CMP

File Format
Name	CMP
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics CMP
Extension(s)	.cmp
PRONOM	fmt/1336, fmt/1337

CMP Image Compression from LEADTools. LEADTools proprietary image compression format. Related formats .CMW, .ABC

File Format

Two types of CMP Files.

• 8-bit & 24bit CMP
• 1-bit CMP

File Identification

• 8 & 24 bit files header begin with ASCII "LEAD"
• 1-bit file header begins with ASCII "LTRI"

Software

• LEADTools Demo software circa 1993, includes samples

Sample files

• dexvert samples — image/cmp
• https://archive.org/details/EXGOURMET → *.CMP

Links

• LEAD Technologies : Wikipedia
• CMP Image Compression SDK Technology
• LEADTools list of supported formats