This is a comparison of image file formats. [edit] General Ownership of the format and related information. | Format | Full name | Owner | Based Format | File extension | MIME type | Application | Patented | | Abc | Advanced Bitonal Compression | LEAD Technologies | | .abc | | | Yes | | ADRG | ARC Digitized Raster Graphics | | | .adrg | | | | | AdobeResource | | Adobe Systems | TIFF? | | | | | | ADRI | ARC Digitized Raster Images | | | .adri | | | | | AGP | ArtGem Project | RL Vision | | .agp | | Preferred graphics format when working with ArtGem | No | | AI | 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 | | Alias Pix image | | | | .pix, .matte, .mask,
.alpha, .als | | Supported by GIMP | | | AMI | | | | .ami | | Supported by Amica Paint | | | ANI | ANI file format | Microsoft | RIFF | .ani | | Used by Microsoft Windows | | | ANIM | | Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga | IFF | .iff, .anim | video/x-anim | | | | APNG | Animated Portable Network Graphics | Mozilla | PNG | .png | image/png | Gecko 1.9 | No | | Apple Icon Image | | Apple Computer | | .icns | | Used by Mac OS X | | | APX | | | | .apx | | Supported by Ebuyer Photo Paint | | | ART | | AOL | | .art | | | | | ART | PFS: 1st Publisher clip art | | | .art | | | | | Ascii Art | | | | .txt, .ansi, .text | text/plain | Supported by GIMP | | | Authorware map | | Adobe Systems | | .aam | application/x-authorware-map | | | | Authorware seg | | Adobe Systems | | .aas | application/x-authorware-seg | | | | Authorware bin | | Adobe Systems | | .aab, .x32, .u32,
.vox | application/x-authorware-bin | | | | AutoCAD DXF | Drawing Interchange Format | Autodesk | | .dxf | | | | | AWD | | | | .awd | image/awd | Used by PhotoPhilia | | | ARW | Sony Alpha RAW | Sony | TIFF | .arw | | | | | BAY | Casio RAW | Casio | | .bay | | | | | BEF | Unified Color BEF | Unified Color | TIFF | .bef | | HDR PhotoStudio | Yes | | BigTIFF | | | TIFF | .btf, .tiff, .tif | | | | | BMF | | Corel | | .bmf | | Used by Corel Clipart Gallery apps and any BMF image utility | | | bmp compressor | Bit Map Compressor | | | .hpc | | | | | BLEAND | | | | .blend | | Supported by Blender | | | BRK | Brooktrout Fax | | | .brk | | | | | BSAVE | BSAVE Image | | | .BSV | | Used by IBM PC. | | | CAM | Casio CAM | Casio | JPEG | .cam | | | | | CADRG | Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics | | | .cadrg | | | | | CAL | CALS raster file format | | | .cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl | | | | | Capture One RAW | | Phase One | | .cap | | | | | CIFF | Camera Image File Format | Canon | | .crw, .ciff | | | | | CR2 | Canon RAW 2 | Canon | TIFF | .cr2 | | | | | CDR | CorelDRAW Document | Corel Corporation | | .cdr, .ccx, .cdt, .cmx | application/coreldraw | CorelDRAW files are editable using programs that support the format, such as CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, etc. | Yes | | CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile | | | .cgm | image/cgm | CGM files are editable using programs that support the format, such as IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics, Inkscape, etc. | | | CIN | Cineon | | | .cin | image/cineon | | | | Corel Paint Shop Pro Pattern | | | | .pat | | Supported by Corel Paint Shop Pro | | | CPC | Cartesian Perceptual Compression | Cartesian Products, Inc. | | .cpc, .cpi | image/cpi | Highly compressed raster imaging format. | Yes | | CPKT | APP5-CPKT Format | | JPEG | .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg | | Used by PROSERPINE. | | | CPT | Corel Photo-Paint Image | | | .cpt | | | | | Crack Art | | Detlef Röttger & Jan Borchers | | .ca1, .ca2, .ca3 | | an application on Atari ST | | | CUT | | | | .cut | | Used by DSHELL. | | | CMYK | | | | .cmyk | | | | | CMYKA | | | | .cmyka | | | | | DCS | Kodak DCS Pro RAW | Kodak | | .dcs | | | | | DCR | Digital Camera Raw | Kodak | TIFF | .dcr | | | | | DDS | DirectDraw Surface | Microsoft | | .dds | | | | | Degas | Design & Entertainment Graphic Arts System | Integral Solutions | | .pi1, .pi2, .pi3,
