CR2 to JPG Converter

CR2 is what Canon DSLRs wrote from about 2004 until 2018 — so if you're digging through an old shoot or a hard drive from a retired 5D, these are the files. Convert them to JPG here, on your own device.

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Decodes your RAW photos in your browser — nothing is uploaded. The decoder (~2MB) downloads once; large files take a moment.

Works offline — everything it needs is already on your device.

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CR2 (Canon RAW version 2) is the TIFF-based container Canon used across its DSLR era: the 5D line through the 5D Mark IV, the 7D, 70D and 80D, the Rebel/xxxD bodies, and the 1D X and 1D X Mark II. It holds the full 14-bit sensor readout, which is why a single frame runs 20—30 MB and why almost nothing outside photo software will open it. Canon replaced CR2 with CR3 in 2018, so a folder of CR2 files usually means older work — and older work is exactly what tends to sit on a drive with no Lightroom licence still attached to it.

The decode runs entirely in your browser with a WebAssembly build of LibRaw, with the camera's embedded preview as a fallback, so a batch of photos from 2011 is never uploaded and there's no sign-up or daily limit. Newer Canon bodies write CR3 instead (use CR3 to JPG), and for a folder that mixes brands the RAW to JPG tool takes them all together.

Best for

Opening archived DSLR shoots without a Lightroom subscription
Sharing photos from an old Canon body with people who can't open RAW
Bulk-converting a card of CR2 files before uploading to a print service

Good to know

The converter demosaics the sensor data directly. If it meets a CR2 variant it can't fully decode, it falls back to the full-size JPEG preview Canon embeds in the file — still a good image, but it carries the camera's in-body processing rather than a neutral render.

How to convert CR2 → JPG

Drop your .cr2 files into the converter above — several at once is fine.

Choose JPG and set the quality you want.

Download. The decode ran on your machine; nothing was uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

Canon DSLRs from roughly 2004 to 2018 — the 5D series up to the Mark IV, 7D and 7D Mark II, 70D/80D, the Rebel/xxxD line, and the 1D X and 1D X Mark II. Bodies released after 2018, including every EOS R mirrorless camera, write CR3 instead.

CR3 is Canon's newer container, introduced in 2018 with the EOS M50. It compresses better and adds the smaller C-RAW option, but it's a different format — software that reads CR2 doesn't automatically read CR3. If your files are CR3, use the CR3 converter instead.

You lose editing latitude, not visible quality. The CR2 holds 14 bits per channel and a JPG holds 8, so you give up the headroom that lets you recover blown skies or lift deep shadows later. The JPG itself will look essentially identical on screen. Keep the CR2 files if you might edit them again.

No. The RAW decoder is a WebAssembly module that runs in your browser, so your photos stay on your device. It also works offline once the page has loaded.