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* [[ANSI Art]] (.ans) | * [[ANSI Art]] (.ans) | ||
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* [[AN2]] | * [[AN2]] | ||
* [[ArtWorx Data Format]] (.adf) | * [[ArtWorx Data Format]] (.adf) | ||
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== Colors == | == Colors == | ||
| − | (Profiles, color spaces, palettes, swatches) | + | (Profiles, color spaces, [[Computer Palettes|palettes]], swatches) |
* [[Adobe RGB (1998)]] | * [[Adobe RGB (1998)]] | ||
* [[Adobe Swatch Exchange]] (.ase) | * [[Adobe Swatch Exchange]] (.ase) | ||
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* [[GEM resource file]] (.rsc) | * [[GEM resource file]] (.rsc) | ||
* [[GlowIcons]] | * [[GlowIcons]] | ||
| + | * [[Graphic Workshop Thumbnail]] (.thn) | ||
* [[Haiku Vector Icon Format]] | * [[Haiku Vector Icon Format]] | ||
* [[HP 100LX/200LX icon]] (.icn) | * [[HP 100LX/200LX icon]] (.icn) | ||
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* [[ICO]] (Microsoft Windows icons) | * [[ICO]] (Microsoft Windows icons) | ||
** [[Windows 1.0 Icon]] | ** [[Windows 1.0 Icon]] | ||
| + | * [[Icon Heaven library]] (.fim) | ||
* [[Icon library]] (.icl) | * [[Icon library]] (.icl) | ||
* [[iThmb]] (iOS thumbnail images) | * [[iThmb]] (iOS thumbnail images) | ||
| + | * [[Lotus Smart Icon]] (.smi) | ||
* [[Micrografx Icon]] (.icn) | * [[Micrografx Icon]] (.icn) | ||
* [[NeoDesk icon]] (.nic) | * [[NeoDesk icon]] (.nic) | ||
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* [[SAUCE]] | * [[SAUCE]] | ||
* [[XMP]] | * [[XMP]] | ||
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| + | == Online/Networked Formats == | ||
| + | (while any image format can be used online and through a network, these are specifically designed to be accessed remotely via an API) | ||
| + | * [[IIIF|IIIF – The International Image Interoperability Framework]] | ||
== Programming languages == | == Programming languages == | ||
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* [[BigTIFF]] | * [[BigTIFF]] | ||
* [[BioRad confocal image]] | * [[BioRad confocal image]] | ||
| + | * [[BLP]] | ||
| + | * [[BMI (Zoner)]] | ||
* [[BMP]] (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP) | * [[BMP]] (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP) | ||
* [[Bob ray tracer bitmap]] | * [[Bob ray tracer bitmap]] | ||
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* [[Cineon]] | * [[Cineon]] | ||
* [[Cisco IP Phone image]] | * [[Cisco IP Phone image]] | ||
| + | * [[Clear (RISC OS graphics format)|Clear]] | ||
* [[Cloé picture]] | * [[Cloé picture]] | ||
* [[CMU Andrew Toolkit image]] (.cmu) | * [[CMU Andrew Toolkit image]] (.cmu) | ||
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* [[DCX]] (ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush) | * [[DCX]] (ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush) | ||
* [[DEGAS image]] (.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3) | * [[DEGAS image]] (.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3) | ||
| + | * [[DeskMate Paint]] (.pnt) | ||
* [[DESR VFF]] | * [[DESR VFF]] | ||
* [[DGI (Digi-Pic)]] | * [[DGI (Digi-Pic)]] | ||
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* [[JPC (LuraWave)]] | * [[JPC (LuraWave)]] | ||
* [[JPEG]] (JPEG Interchange Format, .jpg) | * [[JPEG]] (JPEG Interchange Format, .jpg) | ||
| + | * [[JPEG 360]] | ||
* [[JPEG 2000]] | * [[JPEG 2000]] | ||
* [[JPEG 2000 codestream]] (.j2k, .j2c, .jpc) | * [[JPEG 2000 codestream]] (.j2k, .j2c, .jpc) | ||
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* [[MetaMorph Stack]] (.stk) | * [[MetaMorph Stack]] (.stk) | ||
