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Best program to open .RW2 images? (lemmy.world)
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Hello! My sister sent me some images on the .RW2 format, does anyone know any programs I should use to easily open/covert them to jpeg? Using Linux Mint if that helps.

I know this could easily be googled, but someday I'd like to imagine people tacking site:lemmy.world to their google searches instead of site:reddit.com

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Darktable can be used for that as .RW2 files are "raw" pictures.

Also Darktable is a damn good image editing software for raw files.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Darktable is fantastic, but the learning curve is steep for great results. It took us months to get comfortable with it after using Capture One, Lightroom, Photoshop/ACR. It's different. Our first efforts looked like crap.

For someone processing just a few files I think RawTherapee is probably easier and likely to give better results with limited effort.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Something like convert filename.rw2 filename.jpeg

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

My Panasonic camera makes RW2 files for raw photos, I imagine most raw photo editors will open and convert them fine. I use darktable.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I'd suggest RawTherapee. It's in the spirit of Darktable but it's easier to use. More into on their website.