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Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This is a comparison of graphics file formats. ...


Here is a summary of the most common graphics file formats: A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file. ...

File extension MIME type Graphics type Proper name Description
.adrg  ? raster ARC Digitised Raster Graphics 24-bit color raster images used mainly for spatial information.
.adri  ? raster ARC Digitised Raster Images 24-bit color raster images.
.agp  ? raster ArtGem Project AGP is a proprietary image file format developed by RL Vision for use in the paint software ArtGem. The format saves up to 16 layers of 24-bit color information with an 8-bit alpha channel.
.ai application
/illustrator
vector Adobe Illustrator Artwork Vector format for Adobe Illustrator (originally a subset of PostScript, if an appropriate file header was present).
.art  ? raster ART ART is a proprietary image file format mostly used by the America Online® client software. The ART format holds a single still image that has been highly compressed. ART files are also the containers of textures and sprites on Ken Silverman's build engine.
.bmp image/bmp raster Windows Bitmap Commonly used by Microsoft Windows programs, and the Windows operating system itself. Lossless compression can be specified (RLE), but some programs use only uncompressed files.
.cadrg  ? raster Compressed ARC Digitised Raster Graphics 24-bit color raster images used mainly for spatial information.
.cdr application
/CorelDRAW
vector CorelDRAW Document Default proprietary format for Corel CorelDRAW 2-D documents. Features include multiple import/export filters, 3-D special effects and object/image layering.
.cgm image/cgm vector Computer Graphics Metafile Defined by ISO Standard 8632. Often used for complex engineering drawings, e.g. in the aviation industry. (CGM members)
.cin image/cineon raster Cineon Cineon is a subset of the ANSI/SMPTE DPX file format with fixed headers.
.cpi image/cpi raster Cartesian Perceptual Compression Hypercompressed format for black-and-white raster images. Typically compresses images 5-20 times smaller than corresponding TIFF or PDF versions, leading to dramatic reductions in download times and server network traffic.
.cpt  ? raster Corel Photo-Paint Image Default proprietary format for Corel Photo-Paint documents. Has many extra features such as image layering. Supported by very few image editing programs other than Corel Photo-Paint. Photo-Paint Images are usually smaller than Photoshop Documents.
.dpx image/dpx vector Digital Picture eXchange file format DPX is an ANSI/SMPTE standard (268M-2004) similar to Cineon but with flexible and variable image headers.
.dxf image/vnd.dxf vector ASCII Drawing Interchange Standard ASCII text files used to store vector data for CAD programs.
.eps application
/postscript
raster / vector Encapsulated PostScript A PostScript file that describes a small vector graphic, as opposed to a whole page or set of pages.
.emf  ? vector Windows Enhanced Metafile An enhanced version of Windows Metafile. Supported in Windows NT and later.
.exr image/exr raster Extended Dynamic Range Image File Format OpenEXR is the Open Source high dynamic-range (HDR) file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic for advanced imaging in movie production. The main advantage of that format are up to 32-bit floating-point pixels and multiple lossless image compression algorithms up to 2:1 lossless compression on film grained images.
.fh  ? vector Macromedia Freehand Document Vector format for Macromedia Freehand.
.fla  ? vector Flash Source File Shockwave Flash source file, only usable by Macromedia Flash authoring software.
.fpx image/vnd.fpx raster FlashPix (1.0.2) Uncompressed / lossy, 8-bit grayscale & 24-bit color. Provides multiple resolutions of each image.
.gif image/gif raster Graphics Interchange Format GIF is used extensively on the web. Supports animated images. Supports only 255 colors per frame, so requires lossy quantization for full-color photos (dithering); using multiple frames can improve color precision. Uses lossless LZW compression, which used to make GIF sometimes undesirable due to LZW patent (now expired) issues.
.iff
.ilbm
 ? raster Interchange file format / Interleave bitmap File format popular on the Amiga computer. ILBM is a subtype of the IFF fileformat, which can contain more than just pictures. It is a true bitplane format, so it can display from 2 upto 262.144 colors and supports even palettes of only 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 colors that are uncommon for other formats. It commonly uses 32 colours from 4096 palette (Amiga OCS), and a proprietary mode storing 4096 colors palette in 5 bitplanes called Hold&Modify (HAM) or 16 millions in only 8 bitplanes (HAM 8). But full 12 bit 4096 colors and full 24 bit version exist. It usually employs a lossless compression.
.igs image/iges vector Initial Graphics Exchange Specification IGES is an ASCII text neutral data format used extensively for CAD/CAM data exchange. It supports 2D and 3D curves and surfaces, as well as solid models and annotation.
