Graphics
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
Electronic Formats concerned with Image Data.
See also:
- 3D and CAD/CAM Models
- Cameras and Digital Image Sensors
- Fonts
- Geospatial
- Page description languages
- Video
Animated image formats
See also Video.
- ANI (NEOchrome)
- ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
- ANIM
- APNG
- Cyber Paint Sequence (.seq)
- DeluxePaint Animation (ANM or Anim)
- DVM (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM)
- FLIC
- GIF
- GRASP GL
- IFF-DEEP
- JPX
- MNG
- PGX (Portfolio)
- SWF (Flash)
Character-based graphics
See Character Encodings for details of character sets, some of which include graphical or line-and-box-drawing characters.
- ANSI Art (.ans)
- ASCII Art
- AVATAR (FidoNet)
- BSAVE Image
- NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
- PCBoard (.pcb)
- RIPscrip (or RIPscript)
- TUNDRA (.tnd)
Colors
(Profiles, color spaces, palettes)
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)
- Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
- Modified Huffman
- Modified READ
- Modified Modified READ
- NeXT 2-bit RLE
- PackBits
- Run-length colour encoding (T.45)
- 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)
- EPOC AIF
- Favicon
- GlowIcons
- HP 100LX/200LX icon (.icn)
- ICNS (Apple/Macintosh Icon)
- ICO (Microsoft Windows icons)
- Icon library (.icl)
- iThmb (iOS thumbnail images)
- Micrografx Icon (.icn)
- NewIcons
- Nokia Group Graphic (.ngg)
- Nokia Logo Manager bitmap (.nlm)
- Nokia Operator Logo (.nol)
- Nokia Picture Message (.npm)
- Nokia Startup Logo (.nsl)
- OS/2 Icon
- OS/2 Pointer (.ptr)
- RIPscrip Icon (RIPterm Image, .icn)
- Sony Mavica 411
- Sun icon
- Windows thumbnail cache (Thumbs.db)
- Xbox Live Avatar
- XV thumbnail
Metadata Formats
Raster Graphics Formats
- AAI (Dune image)
- Abekas YUV (.yuv)
- Ability Office PhotoPaint (.apx)
- Acorn Sprite
- AIPD
- Alias PIX
- Alpha Microsystems BMP
- AMOS Sprite Bank
- Analyze AVW
- ART (AOL compressed image)
- ART (PFS: First Publisher)
- AVS X image
- BFLI
- BigTIFF
- BioRad confocal image
- BMP (Windows BMP)
- BSAVE Image
- CALS raster
- Cartesian Perceptual Compression (CPC)
- CgBI
- Cineon
- Cisco IP Phone image
- CMU Andrew Toolkit image (.cmu)
- CMU Window Manager bitmap
- ColoRIX (RIX)
- CompuServe RLE
- Corel Photo-Paint image (.cpt)
- DCX (ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush)
- DEGAS formats (.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3)
- 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)
- ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet)
- EPOC MBM (Symbian Multibitmap)
- EPOC Sketch
- Epson Printer Bitmaps
- FaceSaver
- FBM image (Fuzzy Bitmap)
- FFLI
- FIASCO
- FITS
- FlashPix (.fpx)
- FRA (Fractint)
- GEM Raster (.img)
- GeoTIFF
- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
- GIMP Animated Brush (.gih)
- GIMP Brush (.gbr)
- GIMP Pattern (.pat)
- GoDot (.4bt)
- GRIB (Gridded Binary)
- HP Paintjet
- IBM KIPS bitmap
- IFF-DEEP
- ILBM (IFF-ILBM, IFF-PBM, HAM, etc.)
