Graphics

Electronic Formats concerned with Image Data.

See also: Other lists of formats:
 * 3D and CAD/CAM Models
 * Cameras and Digital Image Sensors
 * Fonts
 * Geospatial
 * Health and Medicine
 * Page description languages
 * Scientific Data formats
 * Video
 * Amiga graphics formats
 * Apple II graphics formats
 * Atari graphics formats
 * Commodore graphics formats
 * Fax formats

Animated image formats
See also Video.


 * ANI (NEOchrome)
 * ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
 * ANIM
 * Animatic Film‎ (.flm)
 * ANSIMation
 * APNG
 * BAM (Infinity Engine)
 * CFAST Disney Animation Studio (.cft)
 * Cyber Paint Sequence (.seq)
 * DeluxePaint Animation (ANM or Anim)
 * DVM (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM)
 * EVA
 * FLIC (FLI, FLC)
 * GIF
 * GIFV
 * GFY
 * GRASP GL
 * IFF-DEEP
 * Imagic Film/Picture (Atari ST frames used in animation)
 * JPX
 * MNG
 * PGX (Portfolio)
 * PICS
 * QTL (YUV SECAM or PAL image)
 * Spectrum 512 Anispec‎
 * SWF (Flash)
 * XNG

Character-based graphics
See Character encoding for details of character sets, some of which include graphical or line-and-box-drawing characters.


 * ANSI Art (.ans)
 * AN2
 * ArtWorx Data Format (.adf)
 * ASCII Art
 * AVATAR (FidoNet)
 * BIN (Binary Text)
 * BSAVE Image
 * iCEDraw (.idf)
 * MZM (.mzm)
 * PCBoard (.pcb)
 * RIPscrip (or RIPscript)
 * TheDraw Save File (.td)
 * TUNDRA (.tnd)
 * XBIN (.xb)

Colors
(Profiles, color spaces, palettes, swatches)
 * Adobe RGB (1998)
 * Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase)
 * Atari ST color palette
 * Commodore 64 color palette
 * DNG camera profile
 * GIMP Palette
 * ICC profile
 * Photoshop Curve
 * Photoshop Transfer Function
 * RIFF Palette File
 * sRGB
 * Web-safe colors
 * YUV

Compression
Special-purpose compression algorithms and formats that may be used in multiple image file formats.

See also Compression, for general-purpose algorithms.


 * CCITT Group 3
 * CCITT Group 4
 * DCT compression (e.g. lossy JPEG)
 * ImageZero
 * JBIG
 * JBIG2
 * JPEG
 * JPEG 2000 codestream
 * JPEG-LS
 * Lepton
 * LOCO-I (Low Complexity Lossless Compression for Images)
 * Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
 * Modified Huffman
 * Modified Modified READ
 * Modified READ
 * NeXT 2-bit RLE
 * PackBits
 * packJPG (.pjg)
 * packPNM (.ppn)
 * PKP
 * Rawzor
 * Run-length colour encoding (T.45)
 * Run-length encoding
 * ThunderScan compression
 * Wavelet compression

Icon, Cursor, and Avatar files
(Formats often used for icons, cursors, avatars, thumbnails, etc.)


