Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

File Format
Name	Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats

Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats (EGFF) is a book by James D. Murray and William VanRyper. Along with general information about graphics formats, it provides detailed information about many specific formats. It includes a CD-ROM containing format specifications, sample files, and software. There were two editions: the First Edition in 1994, and the Second Edition in 1996. It has been released under a Creative Commons license, and its contents are available online.

External links

• Text online at FileFormat.Info
• Text online at http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/main.htm
• FileFormat.Info's File Format Cloud
• Format list at http://netghost.narod.ru/gff/graphics/formats.htm
• The CD-ROM from the 1st Edition
• Files from the 2nd Edition are here or here.
• Amazon: EGFF 2nd Edition

Format cross-reference

Image file formats

EGFF format	Refer to
Adobe Illustrator	Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop	PSD
Atari ST Graphics Formats	Atari graphics formats
AutoCAD DXF	DXF
Autodesk 3D Studio	3DS
BDF	BDF
BRL-CAD
BUFR	BUFR
CALS Raster	CALS raster
CGM	CGM
CMU Formats	CMU Andrew Toolkit image
DKB	DKBTrace scene description
Dore Raster File Format
DPX	DPX
Dr. Halo	Dr. Halo
DVM Movie
Encapsulated PostScript	Encapsulated PostScript
FaceSaver	FaceSaver
FAX Formats	CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4, etc.
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System
FLI	FLIC
GEM Raster	GEM Raster
GEM VDI	GEM VDI Metafile
GIF	GIF
GRASP	GRASP GL
GRIB	GRIB
Harvard Graphics
Hierarchical Data Format	HDF
IFF	ILBM
IGES	IGES
Inset PIX
Intel DVI
JPEG File Interchange Format	JFIF
Kodak Photo CD	Photo CD
Kodak YCC
Lotus DIF
Lotus PIC
Lumena Paint
Macintosh Paint	MacPaint
Macintosh PICT	PICT
Microsoft Paint	MSP (Microsoft Paint file)
Microsoft RIFF	RIFF, AVI, WAV, etc
Microsoft RTF	RTF
Microsoft SYLK
Microsoft Windows Bitmap	BMP
Microsoft Windows Metafile	Windows Metafile
MIFF	MIFF
MPEG
MTV	NFF, MTV ray tracer
NAPLPS	NAPLPS
NFF	NFF
OFF	OFF (DEC-WSE Object File Format)
OS/2 Bitmap	OS/2 BMP
P3D
PBM, PGM, PNM, and PPM	Netpbm formats
PCX	PCX
PDS	PDS
Pictor PC Paint	PICtor
Pixar RIB
Plot-10
PNG	PNG
POV
Presentation Manager Metafile
PRT	PRT scene description
QRT	QRT Ray Tracer scene description
QuickTime	QuickTime
Radiance	Radiance Scene Description
Rayshade	Rayshade scene description
RIX	ColoRIX
RTrace
SAF
Sense8 NFF
SGI Image File Format
SGI Inventor
SGI YAODL
SGO
SPIFF
Sun Icon
Sun Raster
TDDD
TGA	TGA
TIFF	TIFF
TTDDD
uRay
Utah RLE
VICAR2
VIFF
VIS-5D
Vivid and Bob
Wavefront OBJ
Wavefront RLA
WordPerfect Graphics Metafile
XBM
XPM
XWD
ZBR

Compression formats

EGFF format	Refer to
Run-Length Encoding (RLE)	Run-length encoding
Lempel-Ziv-Welch (LZW) Compression	LZW
CCITT (Huffman) Encoding	CCITT Group 3, CCITT Group 4
JPEG Compression	JPEG, DCT compression
JBIG Compression	JBIG
ART Compression	ART (AOL compressed image)
Fractal Image Compression