Graphics

File Format
Name	Graphics
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics ; ;
	Mona Lisa

Electronic Formats concerned with Image Data.

See also:

Adjustment data

AAE sidecar format (Apple iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite)

Animated image formats

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)

Comics creation

Manga Studio

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

Container formats

IFF (Container format often used for graphics)
QTIF (QuickTime image file, .qif)
RIFF (Container format often used for graphics)

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)
PaintShop Pro Browser Cache (pspbrwse.jbf)
RIPscrip Icon (RIPterm Image, .icn)
Sony Mavica 411
Sun icon
Windows thumbnail cache (Thumbs.db)
Xbox Live Avatar
Xcursor
XV thumbnail
ZoomBrowser Ex thumbnail cache (ZbThumbnail.info)

Metadata Formats

Programming languages (graphic-specific)

CEEMAC
High Level Shading Language (HLSL) (uses byte array header files)
OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)

Raster Graphics Formats

AAI (Dune image)
Abekas YUV (.yuv)
Ability Office PhotoPaint (.apx)
Acorn Sprite
AIPD
Alias PIX
Alpha Microsystems BMP
Amber ARR Bitmap Image
AMOS Sprite Bank
Analyze AVW
Apple volume label image
ART (AOL compressed image)
ART (PFS: First Publisher)
AVS X image
BFLI
BigTIFF
BioRad confocal image
BMP (Windows BMP)
Bob ray tracer bitmap
BRender PIX
BSAVE Image
CALS raster
Canvas (Atari)‎ (.cpt, .cnv)
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)
Crack Art (.ca1, .ca2, .ca3)
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)
geoPaint
GeoTIFF
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
GIMP Animated Brush (.gih)
GIMP Brush (.gbr)
GIMP Pattern (.pat)
GoDot (.4bt)
GRIB (Gridded Binary)
GROB
HP Paintjet
HTC splashscreen (also known as NB format)
IBM KIPS bitmap
ICR (NCSA Telnet)
IFF-DEEP
ILBM (IFF-ILBM, IFF-PBM, HAM, etc.)
Image Cytometry Standard (.ics)
IMG/HDR (Analyze 7.5)
ImgStar
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
Lucasfilm picture (.lff)
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)
MIX (Picture It!)
Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)
MrSID
MSP (Microsoft Paint file)
MTV ray tracer
Multi Palette Picture (MPP)
Multi-Picture Format (MPO)
NASA Raster Metafile
National Imagery Transmission Format (NITFS, NITF, .ntf)
NEOchrome (.neo)
Nero CoverDesigner (.ncd, .nct)
Netpbm formats (PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM)
NIFF (Navy Image File Format)
NIST IHead (.pct)
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)
Pixar picture (.pxr)
PM (XV image)
Pocket PC Bitmap (.2bp)
PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
PRF (Polychrome Recursive Format)
PrintMaster
Print Shop, The
PSB (Adobe Photoshop, large format)
PSD (Adobe Photoshop)
PSF (PhotoStudio)
Psion PIC
PTG (ArtRage)
Puzzle image (X11)
PWC (Piecewise-Constant Image Model)
QRT Ray Tracer bitmap image
Radiance HDR (RGBE, XYZE, .hdr, .pic)
Raw bitmap
RDIB
RLA (Wavefront)
SBIG CCDOPS image
Scitex CT
SCR (ZX Spectrum)
ScreenShot Hack PDB
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)
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)
TIFF/EP
TIFF-FX
TIFF/IT
TIM (PlayStation graphics)
Tiny Stuff
TI picture file
TLG (associated with KiriKiri Adventure Game System)
Utah RLE
VEGX
VICAR
VIFF (Khoros Visualization, .xv)
VIPS (.v)
Vivid IMG
WBMP (Wireless Bitmap)
WebP
Webshots picture (.wbz, .wb1, .wbd, .wbc, .wbp)
WhyPic (.ypc)
Winzle Puzzle
WOBA (bitmap data extracted from a HyperCard stack)
WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)
WPB (openCanvas)
WSQ
XBM (X BitMap)
XCF (GIMP image)
Xerox Doodle brush
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.

Software, utilities, libraries, and APIs for graphic manipulation

IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework)
ImageMagick
Netpbm
RECOIL (formerly FAIL)
XnView

(See Graphic software)

System-specific graphic formats and modes

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)
Autodesk Slide
CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile)
CorelDRAW (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt, .cmx)
DataDiagrammingML (Microsoft XML-based format)
Encapsulated PostScript (.eps, .epsf, .epsi)
Fig (Xfig format)
FreeHand (Aldus/Adobe)
GEM VDI Metafile (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
Gerber format (used in printed circuit design)
MacDraw (later ClarisDraw)
Microsoft Office Drawing
MIX (PhotoDraw)
OpenDocument Drawing (.odg)
PICT (Macintosh graphics)
PLOT-10 (Tektronix)
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
Shapefile
TIFF annotation data
UNIX Plot Format
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.

Miscellaneous

(Formats and topics that are clearly identified, but which don't fit into another category, or still need to be categorized)

Apple Preferred (APF)
BodyPaint 3D (Maxon: .b3d)
Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image
KONTRON (embedded-systems company; apparently has graphic format of its own)
PaperPort (MAX)
Windows Media Player Skin Package (.wmz)

Uncategorized

(Formats that may need to be more clearly identified and named, and moved to other categories)

Bio
BLD (Mega Paint)
BSB
BSP
BUF
BUM
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 ?)
GATAN
GFX (Instant Artist, Print Artist, WarCraft II Image)
GrayPaint
GRP (StarCraft graphics?)
HMR (GeoTIFF Bitmap file)
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
Liberty IM
Lotus PIC
MAG (MAGIchan Graphics)
MET (Presentation Manager Metafile)
Meteosat 5
MHT
MonkeyCard
MonkeyLogo
NAA/IPTC
NIF (Gamebryo Model File / NetImmerse File)
Nokia .pict
NV12
Oncor
Palm image stream
PDES
PICS
PORST
Ppat
QDV (Random Dot Software Graphic)
QNT (Quantel raw uncompressed YCbCr?) (=Abekas YUV?)
QTL (YUV SECAM or PAL image)
RDC (Rollei)
SAF (Standard Archive Format, AMSC Archive Format)
SCR (Word for DOS)
Scrap
SHS
Sinclair QL
SMV
SNX
Softimage
StartupScreen (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?)
STV
System 7 clip
TBC
TCL
TN
VBM
VGS-8
VPB
VPM
WBIN (MacWavelets)
Winfax FXM
X-Face
Z04, Z08, Z16, Z24, Z32 (z3d)

Unknown

(Formats that are difficult or impossible to identify, and which may be deleted from this page)

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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.)

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