This is a comparison of image file formats.
General
Ownership of the format and related information.
| Format |
Type |
Full name |
Owner |
Based Format |
File extension |
MIME type |
Application |
Patented |
Supported on ImageMagick |
Supported on FFmpeg |
| Abc |
? |
Advanced Bitonal Compression |
LEAD Technologies |
|
.abc |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| ADRG |
? |
ARC Digitized Raster Graphics |
|
|
.adrg |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| AdobeResource |
? |
|
Adobe Systems |
TIFF? |
|
|
|
|
? |
? |
| ADRI |
? |
ARC Digitized Raster Images |
|
|
.adri |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| AGP |
? |
ArtGem Project |
RL Vision |
|
.agp |
|
Preferred graphics format when working with ArtGem |
No |
No |
No |
| AI |
classic |
Adobe Illustrator Document |
Adobe Systems |
|
.ai |
application/Illustrator |
Adobe Illustrator files are editable using programs that support the format, such as Adobe Illustrator, CorelDRAW, etc. |
Yes |
No |
No |
| Alias Pix image |
? |
|
|
|
.pix, .matte, .mask, .alpha, .als |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| AMI |
? |
|
|
|
.ami |
|
Supported by Amica Paint |
|
No |
No |
| ANI |
classic |
ANI file format |
Microsoft |
RIFF |
.ani |
|
Used by Microsoft Windows |
|
No |
No |
| ANIM |
? |
|
Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga |
IFF |
.iff, .anim |
video/x-anim |
|
|
No |
No |
| APNG |
next gen |
Animated Portable Network Graphics |
Mozilla |
PNG |
.png |
image/png |
Gecko 1.9 |
No |
? |
No |
| Apple Icon Image |
? |
|
Apple Computer |
|
.icns |
|
Used by Mac OS X |
|
No |
No |
| APX |
? |
|
|
|
.apx |
|
Supported by Ebuyer Photo Paint |
|
No |
No |
| ART |
? |
|
AOL |
|
.art |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| Ascii Art |
classic |
|
|
|
.txt, .ansi, .text |
text/plain |
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| Authorware map |
legacy |
|
Adobe Systems |
|
.aam |
application/x-authorware-map |
|
|
No |
No |
| Authorware seg |
legacy |
|
Adobe Systems |
|
.aas |
application/x-authorware-seg |
|
|
No |
No |
| Authorware bin |
legacy |
|
Adobe Systems |
|
.aab, .x32, .u32, .vox |
application/x-authorware-bin |
|
|
No |
No |
| AutoCAD DXF |
? |
Drawing Interchange Format |
Autodesk |
|
.dxf |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| AWD |
? |
|
|
|
.awd |
image/awd |
Used by PhotoPhilia |
|
No |
No |
| ARW |
? |
Sony Alpha RAW |
Sony |
TIFF |
.arw |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| BAY |
? |
Casio RAW |
Casio |
|
.bay |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| BigTIFF |
? |
|
|
TIFF |
.btf, .tiff, .tif |
|
|
|
? |
No |
| BMF |
legacy |
|
Corel |
|
.bmf |
|
Used by Corel Clipart Gallery apps and any BMF image utility |
|
No |
No |
| bmp compressor |
next gen |
Bit Map Compressor |
|
|
.hpc |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| BLEAND |
? |
|
|
|
.blend |
|
Supported by Blender |
|
No |
No |
| BRK |
? |
Brooktrout Fax |
|
|
.brk |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| BSAVE |
legacy |
BSAVE Image |
|
|
.BSV |
|
Used by IBM PC. |
|
No |
No |
| CAM |
? |
Casio CAM |
Casio |
JPEG |
.cam |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| CADRG |
? |
Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics |
|
|
.cadrg |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| CAL |
? |
CALS raster file format |
|
|
.cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Capture One RAW |
? |
|
Phase One |
|
.cap |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| CRW |
? |
Canon RAW |
Canon |
|
.crw, .ciff |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| CR2 |
? |
Canon RAW 2 |
Canon |
TIFF |
.cr2 |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| CDR |
? |
CorelDRAW Document |
Corel Corporation |
|
.cdr |
application/coreldraw |
CorelDRAW files are editable using programs that support the format, such as CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, etc. |
Yes |
No |
No |
| CGM |
? |
Computer Graphics Metafile |
|
|
.cgm |
image/cgm |
CGM files are editable using programs that support the format, such as IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics, etc. |