.pc1, .pc2, .pc3 | | an application on Atari ST | | | DNG | Digital Negative | Adobe Systems | Compatible with ISO 12234-2, TIFF/EP[1] | .dng | | A raw image format suitable as an archival format and as the native raw format of digital cameras[2] | No: no known intellectual property encumbrances or license requirements[3] | | DIA | Dia Drawing | | XML | .dia | | Used by Dia | | | DICOM | | | | .dcm, .dicom | | Supported by GIMP | | | DjVu | DjVu | AT&T Research | | .djvu, .djv | image/vnd.djvu | | | | Doodle | | | | .doo | | an application on Atari ST | | | DPX | Digital Picture eXchange file format | | | .dpx | image/dpx | | | | DRF | Kodak Pro Back RAW | Kodak | | .drf | | | | | Dr. Halo | | | | .cut | | | | | Encapsulated PostScript | | | | .epi, .eps, .eps2,
.eps3, .epsf, .epsi,
.ept | | | | | ECW | Enhanced Compressed Wavelet File | Earth Resource Mapping | | .ecw | | Geo-referenced image format used for aerial photos | | | EDG | EDGE2 Original Format | TAKABO | | .edg | | Used by EDGE2 | | | EMF | Windows Enhanced Metafile | Microsoft | | .emf | | Microsoft Office | | | EMF+ | | | | .emf+ | | | | | ERF | EPSON RAW | EPSON | TIFF | .erf | | | | | ERI | Entis Rasterized Image format | | | .eri | | | | | Exif | Exchangeable Image File Format | | | .exif | | | | | EVA | Extended Vector Animation | Sharp Corporation | | .eva | application/x-eva | | | | EXR | OpenEXR | ILM | | .exr | image/exr | Used in film effects for 3d rendering and hdr images. | ? | | FIF | Fractal Image Format | | | .fif | | | | | FIG | FIG format | | | .fig | | Supported by Xfig | | | FITS | Flexible Image Transport System | | | .fit, .fits | | Scientific (esp. astronomical) data acquisition | | | FLA | Flash Source File | | | .fla | | | | | FLIC | | Autodesk | | .fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt | | Supported by GIMP | | | FLW | Kivio Document | | | .flw | | Supported by Kivio | | | FPX | FlashPix (1.0.2) | | | .fpx | image/vnd.fpx | | | | FreeHand | | Adobe Systems | | .fh4, .fh5, .fh7,
.fh8, .fhc, .fh | image/x-freehand | | | | FutureSplash | | Adobe Systems | | .spl | application/futuresplash | | | | FXT | | 3DFX | | .fxt | | | | | GEGL composition | | | XML | .xml | application/xml | used by GEGL | | | GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | CompuServe,
Unisys (compression algorithm) | | .gif, .gfa, .giff | image/gif | Supported by most web browsers. Supports transparency and animation. | No | | GIMP brush | | The GIMP Team | | .gbr | | Supported by GIMP | | | GIMP compressed XJT image | | The GIMP Team | | .xjt,
.xjtgz (compressed),
.xjtbz2 (compressed) | | Supported by GIMP | | | GIH | Gimp image hose | The GIMP Team | | .gih | | Supported by GIMP | | | GIMP patterns | | The GIMP Team | | .pat | | Supported by GIMP | | | GRA | | | | .gra | | Used by QSV and QLD. | | | G3 Fax | | | | .g3 | | Supported by GIMP | | | Hasselblad 3FR RAW | | | TIFF | .3fr | | | | | Hasselblad/Imacon FFF | | | | .fff | | | | | HDRi | | | TIFF | .tif, .tiff | | | | | HD Photo | HD Photo | Microsoft | | .wdp, .hdp | image/vnd.ms-photo | TIFF-like container format with HDR encoding for photographic images | Yes (no licence costs) | | HG | Hyper Graphic Press | | | .hg | | Supported by some old Japanese applications. | | | ICER | | NASA Mars Rovers | | | | | | | IIQ RAW | Intelligent Image Quality RAW | Phase One | | .iiq | | | | | IMA | .ima | .ima team | | .ima | | Format for photographic images with HDR encoding. | No | | IMG | | | | .img | | Supported by GEM Paint | | | im4 | | Masahide Hirabayashi | | .im4 | | | | | Inkscape SVG | | The Inkscape Team | SVG | .svg, .svgz | | Used by Inkscape | | | ICO | ICO file format | Microsoft | | .ico, .cur | image/vnd.Microsoft.icon, image/x-icon | Used by Microsoft Windows | | | ICS | Image Cytometry Standard | | | .ics, .ids | | | | | IGS | Initial Graphics Exchange Specification | | | .gs | image/iges | | | | ILBM | InterLeaved BitMap | Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga | IFF | .iff, .ilbm, .lbm | image/x-ilbm | Planar graphics format designed for Amiga graphics hardware. | No | | IPTC/NAA | IPTC/NAA | | TIFF | | | | | | JBIG | | Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group | | .jbig, .bie, .jbg | | | | | JBIG2 | | Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group | | | | | | | JNG | JPEG Network Graphics | | | .jng | image/x-jng | | No | | JPEG | 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 | | JPEG 2000 | 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) | | JPEG-LS | | Joint Photographic Experts Group | | .jls | | | | | JPEG-HDR | | | | | | | | | J6I | | RICOH | JPEG | .j6i | | Used by RICOH DC-1/2 | | | KDC | Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW | Kodak | TIFF | .kdc | | | | | KOA | | | | .koa,
.gg (compressed) | | Supported by Koala Paint | | | KIFF | Kt Interchange File Format | | | .kif, .kiff | | | | | KISS CEL | | | | .cel | | Supported by GIMP | | | Kodak TIFF extensions | | Kodak | TIFF | .tif | | | | | Kodak YCC | | Kodak | | .pcd | | | | | KQP | | Minolta | JPEG | .kqp | | | | | K25 | Kodak DC25 RAW | Kodak | TIFF | .k25 | | | | | Leaf Mosaic RAW | | | TIFF | .mos | | | | | LightStream Picture | | | | .lsp | | | | | Logluv TIFF | | Greg Ward | TIFF | | | Supported by Libtiff | | | Mac Paint | | | | .pnt, .mac | | | | | MDC | Minolta RD175 Format | Minolta | | .mdc | | | | | MET | OS/2 Metafile Format | | | .met | | Supported by SAS/GRAPH | | | MNG | Multiple-image Network Graphics | | PNG | .mng | video/x-mng | | No | | MO:DCA | MO:DCA | IBM | | .mda, .ica, .mmr,
.afp | image | IBM's Content Manager and Image Plus | Yes | | MSP | Microsoft Paint | Microsoft | | .msp | | | | | MYD | Myd format | | | .myd | | | | | MYV | Myv vector format | | | .myv | | | | | NEF | Nikon RAW | Nikon | TIFF | .nef | | | | | MEF | Mamiya RAW | Mamiya | TIFF | .mef | | | | | Neochrome | | Dave Staugas | | .neo | | an application on Atari ST | | | MAG | MAKIchan Graphic loader | Woody-Rinn | | .mag | | Used by many old Japanese applications. | | | MAKI | MAKIchan net format | Woody-Rinn | | .mki | | | | | MIFF | Magick image file format | ImageMagick Studio | | .miff | | Supported by ImageMagick | | | MSA | Misachan File | Hirohumi Iguchi | | .msa | | Supported by old Japanese applications | | | MSL | Magick Scripting Language | ImageMagick Studio | | .msl | | Supported by ImageMagick | | | MVG | Magick Vector Graphics | ImageMagick Studio | | .mvg | | Supported by ImageMagick | | | MPC | Magick Persistent Cache image file format | ImageMagick Studio | | .mpc | | Supported by ImageMagick | | | MRW | Minolta RAW | Minolta | | .mrw | | | | | NSK-TIFF | NSK-TIFF | Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (日本新聞協会) | TIFF | | | | | | ODG | OpenDocument drawing | | | .odg | | | | | OAZ | OAZ Fax | Oaz Communications | | .oaz | | used by NetFax Manager | | | ORF | Olympus RAW | Olympus | TIFF | .orf | | | | | PAM | portable anymap file format | | | .pam | | | | | Panasonic RAW | | Panasonic | TIFF | .raw, .rw2 | | | | | PCIF | Polyomino Compressed Image Format | | | .pcf | | | | | PhaseOne P25/P30/P45 RAW | | Phase One | | .tif, .tiff | | | | | PictureGear Pocket Image | | | | .prc | | | | | PBM | Portable Bitmap File Format | | | .pbm | image/x-portable-bitmap | | | | PCD | Kodak ImagePac Photo CD | Kodak | | .pcd | image/jpcd | | | | PCF | Pixel Coordination Format | | | .pcf | image/pcf | | | | 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. | ? | | PDF | Portable Document Format | Adobe Systems | | .pdf, .epdf | | | | | PDN | Paint.NET Image | dotPDN LLC | | .pdn | | Preferred and