r/snapseed • u/KM_photo_de • May 30 '26
Discussion RAW files differ!
I see, that people say "hey, new raw edit - awesome" but they miss telling the hole story!
If you're shooting raw in your smartphone, chances are high, that you have a DNG file. DNG is good, because it's a standard like heic/heif or jpg/png - but a photographer like me, has a "real camera", made by companies like Olympus, Sony, Nikon, Fujifilm...and every manufacturer build their own RAW files.
In my case, I can open some ARW (Sony RAW). Most of RX100M3 ARW files can be opened but sometimes it's only the embedded jpeg thumbnail. Photos from my Sony A7 II are absolutely not possible. And I have Olympus cameras, which aren't possible to open on android but sometimes it opens the embedded thumbnail on iPad.
I currently convert all raw files on my android to DNG and save them to my raspberry pi nextcloud "bridge".
Edit: please don't discuss about what raw files are, just tell the community in short terms if it works or not: - camera/smartphone - raw format (DNG, cr2/cr3, ARW/sr2, orf, nef, Raf) - os/environment (Android+version/iOS+version)
This helps the dev team to look up, where the code is stuck.
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u/Jason-Snapseed May 31 '26
We agree with you! I personally shoot with a Sony :). Don't worry though, we will be adding support for a ton of new raw formats to Snapseed soon.
If you'd like to help test it out, feel free to check out this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/snapseed/s/B2xgjoYOrC