What is? ORF File Format?
You most definitely came across the Olympus Raw File (ORF) format at some point in your digital process. If you take pictures, you have most likely come across this format. Exclusive to Olympus cameras, ORF files represent the raw image format. Unprocessed photographic data stored in a digital media format is housed in these files.
Like other raw image formats such as CR2, NEF, and ARW, ORF files have the digital image data in its natural, uncompressed state. Additional raw picture formats are ARW and others. This allows photographers to change the image free from the restrictions of utilizing a JPEG or TIFF file. When using ORF files, photographers also have the post-processing ability to change the image’s white balance and color balance.
There are several methods one might use to open an ORF file. If you run a Mac, you can study and change ORF files with the default Preview tool on your machine. Products Windows users could use to see and edit view Range Format (ORF) files are Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, and Corel PaintShop Pro. Furthermore available are several free image-editing programs able to open ORF files. Among these projects are Paint.NET, IrfanView, and GIMP.
Should you have an ORF file you must translate into another format, there are a few options at hand. A free file converter will help you translate the ORF file into a more widely used format, such as JPEG or TIFF. Using an image editing application like Adobe Photoshop allows one to save the ORF file in another format as well.
More specifically, Olympus cameras employ their own raw image format, ORF files. The image data is preserved in its natural, uncompressed form, so photographers are able to alter it more freely in the post-processing stage. Opening an ORF file presents several possibilities. While for Windows users tools like Adobe Photoshop or Corel PaintShop Pro can be used, for Mac users the default Preview tool can be accessed. Using a free file converter or an image-editing program will also help you translate the ORF file into a more widely used format, say JPEG or TIFF. You may find both of these choices here.