How to Convert Multiple ARW Images to AI?
1. Download and Install reaConverter
Install reaConverter for fast ARW conversion. Quick setup, then you're ready to process entire photo shoots. You can also resize, crop, and adjust images during conversion.
2. Load your ARW files
Add your ARW files to reaConverter. Whether it's a handful or an entire archive, the batch engine processes them efficiently.
Drag files into the window, use the Add Files button, or select entire folders.
3. Select AI as output format
Set AI as output format and select where to save your converted files. Customize quality settings if needed.
4. Start ARW to AI conversion
Hit Convert to process your files. The log window shows progress, timing, and status for every file.
Conversion complete? Your AI files are saved to the destination folder, ready to use.
What changes when you convert ARW to AI
ARW files hold unprocessed sensor data, so white balance and exposure are still adjustable. Converting to AI bakes those decisions into the pixels, and highlight recovery is no longer available afterwards. Set white balance and exposure before the run rather than after. ARW is made of pixels and AI is a geometry format, so the two describe images in fundamentally different ways. Check the result before sending it downstream: what matters is whether the output contains editable geometry or a picture placed inside a AI container, and that determines whether a CAD or design tool can work with it.
