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 (Windows 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 included 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
 * PSD Adobe Photoshop (might contain vector layers, but it is mainly a bitmap file format)
 * Windows Metafile (.wmf, .emf)

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

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)
 * Apple File and App Icons
 * CUR (Microsoft Windows cursors)
 * ICO (Microsoft Windows icons)
 * Xbox Live Avatar

Metadata Formats

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

Raster Graphics Formats

 * Acorn Sprite
 * BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format)
 * BigTIFF
 * BMP (Windows BMP)
 * DjVu
 * DNG
 * FlashPix
 * GEM Raster
 * GeoTIFF
 * GIF (graphical interchange format; also used in animated form)
 * OS/2 BMP (different from Windows BMP)
 * IFF (ILBM)
 * ITHMB (iOS thumbnail images)
 * J2K (JPEG2000 code stream)
 * JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format)
 * JNG (JPEG Network Graphics)
 * JP2 (JPEG2000 Part 1: Core Coding System)
 * JPC (JPEG2000 code stream)
 * JPEG (JPEG Interchange Format, JPG/JIF)
 * JPEG-HDR
 * JPEG-LS
 * JPEG XR
 * JPF (JPEG2000 Part 2: Extensions)
 * JPX (JPEG2000 Part 2: Extensions)
 * LSM (Zeiss Light Speed Microscope)
 * MDA/MDP (MicroDesign Area/Page)
 * MIFF (Magick Image File Format)
 * MrSID
 * MSP (Microsoft Paint file)
 * NEF (Nikon RAW)
 * Paint.NET image (.pdn)
 * PBM/PGM/PPM/PNM/PAM (Netpbm formats)
 * PCX (PC Paintbrush)
 * PICtor file format (.pic; used by PCPaint and other ancient DOS software)
 * PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
 * RFF (Dore Raster File Format)
 * SPIFF (Still Picture Interchange File Format, SPF)
 * TGA (Truevision Targa image)
 * TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
 * TLG (associated with KiriKiri Adventure Game System)
 * WebP
 * WOBA (bitmap data extracted from a HyperCard stack)
 * XBM (X BitMap)
 * XPM (X PixMap)
 * XWD (X Window System bitmap)

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)
 * Plot-10 (or Tek Plot-10)
 * POV (Persistence of Vision, POV-Ray)
 * Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
 * Shapefile
 * VML (Vector Markup Language)

