ImageGear .NET v25.2 - Updated
Developer Guide / File Formats and Compressions / File Formats / File Formats Reference / CRW
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    CRW
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    Full Name Canon CRW Format
    Format ID ImGearFormats.CRW
    File Extension(s) *.crw
    Data Type Bitmap
    Data Encoding Binary
    Multi-Page Support No
    Alpha Channel Support No
    ImageGear Platforms Support WIN32, WIN64, Unix, Unix64, MAC, .NET, .NET64

    ImageGear Supported Versions

    N/A

    ImageGear Supported Features

    ImageGear Read Support

    ImageGear Write Support

    No

    ImageGear Filter Control Parameters

    See DCRAW Filter Control Parameters.

    Comments

    This is one of the two main formats that Canon digital cameras use to store Raw images.

    By default, ImageGear automatically reconstructs colors in raw images during loading. You can disable one or more stages in the automatic color reconstruction, and reconstruct the images programmatically by using ImageGear Processing API. Use filter control parameters to disable specific stages of color reconstruction.

    Canon CRW format uses CIFF file structure as the base. CIFF file format is similar to TIFF in many aspects, but is not compatible with it. Raw data is encoded using Canon proprietary compression.