 * Amiga Workbench icon (.info)
 * AMOS Icon Bank
 * ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
 * Apple File and App Icons
 * CUR (Microsoft Windows cursors)
 * Windows 1.0 Cursor
 * DEGAS Elite icon (.icn)
 * EPOC AIF
 * Favicon
 * GEM resource file (.rsc)
 * GlowIcons
 * Haiku Vector Icon Format
 * HP 100LX/200LX icon (.icn)
 * ICDRAW icon
 * ICNS (Apple/Macintosh Icon)
 * ICO (Microsoft Windows icons)
 * Windows 1.0 Icon
 * Icon library (.icl)
 * iThmb (iOS thumbnail images)
 * Micrografx Icon (.icn)
 * NeoDesk icon (.nic)
 * NewIcons
 * Nokia Group Graphic (.ngg)
 * Nokia Logo Manager bitmap‎ (.nlm)
 * Nokia Operator Logo (.nol)
 * Nokia Picture Message (.npm)
 * Nokia Startup Logo (.nsl)
 * OLPC 565
 * OS/2 Icon
 * OS/2 Pointer (.ptr)
 * PaintShop Pro Browser Cache (pspbrwse.jbf)
 * Photoshop Thumbnail Cache
 * RIPscrip Icon (RIPterm Image, .icn)
 * Sony Mavica 411
 * Sun icon
 * SuperJPG thumbnail cache (superjpg.tnc)
 * Windows thumbnail cache (Thumbs.db)
 * Xbox Live Avatar
 * Xcursor
 * X-Face
 * XV thumbnail
 * ZoomBrowser Ex thumbnail cache (ZbThumbnail.info)

Metadata Formats

 * Exif
 * IPTC (or NAA)
 * MakerNote
 * MIX
 * Photoshop Image Resources
 * SAUCE
 * XMP

Programming languages
(Graphic-specific programming languages)


 * CEEMAC
 * High Level Shading Language (HLSL) (uses byte array header files)
 * OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
 * Processing

