Graphics

Electronic Formats concerned with Image Data.

Categories

 * see also: 3D and CAD/CAM Models, and Cameras and Digital Image Sensors

Animated image formats
See also Video


 * ANI (NEOchrome)
 * ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
 * APNG
 * DVM (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM)
 * GIF (graphical interchange format; also used in single-image form)
 * MNG

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


 * ANS (ANSI Art)
 * ASCII Art
 * PCBOARD (.pcb)
 * TUNDRA (.tnd)

Color management

 * ICC profile

Combined Raster and Vector Formats

 * CMU Andrew Toolkit image (.cmu)
 * Encapsulated PostScript (.eps, .epsf, .epsi)
 * fig (xfig format, also supports embedded raster images)
 * Paint Shop Pro (.psp, .jsl, .pfr, .tub)
 * PICT (Macintosh graphics)
 * PSD Adobe Photoshop (might contain vector layers, but it is mainly a bitmap file format)
 * Windows Metafile (.wmf, .emf)
 * WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg) [ImageMagick:WPG]

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)
 * JBIG
 * JBIG2
 * LOCO-I (Low Complexity Lossless Compression for Images)
 * Modified Huffman
 * Modified READ
 * Modified Modified READ
 * Run-length colour encoding (T.45)
 * Wavelet compression

Container formats

 * IFF
 * RIFF

Icon, Cursor, and Avatar files
(used by various operating systems and software to present icons, cursors, avatars, etc.; may have a variety of internal formats)
 * ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
 * Apple File and App Icons
 * CUR (Microsoft Windows cursors)
 * Favicon
 * ICO (Microsoft Windows icons)
 * OS/2 BMP
 * Xbox Live Avatar

