Convert Sony raw .ARW photos to .jpg using ImageMagick/sips on macOS
I was searching for a way to write a bash/shell script to convert my Sony A7R III’s .ARW raw files to .jpg, expecting ImageMagick to be able to do it for me, since it can do everything. It turns out you can use the built-in tool sips.
for i in *.ARW; do sips -s format jpeg $i --out "jpg/${i%.*}.jpg"; done
That’s it! There’s now less of a need to have the camera generate .jpgs as well as raw, so you can save space while shooting.