crw2dpx

Canon CR2 RAW format conversion to typical cine file formats and image sequences like DPX, Cineon, EXR and QuickTime movies. It features 32bit floating point image path and fast multi-CPU parallel processing or GPU-accelerated OpenGL processing. For a complete list of features read on.

For a quick test-run with crw2dpx just download the demo!
If you have questions, there might already be an answer in the FAQ section.

Features

• works with Canon CR2 RAW files *
• floating point RAW conversion, keeping all highlight and shadow detail
• crop / scale image using high quality algorithms
• deblur to compensate the sensor's OLP filter
• selectable debayer algorithm (bilinear and LMMSE)
• fix blown highlights (i.e. remove magenta cast)
• specify the number of CPU cores to be used for parallel processing
• automatic dead / hot pixel detection and fixing
• apply camera ICC profile
• timecode burn-in

Output Formats

The following image-sequence file formats are supported:

• DPX: 10bit log
• Cineon: 10bit log
• TIFF: 8bit sRGB, 8bit Rec709, 16bit linear with embedded ICC profile
• PNG: 8bit sRGB, 8bit Rec709, 16bit linear with embedded ICC profile
• EXR: 16bit half, 32bit float, uncompressed or ZIPS, ZIP, PXR24
• Targa: 8bit sRGB, 8bit Rec709
• SGI: 8bit sRGB, 8bit Rec709, 16bit linear
• Radiance HDR: uncompressed or with RLE compression

The following movie file formats and codecs are supported:

• QuickTime: 2vuy, v210, v410, Animation (RLE), PNG, Photo-JPEG (4:4:4 and 4:2:2), Aja Kona 10bit (R10k and R10g), ProRes 422 and 4444**
• AVI: YVYU, v210

If supported by the selected output file format, all files written will have metadata (e.g. timecode, frame number, camera make, model and serial number) embedded.
  

Floating Point

Once the RAW sensor data has been extracted from the source files all image processing is performed using a 32bit floating point pipeline. Thus, instead of clipping all values below the camera's black level and above its white-point, files converted with crw2dpx retain all image data provided by the camera sensor. ***
  
  

User Feedback

"I spent most the day yesterday trying to get a good conversion and everything was junk and or incredibly slow until I found yours!"
Marc D. Rienzo, Director / VFX Supervisor & Artist

"I shall be an enthusiastic promotor of this software to all I work with!"
Joseph Williams, Little Fish Films, London

Download

• crw2dpx v1.6.0 for Ubuntu 10.04 and later, RHEL/CentOS 6 or 7 (64bit)

• crw2dpx v1.6.0 for Windows 7 and later (64bit)

• crw2dpx v1.5.2 for OS X 10.6 and later

• crw2dpx v1.6.0beta5 for OS X 10.6 and later

  
You can purchase a license from within the application using PayPal. The license costs 49 EUR and will only work on the machine it was ordered from. Free updates for all upcoming 1.x versions are included.
If you want to purchase a license for a machine that has no internet access, please get in touch using the contact form. Please specify the operating system you want to run crw2dpx on, so that my reply can be a bit more specific.
  

For use on render-farms or similar environments I can provide a command-line version of crw2dpx. It comes with additional support for 12bit, 16bit and 32bit float DPX files, 12bit TIFF and allows any combination of transfer curve and color space. Addtionally, it can also process Nikon NEF and Sony ARW files from a limited range of cameras.
In order to negotiate pricing for the command-line version get in touch with me using the contact form. It is possible to support other output formats or add special features like automated generation of proxy files or Stereo 3D support.

* for a complete list of supported cameras, check the manual that comes included with the downloads
** OS X 10.7 and later only, makes use of an Apple API and requires the AVFoundation framework
*** requires output file format that does not clip to 0-100% range