Raster Graphics Formats

 * AAI (Dune image)
 * Abekas YUV (.yuv) (Diskus and Quantel QNV varieties of YUV files are apparently similar)
 * Ability Office PhotoPaint (.apx)
 * Acorn Sprite
 * ADRG
 * AIPD
 * Alias PIX
 * Alpha Microsystems BMP
 * Amber ARR Bitmap Image
 * AMOS Picture Bank
 * AMOS Sprite Bank
 * Analyze AVW
 * Aperio SVS
 * Apple volume label image
 * Applixware Bitmap
 * ARF (Axon Raw Format)
 * ART (AOL compressed image)
 * ART (PFS: First Publisher)
 * Async Professional Fax (.apf)
 * AVIF
 * AVS X image
 * Award BIOS logo
 * AWD (Artweaver)
 * AWD (At Work Document)
 * BCIF
 * BEF
 * BFLI
 * BGI image
 * BIF (Image Alchemy)
 * BigTIFF
 * BioRad confocal image
 * BMP (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP)
 * Bob ray tracer bitmap
 * BPG
 * BRender PIX
 * BSAVE Image
 * BSB (BSB/KAP)
 * CADRG
 * Calamus Raster Graphic (.crg)
 * CALS raster
 * Canvas (Atari)‎ (.cpt, .cnv)
 * Cartesian Perceptual Compression (CPC)
 * CD5 (Chasys Draw)
 * CgBI
 * Cineon
 * Cisco IP Phone image
 * Cloé picture
 * CMU Andrew Toolkit image (.cmu)
 * CMU Window Manager bitmap
 * COKE (Atari Falcon)
 * ColoRIX (RIX)
 * CompuServe RLE
 * CompW
 * Corel Photo-Paint image (.cpt)
 * Crack Art (.ca1, .ca2, .ca3)
 * CUPS Raster
 * CUT (Amstrad)
 * DCS (Desktop Color Separation)
 * DCX (ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush)
 * DEGAS image (.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3)
 * DESR VFF
 * DGI (Digi-Pic)
 * DICOM (.dcm)
 * Diddle sketch
 * DiddleBug sketch
 * DirectDraw Surface (.dds)
 * DjVu
 * DNG
 * Doodle (Atari) (.doo)
 * Doodle! (C64) (.dd, .jj)
 * Doré Raster
 * DPX (SMTPE DPX)
 * Dr. Halo (.cut)
 * DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video)
 * ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet)
 * EggPaint (.trp)
 * Enhanced Simplex (.esm)
 * EPOC MBM (Symbian Multibitmap)
 * EPOC Sketch
 * Epson Printer Bitmaps
 * ERDAS Imagine IMG
 * ERDAS LAN/GIS
 * ER Mapper Raster (.ers)
 * Extended DEGAS image
 * FaceSaver
 * Falcon True Color (.ftc)
 * farbfeld
 * FAXX (IFF-FAXX)
 * FBM image (Fuzzy Bitmap)
 * FFLI
 * FIASCO
 * FIF (Fractal Image Format)
 * FlashPix (.fpx)
 * Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)
 * Flexible Line Interpretation (FLI)
 * FLIF
 * FRA (Fractint)
 * Freedom of Press
 * FSH (EA Sports)
 * Funpaint
 * G9B
 * GEM Raster (.img)
 * geoPaint
 * GeoTIFF
 * GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
 * GIMP Animated Brush (.gih)
 * GIMP Brush (.gbr)
 * GIMP Pattern (.pat)
 * GLE
 * GoDot (.4bt)
 * GodPaint (.god)
 * Graph Saurus
 * GrayPaint
 * GRF (Amstrad)
 * GRFX
 * GRIB (Gridded Binary)
 * GROB
 * GX1
 * GX2
 * HEIF
 * HIPS
 * HMR (Bentley Systems bitmap file, connected in some way to GeoTIFF)
 * HP Paintjet
 * HR (TRS-80) (.hr)
 * HS2
 * HSI JPEG
 * HSI Raw
 * HTC splashscreen (also known as NB format)
 * IBM KIPS bitmap
 * ICR (NCSA Telnet)
 * IFF-DEEP
