Canon EOS REBEL T8i Advanced User's Manual page 265

RAW Images
RAW images are raw data from the image sensor that are recorded to the card digitally as
or (smaller than
RAW images can be processed using [
JPEG images. As the RAW image itself does not change, you can process the RAW image
to create any number of JPEG images with various processing conditions.
You can use Digital Photo Professional (EOS software) to process RAW images. You can
make various adjustments to images depending upon how they will be used and can
generate JPEG or other types of images reflecting the effects of those adjustments.
Note
To display RAW images on a computer, consider using the EOS application Digital
Photo Professional (hereafter DPP).
Older versions of DPP Ver.4.x do not support display, processing, editing, or other
operations with RAW images captured by this camera. If a previous version of DPP
(Ver.4.x) is installed, obtain and install the latest version of DPP from the Canon
website to update it (
Ver.3.x or earlier does not support display, processing, editing, or other operations
with RAW images captured by this camera.
Commercially available software may not be able to display RAW images taken
with this camera. For compatibility information, contact the software manufacturer.
Guide to Image Quality Settings
See Specifications
other estimated values.
) files, depending on your selection.
), which will overwrite the previous version. Similarly, DPP
for details on file size, number of shots available, maximum burst, and
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