RAF to PNG Converter

What happens when you convert RAF to PNG

• The RAF is developed by LibRaw, the open-source camera RAW decoder, on our conversion server: the sensor data is turned into a full-colour picture with the white balance the camera recorded, demosaicing suited to the sensor (LibRaw has its own method for Fujifilm's X-Trans pattern) and standard sRGB colour.
• ImageMagick then saves it as a lossless PNG, at the camera's full resolution, 8 bits per channel. The photo is turned the way the camera was held.
• This is a neutral, straight development, much like the camera's own JPG settings switched off: no lens corrections, noise reduction or creative styles are applied, so it can look flatter than an edited version.
• This conversion runs on our server: the file is uploaded, converted, and deleted together with the result as soon as the result has been sent back to you. Nothing is kept. Files up to 25 MB are accepted.

How to convert RAF to PNG online

1. Press "Choose RAF files" and select one or more files, or drag them onto the box. Files up to 25 MB each can be converted.
2. There are no settings to choose: the converter keeps everything the target format can hold.
3. Press "Convert to PNG". The file is uploaded to our conversion server, converted in a few seconds, and deleted together with the result as soon as the result is sent back.
4. Save each PNG with its download button. Our server has already deleted both your RAF and the PNG by then.

Why convert RAF to PNG?

RAF files usually come from Fujifilm X series and GFX cameras and older FinePix models. People convert them to PNG because PNG keeps sharp edges, text and transparency without any loss.

In short, RAF is good at what it was made for, and PNG is the more practical choice when the file has to open, upload or print somewhere else. RAF does not open in browsers; macOS Photos and Preview, Lightroom, Capture One and Fujifilm X RAW Studio open it, while PNG opens in every browser and image viewer.

How to convert RAF to PNG on Windows, Mac, iPhone and Android

On Windows

Open this page in Chrome, Edge or Firefox, drag your RAF files in from File Explorer, and press Convert. Each PNG is saved to your Downloads folder.

On a Mac

Safari, Chrome and Firefox all work. Drag the RAF files from Finder onto the drop zone and the PNG files land in Downloads. Preview can do single images too: open the file, choose File, then Export, and pick PNG.

On iPhone and iPad

Open the page in Safari and tap Choose RAF files. You can pick from Photos or from the Files app. The converted PNG appears in Files, in the Downloads folder; to put it in your photo library, open it there, tap Share and choose Save Image.

On Android

Open the page in Chrome, tap Choose RAF files and pick them from Files or your gallery. The PNG is saved to the Download folder, where any file manager can find it.

Best settings for RAF to PNG

There are no settings: camera white balance, sRGB colour and the full sensor resolution, up to 16,384 pixels a side.

For exposure, colour and lens corrections, develop the RAF in Lightroom, darktable or RawTherapee instead; this converter gives a quick, faithful result without edits.

RAF vs PNG: the differences

About RAF and PNG files

What is a RAF file?

RAF is the raw format of Fujifilm cameras. Most X series cameras use Fujifilm's X-Trans sensor, whose 6 by 6 colour pattern needs its own demosaicing, which is why X series raw files take longer to develop than those of other cameras.

What is a PNG file?

PNG compresses without losing a single pixel, so screenshots and text stay razor sharp, but a photograph saved as PNG is often three to five times the size of the same photo as JPG.

RAF to PNG not working? Common problems

• "Files up to 25 MB can be converted." Server conversions have a size limit, and raw files from high-resolution cameras can pass it. Switch the camera to its compressed raw setting, or develop very large files in a desktop raw editor.
• "This file is not really in RAF format." The converter checks every file before it runs anything, so a file of another format renamed to .raf is refused. Choose the page for its real format.
• "The photo could not be read." The decoder on our server, LibRaw 0.20, knows cameras released up to about 2020. Raw files from newer models, and Canon CR3 and Sigma X3F files, may not open.
• The colours look flat. The photo is developed neutrally, without the contrast and styles a camera adds to its own JPGs. Adjust it in a photo editor.

Convert RAF to PNG from the command line

LibRaw and ImageMagick do the same on your own computer:

dcraw_emu -w -o 1 -q 3 -T input.raf
magick input.raf.tiff output.png

Converting on your own computer keeps the file entirely local, which is worth it for very large or very sensitive documents. For everything else, the converter on this page does it without installing anything.