Metadata Formats

 * Exif
 * Exif MakerNote
 * IPTC
 * Photoshop Image Resources (8BIM)
 * XMP

Raster Graphics Formats

 * AAI (Dune image) [ImageMagick:AAI]
 * Ability Office PhotoPaint (.apx)
 * Acorn Sprite
 * ART (AOL compressed image)
 * ART (PFS: First Publisher)
 * BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format)
 * BigTIFF
 * BioRad (Biorad confocal image) [Netpbm:bioradtopgm]
 * BMP (Windows BMP)
 * CALS raster
 * CgBI
 * CINEON [ImageMagick:CIN]
 * CISCOIpPhoneImages [ImageMagick:CIP]
 * ColoRIX (RIX)
 * DCX (ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush) [ImageMagick:DCX]
 * DICOM (.dcm)
 * DjVu
 * DPX (SMTPE DPX) [ImageMagick:DPX]
 * DNG
 * Doodle (Atari) (.doo)
 * Dr. Halo (.cut)
 * ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet)
 * Epson Printer Bitmaps [Netpbm:escp2topbm]
 * Facesaver [Netpbm:fstopgm]
 * FITS
 * FlashPix (.fpx)
 * GEM Raster (.img)
 * GeoTIFF
 * GIF (graphical interchange format; also used in animated form)
 * HP Paintjet [Netpbm:pjtoppm]
 * IFF-PBM
 * ILBM (IFF-ILBM)
 * iThmb (iOS thumbnail images)
 * J2K/J2C/JPC (JPEG2000 codestream)
 * JEDMICS C4
 * JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format)
 * JNG (JPEG Network Graphics)
 * JP2 (JPEG2000/JP2 File Format)
 * JPEG (JPEG Interchange Format, JIF, .jpg)
 * JPEG2000
 * JPEG-HDR
 * JPEG-LS
 * JPEG XR (HD Photo)
 * JPM (JPEG2000 Part 6: Compound Image Format)
 * JPX (JPEG2000 Part 2: Extensions, .jpf)
 * Koala (C64 Koala Paint image, .koa, .gg)
 * LIFF (Openlab Layered Image File Format)
 * LSM (Zeiss Light Speed Microscope)
 * LWF (LuraWave)
 * MacPaint
 * Maya IFF
 * MBM (Symbian Multibitmap)
 * MDA/MDP (MicroDesign Area/Page)
 * MDI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging)
 * MIFF (Magick Image File Format)
 * Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
 * MPO (Multi Picture Object File)
 * MrSID
 * MSP (Microsoft Paint file)
 * MTV ray tracer
 * NEOchrome (.neo)
 * OS/2 BMP
 * OTA bitmap (Nokia Over The Air, .otb)
 * Paint.NET image (.pdn)
 * Palm Database ImageViewer (.pdb)
 * PBM/PGM/PPM/PNM/PAM (Netpbm formats)
 * PCD (Photo CD) [ImageMagick:PCD]
 * PCX (PC Paintbrush)
 * PDS (NASA Planetary Data System, .img, .imq)
 * PFM (Portable FloatMap)
 * PGC (Portfolio Graphics Compressed File)
 * PGF (Progressive Graphics File)
 * PI1/PI2/PI3/PC1/PC2/PC3 (DEGAS formats)
 * PICtor file format (.pic; used by PCPaint and other ancient DOS software)
 * PIX (Alias)
 * PM (XV image)
 * PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
 * PTG (ArtRage)
 * PWP (Seattle Film Works / PhotoWorks) [ImageMagick:PWP]
 * QRT Ray Tracer bitmap image
 * RFF (Dore Raster File Format)
 * Radiance HDR (RGBE, XYZE, .hdr, .pic) [ImageMagick:HDR]
 * RLA (Wavefront)
 * SBIG (Santa Barbara Instrument Group CCD) [Netpbm:sbigtopgm]
 * SFW (Seattle Film Works) [ImageMagick:SFW]
 * SGI/IRIS
 * SPIFF (Still Picture Interchange File Format)
 * SPU/SPC/SPS (Spectrum 512 formats)
 * Sun Raster (.ras, .sun)
 * TealPaint PDB
 * TGA (Truevision Targa image)
 * TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
 * TIFF/EP
 * TIFF/IT
 * TIM (Sony PlayStation image file) [ImageMagick:TIM]
 * TLG (associated with KiriKiri Adventure Game System)
 * Utah RLE
 * VICAR
 * WBMP (Wireless Bitmap)
 * WebP
 * WOBA (bitmap data extracted from a HyperCard stack)
 * XBM (X BitMap)
 * XCF (GIMP image)
 * XPM (X PixMap)
 * XWD (X Window Dump)
 * YUV (Abekas YUV)

Raw image formats

 * .3fr, .ari, .arw, .bay, .cap, .cr2, .crw, .eip, .dcr, .dcs, .drf, .dng, .eip, .erf, .fff, .iiq, .k25, .kdc, .mef, .mos, .mrw, .ndf, .nef, .nrw, .orf, .pef, .ptx, .pxn, .r3d, .raf, .raw, .rw2, .rwl, .rwz, .sr2, .srf, .srw, .x3f: See Cameras and Digital Image Sensors.

Skin files
[used in various programs to change user-interface backgrounds, etc.]
 * Windows Media Player Skin Package (.wmz)

Vector Graphics Formats

 * Acorn Draw
 * CDR (CorelDRAW!, a variant of the OASIS document format)
 * GEM VDI (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
 * IGES (Initial Graphics Exchange Specification)
 * NFF (Haines NFF, Neutral File Format)
 * OFF (WSE Object File Format)
 * Plot-10 (or Tek Plot-10)
 * POV (Persistence of Vision, POV-Ray)
 * PRT scene description (Parallel Ray Trace)
 * QRT Ray Tracer scene description (.QRT)
 * Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
 * Shapefile
 * VML (Vector Markup Language)