* [[MGR bitmap]] | * [[MGR bitmap]] | ||
| + | * [[MiAF]] | ||
* [[Microsoft Image Composer]] (.mic) | * [[Microsoft Image Composer]] (.mic) | ||
* [[MIF (MSX)]] | * [[MIF (MSX)]] | ||
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* [[MSX BASIC graphics]] | * [[MSX BASIC graphics]] | ||
* [[MTV ray tracer bitmap]] | * [[MTV ray tracer bitmap]] | ||
| + | * [[Multicolor]] (Commodore 64 graphic mode) | ||
* [[Multi Palette Picture]] (MPP) | * [[Multi Palette Picture]] (MPP) | ||
* [[Multi-Picture Format]] (MPO) | * [[Multi-Picture Format]] (MPO) | ||
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* [[STAD PAC]] | * [[STAD PAC]] | ||
* [[Standard Archive Format]] (military missile data format that includes images among other data) | * [[Standard Archive Format]] (military missile data format that includes images among other data) | ||
| + | * [[Starbase bitmap file]] | ||
* [[STOS memory bank]] (.mbk) | * [[STOS memory bank]] (.mbk) | ||
* [[Structured Fax File]] (.sff) | * [[Structured Fax File]] (.sff) | ||
* [[Sun Raster]] (.ras, .sun) | * [[Sun Raster]] (.ras, .sun) | ||
* [[Sun TAAC image]] | * [[Sun TAAC image]] | ||
| + | * [[SymbOS graphic]] (.sgx) | ||
* [[Synu]] (Synthetic Universe) | * [[Synu]] (Synthetic Universe) | ||
* [[TAP (Tencent)]] | * [[TAP (Tencent)]] | ||
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* [[Zoomify PFF]] | * [[Zoomify PFF]] | ||
* [[Zoomify ZIF]] | * [[Zoomify ZIF]] | ||
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| + | == Skins / Themes == | ||
| + | ''(Used to give custom styles, appearances, and themes to software; might be bundled with Icon, Cursor, and Avatar files consistent with the theme)'' | ||
| + | * [[Pocket PC Theme]] (.tsk) | ||
| + | * [[Winamp Skin]] | ||
| + | * [[Windows Media Player Skin Package]] (.wmz) | ||
== Software == | == Software == | ||
''(Applications, utilities, libraries, and APIs for graphic manipulation)'' | ''(Applications, utilities, libraries, and APIs for graphic manipulation)'' | ||
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== Vector Graphics Formats == | == Vector Graphics Formats == | ||
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* [[Applixware Graphics]] | * [[Applixware Graphics]] | ||
* [[Arts & Letters clip art library]] (.yal) | * [[Arts & Letters clip art library]] (.yal) | ||
| + | * [[ArtWorks]] | ||
* [[AutoCAD Slide]] | * [[AutoCAD Slide]] | ||
* [[AutoCAD Slide Library]] | * [[AutoCAD Slide Library]] | ||
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* [[CorelDRAW]] (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt, .cmx) | * [[CorelDRAW]] (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt, .cmx) | ||
* [[DataDiagrammingML]] (Microsoft XML-based format) | * [[DataDiagrammingML]] (Microsoft XML-based format) | ||
| + | * [[DeskMate Draw]] (.fig) | ||
* [[Dia]] | * [[Dia]] | ||
* [[DrawingML]] (Microsoft embedded graphics in XML Office formats) | * [[DrawingML]] (Microsoft embedded graphics in XML Office formats) | ||
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* [[Scalable Vector Graphics]] (SVG) | * [[Scalable Vector Graphics]] (SVG) | ||
* [[SDA (StarOffice)]] | * [[SDA (StarOffice)]] | ||
| + | * [[SDW (AmiDraw)]] | ||
* [[Shapefile]] | * [[Shapefile]] | ||
* [[Simple Vector Format]] (SVF) | * [[Simple Vector Format]] (SVF) | ||
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* [[WordPerfect Graphics]] (.wpg) | * [[WordPerfect Graphics]] (.wpg) | ||
* [[Xar (vector graphics)|Xar]] (Flare) | * [[Xar (vector graphics)|Xar]] (Flare) | ||
| + | * [[ZBR (Zoner Zebra)]] | ||
| + | * [[ZMF (Zoner)]] | ||
See also: | See also: | ||
