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* [[ANIM]] | * [[ANIM]] | ||
* [[Animatic Film]] (.flm) | * [[Animatic Film]] (.flm) | ||
| + | * [[AnimBrush]] | ||
* [[ANSIMation]] | * [[ANSIMation]] | ||
* [[APNG]] | * [[APNG]] | ||
* [[AVIF]] | * [[AVIF]] | ||
* [[BAM]] (Infinity Engine) | * [[BAM]] (Infinity Engine) | ||
| + | * [[BMF (Ghost Recon)]] An animation data format associated with Ghost Recon [https://github.com/AlexKimov/RSE-file-formats/wiki/BMF-File-Format] | ||
* [[CFAST Disney Animation Studio]] (.cft) | * [[CFAST Disney Animation Studio]] (.cft) | ||
* [[CorelMOVE]] (.CMV) | * [[CorelMOVE]] (.CMV) | ||
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* [[DVM]] (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM) | * [[DVM]] (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM) | ||
* [[EVA]] | * [[EVA]] | ||
| + | * [[Fantavision]] | ||
* [[FLIC]] (FLI, FLC) | * [[FLIC]] (FLI, FLC) | ||
* [[GIF]] | * [[GIF]] | ||
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* [[Imagic Film/Picture]] (Atari ST frames used in animation) | * [[Imagic Film/Picture]] (Atari ST frames used in animation) | ||
* [[JPX]] | * [[JPX]] | ||
| + | * [[Just Buttons BTN]] | ||
| + | * [[Microsoft Agent character]] | ||
* [[MNG]] | * [[MNG]] | ||
| + | * [[Naïve Image Formats]] (NII, NIA) | ||
| + | * [[OIL (OpenIL)]] | ||
* [[PGX (Portfolio)]] | * [[PGX (Portfolio)]] | ||
* [[PICS]] | * [[PICS]] | ||
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* [[Synfig]] | * [[Synfig]] | ||
* [[XNG]] | * [[XNG]] | ||
| + | * [[YAFA]] | ||
== Character-based graphics == | == Character-based graphics == | ||
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== Compression == | == Compression == | ||
| − | + | Graphics compression algorithms, special-purpose compressed graphics formats, etc. | |
See also [[Compression]], for general-purpose algorithms. | See also [[Compression]], for general-purpose algorithms. | ||
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* [[CCITT Group 4]] | * [[CCITT Group 4]] | ||
* [[DCT compression]] (e.g. lossy [[JPEG]]) | * [[DCT compression]] (e.g. lossy [[JPEG]]) | ||
| + | * [[Genus Graphics Library]] | ||
| + | * [[GIFBLAST]] (.gfb) | ||
* [[ImageZero]] | * [[ImageZero]] | ||
* [[JBIG]] | * [[JBIG]] | ||
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* [[CUR]] (Microsoft Windows cursors) | * [[CUR]] (Microsoft Windows cursors) | ||
** [[Windows 1.0 Cursor]] | ** [[Windows 1.0 Cursor]] | ||
| + | * [[CursorFX]] | ||
| + | * [[CursorXP]] | ||
* [[DEGAS Elite icon]] (.icn) | * [[DEGAS Elite icon]] (.icn) | ||
* [[EPOC AIF]] | * [[EPOC AIF]] | ||
* [[Favicon]] | * [[Favicon]] | ||
| + | * [[Foto-Mosaic-Edda Database]] | ||
* [[GEM resource file]] (.rsc) | * [[GEM resource file]] (.rsc) | ||
* [[GlowIcons]] | * [[GlowIcons]] | ||
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* [[Icon Heaven library]] (.fim) | * [[Icon Heaven library]] (.fim) | ||
* [[Icon library]] (.icl) | * [[Icon library]] (.icl) | ||
| + | * [[IconPackager]] (.zip, .iptheme, .ip, .iconpackager) | ||
* [[Imageiio/imaginfo (Ulead)]] (.pe3, .pe4) | * [[Imageiio/imaginfo (Ulead)]] (.pe3, .pe4) | ||
* [[iThmb]] (iOS thumbnail images) | * [[iThmb]] (iOS thumbnail images) | ||
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* [[Micrografx Icon]] (.icn) | * [[Micrografx Icon]] (.icn) | ||
* [[MonkeyLogo]] | * [[MonkeyLogo]] | ||
| + | * [[MTN]] (Monu-CAD thumbnail) {.mtn) | ||
* [[NeoDesk icon]] (.nic) | * [[NeoDesk icon]] (.nic) | ||
* [[NewIcons]] | * [[NewIcons]] | ||
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(Graphic-specific programming languages) | (Graphic-specific programming languages) | ||
