# RAW Assets

## Apple ProRAW/ProRes

Apple supports shooting stills and videos in [DNG](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Negative) format and 
they can be downloaded by `icloudpd` as any other supported format.

## Imported RAW images

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RAW images from third party cameras can be imported into Apple Photos or uploaded to iCloud.com. 
These type of assets can also be downloaded by `icloudpd`. The following formats are recognized:

- Adobe DNG - same as Apple ProRAW
- Canon CR2, CR3, and CRW
- Sony ARW
- Fuji RAF
- Panasonic RW2
- Nikon NRF, NEF
- Pentax PEF
- Olympus ORF

## RAW+JPEG and JPEG+RAW

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iCloud supports images with two representations. `icloudpd` can download one or both representations.

One representation will be `original` [size](size) and another `alternative`.

As of June 2024, icloud.com always shows assets with two representations as RAW+JPEG. Photo app on Mac
allows choosing which representation to treat as original, but it is not clear what that setting changes. 

`icloudpd` disambiguates behavior with `--align-raw` parameter:

- *original* always treat RAW as original [size](size)
- *alternative* always treat RAW as alternative [size](size)
- *as-is* treat RAW as it is in iCloud data