.jpeg
.jpg
image/jpeg raster Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG is used extensively for photos and other continuous tone images on the web. Uses lossy compression by trying to equalize eight by eight pixel blocks; the quality can vary greatly depending on the compression settings.
.jpg2
.jp2
image/jp2 raster Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG 2000 is the successor of popular "JPEG", a new wavelet based file format that includes both lossy and lossless compression options. It's commonly considered the actual "state-of-the-art" lossy format for photographic imaging, however its support in modern systems is still weak due to heavy requirements for hardware and many patents for software.
.mng video/x-mng raster Multiple-image Network Graphics Animation format using datastreams similar to those of PNG and JPEG, originally designed to replace the use of animated GIF on the web. Free of the patent associated with animated GIF.
.myd  ? raster Myd format A raster format supported in many programs, 3bpp format
.myv  ? vector Myv vector format A vector format supported in many programs such as M-DraW
.odg  ? vector OpenDocument drawing A vector format supported by Draw from OpenOffice.org suite
.pbm image
/x-portable-bitmap
raster Portable Bitmap Format A simple black and white graphics format. It uses 1 bit per pixel. It is related to the PGM (grayscale) and PPM (color) graphics file formats.
.pcd image/jpcd ?? raster ImagePac Photo CD Proprietary Kodak format, lossy, 24-bit color.
.pcx image/pcx raster PCX Developed by ZSoft Corporation, uses a simple form of run-length encoding, supports palette-based and 24-bit RGB images.
.pdf application/pdf raster / vector Portable Document Format A page description language (loosely based on Postscript, but not a programming language), which allows for files containing multiple pages and links. Works with Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe eBook Reader, or third-party compatible software. The "native" metafile format for Mac OS X.
.pgm image
/x-portable-graymap
raster / vector Portable Graymap Format A simple gray scale graphics format. It uses 8 bits per pixel. Unlike most graphics file formats, a PGM file is plain text and can be processed with text processing tools. It is related to the PBM (black and white) and PPM (color) graphics file formats.
.pict
.pct
.pic
image/pict raster / vector Picture Default for Macintosh operating systems before version OS X.
.png image/png raster Portable Network Graphics PNG is an image format with lossless compression, offering bit depths from 1 to 48. It was mainly designed to replace the use of GIF on the web. Free of the patent, which expired in 2003, associated with GIF.
.ppm image
/x-portable-pixmap
raster Portable Pixmap Format A simple color graphics format. It uses 24 bit per pixel, 8 for red, 8 for blue, and 8 for green. Unlike most graphics file formats, a PPM file is plain text and can be processed with text processing tools. It is related to the PBM (black and white) and PGM (grayscale) graphics file formats.
.ps application
/postscript
vector PostScript Generic vector-based page description language, created and owned by Adobe. Postscript is a powerful stack-based programming language. Supported by many laser printers.
.psd application
/x-photoshop
raster Photoshop Document Default proprietary format for Adobe Photoshop documents. Has many extra features such as image layering. Also supported by some other image editing programs than Adobe Photoshop.
.psp
.pspimage
 ? raster / vector Paint Shop Pro Document Standard Corel (formerly Jasc) format for Paint Shop Pro and Paint Shop Pro Photo documents, similar to .psd for Photoshop. Supported by very few other programs.
.px  ? raster / vector Pixel image Crossplatform proprietary image format used by Pixel image editor.
.sgi
.rgb
.rgba
.int
.inta
.bw
 ? raster Silicon Graphics Image Native image format for Silicon Graphics workstations.
.svg
.svgz
image/svg+xml vector Scalable Vector Graphics An XML based vector graphics format, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium for use in web browsers.
.swf application
/x-shockwave-flash
vector Small Web Format (commonly referred to as Shockwave Flash) Flash is a web page plug-in that displays vector based animations contained in SWF files. Several applications can create SWF files; these include the Flash authoring tool from Macromedia.
.sxd  ? vector OpenOffice 1.0 drawing format A vector format that become outdated since version 2.0 of OpenOffice
.tiff
.tif
image/tiff raster Tagged Image File Format TIFF is used extensively for traditional print graphics. Lossy and lossless compression available, but many programs only support a subset of available options.
.ufo  ?  ? Ulead File for Objects UFO is used primarily for editing images, possibly similar to PSD. It supports object saving and transparency, but apparently only Ulead PhotoImpact and VideoStudio are able to use it.[1]

