EPS to RAW Converter
Convert EPS to RAW in your browser. You download a Linear DNG (.dng), not a .raw: only a camera can create a genuine RAW, and every editor that opens RAW also opens DNG. Nothing is uploaded.
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How to use EPS to RAW
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Add your EPS files: drop them here, choose them, or paste from the clipboard.
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There is nothing to tune: the DNG is written uncompressed. Resizing and rotating are under More options if you need them.
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Click Convert. Each file is decoded and encoded in a background thread on this device.
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Download the .dng files one at a time or together as a ZIP.
Why use Aback Images for eps to raw
Where a RAW would go
RAW files are opened by Lightroom, Photoshop Camera Raw, Capture One, darktable, RawTherapee and dcraw-based tools, and every one of them opens the DNG too.
DNG next to EPS
The DNG is built from the preview stored in the EPS, so its size follows that preview's resolution rather than the complexity of the artwork.
Written without a lossy pass
The DNG is written uncompressed, so the pixels decoded from the EPS arrive unchanged.
Processed on your device
Your images are decoded, edited and encoded inside this browser tab by Web Workers. Nothing is uploaded to a server.
EPS vs RAW
What changes from EPS to RAW
Encoding: the EPS uses PostScript program text, with an optional binary TIFF preview or an EPSI hex preview; RAW uses uncompressed, lossless JPEG or vendor-specific coding of the sensor data, depending on the maker, and the download is a Linear DNG: demosaiced 8-bit RGB with the colour matrices raw editors need.
Bit depth: resolution-independent artwork, with previews usually 8-bit in the EPS; RAW allows 12 to 16 bits per channel, and the DNG written here has 8 bits per channel, linearised.
Colour: CMYK, RGB and spot colours in the EPS; RAW supports camera-native RGB from a colour filter mosaic, written here as 8-bit sRGB.
Metadata: the EPS can carry DSC comments such as %%BoundingBox, %%Creator and %%Title; RAW can carry EXIF and vendor maker notes, almost always with an embedded JPEG preview, but nothing is copied across.
About EPS
EPS is a PostScript drawing packaged for placing inside other documents. It was the exchange format of print and logo design for decades; most EPS files also carry a raster preview so layout software can show them.
An EPS is a PostScript program with DSC comments ('%!PS-Adobe-3.0 EPSF-3.0', %%BoundingBox). Files from Illustrator, Photoshop and CorelDRAW usually start with a 30-byte binary header (C5 D0 D3 C6) that points to a TIFF preview; others carry an EPSI hex preview between %%BeginPreview and %%EndPreview.
EPS files usually come from Illustrator, CorelDRAW, InDesign, TeX figures and stock vector libraries.
About RAW
Camera RAW files (CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, DNG, ORF, RW2, RAF and others) hold the unprocessed sensor data from a camera along with an embedded full-size JPEG preview rendered by the camera.
.RAW is an extension rather than one format. Panasonic and Leica compacts wrote TIFF-like .RAW files before Panasonic moved to RW2, and scanners and scientific cameras use .raw for headerless dumps with no width, height or layout recorded, which nothing can read without being told those values.
RAW files come from older Panasonic and Leica compacts that saved .RAW, and scanners or scientific cameras that use the extension for pixel dumps.
When converting EPS to RAW makes sense
Forms and workflows that ask for RAW usually feed a raw editor, and each of those opens DNG as well, so the DNG can take the RAW's place. Keep the EPS if you only need to view or share the picture.
What RAW offers when it comes straight from the camera: Maximum editing latitude in RAW editors; Includes a camera-rendered preview. Its drawbacks: Huge files; Every brand uses its own format; Phones, browsers and websites cannot display it.
Limitations
- The preview image stored inside the EPS is converted, not the vector artwork, so the output resolution is whatever the preview was saved at, often screen resolution. Raster EPS files, an image wrapped in PostScript, are read at full resolution.
- An EPS with no embedded preview (Inkscape's default and hand-written PostScript, for example) cannot be converted here, because a browser cannot run PostScript.
- The DNG holds the decoded 8-bit pixels, so it adds no dynamic range or detail beyond the EPS.
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Frequently asked questions
Why do I get a .dng file instead of a .raw?
A real RAW is written by a camera and holds the sensor's own readings (12 to 16 bits per channel, stored as uncompressed, lossless JPEG or vendor-specific coding of the sensor data, depending on the maker) along with EXIF and vendor maker notes, almost always with an embedded JPEG preview. An EPS holds no sensor data, so no software outside the camera can create a genuine RAW. The Linear DNG you get instead is Adobe's open raw format, and every editor that opens RAW files opens it with the same raw controls. It holds decoded pixels, so it adds no quality or dynamic range.
Does converting EPS to RAW lose quality?
DNG is written uncompressed, so the pixels are stored exactly as decoded.
Does this render the vector artwork in the EPS?
No. Browsers cannot run PostScript, so the converter uses the preview image that Illustrator, Photoshop, CorelDRAW and similar apps save inside the EPS, which is usually screen resolution. An EPS that simply wraps a raster image is read at full resolution. For full-resolution vector artwork, export from the original design app, or render the EPS with Ghostscript or Inkscape.
Are my images uploaded anywhere?
No. Processing happens inside your browser with WebAssembly and Web Workers. The site only downloads the app code and codecs; your files never leave your device. You can confirm this with the live upload counter on the tool, or in your browser's network panel.
Can I process many files at once?
Yes. Drop a whole selection or folder. Files are processed in parallel on several worker threads, each result can be downloaded on its own, and everything can be saved as one ZIP.
Is it free? Is there a file limit or watermark?
It is free with no account, no watermark and no daily limit. The only limit is your device's memory: very large images (over roughly 100 megapixels) may be refused to keep the tab from crashing.