RAW Image file - what format is my data in?

Question

I\'m working on processing .raw image files, but I\'m not sure how the image is being stored. Each pixel is a unsigned 16-bit value, with typical values ranging from 0 to about

Answer 1

The other answers are correct, RAW is not a standard, it's shorthand. Camera CCDs often do not have separate red, green and blue pixels for each pixel, instead, they will use what's called a Bayer Pattern and then only save the pixel values for that pattern. Then, you will need to convert that pattern to rgb values.

Also, for the bonus question, if you are simply trying to convert a RGB image to grayscale, or something like that, you can either use the matrix operators, or call convertTO