PhotoRaw for PC

★ ★ ★ PhotoRaw Overview

What is PhotoRaw?

PhotoRaw is an iOS app that allows users to view and adjust raw image files at 1:1 resolution, even for images with unlimited size. It is optimized for iOS 16 and iPadOS 15 with multitasking support and 64-bit processing. The app also supports AirDrop for exported images, viewing of EXIF and GPS data, and a full range of image adjustments, JPEG and TIFF exports, and pixel magnify up to 1:4 pixel viewing. PhotoRaw can open images imported from Eye-Fi cards.

Software Features and Description

1. To ensure that you see your images in a form as close as possible to what you'll see using a full featured desktop raw developer program such as Aperture, PhotoRaw incorporates a full demosaicing engine, as well as basic exposure controls such as exposure, contrast and brightness.

2. PhotoRaw allows you to view these files at full 1:1 pixel resolution, even 100 mega-pixel plus medium format images.

3. Virtual memory means that if PhotoRaw runs low on physical RAM because of other apps running the background, it can use the device's flash memory to process even the largest images.

4. Most images viewers for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch are only able to display low resolution thumbnails of raw images, making it difficult to use the iPhone or iPad to evaluate and view raw files in the field.

5. PhotoRaw has been tested with images of up to 72 MPixels on both iPads and iPhones, even with multiple other apps running the background.

6. You can also export images, or cropped portions of images, from PhotoRaw in JPEG or TIFF format.

7. Raw file formats from most camera manufacturers are supported, for example Nikon NEF files, Canon CR2 files, Leica DNG files, etc - see the product web site for a full list of supported cameras.

8. PhotoRaw for iOS is a viewer and developer for image files in raw format.

9. PhotoRaw incorporates a state-of-the-art AHD raw image demosaicing algorithm right into an iOS app.

10. PhotoRaw implements virtual memory.

11. So you can email a processed, cropped JPEG to clients or friends right from your iPad or iPhone.

12. Liked PhotoRaw? here are 5 Photo & Video apps like YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream; Instagram; Twitch: Live Game Streaming; InShot - Video Editor; PicCollage: Grids & Videos;

Download and install PhotoRaw on your computer

GET Compatible PC App

App	Download	Rating	Maker
PhotoRaw	Get App ↲	3 3.67	Alexander McGuffog

Or follow the guide below to use on PC:

Select Windows version:

Windows 10
Windows 11

Install PhotoRaw app on your Windows in 4 steps below:

Download an Android emulator for PC:
Get either Bluestacks or the Nox App >> . We recommend Bluestacks because you can easily find solutions online if you run into problems while using it. Download Bluestacks PC software Here >> .

Install the emulator:
On your computer, goto the Downloads folder » click to install Bluestacks.exe or Nox.exe » Accept the License Agreements » Follow the on-screen prompts to complete installation.

Using PhotoRaw on PC [Windows 10/ 11]:

Open the Emulator app you installed » goto its search bar and search "PhotoRaw"
The search will reveal the PhotoRaw app icon. Open, then click "Install".
Once PhotoRaw is downloaded inside the emulator, locate/click the "All apps" icon to access a page containing all your installed applications including PhotoRaw.
Now enjoy PhotoRaw on PC.

Download a Compatible APK for PC

Download	Developer	Rating	Current version
Get APK for PC →	Alexander McGuffog	3.67	4.6.0

Get PhotoRaw on Apple macOS

Download	Developer	Reviews	Rating
Get $9.99 on Mac	Alexander McGuffog	3	3.67

Download on Android: Download Android

PhotoRaw functions

- Viewer and developer for raw image files from most camera manufacturers

- Supports full 1:1 pixel resolution viewing, even for 100 mega-pixel plus medium format images

- Implements virtual memory to process even the largest images

- Incorporates a state-of-the-art AHD raw image demosaicing algorithm

- Includes a full demosaicing engine and basic exposure controls such as exposure, contrast, and brightness

- Allows control of sharpening for optimal image quality

- Supports exporting of images or cropped portions of images in JPEG or TIFF format

- Limitations: only supports raw formats, importing large raw files can take several minutes, and requires iOS 8 or later and iPad or iPhone 4 or later.