supported by Paint.NET | | PGF | Progressive Graphics File | xeraina GmbH | | .pgf | | Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG. | No | | PEF | PENTAX RAW | PENTAX | TIFF | .pef | | | | | PGM | Portable Graymap File Format | | | .pgm | image/x-portable-graymap | | | | Photochrome | | | | .pcs | | | | | PNM | Portable anymap | | | .pnm | | | | | PTX | Pentax RAW Bitmap Graphic | Pentax | | .ptx | | | | | Pi | | Yanagisawa | | .pi | | Used by some old Japanese applications. | | | PIC | Yanagisawa PIC | Yanagisawa | | .pic | | Used by many old Japanese applications. | | | PIC | DoGA PIC | Project Team DoGA | | .pic | | Used by DoGA CGA System. | | | PICT | Macintosh PICT Format | Apple Computer | | .pict, .pic, .pct,
.pct1, .pct2 | image/pict | Metafile for Mac OS, not meant for print publishing. | Yes | | PICtor | | John Bridges, Doug Wolfgram | | .pic | | Supported by PCPaint | | | PIC2 | | Yanagisawa | | .p2 | | Supported by some old Japanese applications. | | | Pixel | Pixel image format | Pixel | | .px | image/px | Native format of the Pixel image editing program. | ? | | PLD | PhotoLine Document | Computerinsel GmbH | | .pld | application/pld | Native format of the PhotoLine image editing program. | ? | | PMP | | Sony | JPEG | .pmp | | Used by Sony Cyber-Shot | | | PNG | Portable Network Graphics | World Wide Web Consortium | | .png | image/png | W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web browsers. | No | | Postscript | | | | ps, ps2, ps3 | | | | | PPM | Portable Pixmap File Format | | | .ppm | image/x-portable-pixmap | Very easy to understand. Programs to analyze and write to this format are easily written. | | | PSD | Photoshop Document | Adobe Systems | | .psd, .psb, .pdb,
.pdd | image/psd, image/photoshop, image/x-photoshop | Used mainly for storing image manipulation & editing data. | Yes | | 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. | ? | | PSX TIM | | | | .tim | | | | | PSX TIM2 | Sony PlayStation Tim2 | Sony | | .tm2, .str | | Used by PlayStation2 | | | PXA | | | | .pxa | | Used by Pixia | | | QuickTime Image | | Apple Inc. | | .qtif, .qti, .qif | | | | | Q0 | | | | .q0 | | | | | Q4 | XLD4 | MAJYO | | .q4 | | | | | RAD | | Gregory Ward Larson | | .rad | | Radiance | | | RAF | Fujifilm RAW | Fujifilm | | .raf | | | | | RGB | | | | .rgb | | | | | RGBA | | | | .rgba | | | | | RGBE | | Gregory Ward Larson | | .hdr | | Radiance | | | R3D | RED REDCODE RAW | Red | | .r3d | | | | | SAI | | SYSTEMAX | | .sai | | Supported by PaintTool SAI | | | SCT | Scitex Continuous Tone Picture | | | .sct | | | | | SDA | | Sun Microsystems | | .sda | | Supported by StarOffice Draw 3-5 | | | SDD | | Sun Microsystems | | .sdd | | Supported by StarOffice Draw 3-5 | | | SFW | Seattle File Works image | | | .sfw | | | | | SGB | | Sun Microsystems | | .sgb | | Supported by StarOffice Graphics 2 | | | SGI | Silicon Graphics Image | | | .sgi, .rgb, .rgba,
.bw, .int, .inta,
.icon | | | | | Shockwave Director | | Adobe Systems | | .dir, .dcr, .dxr, .fgd | application/x-director | Used by Adobe Shockwave. | | | SHAPE | Dia Stencil | | SVG | .shape | | Used by Dia. | | | SK | | | | .sk | | Supported by Skencil | | | SketchUp Format | | | | .skp, .skb | | Supported by SketchUp | | | SML | Kivio stencil | | | .sml | | Supported by Kivio | | | SRF | Sony RAW File | Sony | TIFF | .srf, .sr2 | | | | | SUN | Sun rasterfile | Sun Microsystems | | .sun, .ras, .rs, .im1,
.im8, .im24, .im32 | | Supported by GIMP | | | STX | SBIG CCD camera ST-x | | | .stx, .st4, .st5,
.st6, .st7, .st8,