 * ILBM (IFF, LBM, HAM, ACBM, etc.)
 * Image Cytometry Standard (.ics)
 * Image Exchange Format
 * Imagic Film/Picture (Atari ST)
 * IMG/HDR (Analyze 7.5)
 * Img Software Set
 * ImgStar
 * IndyPaint (.tru)
 * Inset PIX
 * InShape IIM
 * Intergraph Raster
 * Interleaf image
 * IPI
 * IPLab (Image Processing Lab)
 * IRIS CMYK Front End Processor CT
 * Island Graphics TIFF
 * IWC (WaveL)
 * J6I (Ricoh Digital Camera image file)
 * JBIG
 * JBIG2
 * JEDMICS C4
 * Jeff's Image Format
 * JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format)
 * JNG (JPEG Network Graphics)
 * Jovian Logic VI
 * JP2 (JPEG 2000 Part 1 Annex I)
 * JPC (LuraWave)
 * JPEG (JPEG Interchange Format, .jpg)
 * JPEG 2000
 * JPEG 2000 codestream (.j2k, .j2c, .jpc)
 * JPEG-HDR
 * JPEG-LS
 * JPEG XL
 * JPEG XR (HD Photo)
 * JPEG XT
 * JPM (JPEG 2000 Part 6: Compound Image Format)
 * JPS
 * JPX (JPEG 2000 Part 2: Extensions, .jpf)
 * KIFF
 * KiSS CEL
 * KoalaPainter (.koa, .gg)
 * Kolor Raw (.kro)
 * Krita (.kra)
 * KTX
 * LazPaint (.lzp)
 * LIFF (Openlab Layered Image File Format)
 * Lightning Strike (.cod)
 * Lossless JPEG (original)
 * Lotus Manuscript graphics (.bit)
 * LSM (Zeiss Light Speed Microscope)
 * LSS16
 * Lucasfilm picture (.lff)
 * Lumena CEL
 * Lumena PIX/BPX
 * LuraDocument Format (.ldf)
 * LuraWave (LWF)
 * MacPaint
 * Magick Persistent Cache (MPC)
 * MAKIchan Graphics (.mag)
 * Maya IFF
 * MDA/MDP (MicroDesign Area/Page)
 * MDI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging)
 * MegaPaint BLD
 * MetaMorph Stack (.stk)
 * MGR bitmap
 * Microsoft Image Composer (.mic)
 * MIF (MSX)
 * MIFF (Magick Image File Format)
 * MIX (Picture It!)
 * Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
 * MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)
 * MrSID
 * MSP (Microsoft Paint)
 * MSX BASIC graphics
 * MTV ray tracer bitmap
 * Multi Palette Picture (MPP)
 * Multi-Picture Format (MPO)
 * NASA Raster Metafile
 * National Imagery Transmission Format (NITFS, NITF, .ntf)
 * NEOchrome (.neo)
 * Nero CoverDesigner (.ncd, .nct)
 * Netpbm formats (PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM)
 * Newsroom, The
 * NIFF (Navy Image File Format)
 * NIFF (xloadimage)
 * NIST IHead (.pct)
 * NV12 (a YUV format)
 * OpenEXR (.exr)
 * OpenRaster (.ora)
 * OS/2 Bitmap Array
 * OS/2 bitmap family
 * OS/2 Boot Logo
 * OTA bitmap (Nokia Over The Air, .otb)
 * PabloPaint
 * PABX background
 * Paint.NET image (.pdn)
 * PaintShop Pro (.psp, .jsl, .pfr, .tub)
 * PaintTool SAI
 * Palette Master
 * Palm bitmap
 * Palm Database ImageViewer / FireViewer PDB (.pdb)
 * PAX (Pick Ax)
 * PCIF (.pcf)
 * PCO B16
 * PCPaint CLP
 * PCPaint PIC (a.k.a. Pictor)
 * PCX (PC Paintbrush)
 * PDS (NASA Planetary Data System, .img, .imq)
 * PDS4
 * PFM (Portable Float Map)
 * PFS (Portable Floatmap Stream)
 * PGC (Portfolio Graphics Compressed)
 * PGF (Portfolio Graphics)
 * PGF (Progressive Graphics File)
 * PGX (JPEG 2000)
