW photo editors for creating artistic compositions and collages.
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Affinity Photo is available for Windows, Mac, and iPad and costs $49.99 respectively $19.99.
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In conclusion
We've tested the most powerful RAW photo editors on the market, but the final decision is yours. Choose the best editor for your needs. Consider your budget, frequency of use, skills, and artistic preferences. For example, you shouldn't buy an editor with graphic design functionalities if you don't do abstract photography and strong editing. If you work with large amounts of similar images, batch processing is a must. So is digital asset management when you have lots of albums and catalogs. Keep in mind that trying before buying is the wisest thing you can do.
