AVS X image

File Format
Name	AVS X image
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Graphics AVS X image
Extension(s)	.x, .avs, .mbfavs

AVX X image (or Stardent AVS X image) is a simple raster image file format. It stores uncompressed RGBA images.

Format

Files have an 8-byte header containing the width and height, followed by the pixel data.

Software

• ImageMagick (format named "AVS")
• Netpbm (pamtoavs, avstopam)
• XnView

Sample files

• AVS Image Format → mandrill.x.gz [Ed. note: This file may be bogus.]

Links

• AVS Image Format

Editors' notes

The format of the alpha samples is unknown to us. In the mandrill.x.gz sample file, the alpha samples are all 0, implying that 0 means opaque. But the applications we've looked at all think that 0 means transparent.