Convert RAW to X3F

Input file

RAW

Full Name: Digital Camera Photo RAW Image Format
Developer: N/A

Output file

X3F

Full Name: Sigma Camera RAW Picture Format
Developer: SIGMA

What is RAW file?

RAW (Raw Image Data File) is a type of file used in digital photography and contains the pixel data captured by the camera's sensor. This data is uncompressed and untouched by any image manipulation software, making it ideal for digital photography purposes. RAW files can be opened with photo-editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Corel PaintShop Pro. [ ⏩ ] RAW file extension

What is X3F file?

The X3F (.X3F) file is a proprietary image file format developed specifically for the SIGMA cameras and used to store Camera RAW data. X3F files contain all aspects of the digital photo captured by the camera, including EXIF meta data, original bitmap data, as well as other details regarding the photographic conditions. X3F files are highly efficient in their use of storage space, and most photos are stored in less than 1MB on disk. [ ⏩ ] X3F file extension

Software, that you can use to convert

RAW to X3F converters

How to convert the file from RAW to X3F?

To successfully convert the RAW file to X3F, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.RAW). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case X3F (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than X3F).

What is a file conversion?

A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. RAW to X3F. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.

Program for converting RAW files to X3F files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension X3F, while before this step we had the RAW file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new X3F file, or not.