* [[3D and CAD/CAM Models]] | * [[3D and CAD/CAM Models]] | ||
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* [[AAE sidecar format]] (Apple iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite) | * [[AAE sidecar format]] (Apple iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite) | ||
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* [[Aperture library]] [https://github.com/hfiguiere/aplib-extractor/blob/master/docs/format.md] | * [[Aperture library]] [https://github.com/hfiguiere/aplib-extractor/blob/master/docs/format.md] | ||
* [[Apple Preferred]] (APF) | * [[Apple Preferred]] (APF) | ||
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* [[Chyron]] | * [[Chyron]] | ||
* [[DeltaVision]] (medical microscopy format) | * [[DeltaVision]] (medical microscopy format) | ||
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* [[HDF]] (Hierarchical Data Format) | * [[HDF]] (Hierarchical Data Format) | ||
* [[IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image]] | * [[IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image]] | ||
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* [[MonkeyLogo]] | * [[MonkeyLogo]] | ||
* [[PaperPort (MAX)]] | * [[PaperPort (MAX)]] | ||
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* [[QDV (Random Dot Software)]] | * [[QDV (Random Dot Software)]] | ||
* [[SNX]] | * [[SNX]] | ||
* [[StartupScreen]] (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?) | * [[StartupScreen]] (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?) | ||
* [[System 7 clip]] | * [[System 7 clip]] | ||
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==Links and Resources== | ==Links and Resources== | ||
* [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] | * [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]] | ||
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* [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/the-never-before-told-story-of-the-worlds-first-computer-art-its-a-sexy-dame/267439/ World's first computer art (1950s pinup image)] | * [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/01/the-never-before-told-story-of-the-worlds-first-computer-art-its-a-sexy-dame/267439/ World's first computer art (1950s pinup image)] | ||
* [http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/star-trek-art-atoms-ibm Art created with atoms] | * [http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/05/star-trek-art-atoms-ibm Art created with atoms] | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 10 February 2019
Electronic Formats concerned with Image Data.
See also:
- 3D and CAD/CAM Models
- Cameras and Digital Image Sensors
- Fonts
- Geospatial
- Health and Medicine#Medical Imaging
- Page description languages
- Scientific Data formats
- Video
Other lists of formats:
- Amiga graphics formats
- Apple II graphics formats
- Atari graphics formats
- Commodore graphics formats
- Fax formats
Animated image formats
See also Video.
- ANI (NEOchrome)
- ANI (Windows Animated Cursor)
- ANIM
- Animatic Film (.flm)
- ANSIMation
- APNG
- AVIF
- BAM (Infinity Engine)
- CFAST Disney Animation Studio (.cft)
- Cyber Paint Sequence (.seq)
- DeluxePaint Animation (ANM or Anim)
- DVM (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM)
- EVA
- FLIC (FLI, FLC)
- GIF
- GIFV
- GFY
- GRASP GL
- HEIF
- IFF-DEEP
- Imagic Film/Picture (Atari ST frames used in animation)
- JPX
- MNG
- PGX (Portfolio)
- PICS
- QTL (YUV SECAM or PAL image)
- Spectrum 512 Anispec
- SWF (Flash)
- XNG
Character-based graphics
See Character encoding for details of character sets, some of which include graphical or line-and-box-drawing characters.