.st9 | | | | | SView5 Graphics | | Andreas Kleinert | | .svg/.sgx | | Used by SView5-Library/SDK | | | SVG | 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 | | SWF | Shockwave Flash | Adobe Systems | | .swf | application/x-shockwave-flash | Supported by many web browsers via plug-in. | | | SXD | OpenOffice.org 1.0 drawing format | | | .sxd | | | | | TGA | Truevision Targa | Truevision Inc. | | .tga, .tpic | image/tga | Used by many 3D rendering applications and 3d games. | Yes? | | TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | Adobe Systems | | .tiff, .tif | image/tiff | Document scanning and imaging format, also functions as a container. | No | | 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 | | David Mumper | | .tny, .tn1, .tn2, .tn3,
.tn4, .tn5, tn6 | | an application on Atari ST | | | TLG5 | | | | .tlg | | Used by KiriKiri | | | TLG6 | | | | .tlg | | Used by KiriKiri | | | UFO | Ulead File for Objects | | | .ufo | | | | | XAML | Extensible Application Markup Language | Microsoft | XML | .xaml | application/xaml+xml | Used by Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight. | ? | | XAR | Xar | | | .xar | application/vnd.xara | | | | XBM | X BitMap | | | .xbm, .bm,
.icon, .bitmap | image/x-xbitmap | Used by many legacy Unix applications. | | | XCF | XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing Facility | The GIMP Team | | .xcf,
.xcfbz2 (compressed),
.xcfgz (compressed) | application/x-gimp-image | Used by GIMP | | | XPM | X-Pixmap | | | .xpm, .pm | image/x-xpm | Used by many legacy Unix applications. | | | X3F | SIGMA RAW | SIGMA | | .x3f | | | | | XWD | | | | .xwd, .x11 | | Used by X Window System | | | WinFax | | Symantec | | .wfx, fxs, fxo | | | | | Windows bitmap | Windows bitmap | Microsoft | | .bmp, .dib, .rle,
.2bp (2bpp) | image/x-bmp | Used by many 2D applications. | No | | WBMP | Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format | WAP Forum | | .wbmp, .wbm, .wbp | image/vnd.wap.wbmp | | | | WordPerfect Graphics File | | | | .wpg | | | | | XYZ | RPG Maker image file | ASCII | | .xyz | | RPG Maker | No | | YCbCr | | | | .ycbcr | | | | | YCbCrA | | | | .ycbcra | | | | | YUV | | | | .yuv | | | | | ZDT | | | | .zdt | | Used by TECH Win | | [edit] 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 | | BEF | Visual lossless and lossy compression based on JND metric | Raster | 32-bit floating point | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Not required | No | Yes | | Windows bitmap | None, RLE, JPEG, PNG | Raster | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32 | Yes | Yes; 8b per-pixel Alpha channel for ARGB | 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; 1b plane-only mask using color 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 | 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 64EHB, 128, 256 (8-bit), 4096 (HAM6 pseudo 12-bit), 4096 pure 12-bit, 262,144 (HAM8 pseudo 18-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 | | PAM | None | Raster | Unlimited | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | 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; 8b, 16b per-pixel Alpha channel; 8b for indexed | Yes | Yes, Adam7 algorithm | No | No (but 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; 8b, 16b per-pixel Alpha channel | Yes | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No? | Yes | | PSP | None | Raster & Vector | 1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48 | Yes | Yes; 8b, 16b per-pixel Alpha channel | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | ? | ? | No | | SVG | None, lossless gzip | Vector | 24, 32 | No | Yes | Yes | N/A | Yes (1.2)[4] | No[5] | Yes | Yes[6] | 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 | None, lossless (gzip, bzip2) | Raster & Vector | 8, 24, 32 | Yes | Yes | ? | N/A | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | | Format | Compression algorithm | Raster / Vector | Color depth | Indexed color | Transparency | Metadata | Interlacing* | Multi-page | Animation | Layers | Color management | Extendable | HDR format | [edit] Notes and references - Note: Interlacing is meant only for graphics file formats used over the web.
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