FlashPix

Kodak FlashPix (FPX) is a complex raster image file format intended for use with photographic images. It was developed by Eastman Kodak, in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard, Live Picture, and Microsoft. It is based on Microsoft Compound File format.

A FlashPix file contains either a single image, or multiple representations of the same image at different resolutions.

The format is tile-oriented. A tile may use JPEG compression, or be uncompressed. There is also a scheme to efficiently encode tiles whose pixels are all the same color.

Identifiers

 * Macintosh file type:

Related formats

 * The Exif specification defines a way to store some of the data from a FlashPix file in an Exif-compliant JPEG file.
 * Kodak KDC

Specifications

 * FlashPix Format Specification Version 1.0

Software

 * ImageMagick
 * Flashpix OpenSource Toolkit (libfpx): ImageMagick delegates → libfpx-*
 * Konvertor

Sample files

 * PerlMagick test files
 * https://telparia.com/fileFormatSamples/image/fpx/
 * Live Pix Special Edition - Windows95+ → LIVEPIX.iso → .../*.FPX
 * Looney Tunes Photo Fun → LooneyTunesPhotoFun.iso → Photos/.../*.FPX

Resources

 * Wikipedia article
 * ExifTool FlashPix Tags