- ANSI Art (.ans)
- ANSI escape code
- AN2
- ArtWorx Data Format (.adf)
- ASCII Art
- AVATAR (FidoNet)
- BIN (Binary Text)
- BSAVE Image
- iCEDraw (.idf)
- MZM (.mzm)
- PCBoard (.pcb)
- RIPscrip (or RIPscript)
- TheDraw Save File (.td)
- TUNDRA (.tnd)
- XBIN (.xb)
Colors
(Profiles, color spaces, palettes, swatches)
- Adobe RGB (1998)
- Adobe Swatch Exchange (.ase)
- Atari ST color palette
- Commodore 64 color palette
- DNG camera profile
- GIMP Palette
- ICC profile
- Photoshop Curve
- Photoshop Transfer Function
- RIFF Palette File
- sRGB
- Web-safe colors
- YUV
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)
- ImageZero
- JBIG
- JBIG2
- JPEG
- JPEG 2000 codestream
- JPEG-LS
- Lepton
- LOCO-I (Low Complexity Lossless Compression for Images)
- Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
- Modified Huffman
- Modified Modified READ
- Modified READ
- NeXT 2-bit RLE
- PackBits
- packJPG (.pjg)
- packPNM (.ppn)
- PKP
- Rawzor
- Run-length colour encoding (T.45)
- Run-length encoding
- 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)
- DEGAS Elite icon (.icn)
- EPOC AIF
- Favicon
- GEM resource file (.rsc)
- GlowIcons
- Graphic Workshop Thumbnail (.thn)
- Haiku Vector Icon Format
- HP 100LX/200LX icon (.icn)
- ICDRAW icon
- ICNS (Apple/Macintosh Icon)
- ICO (Microsoft Windows icons)
- Icon Heaven library (.fim)
- Icon library (.icl)
- iThmb (iOS thumbnail images)
- Lotus Smart Icon (.smi)
- Micrografx Icon (.icn)
- NeoDesk icon (.nic)
- NewIcons
- Nokia Group Graphic (.ngg)
- Nokia Logo Manager bitmap (.nlm)
- Nokia Operator Logo (.nol)
- Nokia Picture Message (.npm)
- Nokia Startup Logo (.nsl)
- OLPC 565
- OS/2 Icon
- OS/2 Pointer (.ptr)
- PaintShop Pro Browser Cache (pspbrwse.jbf)
- Photoshop Thumbnail Cache
- RIPscrip Icon (RIPterm Image, .icn)
- Sony Mavica 411
- Sun icon
- SuperJPG thumbnail cache (superjpg.tnc)
- Windows thumbnail cache (Thumbs.db)
- Xbox Live Avatar
- Xcursor
- X-Face
- XV thumbnail
- ZoomBrowser Ex thumbnail cache (ZbThumbnail.info)
Metadata Formats
Online/Networked Formats
(while any image format can be used online and through a network, these are specifically designed to be accessed remotely via an API)
Programming languages
(Graphic-specific programming languages)
- CEEMAC
- High Level Shading Language (HLSL) (uses byte array header files)
- OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
- Processing
Raster Graphics Formats
- AAI (Dune image)
- Abekas YUV (.yuv) (Diskus and Quantel QNV varieties of YUV files are apparently similar)
- Ability Office PhotoPaint (.apx)
- Acorn Sprite
- ADRG
- AIPD
- Alias PIX
- Alpha Microsystems BMP
- Amber ARR Bitmap Image
- AMOS Picture Bank
- AMOS Sprite Bank
- Analyze AVW
- Aperio SVS
- Apple volume label image
- Applixware Bitmap
- ARF (Axon Raw Format)
- ART (AOL compressed image)
- ART (PFS: First Publisher)
- Async Professional Fax (.apf)
- AVIF
- AVS X image
- Award BIOS logo
- AWD (Artweaver)
- AWD (At Work Document)
- BCIF
- BEF
- BFLI
- BGI image
- BIF (Image Alchemy)
- BigTIFF
- BioRad confocal image
- BLP
- BMI (Zoner)
- BMP (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP)
- Bob ray tracer bitmap
- BPG
- BRender PIX
- BSAVE Image
- BSB (BSB/KAP)
- CADRG
- Calamus Raster Graphic (.crg)
- CALS raster
- Canvas (Atari) (.cpt, .cnv)