- IMG/HDR (Analyze 7.5)
- Interleaf image
- IWC (WaveL)
- JBIG
- JBIG2
- JEDMICS C4
- Jeff's Image Format
- JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format)
- JNG (JPEG Network Graphics)
- JP2 (JPEG 2000 Part 1 Annex I)
- JPEG (JPEG Interchange Format, .jpg)
- JPEG 2000
- JPEG 2000 codestream (.j2k, .j2c)
- JPEG-HDR
- JPEG-LS
- JPEG XR (HD Photo)
- JPM (JPEG 2000 Part 6: Compound Image Format)
- JPS
- JPX (JPEG 2000 Part 2: Extensions, .jpf)
- KiSS CEL
- KoalaPainter (C64) (.koa, .gg)
- Kolor Raw (.kro)
- LIFF (Openlab Layered Image File Format)
- Lossless JPEG (original)
- LSM (Zeiss Light Speed Microscope)
- LSS16
- LuraDocument Format (.ldf)
- LuraWave (LWF)
- MacPaint
- Maya IFF
- MDA/MDP (MicroDesign Area/Page)
- MDI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging)
- MGR bitmap
- MIFF (Magick Image File Format)
- Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
- MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)
- MrSID
- MSP (Microsoft Paint file)
- MTV ray tracer
- Multi-Picture Format (MPO)
- National Imagery Transmission Format (NITFS, NITF, .ntf)
- NEOchrome (.neo)
- Nero CoverDesigner (.ncd, .nct)
- Netpbm formats (PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM)
- NIFF (Navy Image File Format)
- OpenEXR (.exr)
- OpenRaster (.ora)
- OS/2 BMP
- OTA bitmap (Nokia Over The Air, .otb)
- packJPG (.pjg)
- Paint.NET image (.pdn)
- PaintShop Pro (.psp, .jsl, .pfr, .tub)
- Palm bitmap
- Palm Database ImageViewer / FireViewer PDB (.pdb)
- PAM (Portable Arbitrary Map)
- PCO B16
- PCPaint CLP
- 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)
- PhotoParade slideshow (.php, .4pp)
- Photoshop brush (.abr)
- PICtor (.pic; used by PCPaint and other ancient DOS software)
- PM (XV image)
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
- PRF (Polychrome Recursive Format)
- PrintMaster
- The Print Shop
- PSB (Adobe Photoshop, large format)
- PSD (Adobe Photoshop)
- Psion PIC
- PTG (ArtRage)
- QRT Ray Tracer bitmap image
- Radiance HDR (RGBE, XYZE, .hdr, .pic)
- Raw bitmap
- RDIB
- RLA (Wavefront)
- SBIG CCDOPS image
- Scitex CT
- SCR (ZX Spectrum)
- Seattle FilmWorks (.sfw, .pwp)
- SGI (IRIS, RGB)
- Sixel
- Slow-scan television (.hrz)
- Spectrum 512 formats (.spu, .spc, .sps)
- SPIFF (Still Picture Interchange File Format)
- STAD PAC
- Structured Fax File (.sff)
- Sun Raster (.ras, .sun)
- Sun TAAC image
- SuperView Graphics
- TealPaint PDB
- TGA (Truevision Targa image)
- TI-92 bitmap (.92i)
- TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
- TIFF/EP
- TIFF-FX
- TIFF/IT
- TIM (PlayStation graphics)
- Tiny Stuff
- TLG (associated with KiriKiri Adventure Game System)
- Utah RLE
- VICAR
- VIFF (Khoros Visualization, .xv)
- VIPS (.v)
- WBMP (Wireless Bitmap)
- WebP
- Webshots picture (.wbz, .wb1, .wbd, .wbc, .wbp)
- WOBA (bitmap data extracted from a HyperCard stack)
- WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)
- WPB (openCanvas)
- WSQ
- XBM (X BitMap)
- XCF (GIMP image)
- Xerox EDMICS-MMR
- Xerox EDMICS-RLC
- XPM (X PixMap)
- XWD (X Window Dump)
Raw camera formats
For raw image (digital negative) formats used by cameras (such as .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.
Vector Graphics Formats
(Including most metafile formats. Vector formats often support embedded raster images, and other objects that aren't actually vectors.)
- Acorn Draw
- Adobe Illustrator Artwork (.ai)
- Aldus Placeable Metafile (.apm)
- Arts & Letters clip art library (.yal)
- CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile)
- CorelDRAW (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt, .cmx)
- DataDiagrammingML (Microsoft XML-based format)
- Encapsulated PostScript (.eps, .epsf, .epsi)
- Fig (Xfig format)
- GEM VDI Metafile (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
- Gerber format (used in printed circuit design)
- OpenDocument Drawing (.odg)
- PICT (Macintosh graphics)
- PLOT-10 (Tektronix)
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- Shapefile
- TIFF annotation data
- Visio (.vsd, .vss, .vst)
- VML (Vector Markup Language)
- Windows Metafile (.wmf, .emf)
- WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)
- Xar (Flare)
For modeling formats (such as IGES, NFF, OFF, POV-Ray, PRT, QRT), see 3D and CAD/CAM Models.