Uncategorized

 * .D
 * 3DS/ASC Autodesk 3D Studio
 * 8BIM
 * AI (Adobe Illustrator) [ImageMagick:AI]
 * AMBER ARR
 * AMC
 * Analyze
 * ANPA
 * Apple Preferred
 * Atari Portfolio
 * Autodesk Slide
 * B3D
 * Bio
 * BLD
 * BRL-CAD (Ballistic Research Laboratory CAD Package)
 * BSB
 * BSP
 * BUF
 * BUM
 * Byte Array Header File
 * CAM
 * CEL
 * CGM
 * Chyron
 * cicn
 * CLP
 * cri
 * csource
 * CVG
 * CWK
 * DCS (Desktop Color Separation)
 * DDS (Microsoft DirectDraw Surface) [ImageMagick:DDS]
 * DeltaVision
 * DESR VFF
 * Direct icns
 * Diskus YUV (=Abekas YUV?)
 * DJ1000
 * DKB (David K. Buck)
 * DL
 * dm2 (Gatan Digital Micrograph 2)
 * dm3 (Gatan Digital Micrograph 3)
 * Doodle! (C64) (.dd, .jj)
 * DrawIT
 * DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video)
 * ElectronicImage
 * ESM (Enhance Simplex)
 * Fascimile
 * FaxSFT
 * FEP (IRIS CMYK Front End Processor, .ct ?)
 * FireViewer PDB
 * FLH (FLIC Animation?)
 * Freehand 10
 * FUJI
 * GATAN
 * GFX (Instant Artist, Print Artist, WarCraft II Image)
 * Grasp GL
 * GrayPaint
 * GRIB (Gridded Binary)
 * GRP (StarCraft graphics?)
 * Harvard Graphics
 * HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
 * HGT (NASA SRTM Elevation Data)
 * HMR (GeoTIFF Bitmap file)
 * HTC splashscreen
 * IBL
 * IBM PIC
 * IC Magic
 * Icd5
 * ICN
 * IM
 * ImageLab/PrintTechnic
 * IPLab
 * Island Graphics TIFF
 * ISS (unidentified; XnView claims to support it)
 * j6i (Ricoh Digital Camera image file)
 * JBI (JBIG?)
 * Keynote PICT
 * KISS CEL (.cel)
 * Kodak DCS
 * Kodak ICC
 * Liberty IM
 * LOGO
 * Lotus PIC
 * LuraDocument format (.ldf)
 * MacDraw I
 * MAG (MAGIchan Graphics)
 * MET (Presentation Manager Metafile)
 * Meteosat 5
 * MHT
 * Microsoft Office Drawing
 * MonkeyCard
 * MonkeyLogo
 * MRC (Medical Research Council)
 * MSX
 * MSX2
 * MSX+
 * MSX2+
 * NAA/IPTC
 * NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
 * NASA Raster Metafile
 * NCG
 * NGG (Nokia Phone Group Graphics/Icons)
 * NIF (Gamebryo Model File / NetImmerse File)
 * NIST PCT
 * Nokia .pict
 * NOL (Nokia Operator Logo)
 * NV12
 * ODF
 * P3D (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center 3D Metafile)
 * Palette
 * Palm image stream
 * PAC STAD
 * PaperPort (MAX)
 * PDES
 * PIC (multiple B&W Atari, PC Paint, Psion)
 * PICS
 * Pixar PIC
 * PM (Print Master)
 * Ppat
 * The Print Shop (Broderbund)
 * QDV
 * QNT
 * QTIF
 * QTL
 * Rayshade
 * RDC
 * RIB
 * SAF (Standard Archive Format, AMSC Archive Format)
 * SCR (Sinclair)
 * SCR (Word for DOS)
 * Scrap
 * ScreenShot Hack PDB
 * SCX
 * Sense8 NFF (WorkdToolkit Neutral File Format)
 * SFF
 * SGI YAODL (Yet Another Object Description Language, Power-Flip Format)
 * SHS
 * Sinclair QL
 * Sixel
 * SKETCH
 * SMV
 * SNX
 * Softimage
 * StartupScreen (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?)
 * STV
 * SWF
 * SLK (Microsoft SYLK, Symbolic Link Format)
 * System 7 clip
 * TBC
 * TCL
 * TEX
 * Tiny Viewer PDB
 * TN
 * TRS-80 image (.hr)
 * UNIX Plot Format
 * VBM
 * VFF
 * VGS-8
 * VPB
 * VPM
 * WBIN
 * wbz
 * Winfax FXM
 * X-Face
 * XIMG
 * Z04
 * Z08
 * Z16
 * Z24
 * Z32

Links and Resources

 * Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
 * World's first computer art (1950s pinup image)