Two formats cause most "why won't this open?" moments: WebP, which websites use to load images faster, and RAW, the unprocessed files that cameras save. Both convert to JPG in seconds.
WebP to JPG
When you save an image from a website, it often arrives as .webp. Most modern browsers open it,
but many editors, printers and upload forms don't.
Upload the WebP files to snapWONDERS Convert, choose JPG, and download. You can convert many at once.
RAW to JPG
A RAW file (CR2 and CR3 from Canon, NEF from Nikon, ARW from Sony, RAF from Fujifilm, DNG and others) holds everything the camera's sensor recorded, before any processing. That's great for editing and awkward for sharing.
Upload the RAW files to snapWONDERS Convert and choose JPG. The conversion applies standard processing; if you want a particular look, edit in your photo software first and export from there.
A worked example: a WebP from a web page
We saved one of our own photos from our website, where it is served as a WebP (900 × 1,200 px, 250 KB), and converted it to JPG with Strip Metadata on.
- It opens anywhere now. Same picture, same 900 × 1,200 px, as an ordinary JPG.
- It got bigger: 467 KB. WebP compresses better than JPG, so expect the JPG to be larger. Lower the quality setting if size matters.
- Nothing about you came with it. The report on the converted copy:
Leave Strip Metadata on: without it, the converter adds a standard colour profile. That profile isn't personal (our report lists it under Fingerprinting, not Tracking), but there's no reason to carry it.
A worked example: a RAW file from a Canon camera
Our own phones don't shoot RAW, so we used a sample from raw.pixls.us, a public library of camera RAW files that their owners release into the public domain (CC0). This one is a 22.1 MB CR2 from a Canon EOS 6D, shared by the person who took it. Thank you for sharing it.
The RAW file names its owner and carries the camera body's serial number and the lens's. We've blurred them here:
Converted to JPG with Strip Metadata on, it came out at 2.5 MB at full resolution (5,496 × 3,670 px):
And the owner's name, the serial numbers, the date and the camera details were all gone:
Strip what you don't need
RAW files in particular carry a lot about the camera, often including its serial number. If you're sharing the JPGs publicly, switch on Strip Metadata when converting. See can a photo be tracked back to you? for why that matters.
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