✔ Pros:

- Excellent customer service, with prompt response and quick fix for reported problems

- Acceptable speed for converting RAW files on an iPad2 while traveling

- Flawless performance with Nikon and Sony RAW files, with live view and easy-to-use adjustments

- Consistently delivers sharper, more detailed, and less noisy images with superior dynamic ranges compared to other RAW decoder apps

- Impressive speed on iPhone 5S, with useful batch import/export feature

☹ Cons:

- Limited by iPad's limitations, such as inability to calibrate screen for precise color management, limited processor capabilities, and relatively small amount of RAM

- Not a substitute for Lightroom or Photoshop on a full-fledged computer

- User interface needs work, with hard-to-move sliders and no ability to save or load presets

Top Pcmac Reviews

Outstanding customer service

By wallendoer (Pcmac user)

I reported a problem via email and they immediately responded. Together we diagnosed the problem and they had a fix in place within 24 hours. Now that’s customer service!
Desktop quality decoding, interface needs work

By Fruit-Dog (Pcmac user)

This app decodes my Canon RAW files better than Filterstorm, Photogene, or PiRAWnha—the images are appreciably sharper, more detailed, somewhat less noisy, and have superior dynamic ranges, most of the time. It's the one RAW decoder app that consistently delivers the advantages of working with RAW files and without much more latency than I'm used to running Aperture on my i5 MacBook Pro. On my iPhone 5S, it's impressively fast—batch import/export ends up being very useful. In terms of workflow efficiency, the problem is the user interface needs work: sliders are hard to move accurately, there's no ability to save or load presets, etc. With a little bit of polishing, this app could be a game changer for photojournalists on the go. I can't wait for the day this thing is able to import a batch of files, apply a little bit of processing to them, and dump them into Photogene.
Excellent raw converter for its intended purpose

By Satisfied Seattle user (Pcmac user)

I have used this app on an ipad2 for 1 1/2 years to convert Leica M9 DNG and Canon 5D RAW files while traveling. The earlier versions were slow but the current version of this app is acceptable in speed on the iPad2 for converting a few RAW photos to email to friends while I'm travelling. Once home, I would use Lightroom to make the final RAW conversions. It does not substitute for Lightroom or Photoshop on a full fledged computer. It is limited by the iPad's limitations,such as inability to calibrate the screen to provide precise color management, the limited processor capabilites, and relatively small amount of RAM. I don't use this app for most photos that I take, just the few that my friends would like to see before I return home. Users who complain about the program crashing may want to make sure that other programs running in the background are shut down, in order to free up additional RAM. For someone who takes RAW photos and would like to email (or upload onto social media sites) a few photos while travelling without a full-fledged computer, this app provides a solution.
Elegant and intuitive

By Kodachrome Kid (Pcmac user)

I am using the March 16, 2012 version with Nikon (D300) and Sony (NEX-5N) raw files and find the app works flawlessly. The Sony files are much larger than the Nikon files and take longer to open. This app is the only one I have that lets me see the raw files in a raw+jpg couple. Once the image is open, the live view while making adjustments is instantaneous. The image is large and the controls unobtrusive. The adjustments are the essentials that you need to get information from the raw files and are easy to use. The app has the nicest way of saving jpgs that I have seen. You turn cylinders, like setting times on the iPad calendar, to select the jpg size and quality. The app displays ample technical metadata. It would be nice if it also displayed IPTC (XMP version), because one Nikon model allows the writing of IPTC into the image and presumably more will follow. This app preserves the original filename. The time it takes for the iPad to open a raw image precludes mass production, but it is a very nice app for selected images.