Canon CR3 files

[Tony B]

I have just purchased a Canon EOS RP and have set the preferences to Raw and jpeg.  Affinity will open the jpeg files but not the Canon RAW (CR3) files.. Any advice, please?

Tony B

[IanSG]

3 hours ago, Tony B said:

Any advice, please?

Unfortunately, the only thing to do at the moment is wait!  RAW support is provided by LibRaw, which can't yet handle CR3.  There's a new release due out in a few weeks and there are mutterings that this will be the one to finaly support it.  

[Tony B]

Thanks Ian - I'll have to be patient.

[IanSG]

I've just had a look at LibRaw's News page - " CR3 support is expected in next public snapshot this Fall".  I've no idea how long it takes to include a new snaphot, and "expected" sounds a note of caution, but at least things are moving in the right direction.

[Eddie Anderson]

Good to know that support for CR3 files is on its way. I absolutely love Affinity Photo. At the moment, it's no big deal to open the CR3 files in Canon's own Digital Photo Professional programme, where white balance etc. can be adjusted before opening as a JPG in Affinity. Keep up the good work.

[walt.farrell]

FYI, beta 1.8.0.486 on Windows, released today, says it has CR3 support.

[IanSG]

Unfortunately it doesn't work with the images I've tried - "The file type is unsupported "

[walt.farrell]

45 minutes ago, IanSG said:

Unfortunately it doesn't work with the images I've tried - "The file type is unsupported "

Are you using one of the cameras listed as supported for the 1.8 beta?

[Patrick Connor]

As we are claiming CR3 support in the release notes, then if your files do not load into the 1.8.0 APh Windows beta please make a new post in that beta forum

[IanSG]

19 minutes ago, Patrick Connor said:

please make a new post in that beta forum

Aready done.

[IanSG]

1 hour ago, walt.farrell said:

Are you using one of the cameras listed as supported for the 1.8 beta?

No - the files are from an EOS R.   I've just tried images from an M50 (also not on the list) and they're OK!

[Patrick Connor]

Ok the entry in the changelist means something else to what I thought. It means specifically that the CR3 file extension has been added into the load and save dialogs on Windows. The flavour of the CR3 is determined by the libraw implementation (currently 0.19.5 in the 1.8.0 beta)