| + | * [[Anim8or Scripting Language]] | ||
* [[Blitz3D]] | * [[Blitz3D]] | ||
* [[CEEMAC]] | * [[CEEMAC]] | ||
* [[High Level Shading Language]] (HLSL) (uses byte array header files) | * [[High Level Shading Language]] (HLSL) (uses byte array header files) | ||
* [[OpenGL Shading Language]] (GLSL) | * [[OpenGL Shading Language]] (GLSL) | ||
| + | * [[PostScript]] | ||
* [[Processing]] | * [[Processing]] | ||
| + | * [[RenderWare object]] (.rwx) | ||
== Raster Graphics Formats == | == Raster Graphics Formats == | ||
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* [[Acorn Sprite]] | * [[Acorn Sprite]] | ||
* [[ADRG]] | * [[ADRG]] | ||
| + | * [[Affinity Photo]] (.afphoto) | ||
* [[AIPD]] | * [[AIPD]] | ||
* [[Alias PIX]] | * [[Alias PIX]] | ||
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* [[AMOS Sprite Bank]] | * [[AMOS Sprite Bank]] | ||
* [[Analyze AVW]] | * [[Analyze AVW]] | ||
| + | * [[ANSI 381]] | ||
* [[Aperio SVS]] | * [[Aperio SVS]] | ||
* [[Apple volume label image]] | * [[Apple volume label image]] | ||
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* [[BioRad confocal image]] | * [[BioRad confocal image]] | ||
* [[BLP]] | * [[BLP]] | ||
| − | * [[BMF]] | + | * [[BMF (Dmitry Shkarin)]] |
* [[BMI (Zoner)]] | * [[BMI (Zoner)]] | ||
* [[BMP]] (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP) | * [[BMP]] (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP) | ||
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* [[Calamus Raster Graphic]] (.crg) | * [[Calamus Raster Graphic]] (.crg) | ||
* [[CALS raster]] | * [[CALS raster]] | ||
| + | * [[Casio CAM]] (.cam) | ||
* [[Canvas (Atari)]] (.cpt, .cnv) | * [[Canvas (Atari)]] (.cpt, .cnv) | ||
* [[Cartesian Perceptual Compression]] (CPC) | * [[Cartesian Perceptual Compression]] (CPC) | ||
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* [[DirectDraw Surface]] (.dds) | * [[DirectDraw Surface]] (.dds) | ||
* [[DjVu]] | * [[DjVu]] | ||
| + | * [[DM2]] | ||
| + | * [[DM3]] | ||
| + | * [[DM4]] | ||
* [[DNG]] | * [[DNG]] | ||
* [[Doodle (Atari)]] (.doo) | * [[Doodle (Atari)]] (.doo) | ||
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* [[Doré Raster]] | * [[Doré Raster]] | ||
* [[DPX]] (SMTPE DPX) | * [[DPX]] (SMTPE DPX) | ||
| + | * [[Draw256]] (.vga) | ||
* [[Dr. Halo]] (.cut) | * [[Dr. Halo]] (.cut) | ||
* [[DVI]] (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video) | * [[DVI]] (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video) | ||
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* [[J Wavelet Image Codec]] (.wic) | * [[J Wavelet Image Codec]] (.wic) | ||
* [[J6I]] (Ricoh Digital Camera image file) | * [[J6I]] (Ricoh Digital Camera image file) | ||
| + | * [[JAM (compressed image)]] | ||
* [[JBIG]] | * [[JBIG]] | ||
* [[JBIG2]] | * [[JBIG2]] | ||
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* [[JPEG-HDR]] | * [[JPEG-HDR]] | ||
* [[JPEG-LS]] | * [[JPEG-LS]] | ||
| + | * [[JPEG Pleno]] | ||
* [[JPEG XL]] | * [[JPEG XL]] | ||
* [[JPEG XR]] (HD Photo) | * [[JPEG XR]] (HD Photo) | ||
| + | * [[JPEG XS]] | ||
* [[JPEG XT]] | * [[JPEG XT]] | ||
* [[JPM]] (JPEG 2000 Part 6: Compound Image Format) | * [[JPM]] (JPEG 2000 Part 6: Compound Image Format) | ||
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* [[MDA|MDA/MDP]] (MicroDesign Area/Page) | * [[MDA|MDA/MDP]] (MicroDesign Area/Page) | ||
* [[MDI]] (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) | * [[MDI]] (Microsoft Office Document Imaging) | ||
| + | * [[MDP (FireAlpaca)|MDP]] (FireAlpaca and Medibang Paint) | ||
* [[MegaPaint BLD]] | * [[MegaPaint BLD]] | ||
* [[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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* [[MIX (Picture It!)]] | * [[MIX (Picture It!)]] | ||
