Converting Panasonic RW2 files to PSD creates Photoshop-ready documents with Venus Engine Photo Style rendering applied. This provides a direct path from Lumix cameras to Photoshop's editing environment for retouching and compositing workflows.

Panasonic's Lumix cameras are popular among hybrid photo-video users. For the photography side, PSD output from GH6, S5 II, and S1R captures provides immediate editing access in Photoshop with Photo Style color rendering as the starting point.

Photoshop's advanced editing tools require raster input. While Lightroom processes RW2 natively, complex retouching, compositing, and manipulation need Photoshop's layer system. RW2 to PSD provides direct editing access.

PSD is the creative team interchange format, integrating Lumix captures into collaborative design workflows with Photo Style rendering preserved.

Demosaices RW2 with Venus Engine and Photo Style, saves as flattened PSD in 8-bit RGB sRGB. Lossless RLE compression. Compatible with Photoshop CS2+.

Yes, applied and losslessly preserved in the PSD.

Yes — Affinity Photo, GIMP, Krita.

S1R: ~136 MB. S5 II: ~69 MB. GH6: ~72 MB.

Single flattened layer. Add layers in Photoshop.

PSD for Photoshop workflows. TIFF for broader compatibility.

Device	RW2	PSD
Windows PC	Partial	Partial
macOS	Partial	Partial
iPhone/iPad	Partial	Partial
Android	Partial	Partial
Linux	Partial	Partial
Web Browser	No	No

Feature	RW2	PSD
Full Name	Panasonic RAW	Adobe Photoshop Document
Extension	.rw2	.psd
Best For	Panasonic Lumix	Layer support

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