|
No |
No |
| CIN |
? |
Cineon |
|
|
.cin |
image/cineon |
|
|
Yes |
Yes (ReadOnly) |
| Corel Paint Shop Pro Pattern |
? |
|
|
|
.pat |
|
Supported by Corel Paint Shop Pro |
|
No |
No |
| CPC |
? |
Cartesian Perceptual Compression |
Cartesian Products, Inc. |
|
.cpc, .cpi |
image/cpi |
Highly compressed raster imaging format. |
Yes |
No |
No |
| CPKT |
? |
APP5-CPKT Format |
|
JPEG |
.jpg, .jpe, .jpeg |
|
Used by PROSERPINE. |
|
No |
No |
| CPT |
? |
Corel Photo-Paint Image |
|
|
.cpt |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Crack Art |
legacy |
|
Detlef Röttger & Jan Borchers |
|
.ca1, .ca2, .ca3 |
|
an application on Atari ST |
|
No |
No |
| CUT |
legacy |
|
|
|
.cut |
|
Used by DSHELL. |
|
No |
No |
| CMYK |
basic |
|
|
|
.cmyk |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| CMYKA |
basic |
|
|
|
.cmyka |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| DCS |
? |
Kodak DCS Pro RAW |
Kodak |
|
.dcs |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| DCR |
? |
Digital Camera Raw |
Kodak |
|
.dcr |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| DDS |
classic |
DirectDraw Surface |
Microsoft |
|
.dds |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| Degas |
legacy |
Design & Entertainment Graphic Arts System |
Integral Solutions |
|
.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3 |
|
an application on Atari ST |
|
No |
No |
| DNG |
? |
Digital Negative |
Adobe Systems |
|
.dng |
|
Open format intended to replace proprietary .raw files in digital cameras |
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| DIA |
? |
|
|
XML |
.dia |
|
Used by Dia |
|
No |
No |
| DICOM |
? |
|
|
|
.dcm, .dicom |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| DjVu |
? |
DjVu |
AT&T Research |
|
.djvu, .djv |
image/vnd.djvu |
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| Doodle |
legacy |
|
|
|
.doo |
|
an application on Atari ST |
|
No |
No |
| DPX |
? |
Digital Picture eXchange file format |
|
|
.dpx |
image/dpx |
|
|
Yes |
No |
| DRF |
? |
Kodak Pro Back RAW |
Kodak |
|
.drf |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Dr. Halo |
legacy |
|
|
|
.cut |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| Encapsulated PostScript |
classic |
|
|
|
.epi, .eps, .eps2, .eps3, epsf, epsi, ept |
|
|
|
Yes (partially ReadOnly) |
No |
| ECW |
? |
Enhanced Compressed Wavelet File |
Earth Resource Mapping |
|
.ecw |
|
Geo-referenced image format used for aerial photos |
|
No |
No |
| EDG |
classic |
EDGE2 Original Format |
TAKABO |
|
.edg |
|
Used by EDGE2 |
|
No |
No |
| EMF |
? |
Windows Enhanced Metafile |
Microsoft |
|
.emf |
|
Microsoft Office |
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| EMF+ |
? |
|
|
|
.emf+ |
|
|
|
? |
No |
| ERF |
? |
EPSON RAW |
EPSON |
|
.erf |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| ERI |
next gen |
Entis Rasterized Image format |
|
|
.eri |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Exif |
classic |
Exchangeable Image File Format |
|
|
.exif |
|
|
|
? |
? |
| EVA |
? |
Extended Vector Animation |
Sharp Corporation |
|
.eva |
application/x-eva |
|
|
No |
No |
| EXR |
? |
OpenEXR |
ILM |
|
.exr |
image/exr |
Used in film effects for 3d rendering and hdr images. |
? |
Yes |
No |
| FIF |
? |
Fractal Image Format |
|
|
.fif |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| FIG |
? |
FIG format |
|
|
.fig |
|
Supported by Xfig |
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| FITS |
? |
Flexible Image Transport System |
|
|
.fit, .fits |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
Yes |
No |
| FLA |
classic |
Flash Source File |
|
|
.fla |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| FLIC |
? |
|
Autodesk |
|
.fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
Yes (ReadOnly) |
| FLW |
? |
Kivio Document |
|
|
.flw |
|
Supported by Kivio |
|
No |
No |
| FPX |
? |
FlashPix (1.0.2) |
|
|
.fpx |
image/vnd.fpx |
|
|
Yes |
No |
| FreeHand |
legacy |
|
Adobe Systems |
|
.fh4, .fh5, .fh7, .fh8, .fhc, .fh |
image/x-freehand |
|
|
No |
No |
| FutureSplash |
legacy |
|
Adobe Systems |
|
.spl |