 * Photo CD (.pcd)
 * PhotoChrome (.pcs)
 * PhotoDeluxe (.pdd)
 * PhotoImpact
 * PhotoParade slideshow (.php, .4pp)
 * Photoshop brush (.abr)
 * Pi
 * PIC (Yanagisawa)
 * PIC2
 * Picture Packer
 * Picture Publisher
 * Pixar picture (.pxr)
 * Pixia (.pxa)
 * Pixlr document (*.pxd)
 * PLD (PhotoLine)
 * PM (XV image)
 * PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
 * Pocket PC Bitmap (.2bp)
 * Portable Arbitrary Map (PAM)
 * Portable Bitmap Format (PBF)
 * Poser Bump Map (.bum)
 * PRF (Fastgraph)
 * PRF (Polychrome Recursive Format)
 * Printfox bitmap
 * PrintMaster
 * PrintPartner (.gph)
 * Print Shop, The
 * Prism Paint (.pnt)
 * PSB (Adobe Photoshop, large format)
 * PSD (Adobe Photoshop)
 * PSF (PhotoStudio)
 * Psion PIC
 * PTG (ArtRage)
 * Puzzle image (X11)
 * PWC (Piecewise-Constant Image Model)
 * PWG Raster
 * PXM (Pixelmator)
 * Q0
 * QDV (Giffer)
 * QRT Ray Tracer bitmap
 * QTIF (QuickTime image file, .qif)
 * Quake 2 Texture (.wal)
 * Quantel VPB image
 * Radiance HDR (RGBE, XYZE, .hdr, .pic)
 * Raw bitmap
 * RDIB
 * RLA (Wavefront)
 * SBIG CCDOPS image
 * Scitex CT
 * SCR (ZX Spectrum)
 * ScreenShot Hack
 * Seattle FilmWorks (.sfw, .pwp)
 * Secret Photos puzzle (.xp0)
 * Segmented Hypergraphics (.shg, .mrb)
 * SGI (IRIS, RGB)
 * SGX (SView Graphics, SuperView Graphics)
 * Sinclair QL screen
 * Sixel
 * Slow-scan television (.hrz)
 * Softimage PIC
 * Spaceward Graphics / Satori (.r, .rir)
 * Spectrum 512 Extended‎ (.spx)
 * Spectrum 512 formats (.spu, .spc, .sps)
 * SPIF
 * SPIFF (Still Picture Interchange File Format)
 * Spooky Sprites
 * STAD PAC
 * Standard Archive Format (military missile data format that includes images among other data)
 * STOS memory bank (.mbk)
 * Structured Fax File (.sff)
 * Sun Raster (.ras, .sun)
 * Sun TAAC image
 * Synu (Synthetic Universe)
 * TAP (Tencent)
 * TealPaint
 * Technicolor Dream
 * TGA (Truevision Targa image)
 * TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
 * TIFF/EP
 * TIFF-FX
 * TIFF/IT
 * TIM (PlayStation graphics)
 * Tiny Stuff
 * TI picture file
 * TLG (associated with KiriKiri Adventure Game System)
 * Unirast (Apple AirPrint)
 * Utah RLE
 * Valve Texture Format (.vtf)
 * VBM (VDC BitMap)
 * VEGX
 * Verity Image (.vif)
 * V.Flash PTX
 * VICAR
 * VIFF (Khoros Visualization, .xv)
 * VIPS (.v)
 * Vista data file
 * VITec
 * Vivid IMG
 * VORT file
 * WBMP (Wireless Bitmap)
 * WebP
 * Webshots picture (.wbz, .wb1, .wbd, .wbc, .wbp)
 * WhyPic (.ypc)
 * Wigmore Artist 64
 * Windows clipboard (.clp)
 * Windows DDB
 * WinMiPS
 * Winzle Puzzle
 * WOBA (bitmap data extracted from a HyperCard stack)
 * Word for DOS screen capture (.scr)
 * WPB (openCanvas)
 * WSQ
 * XBM (X BitMap)
 * XCF (GIMP image)
 * Xerox Doodle brush
 * Xerox EDMICS-MMR
 * Xerox EDMICS-RLC
 * XGA (Falcon)
 * XIFF
 * Xim
 * XLD4 (.q4)
 * XPM (X PixMap)
 * XWD (X Window Dump)
 * YBM (Bennet Yee's face format)
 * Zeiss BIVAS
 * Zoomify PFF
 * Zoomify ZIF

