Take Apple ProRAW photos with your iPhone camera

On iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, you can use Camera to take photos in Apple ProRAW. Apple ProRAW combines the information of a standard RAW format along with iPhone image processing to offer additional creative control when you make adjustments to exposure, color, and white balance (iOS 14.3 or later).

Apple ProRAW is available on all cameras, including the front camera. Apple ProRAW is not supported in Portrait mode.

The Camera screen in Photo mode. Buttons for flash and Night mode appear in the top-left corner of the screen. The Flash button and the Night mode button are turned off. The Camera Controls button is in the top center, and the ProRAW button and Live Photo button are in the top-right corner. The ProRAW button is turned on and the Live Photo button is turn off. At the bottom of the screen are, from left to right, the Photo and Video Viewer button, the Take Picture button, and the Camera Chooser Back-Facing button.

Set up Apple ProRAW

To set up Apple ProRAW on iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max, go to Settings > Camera > Formats, then turn on Apple ProRAW.

Note: Apple ProRAW photos retain more information about the images, resulting in larger file sizes.

Take a photo with Apple ProRAW

Open Camera, then tap to turn ProRAW on.
Take your shot.
As you shoot, you can toggle between and to turn ProRAW on and off.

To learn more about Apple ProRAW, see the Apple Support article About Apple ProRAW.

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