See also Machine Embroidery.
Miscellaneous
(Formats and topics that are clearly identified, but which don't fit into another category, or still need to be categorized)
- Apple II graphics formats
- Atari graphics formats
- Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
- IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image
- IFF (Container format often used for graphics)
- ImageMagick
- Microsoft Office Drawing
- Netpbm
- RECOIL (formerly FAIL)
- RIFF (Container format often used for graphics)
- Windows Media Player Skin Package (.wmz)
- XnView
Uncategorized
(Formats that may need to be more clearly identified and named, and moved to other categories)
- 3DS/ASC Autodesk 3D Studio
- AMBER ARR
- AMC
- ANPA
- Apple Preferred
- Autodesk Slide
- B3D (Maxon)
- Bio
- BLD (Mega Paint)
- BRL-CAD (Ballistic Research Laboratory CAD Package)
- BSB
- BSP
- BUF
- BUM
- Byte Array Header File
- CAM
- CEL
- Chyron
- cicn
- CLP (Windows clipboard)
- cri
- csource
- CVG
- CWK
- DCS (Desktop Color Separation)
- DeltaVision
- DESR VFF
- Direct icns
- Diskus YUV (=Abekas YUV?)
- DJ1000
- DL
- dm2 (Gatan Digital Micrograph 2)
- dm3 (Gatan Digital Micrograph 3)
- DrawIT
- DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video)
- ElectronicImage
- ESM (Enhance Simplex)
- FaxSTF
- FEP (IRIS CMYK Front End Processor, .ct ?)
- Freehand 10
- GATAN
- GFX (Instant Artist, Print Artist, WarCraft II Image)
- GrayPaint
- GRP (StarCraft graphics?)
- Harvard Graphics
- HMR (GeoTIFF Bitmap file)
- HTC splashscreen
- IBL
- IBM PIC
- IC Imagic
- Icd5
- IM (Chryon Liberty Paint)
- ImageLab/PrintTechnic
- IPLab
- Island Graphics TIFF
- ISS (unidentified; XnView claims to support it)
- j6i (Ricoh Digital Camera image file)
- Keynote PICT
- Kodak DCS
- Kodak ICC
- KONTRON
- Liberty IM
- Lotus PIC
- MacDraw I
- MAG (MAGIchan Graphics)
- MET (Presentation Manager Metafile)
- Meteosat 5
- MHT
- MonkeyCard
- MonkeyLogo
- MRC (Medical Research Council)
- NAA/IPTC
- NASA Raster Metafile
- NIF (Gamebryo Model File / NetImmerse File)
- NIST PCT
- Nokia .pict
- NV12
- Oncor
- P3D (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center 3D Metafile)
- Palm image stream
- PaperPort (MAX)
- PDES
- PICS
- Pixar PIC
- PORST
- Ppat
- QDV (Random Dot Software Graphic)
- QNT (Quantel raw uncompressed YCbCr?) (=Abekas YUV?)
- QTIF (QuickTime image file, .qif)
- QTL (YUV SECAM or PAL image)
- RDC (Rollei)
- RIB (RenderMan Interface Bytestream / Pixar / 3D Reality)
- SAF (Standard Archive Format, AMSC Archive Format)
- SCR (Word for DOS)
- Scrap
- ScreenShot Hack PDB
- SHS
- Sinclair QL
- SMV
- SNX
- Softimage
- StartupScreen (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?)
- STV
- SLK (Microsoft SYLK, Symbolic Link Format)
- System 7 clip
- TBC
- TCL
- TN
- TRS-80 image (.hr)
- UNIX Plot Format
- VBM
- VGS-8
- VPB
- VPM
- WBIN (MacWavelets)
- Winfax FXM
- X-Face
- XIMG
- Z04, Z08, Z16, Z24, Z32 (z3d)
Unknown
(Formats that are difficult or impossible to identify, and which may be deleted from this page)
- .D
- CITRONIC
- FUJI
- JBI (JBIG?)
- MSX, MSX2, MSX+, MSX2+ (There may be obscure formats named MSX, but this looks like a list of computers)
- NCG
- Palette
- TEX (Could be any of a number of TEXture formats.)
- Tiny Viewer PDB (No unique format associated with this app?)
- VOXEL
Links and Resources
- Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- World's first computer art (1950s pinup image)
- Art created with atoms
- Raytracer program code that fits on a business card
- 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
