AVS X image

AVS X image (or Stardent AVS X image) is a simple raster image file format. It stores uncompressed RGBA images. AVS undoubtedly stands for Application Visualization System.

Format
Files have an 8-byte header containing the width and height, followed by the pixel data.

Software

 * ImageMagick (format named "AVS")
 * Konvertor
 * Netpbm (starting with version 10.50): pamtoavs, avstopam
 * XnView
 * Tom's Editor
 * Tom's Viewer

Sample files

 * AVS Image Format → mandrill.x.gz [Ed. note: This file may be bogus.]
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/avsx/

Links

 * AVS Image Format

Editors' notes
The coding of the alpha samples is unknown to us. In the mandrill.x.gz sample file, the alpha samples are all 0, implying that 0 means opaque. But the applications we've looked at all think that 0 means transparent.

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