How to Convert Multiple PEF Images to AI?
1. Download and Install reaConverter
reaConverter installs quickly on any Windows PC. No dependencies, no bloatware — just a clean setup that's ready to use immediately. You can also resize, crop, and adjust images during conversion.
2. Load your PEF files
Open reaConverter and add your PEF files. You can load individual files, entire folders, or even nested subfolders.
Use drag-and-drop, folder browser, or right-click conversion from Explorer.
3. Select AI as output format
Pick AI as output format and choose the destination folder where you want to save new .ai files.
4. Start PEF to AI conversion
Click Convert to start the batch. reaConverter processes files quickly and shows you the status of each one.
Once done, reaConverter shows a summary. Click 'Show converted files' to jump straight to your AI output.
PEF to AI: what carries over and what does not
PEF 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. PEF 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.
