Opening an ARW File

The ARW file type is primarily associated with Imaging Edge.

ARW	File extension: ARW
	File type:	RAW image

What is an ARW file?

ARW files mostly belong to Imaging Edge by Sony. ARW filename extension is associated with Alpha RAW (uncompressed) images captured with Songy digital cameras such as the NEX-5 and the A7Rii. Such ARW files contain minimally processed images and additional data which allow progressive editing. ARW files are mainly used as the source images for editing and compressing captured images to compressed formats such as JPEG. Programs such as Lightroom, Photoshop, and XnView can be used to view, edit, and export ARW images. ArtStudio, a discontinued drawing software also stores images in ARW files.

How to open ARW files

You need a suitable software like Imaging Edge to open an ARW file. Without proper software you will receive a Windows message "How do you want to open this file?" or "Windows cannot open this file" or a similar Mac/iPhone/Android alert. If you cannot open your ARW file correctly, try to right-click or long-press the file. Then click "Open with" and choose an application. You can also display a ARW file directly in the browser:. Just drag the file onto this browser window and drop it.

Online ARW File Viewer

Choose your .arw file to view

or drag and drop it here

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How to convert an ARW file to JPG, PNG, SVG, PDF, ...

1. To do so, click the "Choose your .arw file to view" button above.
2. Your ARW file will then be displayed in the browser.
3. Now click on "Save as..." at the top of the page.
4. Then choose the image format (e.g. JPG, PNG, TIFF, PDF, ...) you want.
5. Download the converted file.

ARW file format details:

If you know the file format, you can also find out how to open or edit the file. Often, the file format can be deduced from the file extension or the initial bytes (called the signature). If the file extension or signature does not match the file format, errors will occur when opening or editing the file. Knowledge is power - this also applies when dealing with unknown or faulty files. Our analysis of the ARW files produces the following result:

The ARW file extension is quite common and is primarily used by a single program. The following file formats are most commonly found in ARW files:

• 85% of all ARW files belong to Sony digital camera RAW image. The files are using the common file format TIFF. TIFF is short for Tagged Image File Format. It stores raster graphics images that support color depths from 1 to 24-bit, lossy and lossless compression and multiple layers and pages. These files are binary files, so they do not contain text, but only cryptic characters. The average file size is 25 MB with most files being between 17 MB and 49 MB in size. The file type is relatively new. Files like these are about sony.
• 5% of all ARW files store the data in the TIFF file format. These are binary files, so they do not contain words or text. The average file size is 62 KB with most files being between 7 KB and 650 KB in size.

The remaining 10% of all ARW files are files with no common format. If you want to find out what your ARW file contains, drag and drop it onto this page.