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The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers or SMPTE (pronounced simptee or sometimes sumptee) is a US professional association of engineers. ... Cineon was the first computer system designed by Kodak for digital intermediate film production. ... This article needs cleanup. ... CAD is a TLA that may stand for: Cadiz Railroad (AAR reporting mark CAD) Canadian dollar – ISO 4217-code Capital Adequacy Directive Card Acceptance Device Children of the Anachronistic Dynasty Computer-aided design Computer-aided detection (medical) Computer-aided diagnosis (medical) Computer-assisted dispatch Computer-assisted drafting Coronary artery disease... Encapsulated PostScript, or EPS, is a graphics file format. ... Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s and not commonly used after the rise of the Internet and the widely used graphics formats such as GIF and JPEG. It is a vector graphics format which also allows the inclusion... Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. ... OpenEXR is a high dynamic range imaging image file format, released as an open standard along with a set of software tools created by Industrial Light and Magic, released under a Free software license similar to the BSD license. ... OpenEXR is a high dynamic range imaging image file format, released as an open standard along with a set of software tools created by Industrial Light and Magic, released under a Free software license similar to the BSD license. ... Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... An example HDRI image of the Tower Bridge in California. ... Industrial Light + Magic is a motion picture special visual effects company, founded in July 1975 by George Lucas. ... Macromedia FreeHand is a computer application for creating two-dimensional vector graphics (use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images, also known as geometric modeling), oriented to the professional desktop publishing market. ... FlashPix is a bitmapped Computer graphics file format where the image is saved in more than one resolution. ... An example of a GIF image. ... An example of a GIF image. ... This article or section should be merged with Dither An illustration of dithering. ... LZW (Lempel-Ziv-Welch) is an implementation of a lossless data compression algorithm created by Abraham Lempel and Jacob Ziv. ... The original Amiga 1000 (1985) with various peripherals The Amiga is a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation as an advanced home entertainment and productivity machine. ... ILBM is a subtype of the Interchange File Format used for storing picture data. ... 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The Macintosh or Mac, is a line of personal computers designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed by Apple Computer. ... PNG (Portable Network Graphics), sometimes pronounced as ping, is a relatively new bitmap image format that is becoming popular on the World Wide Web and elsewhere. ... PNG (Portable Network Graphics), sometimes pronounced as ping, is a relatively new bitmap image format that is becoming popular on the World Wide Web and elsewhere. ... WWWs historical logo designed by Robert Cailliau The World Wide Web (WWW or simply the Web) is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. ... A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee (the inventor or assignee) for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which... 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SWF is a proprietary vector graphics file format produced by the Flash software from Adobe (formerly Macromedia). ... // == Macromedia Flash == ==]] Using Macromedia Flash 8 (bundled in Studio 8) in Windows XP. Maintainer: Adobe Systems (formerly Macromedia) Latest release: 8 / September 30th, 2005 OS: Windows (no native Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support), Mac OS X, Linux (i386 only, via wine [1]) Use: Multimedia Content Creator License: Proprietary Website... Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of 2-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. ... OpenOffice. ... OpenOffice. ... Tagged Image File Format (abbreviated TIFF) is a file format for mainly storing images, including photographs and line art. ... This article is about TIFF, the computer image format. ...