Uncategorized

 * .D
 * 3DS/ASC Autodesk 3D Studio
 * 8BIM
 * AAI
 * AFP
 * AI Adobe Illustrator (same as AAI?)
 * ALIAS
 * AMBER ARR
 * AMC
 * Analyze
 * ANI (NeoChrome)
 * ANPA
 * Apple Preferred
 * ART
 * ARW
 * Atari Portfolio
 * Autodesk Slide
 * B3D
 * Bio
 * BioRad
 * BLD
 * BRL-CAD (Ballistic Research Laboratory CAD Package)
 * BSB
 * BSP
 * BUF
 * BUM
 * Byte Array Header File
 * c4
 * CALS
 * CAM
 * CEL
 * CGM
 * Chyron
 * cicn
 * CINEON
 * CISCOIpPhoneImages
 * CLP
 * cri
 * CRW
 * CR2
 * csource
 * CT
 * CVG
 * CWK
 * DCS
 * DCR
 * DCX
 * DDS
 * DeltaVision
 * DESR VFF
 * DICoM
 * Direct icns
 * Diskus YUV
 * DJ1000
 * DKB (David K. Buck)
 * DL
 * dm2
 * dm3
 * Doodle
 * DPX
 * Dr. Halo
 * DrawIT
 * DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video)
 * ECW
 * ElectronicImage
 * Epson Printer Bitmaps
 * ESM
 * Facesaver
 * Favicon ICO
 * Fascimile
 * FaxSFT
 * fep
 * First Publisher art
 * FireViewer PDB
 * FLH
 * Freehand 10
 * FUJI
 * GATAN
 * GEM Bit Image
 * GEM VDI (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
 * GFX
 * Grasp GL
 * GrayPaint
 * GRIB (Gridded Binary)
 * GRP
 * HAM
 * Harvard Graphics
 * HD Photo
 * HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
 * HDR
 * HGT
 * HMR
 * HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language)
 * HPGL/2
 * HP Paintjet
 * HTC splashscreen
 * IBL
 * IBM PIC
 * IC Magic
 * Icd5
 * ICN
 * IGES
 * IM
 * ImageLab/PrintTechnic
 * IMG
 * IMQ
 * IPLab
 * IRIS
 * Island Graphics TIFF
 * ISS
 * ithmb
 * j6i
 * JBI
 * JEDMICS C4
 * KDC
 * Keynote PICT
 * KISS CEL
 * Koala
 * Kodak DCS
 * Kodak ICC
 * KoNTRoN
 * LDF
 * Liberty IM
 * LIFF
 * LOGO
 * Lotus PIC
 * LuraDocument
 * LWF
 * MacDraw I
 * MacPaint
 * MAG
 * MAYA-IFF
 * MBM
 * MET (Presentation Manager Metafile)
 * Meteosat 5
 * MHT
 * Microsoft Office Drawing
 * MonkeyCard
 * MonkeyLogo
 * MPO
 * MRC
 * MRW
 * MSX
 * MSX2
 * MSX+
 * MSX2+
 * MTV
 * NAA/IPTC
 * NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
 * NASA Raster Metafile
 * NCG
 * NEO (NeoChrome)
 * NFF (Haines NFF, Neutral File Format)
 * NGG (Nokia Phone Group Graphics/Icons)
 * NIF (Gamebryo Model File / NetImmerse File)
 * NIST PCT
 * Nokia .pict
 * NOL (Nokia Operator Logo)
 * NV12
 * ODF
 * OFF
 * oNCoR
 * ORF (Olympus RAW)
 * OTA (Nokia Over The Air)
 * P3D (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center 3D Metafile)
 * PI1 Degas
 * PC1 Degas
 * PI2 Degas
 * PC2 Degas
 * PI3 Degas
 * PC4 Degas
 * Palette
 * Palm image stream
 * PAC STAD
 * PaperPort (MAX)
 * PC Paint
 * PCD (Photo CD)
 * PCL
 * PDB (PhotoDeluxe?)
 * PDES
 * PDS
 * PDS3
 * PEF (Pentax Raw Image file)
 * PFM (Portable FloatMap)
 * PGC (Portfolio Graphics Compressed File)
 * PGF (Progressive Graphics File)
 * PIC (multiple B&W Atari, PC Paint, Psion)
 * PICS
 * PICT (Macintosh graphics file format)
 * PIX
 * Pixar PIC
 * PM (Presentation Manager? PageMaker? PrintMaster? X Window PixelMap?)
 * PoRST
 * Ppat
 * The Print Shop (Broderbund)
 * PRT (Parallel Ray Trace)
 * PTG (ArtRage)
 * PWP (PhotoWorks Image File)
 * QDV
 * QNT
 * QRT (Quick Ray Trace)
 * QTIF
 * QTL
 * RAF
 * Radiance
 * Rayshade
 * RDC
 * RIB
 * RIFF
 * RIX (RIX Image File, ColoRIX VGA Paint)
 * RLA
 * RLE
 * RW2
 * 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
 * SFW
 * SGI
 * SGI YAODL (Yet Another Object Description Language, Power-Flip Format)
 * SHS
 * Sinclair QL
 * Sixel
 * SKETCH
 * SMV
 * SNX
 * SoFTIMAGE
 * SPC
 * SRF
 * ST X SBIG
 * StartupScreen s
 * STV
 * Sun Rasterfiles
 * SWF
 * SLK (Microsoft SYLK, Symbolic Link Format)
 * System 7 clip
 * TBC
 * TCL
 * TealPaint PDB
 * TEX
 * TIM PSX
 * Tiny Viewer PDB
 * TN
 * TSR-80
 * UNIX Plot Format
 * Utah RLE
 * VBM
 * VFF
 * VGS-8
 * VICAR
 * CITRoNIC
 * VoXEL
 * VPB
 * VPM
 * WBIN
 * WBMP
 * wbz
 * Winfax FXM
 * WordPerfect Graphics
 * X Window Dump
 * X3F
 * XCF
 * X-Face
 * XIMG
 * YUV
 * Z04
 * Z08
 * Z16
 * Z24
 * Z32

Links and Resources

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