application/futuresplash |
|
|
No |
No |
| FXT |
? |
|
3DFX |
|
.fxt |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| GEGL composition |
next gen |
|
|
XML |
.xml |
application/xml |
used by GEGL |
|
No |
No |
| GIF |
classic |
Graphics Interchange Format |
CompuServe,
Unisys (compression algorithm) |
|
.gif, .gfa |
image/gif |
Supported by most web browsers. Supports transparency and animation. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| GIMP brush |
classic |
|
The GIMP Team |
|
.gbr |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| GIMP compressed XJT image |
classic |
|
The GIMP Team |
|
.xjt, .xjtgz (compressed), .xjtbz2 (compressed) |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| GIH |
classic |
Gimp image hose |
The GIMP Team |
|
.gih |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| GIMP patterns |
classic |
|
The GIMP Team |
|
.pat |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| GRA |
legacy |
|
|
|
.gra |
|
Used by QSV and QLD. |
|
No |
No |
| G3 Fax |
? |
|
|
|
.g3 |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| Hasselblad 3FR RAW |
? |
|
|
|
.3fr |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Hasselblad/Imacon FFF |
? |
|
|
|
.fff |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| HD Photo |
next gen |
HD Photo |
Microsoft |
|
.wdp, .hdp |
image/vnd.ms-photo |
TIFF-like container format with HDR encoding for photographic images |
Yes (no licence costs) |
No |
No |
| HG |
legacy |
Hyper Graphic Press |
|
|
.hg |
|
Supported by some old Japanese applications. |
|
No |
No |
| ICER |
? |
|
NASA Mars Rovers |
|
|
|
|
|
No |
No |
| IIQ RAW |
? |
Intelligent Image Quality RAW |
Phase One |
|
.iiq |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| IMA |
? |
.ima |
.ima team |
|
.ima |
|
Format for photographic images with HDR encoding. |
No |
No |
No |
| IMG |
? |
|
|
|
.img |
|
Supported by GEM Paint |
|
No |
No |
| im4 |
legacy |
|
Masahide Hirabayashi |
|
.im4 |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Inkscape SVG |
classic |
|
The Inkscape Team |
SVG |
.svg, .svgz |
|
Used by Inkscape |
|
No |
No |
| ICO |
classic |
ICO file format |
Microsoft |
|
.ico, .cur |
image/vnd.microsoft.icon, image/x-icon |
Used by Microsoft Windows |
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| ICS |
? |
Image Cytometry Standard |
|
|
.ics, .ids |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| IGS |
? |
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification |
|
|
.gs |
image/iges |
|
|
No |
No |
| ILBM |
? |
InterLeaved BitMap |
Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga |
IFF |
.iff, .ilbm, .lbm |
image/x-ilbm |
Planar graphics format designed for Amiga graphics hardware. |
No |
No |
No |
| IPTC/NAA |
? |
IPTC/NAA |
|
TIFF |
|
|
|
|
? |
? |
| JBIG |
? |
|
Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group |
|
.jbig, .bie, .jbg |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| JBIG2 |
? |
|
Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group |
|
|
|
|
|
? |
No |
| JNG |
next gen |
JPEG Network Graphics |
|
|
.jng |
image/x-jng |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| JPEG |
classic |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
|
.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe (containers: .jif, .jfif, .jfi) |
image/jpeg |
Photographic images. Supported by most web browsers. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| JPEG 2000 |
next gen |
Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 |
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
|
.jp2, .j2c, jpc, j2k, jpx |
image/jp2 |
Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG. |
Yes (no licence costs for part 1) |
Yes |
No |
| JPEG-LS |
next gen |
|
Joint Photographic Experts Group |
|
.jls |
|
|
|
? |
No |
| JPEG-HDR |
next gen |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
? |
No |
| J6I |
? |
|
RICOH |
JPEG |
.j6i |
|
Used by RICOH DC-1/2 |
|
No |
No |
| KDC |
? |
Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW |
Kodak |
|
.kdc |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| KOA |
? |
|
|
|
.koa, gg (compressed) |
|
Supported by Koala Paint |