* [[Mixed Raster Content]] (MRC, T.44) | * [[Mixed Raster Content]] (MRC, T.44) | ||
| + | * [[MPH (MonkeyPhoto)]] | ||
* [[MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)]] | * [[MRF (Monochrome Recursive Format)]] | ||
* [[MrSID]] | * [[MrSID]] | ||
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* [[Multi Palette Picture]] (MPP) | * [[Multi Palette Picture]] (MPP) | ||
* [[Multi-Picture Format]] (MPO) | * [[Multi-Picture Format]] (MPO) | ||
| + | * [[Naïve Image Formats]] (NIE) | ||
* [[NASA Raster Metafile]] | * [[NASA Raster Metafile]] | ||
* [[National Imagery Transmission Format]] (NITFS, NITF, .ntf) | * [[National Imagery Transmission Format]] (NITFS, NITF, .ntf) | ||
* [[NEOchrome]] (.neo) | * [[NEOchrome]] (.neo) | ||
| + | * [[NEOchrome Master]] | ||
* [[Nero CoverDesigner]] (.ncd, .nct) | * [[Nero CoverDesigner]] (.ncd, .nct) | ||
* [[Netpbm formats]] (PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM) | * [[Netpbm formats]] (PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM) | ||
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* [[PABX background]] | * [[PABX background]] | ||
* [[Paint.NET image]] (.pdn) | * [[Paint.NET image]] (.pdn) | ||
| + | * [[Painter RIFF]] (.rif) | ||
* [[PaintShop Pro]] (.psp, .jsl, .pfr, .tub) | * [[PaintShop Pro]] (.psp, .jsl, .pfr, .tub) | ||
* [[PaintTool SAI]] | * [[PaintTool SAI]] | ||
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* [[PIK]] | * [[PIK]] | ||
* [[Pixar picture]] (.pxr) | * [[Pixar picture]] (.pxr) | ||
| + | * [[PixelPaint (SuperMac)]] | ||
* [[Pixia]] (.pxa) | * [[Pixia]] (.pxa) | ||
* [[Pixlr document]] (*.pxd) | * [[Pixlr document]] (*.pxd) | ||
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* [[Secret Photos puzzle]] (.xp0) | * [[Secret Photos puzzle]] (.xp0) | ||
* [[Segmented Hypergraphics]] (.shg, .mrb) | * [[Segmented Hypergraphics]] (.shg, .mrb) | ||
| + | * [[Serif PhotoPlus]] (.spp) | ||
* [[SGI (image file format)|SGI]] (IRIS, RGB) | * [[SGI (image file format)|SGI]] (IRIS, RGB) | ||
* [[SGX]] (SView Graphics, SuperView Graphics) | * [[SGX]] (SView Graphics, SuperView Graphics) | ||
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== Skins / Themes == | == 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)'' | + | ''(Used to give custom styles, appearances, and themes to software; might be bundled with [[#Icon, Cursor, and Avatar files|Icon, Cursor, and Avatar files]] consistent with the theme)'' |
* [[BootSkin Vista]] | * [[BootSkin Vista]] | ||
* [[BootSkin XP]] | * [[BootSkin XP]] | ||
* [[Pocket PC Theme]] (.tsk) | * [[Pocket PC Theme]] (.tsk) | ||
| + | * [[Microsoft Comic Chat]] | ||
| + | * [[Stardock Tiles Skin]] | ||
* [[Winamp Skin]] | * [[Winamp Skin]] | ||
* [[Windows Media Player Skin Package]] (.wmz) | * [[Windows Media Player Skin Package]] (.wmz) | ||
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''(Including most "metafile" formats. Vector formats often support embedded raster images, and other objects that aren't actually vectors.)'' | ''(Including most "metafile" formats. Vector formats often support embedded raster images, and other objects that aren't actually vectors.)'' | ||
| + | * [[2DL]] (ARCHICAD 2D Lines) | ||
* [[Acorn Draw]] | * [[Acorn Draw]] | ||
* [[Adobe Illustrator Artwork]] (.ai) | * [[Adobe Illustrator Artwork]] (.ai) | ||
| + | * [[Affinity Designer]] (.afdesign) | ||
* [[Amiga Metafile]] (.amf) | * [[Amiga Metafile]] (.amf) | ||
* [[Applixware Graphics]] | * [[Applixware Graphics]] | ||
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* [[AutoSketch]] (.skd) | * [[AutoSketch]] (.skd) | ||
* [[Calamus Vector Graphic]] (.cvg) | * [[Calamus Vector Graphic]] (.cvg) | ||
