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WBMP at a glance
WBMP
Before today's relatively small set of mainstream consumer image formats dominated everyday use, desktop software, workstations, GUI systems, and early graphics tools produced many specialized raster formats with local importance.
CRW at a glance
CRW
Early Canon digital-camera workflows used raw formats like CRW before the later EOS raw families stabilized around CR2 and then CR3.
Format comparison
| Feature | WBMP | CRW |
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| File type | Image | Image |
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| Created year | 1998 | 2000 |
| Inventor | WAP Forum (now Open Mobile Alliance) | Canon |
| Status | legacy | 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 WBMP
- Your source file is already in WBMP.
- Preserve source expectations before exporting to CRW.
- WBMP is commonly used in image workflows.
When to use CRW
- Your target workflow expects CRW.
- Improve delivery compatibility with CRW.
- CRW is commonly used in image workflows.
FAQs
Why convert WBMP to CRW?
Convert to CRW when maintaining compatibility with older Canon raw libraries or recovering historical camera originals.
In most current workflows it is a source to preserve or migrate, not a preferred new output format.
What changes when converting WBMP to CRW?
This conversion changes how the format behaves in downstream tools and delivery environments.
Moving to CRW adds camera raw data.
What should I review after converting WBMP to CRW?
Validate output quality on representative files and confirm the target format behaves correctly in the destination workflow.