|
No |
No |
| KIFF |
? |
Kt Interchange File Format |
|
|
.kif, .kiff |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| KISS CEL |
? |
|
|
|
.cel |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
No |
No |
| Kodak TIFF extensions |
? |
|
Kodak |
TIFF |
.tif |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Kodak YCC |
? |
|
Kodak |
|
.pcd |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| KQP |
? |
|
Minolta |
JPEG |
.kqp |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| K25 |
? |
Kodak DC25 RAW |
Kodak |
|
.k25 |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Leaf Mosaic RAW |
? |
|
|
|
.mos |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| LightStream Picture |
? |
|
|
|
.lsp |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Mac Paint |
? |
|
|
|
.pnt, .mac |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| MDC |
? |
Minolta RD175 Format |
Minolta |
|
.mdc |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| MET |
? |
OS/2 Metafile Format |
|
|
.met |
|
Supported by SAS/GRAPH |
|
No |
No |
| MNG |
next gen |
Multiple-image Network Graphics |
|
PNG |
.mng |
video/x-mng |
|
No |
Yes |
No |
| MYD |
? |
Myd format |
|
|
.myd |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| MYV |
? |
Myv vector format |
|
|
.myv |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| NEF |
? |
Nikon RAW |
Nikon |
|
.nef |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| MEF |
? |
Mamiya RAW |
Mamiya |
|
.mef |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Neochrome |
legacy |
|
Dave Staugas |
|
.neo |
|
an application on Atari ST |
|
No |
No |
| MAG |
legacy |
MAKIchan Graphic loader |
Woody-Rinn |
|
.mag |
|
Used by many old Japanese applications. |
|
No |
No |
| MAKI |
legacy |
MAKIchan net format |
Woody-Rinn |
|
.mki |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| MIFF |
classic |
Magick image file format |
ImageMagick Studio |
|
.miff |
|
Supported by ImageMagick |
|
Yes |
No |
| MSA |
legacy |
Misachan File |
Hirohumi Iguchi |
|
.msa |
|
Supported by old Japanese applications |
|
No |
No |
| MSL |
classic |
Magick Scripting Language |
ImageMagick Studio |
|
.msl |
|
Supported by ImageMagick |
|
Yes |
No |
| MVG |
classic |
Magick Vector Graphics |
ImageMagick Studio |
|
.mvg |
|
Supported by ImageMagick |
|
Yes |
No |
| MPC |
classic |
Magick Persistent Cache image file format |
ImageMagick Studio |
|
.mpc |
|
Supported by ImageMagick |
|
Yes |
No |
| MRW |
? |
Minolta RAW |
Minolta |
|
.mrw |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| NSK-TIFF |
? |
NSK-TIFF |
Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (日本新聞協会) |
TIFF |
|
|
|
|
? |
? |
| ODG |
classic |
OpenDocument drawing |
|
|
.odg |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| ORF |
? |
Olympus RAW |
Olympus |
|
.orf |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| PAM |
legacy |
portable anymap file format |
|
|
.pam |
|
|
|
? |
Yes |
| Panasonic RAW |
? |
|
Panasonic |
|
.raw |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| PCIF |
next gen |
Polyomino Compressed Image Format |
|
|
.pcf |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| PhaseOne P25/P30/P45 RAW |
? |
|
Phase One |
|
.tif, .tiff |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| PictureGear Pocket Image |
? |
|
|
|
.prc |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| PBM |
legacy |
Portable Bitmap File Format |
|
|
.pbm |
image/x-portable-bitmap |
|
|
Yes |
No |
| PCD |
? |
Kodak ImagePac Photo CD |
Kodak |
|
.pcd |
image/jpcd |
|
|
Yes |
No |
| PCF |
? |
Pixel Coordination Format |
|
|
.pcf |
image/pcf |
|
|
No |
No |
| PCX |
? |
ZSoft PC Paintbrush File |
ZSoft Corporation |
|
.pcx, .pcc, .dcx |
image/x-pcx |
Dated rle packed indexed image format, used in some early 3d shooting games like Unreal Tournament as it takes up very little space and is easy to decode. |
? |
Yes |
Yes (ReadOnly) |
| PDF |
classic |
Portable Document Format |
Adobe Systems |
|
.pdf, .epdf |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| PGF |
next gen |
Progressive Graphics File |
xeraina GmbH |
|
.pgf |
|
Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG. |