| + | * [[CCX (Corel)]] | ||
* [[CGM]] (Computer Graphics Metafile) | * [[CGM]] (Computer Graphics Metafile) | ||
| + | * [[CMX]] (Corel Presentation Exchange) | ||
* [[CorelChart]] (.cch) | * [[CorelChart]] (.cch) | ||
* [[Corel Designer]] (.des) | * [[Corel Designer]] (.des) | ||
| − | * [[CorelDRAW]] (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt | + | * [[CorelDRAW]] (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt) |
* [[Corel Gallery]] (.bmf) | * [[Corel Gallery]] (.bmf) | ||
* [[DataDiagrammingML]] (Microsoft XML-based format) | * [[DataDiagrammingML]] (Microsoft XML-based format) | ||
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* [[Lotus 1-2-3 Chart]] (.pic) | * [[Lotus 1-2-3 Chart]] (.pic) | ||
* [[MacDraw]] (later ClarisDraw) | * [[MacDraw]] (later ClarisDraw) | ||
| + | * [[Mayura Draw]] (.md, .pdx) | ||
* [[Micrografx Draw]] | * [[Micrografx Draw]] | ||
* [[Microsoft Office Drawing]] | * [[Microsoft Office Drawing]] | ||
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* [[Notability]] | * [[Notability]] | ||
* [[OpenDocument Drawing]] (.odg) | * [[OpenDocument Drawing]] (.odg) | ||
| + | * [[Picroma Plasma]] | ||
* [[PICT]] (Macintosh graphics) | * [[PICT]] (Macintosh graphics) | ||
* [[Pixie (vector graphics)|Pixie]] (.pxi) | * [[Pixie (vector graphics)|Pixie]] (.pxi) | ||
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* [[Chyron]] | * [[Chyron]] | ||
* [[DeltaVision]] (medical microscopy format) | * [[DeltaVision]] (medical microscopy format) | ||
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* [[Fineprint]] (.fp) | * [[Fineprint]] (.fp) | ||
* [[HDF]] (Hierarchical Data Format) | * [[HDF]] (Hierarchical Data Format) | ||
* [[IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image]] | * [[IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image]] | ||
* [[ImageLab/PrintTechnic]] | * [[ImageLab/PrintTechnic]] | ||
| + | * [[Kai's Power Tools]] | ||
* [[KONTRON]] (embedded-systems company; apparently has graphic format of its own) | * [[KONTRON]] (embedded-systems company; apparently has graphic format of its own) | ||
* [[Liberty IM]] | * [[Liberty IM]] | ||
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* [[Manga Studio]] | * [[Manga Studio]] | ||
* [[MonkeyCard]] | * [[MonkeyCard]] | ||
| + | * [[Nintendo Wii TPL]] | ||
* [[OmniPage]] | * [[OmniPage]] | ||
* [[PaperPort (MAX)]] | * [[PaperPort (MAX)]] | ||
* [[QDV (Random Dot Software)]] | * [[QDV (Random Dot Software)]] | ||
* [[Second Nature Screensaver Graphic]] (.snx) | * [[Second Nature Screensaver Graphic]] (.snx) | ||
| + | * [[StarOffice Gallery]] | ||
* [[StartupScreen]] (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?) | * [[StartupScreen]] (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?) | ||
Revision as of 15:45, 6 July 2020
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)
- AnimBrush
- ANSIMation
- APNG
- AVIF
- BAM (Infinity Engine)
- BMF (Ghost Recon) An animation data format associated with Ghost Recon [1]
- CFAST Disney Animation Studio (.cft)
- CorelMOVE (.CMV)
- Cyber Paint Sequence (.seq)
- DeluxePaint Animation (ANM or Anim)
- DVM (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM)
- EVA
- Fantavision
- FLIC (FLI, FLC)
- GIF
- GIFV
- GFY
- GRASP GL
- HEIF
- IFF-DEEP
- Imagic Film/Picture (Atari ST frames used in animation)
- JPX
- Just Buttons BTN
- Microsoft Agent character
- MNG
- Naïve Image Formats (NII, NIA)
- OIL (OpenIL)
- PGX (Portfolio)
- PICS
- QTL (YUV SECAM or PAL image)
- Spectrum 512 Anispec
- SWF (Flash)
- Synfig
- XNG
- YAFA
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
Graphics compression algorithms, special-purpose compressed graphics formats, etc.