- Cartesian Perceptual Compression (CPC)
- CD5 (Chasys Draw)
- CgBI
- Cineon
- Cisco IP Phone image
- Clear
- Cloé picture
- CMU Andrew Toolkit image (.cmu)
- CMU Window Manager bitmap
- COKE (Atari Falcon)
- ColoRIX (RIX)
- CompuServe RLE
- CompW
- Corel Photo-Paint image (.cpt)
- Crack Art (.ca1, .ca2, .ca3)
- CUPS Raster
- CUT (Amstrad)
- DCS (Desktop Color Separation)
- DCX (ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush)
- DEGAS image (.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3)
- DeskMate Paint (.pnt)
- DESR VFF
- DGI (Digi-Pic)
- 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)
- DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video)
- ECW (Enhanced Compression Wavelet)
- EggPaint (.trp)
- Enhanced Simplex (.esm)
- EPOC MBM (Symbian Multibitmap)
- EPOC Sketch
- Epson Printer Bitmaps
- ERDAS Imagine IMG
- ERDAS LAN/GIS
- ER Mapper Raster (.ers)
- Extended DEGAS image
- FaceSaver
- Falcon True Color (.ftc)
- farbfeld
- FAXX (IFF-FAXX)
- FBM image (Fuzzy Bitmap)
- FFLI
- FIASCO
- FIF (Fractal Image Format)
- FlashPix (.fpx)
- Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)
- Flexible Line Interpretation (FLI)
- FLIF
- FRA (Fractint)
- Freedom of Press
- FSH (EA Sports)
- Funpaint
- G9B
- GEM Raster (.img)
- geoPaint
- GeoTIFF
- GIF (Graphics Interchange Format)
- GIMP Animated Brush (.gih)
- GIMP Brush (.gbr)
- GIMP Pattern (.pat)
- GLE
- GoDot (.4bt)
- GodPaint (.god)
- Graph Saurus
- GrayPaint
- GRF (Amstrad)
- GRFX
- GRIB (Gridded Binary)
- GROB
- GX1
- GX2
- HEIF
- HIPS
- HMR (Bentley Systems bitmap file, connected in some way to GeoTIFF)
- HP Paintjet
- HR (TRS-80) (.hr)
- HS2
- HSI JPEG
- HSI Raw
- HTC splashscreen (also known as NB format)
- IBM KIPS bitmap
- ICR (NCSA Telnet)
- IFF-DEEP
- ILBM (IFF, LBM, HAM, ACBM, etc.)
- Image Cytometry Standard (.ics)
- Image Exchange Format
- Imagic Film/Picture (Atari ST)
- IMG/HDR (Analyze 7.5)
- Img Software Set
- ImgStar
- IndyPaint (.tru)
- Inset PIX
- InShape IIM
- Intergraph Raster
- Interleaf image
- IPI
- IPLab (Image Processing Lab)
- IRIS CMYK Front End Processor CT
- Island Graphics TIFF
- IWC (WaveL)
- J6I (Ricoh Digital Camera image file)
- JBIG
- JBIG2
- JEDMICS C4
- Jeff's Image Format
- JFIF (JPEG File Interchange Format)
- JNG (JPEG Network Graphics)
- Jovian Logic VI
- JP2 (JPEG 2000 Part 1 Annex I)
- JPC (LuraWave)
- JPEG (JPEG Interchange Format, .jpg)
- JPEG 360
- JPEG 2000
- JPEG 2000 codestream (.j2k, .j2c, .jpc)
- JPEG-HDR
- JPEG-LS
- JPEG XL
- JPEG XR (HD Photo)
- JPEG XT
- JPM (JPEG 2000 Part 6: Compound Image Format)
- JPS
- JPX (JPEG 2000 Part 2: Extensions, .jpf)
- KIFF
- KiSS CEL
- KoalaPainter (.koa, .gg)
- Kolor Raw (.kro)
- Krita (.kra)
- KTX
- LazPaint (.lzp)
- LIFF (Openlab Layered Image File Format)
- Lightning Strike (.cod)
- Lossless JPEG (original)
- Lotus Manuscript graphics (.bit)
- LSM (Zeiss Light Speed Microscope)
- LSS16
- Lucasfilm picture (.lff)
- Lumena CEL
- Lumena PIX/BPX
- LuraDocument Format (.ldf)
- LuraWave (LWF)
- MacPaint
- Magick Persistent Cache (MPC)
- MAKIchan Graphics (.mag)
- Maya IFF
- MDA/MDP (MicroDesign Area/Page)
- MDI (Microsoft Office Document Imaging)
- MegaPaint BLD
- MetaMorph Stack (.stk)
- MGR bitmap
- MiAF
- Microsoft Image Composer (.mic)
- MIF (MSX)
- MIFF (Magick Image File Format)
- MIX (Picture It!)