No |
No |
No |
| PEF |
? |
PENTAX RAW |
PENTAX |
|
.pef |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| PGM |
legacy |
Portable Graymap File Format |
|
|
.pgm |
image/x-portable-graymap |
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Photochrome |
legacy |
|
|
|
.pcs |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| PNM |
legacy |
portable anymap |
|
|
.pnm |
|
|
|
? |
No |
| PTX |
? |
Pentax RAW Bitmap Graphic |
Pentax |
|
.ptx |
|
|
|
No |
Yes (ReadOnly) |
| Pi |
legacy |
|
Yanagisawa |
|
.pi |
|
Used by some old Japanese applications. |
|
No |
No |
| PIC |
legacy |
Yanagisawa PIC |
Yanagisawa |
|
.pic |
|
Used by many old Japanese applications. |
|
No |
No |
| PIC |
legacy |
DoGA PIC |
Project Team DoGA |
|
.pic |
|
Used by DoGA CGA System. |
|
No |
No |
| PICT |
? |
Macintosh PICT Format |
Apple Computer |
|
.pict, .pic, .pct, .pct1, .pct2 |
image/pict |
Metafile for Mac OS, not meant for print publishing. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PICtor |
? |
|
John Bridges, Doug Wolfgram |
|
.pic |
|
Supported by PCPaint |
|
No |
No |
| PIC2 |
next gen |
|
Yanagisawa |
|
.p2 |
|
Supported by some old Japanese applications. |
|
No |
No |
| Pixel |
? |
Pixel image format |
Pixel |
|
.px |
image/px |
Native format of the Pixel image editing program. |
? |
No |
No |
| PLD |
? |
PhotoLine Document |
Computerinsel GmbH |
|
.pld |
application/pld |
Native format of the PhotoLine image editing program. |
? |
No |
No |
| PMP |
? |
|
Sony |
JPEG |
.pmp |
|
Used by Sony Cyber-Shot |
|
No |
No |
| PNG |
classic |
Portable Network Graphics |
World Wide Web Consortium |
|
.png |
image/png |
W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web browsers. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Postscript |
classic |
|
|
|
ps, ps2, ps3 |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| PPM |
legacy |
Portable Pixmap File Format |
|
|
.ppm |
image/x-portable-pixmap |
Very easy to understand. Programs to analyze and write to this format are easily written. |
|
Yes |
Yes |
| PSD |
classic |
Photoshop Document |
Adobe Systems |
|
.psd, .psb, .pdb, .pdd |
image/psd, image/photoshop, image/x-photoshop |
Used mainly for storing image manipulation & editing data. |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
| PSP |
? |
Paint Shop Pro Document |
Corel Corporation |
|
.psp, .tub, .pspimage |
image/psp |
It can only be opened in programs that support the format, such as Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, etc. |
? |
No |
No |
| PSX TIM |
? |
|
|
|
.tim |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| PSX TIM2 |
? |
Sony PlayStation Tim2 |
Sony |
|
.tm2, .str |
|
Used by PlayStation2 |
|
? |
No |
| PXA |
classic |
|
|
|
.pxa |
|
Used by Pixia |
|
No |
No |
| QuickTime Image |
? |
|
Apple Inc. |
|
.qtif, .qti, .qif |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Q0 |
legacy |
|
|
|
.q0 |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Q4 |
legacy |
XLD4 |
MAJYO |
|
.q4 |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| RAF |
? |
Fujifilm RAW |
Fujifilm |
|
.raf |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| RGB |
basic |
|
|
|
.rgb |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| RGBA |
basic |
|
|
|
.rgba |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| R3D |
? |
RED REDCODE™ RAW |
Red |
|
.r3d |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| SAI |
classic |
|
SYSTEMAX |
|
.sai |
|
Supported by PaintTool SAI |
|
No |
No |
| SCT |
? |
Scitex Continuous Tone Picture |
|
|
.sct |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| SDA |
? |
|
Sun Microsystems |
|
.sda |
|
Supported by StarOffice Draw 3-5 |
|
No |
No |
| SDD |
? |
|
Sun Microsystems |
|
.sdd |
|
Supported by StarOffice Draw 3-5 |
|
No |
No |
| SFW |
? |
Seattle File Works image |
|
|
.sfw |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| SGB |
? |
|
Sun Microsystems |
|
.sgb |
|
Supported by StarOffice Graphics 2 |
|
No |
No |
| SGI |
? |
Silicon Graphics Image |
|
|
.sgi, .rgb, .rgba, .bw, .int, .inta, .icon |
|
|
|
Yes |
Yes |
| Shockwave Direcotr |
legacy |
|
Adobe Systems |
