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CRW to PostScript Converter

Convert CRW images to PostScript online in seconds - free, with no sign-up and no watermark. Batch convert up to 30 files and download them together as a ZIP.

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How to use it

  1. 1

    Drop your CRW files onto the converter

  2. 2

    Press Convert to turn them into PostScript

  3. 3

    Download your PostScript images one by one or as a ZIP

CRW to PostScript

Why convert CRW to PostScript?

The main difference: CRW is an unprocessed sensor data format, while PostScript is a vector format.

Develop RAW into a ready-to-use photo

A CRW file holds the raw readings from the camera sensor, not a finished picture. Converting it to PostScript applies the camera's colors and gives you a normal photo you can share, print or post right away.

Where PostScript works best

PostScript is ideal for print jobs and printer workflows. Converting gives you a file that works in the apps and websites that ask for PostScript.

CRW vs PostScript: what's the difference?

PropertyCRWPostScript
Compression typeUnprocessed sensor dataVector (shapes, not pixels)
Transparent backgroundNoNo
AnimationNoNo
Where it opensNone (needs a RAW editor)None (needs a PostScript viewer)
Used forStraight-from-camera photos for editingPrint jobs and printer workflows

What is a CRW (camera RAW) file?

CRW is the camera RAW format of Canon - early digital cameras from around 1998 to 2004. Instead of a finished photo, a RAW file stores the unprocessed data straight from the camera's sensor.

That gives photographers maximum room to adjust exposure, white balance and color afterwards, but RAW files are large (often 20-60 MB) and need special software to view. Converting to JPG produces a normal photo you can share right away.

How to open a CRW (camera RAW) file

Canon Digital Photo Professional opens CRW files, and Adobe Lightroom, Photoshop (Camera Raw), Capture One, darktable and RawTherapee support them too. Mac Photos and Preview open most RAW formats; on Windows, the free Raw Image Extension adds support to the Photos app. Without any of these, convert CRW to JPG online.

Extension
.crw
Made by
Canon cameras
Contains
Unprocessed sensor data
Best for
Editing straight-from-camera photos

What is a PostScript file?

PostScript (.ps) is Adobe's page description language from 1984 - the language many professional printers speak. A .ps file describes a whole page or document as instructions for drawing text, shapes and images.

PostScript files mostly come from print workflows and "print to file" output. PDF was built on the same ideas and has replaced it for everyday use.

How to open a PostScript file

Ghostscript and GSview open PostScript files on Windows; macOS Preview handled them up to Monterey. Adobe Acrobat Distiller converts them to PDF. Converting to PDF or PNG is the easiest way to view one today.

Extension
.ps
Type
Page description language
Best for
Print jobs and printer workflows
Made by
Adobe

CRW to PostScript

CRW to PostScript FAQ

Drag your CRW files onto the converter at the top of this page and press Convert. Download each PostScript on its own or grab them all in one ZIP - no software, no account.