Software
(Applications, utilities, libraries, and APIs for graphic manipulation)

This section lists other articles in this wiki. See Graphic software for a longer list of software.


 * AutoCAD
 * Farbfeld Utilities
 * GraphicConverter
 * IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)
 * Image Alchemy
 * ImageMagick
 * Konvertor
 * Monu-CAD
 * Netpbm
 * Photoshop
 * RECOIL
 * Scribus
 * XnView
 * Tom's Editor (Online image converter)

Vector Graphics Formats
(Including most "metafile" formats. Vector formats often support embedded raster images, and other objects that aren't actually vectors.)

See also:
 * Acorn Draw
 * Adobe Illustrator Artwork (.ai)
 * Amiga Metafile (.amf)
 * Applixware Graphics
 * Arts & Letters clip art library (.yal)
 * AutoCAD Slide
 * AutoCAD Slide Library
 * AutoSketch (.skd)
 * Calamus Vector Graphic (.cvg)
 * CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile)
 * CorelDRAW (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt, .cmx)
 * DataDiagrammingML (Microsoft XML-based format)
 * Dia
 * DrawingML (Microsoft embedded graphics in XML Office formats)
 * DrawIt
 * DRAWX Vector Graphics (.vec)
 * Encapsulated PostScript (.eps, .epsf, .epsi)
 * Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
 * ER Mapper Vector (.erv)
 * Fig (Xfig format)
 * FreeHand (Aldus/Adobe)
 * GEM VDI Metafile (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
 * Gerber format (used in printed circuit design)
 * Haiku Vector Icon Format
 * Harvard Graphics
 * Instant Artist GFX (.gfx) (also known as Print Artist)
 * Lotus 1-2-3 Chart (.pic)
 * MacDraw (later ClarisDraw)
 * Micrografx Draw
 * Microsoft Office Drawing
 * MIX (PhotoDraw)
 * MVG
 * NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
 * Notability
 * OpenDocument Drawing (.odg)
 * PICT (Macintosh graphics)
 * Pixie (.pxi)
 * PLOT-10 (Tektronix)
 * Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML)
 * Presentation Manager Metafile (MET)
 * Satori Canvas (.cvs) - See Spaceward Graphics
 * Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
 * SDA (StarOffice)
 * Shapefile
 * Simple Vector Format (SVF)
 * sK1
 * Skencil SK
 * Sketch
 * SXD
 * TIFF annotation data
 * UNIX Plot Format
 * Visio (.vsd, .vss, .vst)
 * VML (Vector Markup Language)
 * Windows Metafile (.wmf)
 * WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)
 * Xar (Flare)
 * 3D and CAD/CAM Models
 * Diagramming and flowcharting
 * Machine Embroidery

Miscellaneous or Uncategorized
(Formats which don't fit into another category, or still need to be categorized)


 * AAE sidecar format (Apple iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite)
 * ANSI escape code
 * Aperture library
 * Apple Preferred (APF)
 * BodyPaint 3D (Maxon: .b3d)
 * Chyron
 * DeltaVision (medical microscopy format)
 * Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
 * HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
 * IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image
 * ImageLab/PrintTechnic
 * KONTRON (embedded-systems company; apparently has graphic format of its own)
 * lcd5
 * Liberty IM
 * Lightroom catalog (.lrcat)
 * Manga Studio
 * MonkeyCard
 * MonkeyLogo
 * PaperPort (MAX)
 * Pocket PC Theme (.tsk)
 * QDV (Random Dot Software)
 * SNX
 * StartupScreen (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?)
 * System 7 clip
 * Windows Media Player Skin Package (.wmz)

Links and Resources

 * Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
 * IIIF – The International Image Interoperability Framework
 * World's first computer art (1950s pinup image)
 * Art created with atoms
 * XGA: A New Graphics Standard
 * Michael Abrash’s Graphics Programming Black Book, Special Edition
 * Squarespace logo designer tool (Want a logo for a silly dot-com company you're starting? Create one here!)
 * Unconventional Pixel Furniture Adding Intrigue to Modern Rooms
 * See how to debunk viral photos in seconds using image search
 * Getty's free image embedding comes at a price
 * Image optimization tools
 * Library of Congress Recommended Format Specifications: Still Image Works
 * The Most Famous Image in the Early History of Computing
 * Image File Extensions in the Wide Web Scrape
 * Databending effects of editing images with a sound editor
 * Perceptual Hashing
 * Retrospecs: iOS app to convert images to imitate old 8-bit systems' graphics
 * A Pixel Is Not A Little Square
 * Serve deepzoom images from a zip archive with openseadragon
 * Know When to Use Image File Types: JPEG, GIF & PNG
 * Can we programatically compare different images of same resolutions?
 * 20 Best Color Palette Tools for Web and Graphic Designers
 * How "oldschool" graphics worked, Part 1 · Part 2 (videos)
 * Completely Painless Programmer's Guide to XYZ, RGB, ICC, xyY, and TRCs
 * Potrace: Transforming bitmaps into vector graphics
 * About a 1x1 image in many file formats
 * Tom's Editor: Free online image converted. About 500 formats supported
 * WhatIs.Rest7: Image formats explained. Lots of samples
 * Image libraries for PHP: BMP, DDS, TGA, PNM, PGM, PBM
 * Lots of images from Atari