|
.dir, .dcr, .dxr, .fgd |
application/x-director |
Used by Adobe Shockwave. |
|
No |
No |
| SK |
classic |
|
|
|
.sk |
|
Supported by Skencil |
|
No |
No |
| SketchUp Format |
classic |
|
|
|
.skp, .skb |
|
Supported by SketchUp |
|
No |
No |
| SML |
classic |
Kivio stencil |
|
|
.sml |
|
Supported by Kivio |
|
No |
No |
| SRF |
? |
Sony RAW File |
Sony |
|
.srf, .sr2 |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| SUN |
? |
Sun rasterfile |
Sun Microsystems |
|
.sun, .ras, .rs, .im1, .im8, .im24, .im32 |
|
Supported by GIMP |
|
Yes |
Yes (ReadOnly) |
| STX |
? |
SBIG CCD camera ST-x |
|
|
.stx, .st4, .st5, .st6, .st7, .st8, .st9 |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| SuperView Graphics |
legacy |
|
Andreas Kleinert |
|
.svg |
|
Used by SuperView Graphics library |
|
No |
No |
| SVG |
classic |
Scalable Vector Graphics |
World Wide Web Consortium |
XML |
.svg, .svgz (compressed) |
image/svg+xml |
Scriptable vector image format; supported by major web browsers, occasionally via plug-in. |
No |
Yes |
No |
| SWF |
classic |
Shockwave Flash |
Adobe Systems |
|
.swf |
application/x-shockwave-flash |
Supported by many web browsers via plug-in. |
|
No |
Yes |
| SXD |
classic |
OpenOffice.org 1.0 drawing format |
|
|
.sxd |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| TGA |
classic |
Truevision Targa |
Truevision Inc. |
|
.tga, .tpic |
image/tga |
Used by many 3D rendering applications and 3d games. |
Yes? |
Yes |
Yes (ReadOnly) |
| TIFF |
classic |
Tagged Image File Format |
Adobe Systems |
|
.tiff, .tif |
image/tiff |
Document scanning and imaging format, also functions as a container. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| TIFF/EP |
? |
Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography |
International Organization for Standardization |
TIFF |
.tiff, .tif |
|
|
|
? |
? |
| TIFF-FX |
? |
Tag Image File Format Fax eXtended |
|
TIFF |
.tiff, .tif |
image/tiff-fx |
|
|
? |
? |
| Tiny Stuff |
legacy |
|
David Mumper |
|
.tny, .tn1, .tn2, .tn3, .tn4, .tn5, tn6 |
|
an application on Atari ST |
|
No |
No |
| TLG5 |
? |
|
|
|
.tlg |
|
Used by KiriKiri |
|
No |
No |
| TLG6 |
next gen |
|
|
|
.tlg |
|
Used by KiriKiri |
|
No |
No |
| UFO |
? |
Ulead File for Objects |
|
|
.ufo |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| XAML |
next gen |
Extensible Application Markup Language |
Microsoft |
XML |
.xaml |
application/xaml+xml |
Used by Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight. |
? |
No |
No |
| XAR |
? |
Xar |
|
|
.xar |
application/vnd.xara |
|
|
No |
No |
| XBM |
legacy |
X BitMap |
|
|
.xbm, .bm, .icon, .bitmap |
image/x-xbitmap |
Used by many legacy Unix applications. |
|
Yes |
No |
| XCF |
classic |
XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing Facility |
The GIMP Team |
|
.xcf, .xcfbz2 (compressed), .xcfgz (compressed) |
application/x-gimp-image |
Used by GIMP |
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| XPM |
legacy |
X-Pixmap |
|
|
.xpm, .pm |
image/x-xpm |
Used by many legacy Unix applications. |
|
Yes |
No |
| X3F |
? |
SIGMA RAW |
SIGMA |
|
.x3f |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| XWD |
? |
|
|
|
.xwd, .x11 |
|
Used by X Window System |
|
Yes |
No |
| WinFax |
? |
|
Symantec |
|
.wfx, fxs, fxo |
|
|
|
No |
No |
| Windows bitmap |
classic |
Windows bitmap |
Microsoft |
|
.bmp, .dib, .rle, .2bp (2bpp) |
image/x-bmp |
Used by many 2D applications. |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| WBMP |
? |
Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format |
WAP Forum |
|
.wbmp, .wbm, .wbp |
image/vnd.wap.wbmp |
|
|
Yes |
No |
| WordPerfect Graphics File |
? |
|
|
|
.wpg |
|
|
|
Yes (ReadOnly) |
No |
| YCbCr |
basic |
|
|
|
.ycbcr |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| YCbCrA |
basic |
|
|
|
.ycbcra |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| YUV |
basic |
|
|
|
.yuv |
|
|
|
Yes |
No |
| ZDT |
? |
|
|
|
.zdt |
|
Used by TECH Win |
|
No |
No |
Technical details
| Format |
Compression algorithm |
Raster / Vector |
Color depth |
Indexed color |
Transparency |
Metadata |
Interlacing* |
Multi-page |
Animation |
Layers |