- Mixed Raster Content (MRC, T.44)
- MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)
- MrSID
- MSP (Microsoft Paint)
- MSX BASIC graphics
- MTV ray tracer bitmap
- Multicolor (Commodore 64 graphic mode)
- 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)
- Newsroom, The
- NIFF (Navy Image File Format)
- NIFF (xloadimage)
- NIST IHead (.pct)
- NV12 (a YUV format)
- OpenEXR (.exr)
- OpenRaster (.ora)
- OS/2 Bitmap Array
- OS/2 bitmap family
- OS/2 Boot Logo
- OTA bitmap (Nokia Over The Air, .otb)
- PabloPaint
- PABX background
- Paint.NET image (.pdn)
- PaintShop Pro (.psp, .jsl, .pfr, .tub)
- PaintTool SAI
- Palette Master
- Palm bitmap
- Palm Database ImageViewer / FireViewer PDB (.pdb)
- PAX (Pick Ax)
- PCIF (.pcf)
- PCO B16
- PCPaint CLP
- PCPaint PIC (a.k.a. Pictor)
- 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)
- PhotoDeluxe (.pdd)
- PhotoImpact
- PhotoParade slideshow (.php, .4pp)
- Photoshop brush (.abr)
- Pi
- PIC (Yanagisawa)
- PIC2
- Picture Packer
- Picture Publisher
- Pixar picture (.pxr)
- Pixia (.pxa)
- Pixlr document (*.pxd)
- PLD (PhotoLine)
- PM (XV image)
- PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
- Pocket PC Bitmap (.2bp)
- Portable Arbitrary Map (PAM)
- Portable Bitmap Format (PBF)
- Poser Bump Map (.bum)
- PRF (Fastgraph)
- PRF (Polychrome Recursive Format)
- Printfox bitmap
- PrintMaster
- PrintPartner (.gph)
- Print Shop, The
- Prism Paint (.pnt)
- PSB (Adobe Photoshop, large format)
- PSD (Adobe Photoshop)
- PSF (PhotoStudio)
- Psion PIC
- PTG (ArtRage)
- Puzzle image (X11)
- PWC (Piecewise-Constant Image Model)
- PWG Raster
- PXM (Pixelmator)
- Q0
- QDV (Giffer)
- QRT Ray Tracer bitmap
- QTIF (QuickTime image file, .qif)
- Quake 2 Texture (.wal)
- Quantel VPB image
- Radiance HDR (RGBE, XYZE, .hdr, .pic)
- Raw bitmap
- RDIB
- RLA (Wavefront)
- SBIG CCDOPS image
- Scitex CT
- SCR (ZX Spectrum)
- ScreenShot Hack
- Seattle FilmWorks (.sfw, .pwp)
- Secret Photos puzzle (.xp0)
- Segmented Hypergraphics (.shg, .mrb)
- SGI (IRIS, RGB)
- SGX (SView Graphics, SuperView Graphics)
- Sinclair QL screen
- Sixel
- Slow-scan television (.hrz)
- Softimage PIC
- Spaceward Graphics / Satori (.r, .rir)
- Spectrum 512 Extended (.spx)
- Spectrum 512 formats (.spu, .spc, .sps)
- SPIF
- SPIFF (Still Picture Interchange File Format)
- Spooky Sprites
- STAD PAC
- Standard Archive Format (military missile data format that includes images among other data)
- Starbase bitmap file
- STOS memory bank (.mbk)
- Structured Fax File (.sff)
- Sun Raster (.ras, .sun)
- Sun TAAC image
- SymbOS graphic (.sgx)
- Synu (Synthetic Universe)
- TAP (Tencent)
- TealPaint
- Technicolor Dream
- 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)
- Unirast (Apple AirPrint)
- Utah RLE
- Valve Texture Format (.vtf)
- VBM (VDC BitMap)
- VEGX
- Verity Image (.vif)
- V.Flash PTX
- VICAR
- VIFF (Khoros Visualization, .xv)
- VIPS (.v)
- Vista data file
- VITec
- Vivid IMG
- VORT file
- WBMP (Wireless Bitmap)
- WebP
- Webshots picture (.wbz, .wb1, .wbd, .wbc, .wbp)
- WhyPic (.ypc)
- Wigmore Artist 64
- Windows clipboard (.clp)
- Windows DDB
- WinMiPS
- Winzle Puzzle
- WOBA (bitmap data extracted from a HyperCard stack)
- Word for DOS screen capture (.scr)
- WPB (openCanvas)
- WSQ
- XBM (X BitMap)
- XCF (GIMP image)
- Xerox Doodle brush
- Xerox EDMICS-MMR
- Xerox EDMICS-RLC
- XGA (Falcon)
- XIFF
- Xim
- XLD4 (.q4)
- XPM (X PixMap)
- XWD (X Window Dump)
- YBM (Bennet Yee's face format)
- Zeiss BIVAS
- Zoomify PFF
- Zoomify ZIF
Skins / Themes
(Used to give custom styles, appearances, and themes to software; might be bundled with Icon, Cursor, and Avatar files consistent with the theme)
- Pocket PC Theme (.tsk)
- Winamp Skin
- Windows Media Player Skin Package (.wmz)
Software
(Applications, utilities, libraries, and APIs for graphic manipulation)
Refer to Graphics software.
