Supported file formats
Elements Organizer supports a wide range of image, video, and audio formats. Some camera-specific RAW files require Adobe Camera Raw to be installed.
Image formats
Formats that do not require Camera Raw
File format |
Extension |
Bitmap |
BMP |
CompuServe GIF |
GIF |
JPEG |
JPG, JPEG |
PNG |
PNG |
Photoshop |
PSD |
Photoshop Elements |
PSE |
TIFF |
TIF, TIFF |
HEIF |
HEIC |
Pixar |
PXR |
Olympus RAW* |
ORF |
Pentax RAW* |
PEF |
WebP |
WEBP |
Formats that require Camera Raw
File format |
Extension |
Sony RAW |
ARW, SR2, SRF |
Canon RAW |
CR2, CRW |
Kodak RAW |
DCR, KDC |
Adobe Digital Negative |
DNG |
Mamiya RAW |
MEF, MOS |
Minolta RAW |
MRW |
Nikon RAW |
NEF |
Fujifilm RAW |
RAF |
Sigma RAW |
X3F |
Panasonic RAW |
RAW |
Video formats
File format |
Extension |
3GPP |
3GP, 3GPP |
Audio Video Interleave |
AVI |
DV |
DV |
MPEG |
M2P, MPEG, MPG |
MPEG-4 |
MP4, M4V |
AVCHD |
M2TS, MTS |
QuickTime movie |
MOV |
Audio formats
File format |
Extension |
Advanced Audio Coding |
AAC, M4A |
Dolby Digital |
AC3 |
AIFF |
AIF, AIFF |
MPEG audio |
M2A, MP3 |
Windows Media Audio |
WMA |
- Camera Raw support depends on the installed version of Adobe Camera Raw and the camera model.
- Some video and audio formats require system codecs to be installed on your computer.
- HEIF (HEIC) support is platform dependent.
Camera Raw support
To view and work with supported RAW files, ensure that the latest version of Adobe Camera Raw is installed. To learn more about camera raw, see Introduction to Camera Raw.