.tga image/tga raster Truevision TGA TGA is the native format of Truevision Inc.'s TARGA boards, which were some of the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support truecolor display.
.wbmp image
/vnd.wap.wbmp
raster Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format Mainly used with WML for wireless devices.
.wmf image/x-wmf vector Windows Metafile Stores vector graphics and raster graphics as a sequence of commands to be issued to the graphics layer of the Microsoft Windows operating system.
.xaml application/xaml+xml vector XAML The XML-based file format for representing a document built atop the Windows Presentation Foundation. Can declare 2D vector graphics (and include references to external bitmaps for imaging), textual documents (with or without page fidelity), 2D user interfaces, and renderings of 3D models (with a fair amount of baseline support for lighting, materials, etc.)
.xar application/vnd.xara vector Xar Fully documented vector graphics format used by Xara X and Xara Xtreme. Ultra compact.
.xbm image/x-xbitmap raster X BitMap Native B&W format for the X Window System, supported by most web browsers. XBM is an ASCII format which uses no compression; since files are in C(++) syntax, images can be included in source code.
.xcf application
/x-gimp-image
raster XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing Facility Native format for the GIMP. Has many extra features such as image layering. Used mostly in the GIMP, but also readable by ImageMagick.
.xpm image/x-xpm raster X-Pixmap Used almost exclusively on UNIX platforms with the X Window System, inspired by the XBM format.

Some file formats, e.g. PDF, allow both raster and vector graphics. This is because the underlying PostScript system of the Portable Document Format is designed to handle both methods of creating graphics. Truevisions TGA File Format, often referred to as TARGA File Format, is a raster graphics file format. ... TGA may refer to: Truevision TGA Thermogravimetric Analysis Transposition of the Great Arteries Categories: | ... Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format (shortened to Wireless Bitmap and with file extension . ... Windows Metafile (WMF) is a graphics file format on Microsoft Windows systems, originally designed in the early 1990s and not commonly used after the rise of the Internet and the widely used graphics formats such as GIF and JPEG. It is a vector graphics format which also allows the inclusion... Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of proprietary software operating systems by Microsoft. ... Extensible Application Markup Language (pronounced zammel ()) by Microsoft is a declarative XML-based language used to define objects and their properties, relationships and interactions. ... The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language that supports a wide variety of applications. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Xar File format is the fully specified vector graphics file format of Xara and Xara Xtreme. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... It has been suggested that Xara Xtreme LX be merged into this article or section. ... XBM (X BitMap) is an ASCII monochrome image format used by the X Window System and is used for storing cursor and icon bitmaps that are used in the X GUI. XBM files are quite different from most image files in that they are actually C language source files that... KDE 3. ... An example of a web browser (Internet Explorer) showing the main Wikipedia web page. ... The XCF file format is the native image format of the GIMP image-editing program. ... A student organization at UC Berkeley founded in 1988 by Phil Lapsley. ... The GNU Image Manipulation Program, or GIMP, is a raster graphics editor application with some support for vector graphics. ... ImageMagick is a free software suite for the creation, modification and display of bitmap images. ... XPM (X PixMap) is an ASCII image format used by the X Window System. ... KDE 3. ... Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 and is now being prepared for submission as an ISO standard[1]. It is for representing two-dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent fixed-layout document format. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open file format created by Adobe Systems in 1993 and is now being prepared for submission as an ISO standard[1]. It is for representing two-dimensional documents in a device independent and resolution independent fixed-layout document format. ...


References

  • Murray, James D., and William van Ryper. Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats, Second Edition. Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly, 1996. ISBN 1-56592-161-5.
  • Miano, John. Compressed Image File Formats: JPEG, PNG, GIF, XBM, BMP. Boston: Addison-Wesley Professional, 1999. ISBN 0-201-60443-4.

Specialized Graphics Formats

  • ICER (Mars Rover Missions)
  • NITF (National Imagery Transmission Format)

mnb ICER is a wavelet-based image compression file format used by the NASA Mars Rovers. ... The National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (NITFS) is a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and Federal Intelligence Community suite of standards for the exchange, storage, and transmission of digital-imagery products image-related products. ...


See also

A screenshot of this page being displayed in the Mozilla web browser. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Image file formats provide a standardized method of organizing and storing image data. ... This is a comparison of graphics file formats. ...

External links

Large list of file extensions: File-extensions.org


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