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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 | Yes | 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, Inkscape, 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 | No | No | |||||
| ART | ? | PFS: 1st Publisher clip art | .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 | ||
| MO:DCA | legacy | MO:DCA | IBM | .mda, .ica, .mmr, .afp | image | IBM's Content Manager and Image Plus | Yes | No | 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) | |
| 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 |
| Windows bitmap | None, RLE, JPEG, PNG | Raster | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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] | No[2] | Yes | Yes[3] | 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 |
| XCF | lossless | Raster? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| 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)
- ^ SMIL/SVG supports animation
- ^ SVG 1.1 color profile descriptions
Note: Interlacing is meant only for graphics file formats used over the web.