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)
- Amiga Metafile (.amf)
- Applixware Graphics
- Arts & Letters clip art library (.yal)
- ArtWorks
- AutoCAD Slide
- AutoCAD Slide Library
- AutoSketch (.skd)
- Calamus Vector Graphic (.cvg)
- CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile)
- CorelDRAW (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt, .cmx)
- DataDiagrammingML (Microsoft XML-based format)
- DeskMate Draw (.fig)
- Dia
- DrawingML (Microsoft embedded graphics in XML Office formats)
- DrawIt
- DRAWX Vector Graphics (.vec)
- Encapsulated PostScript (.eps, .epsf, .epsi)
- Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
- ER Mapper Vector (.erv)
- Fig (Xfig format)
- FreeHand (Aldus/Adobe)
- GEM VDI Metafile (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
- Gerber format (used in printed circuit design)
- Haiku Vector Icon Format
- Harvard Graphics
- Instant Artist GFX (.gfx) (also known as Print Artist)
- Lotus 1-2-3 Chart (.pic)
- MacDraw (later ClarisDraw)
- Micrografx Draw
- Microsoft Office Drawing
- MIX (PhotoDraw)
- MVG
- NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
- Notability
- OpenDocument Drawing (.odg)
- PICT (Macintosh graphics)
- Pixie (.pxi)
- PLOT-10 (Tektronix)
- Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML)
- Presentation Manager Metafile (MET)
- Satori Canvas (.cvs) - See Spaceward Graphics
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- SDA (StarOffice)
- SDW (AmiDraw)
- Shapefile
- Simple Vector Format (SVF)
- sK1
- Skencil SK
- Sketch
- SXD
- TIFF annotation data
- UNIX Plot Format
- Visio (.vsd, .vss, .vst)
- VML (Vector Markup Language)
- Windows Metafile (.wmf)
- WordPerfect Graphics (.wpg)
- Xar (Flare)
- ZBR (Zoner Zebra)
- ZMF (Zoner)
See also:
Miscellaneous or Uncategorized
(Formats which don't fit into another category, or still need to be categorized)
- AAE sidecar format (Apple iOS 8 / OS X Yosemite)
- Aperture library [1]
- Apple Preferred (APF)
- BodyPaint 3D (Maxon: .b3d)
- Chyron
- DeltaVision (medical microscopy format)
- HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
- IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image
- ImageLab/PrintTechnic
- KONTRON (embedded-systems company; apparently has graphic format of its own)
- lcd5
- Liberty IM
- Lightroom catalog (.lrcat) [2]
- Manga Studio
- MonkeyCard
- MonkeyLogo
- PaperPort (MAX)
- QDV (Random Dot Software)
- SNX
- StartupScreen (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?)
- System 7 clip
Links and Resources
- Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats
- World's first computer art (1950s pinup image)
- Art created with atoms
- 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
- Image File Extensions in the Wide Web Scrape
- Databending effects of editing images with a sound editor
- Perceptual Hashing
- Retrospecs: iOS app to convert images to imitate old 8-bit systems' graphics
- A Pixel Is Not A Little Square
- Serve deepzoom images from a zip archive with openseadragon
- Know When to Use Image File Types: JPEG, GIF & PNG
- Can we programatically compare different images of same resolutions?
- 20 Best Color Palette Tools for Web and Graphic Designers
- How "oldschool" graphics worked, Part 1 · Part 2 (videos)
- Completely Painless Programmer's Guide to XYZ, RGB, ICC, xyY, and TRCs
- Potrace: Transforming bitmaps into vector graphics
- About a 1x1 image in many file formats
- Tom's Editor: Free online image converted. About 500 formats supported
- WhatIs.Rest7: Image formats explained. Lots of samples
- Image libraries for PHP: BMP, DDS, TGA, PNM, PGM, PBM
- Lots of images from Atari
