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ICO at a glance
ICO
ICO grew with the Windows desktop experience, where applications needed icons that scaled across shell views, toolbars, shortcuts, and later higher-DPI environments.
SRW at a glance
SRW
Digital photography fragmented into many manufacturer-specific raw formats because camera makers optimized for their own sensors, metadata, and software ecosystems rather than for one shared public raw standard.
Format comparison
| Feature | ICO | SRW |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 1985 | 2010 |
| Inventor | Microsoft | Samsung |
| Status | active | proprietary |
| Transparency | Not supported | Not supported |
| Animation | Not supported | Not supported |
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| Layer support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Vector scaling | Not supported | Not supported |
| Camera raw data | Not supported | Supported |
| HDR support | Not supported | Not supported |
| Streaming ready | Not supported | Not supported |
When to use each format
When to use ICO
- Your source file is already in ICO.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to SRW.
- ICO is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use SRW
- Your target workflow expects SRW.
- Improve delivery compatibility with SRW.
- SRW is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert ICO to SRW?
Convert to SRW when preserving Samsung-origin raw captures or maintaining compatibility with a Samsung camera archive.
It is mainly an archival and editing format rather than a modern delivery target.
What changes when converting ICO to SRW?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to SRW adds camera raw data.
What should I review after converting ICO to SRW?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.