Color management |
Extendable |
HDR format |
| AGP |
RLE |
Raster |
32 |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
| AI |
Lossy & Lossless |
Vector & Raster |
1, 8, 24, 32 (multiple palettes ?) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No |
| CDR |
Lossy & Lossless |
Vector & Raster |
1, 8, 24, 32 (multiple palettes) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No |
| CPC |
CPC |
Raster |
1 |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes, via embedded dictionary |
No |
| EXR |
None, RLE, ZIP, Piz, PXR24, B44 |
Raster |
16 - 128 (floating-point) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| GIF |
LZW |
Raster |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
Yes |
Yes, index |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes (GIF89a) |
No |
| HD Photo |
Lossy & Lossless bi-orthogonal transform |
Raster |
1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 128 (floating-point) |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| ILBM |
Optional run-length encoding |
Raster |
8-bit, 24-bit |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes,
Palette-shifting |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
| IMA |
Lossy and lossless original mutiresolution analysis transformation |
Raster |
8-bit, 16-bit integer, 32-bit floating-point |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| JPEG |
Lossy & Lossless, DCT, RLE, Huffman predictive nearest neighbor |
Raster |
8-bit (greyscale), 12-bit, 24-bit |
No |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No (see unofficial JPEG-HDR) |
| JPEG 2000 |
Lossy & Lossless (DWT) |
Raster |
8, 16 (greyscale) Up to 48-bit color? |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
? |
No |
| PCX |
None, RLE |
Raster |
1, 2, 4, 8, 24 |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| PGF |
Lossy & Lossless (DWT) |
Raster |
greyscale: 1, 8, 16, 31; color: 12, 16, 24, 32, 48 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
? |
No |
| PICT |
None, RLE, QuickTime |
Raster & Vector |
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
No |
? |
No? |
No |
| Pixel |
GZIP |
Raster |
1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PLD |
Optional ZIP, JPEG |
Vector & Raster |
1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
| PNG |
Lossless, DEFLATE |
Raster |
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 |
Yes (1-8 bit modes) |
Yes; Alpha channel 8b, 16b; 8b for indexed per-entry |
Yes |
Yes, Adam7 algorithm |
No |
No (see MNG and APNG) |
No |
Yes |
Yes, via chunks |
Yes, 48 and 64bit mode |
| PPM |
None |
Raster |
Up to 16 |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| PSD |
None, RLE |
Raster & Vector |
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No? |
Yes |
| PSP |
None |
Raster & Vector |
1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
? |
No |
Yes |
? |
? |
No |
| SVG |
None, lossless gzip |
Vector |
24, 32 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes (1.2)[1] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes[2] |
Yes, XML based |
N/A |
| TGA |
None, RLE, and other |
Raster |
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
? |
No |
| TIFF |
None, LZW, RLE, ZIP, and other |
Raster & Vector |
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 |
Yes (1-8 bit modes) |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, for JPEG compression |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes, via tags |
Yes, TIFF float |
| XAML |
None |
Vector |
32, 64 |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
N/A |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
| Windows bitmap |
None, RLE, JPEG, PNG |
Raster |
1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
| Format |
Compression algorithm |
Raster / Vector |
Color depth |
Indexed color |
Transparency |
Metadata |
Interlacing* |
Multi-page |
Animation |
Layers |
Color management |
Extendable |
HDR format |
Notes and references
- ^ Multiple pages (SVG 1.2)
- ^ SVG 1.1 color profile descriptions
Note: Interlacing is meant only for graphics file formats used over the web.
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