See also Compression, for general-purpose algorithms.
- Brunsli
- CCITT Group 3
- CCITT Group 4
- DCT compression (e.g. lossy JPEG)
- Genus Graphics Library
- GIFBLAST (.gfb)
- 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
- StuffIt Image Format (SIF)
- 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)
- CursorFX
- CursorXP
- DEGAS Elite icon (.icn)
- EPOC AIF
- Favicon
- Foto-Mosaic-Edda Database
- 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)
- IconPackager (.zip, .iptheme, .ip, .iconpackager)
- Imageiio/imaginfo (Ulead) (.pe3, .pe4)
- iThmb (iOS thumbnail images)
- Lotus Smart Icon (.smi)
- Micrografx Icon (.icn)
- MonkeyLogo
- MTN (Monu-CAD thumbnail) {.mtn)
- 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
- SRF (Garmin vehicle)
- 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
- AFCP
- Exif
- IPTC-IIM (or NAA)
- IPTC Photo Metadata
- MakerNote
- MIX
- net.CyberCards
- Photoshop Image Resources
- SAUCE
- XMP
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)
- Anim8or Scripting Language
- Blitz3D
- CEEMAC
- High Level Shading Language (HLSL) (uses byte array header files)
- OpenGL Shading Language (GLSL)
- PostScript
- Processing
- RenderWare object (.rwx)
Raster Graphics Formats
- AAI (Dune image)
- ABC (Advanced Bitonal Compression)
- Abekas YUV (.yuv) (Diskus and Quantel QNV varieties of YUV files are apparently similar)
- Ability Office PhotoPaint (.apx)
- Acorn Sprite
- ADRG
- Affinity Photo (.afphoto)
- AIPD
- Alias PIX
- Alpha Microsystems BMP
- Amber ARR Bitmap Image
- AMOS Picture Bank
- AMOS Sprite Bank
- Analyze AVW
- ANSI 381
- Aperio SVS
- Apple volume label image
- Applixware Bitmap
- APT
- 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 (byLight)
- BIF (Image Alchemy)
- BigTIFF
- BioRad confocal image
- BLP
- BMF (Dmitry Shkarin)
- BMI (Zoner)
- BMP (Windows BMP and OS/2 BMP)
- Bob ray tracer bitmap
- BPG
- BRender PIX
- BSAVE Image
- BSB (BSB/KAP)
- BTPC
- CADRG
- Calamus Raster Graphic (.crg)
- CALS raster
- Casio CAM (.cam)
- Canvas (Atari) (.cpt, .cnv)
- Cartesian Perceptual Compression (CPC)
- CD5 (Chasys Draw)
- CgBI
- Cineon
- Cisco IP Phone image
- Clear
- Cloé picture
- CMP
- CMU Andrew Toolkit image (.cmu)
- CMU Window Manager bitmap
- COKE (Atari Falcon)
- ColoRIX (RIX)
- CompuServe RLE
- Corel Photo House (.cps)
- Corel Photo-Paint image (.cpt)
- Corel Wavelet (.wi)
- CPA (PRISM)
- 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
- DM2
- DM3
- DM4
- DNG
- Doodle (Atari) (.doo)
- Doodle! (C64) (.dd, .jj)
- Doré Raster
- DPX (SMTPE DPX)
- Draw256 (.vga)
- 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)
- FUIF
- 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
- Hemera Photo-Object
- hipix
- HIPS
- HMR (Bentley Systems bitmap file, connected in some way to GeoTIFF)
- HP Paintjet
- HP Photo Album
- 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)
- J Wavelet Image Codec (.wic)
- J6I (Ricoh Digital Camera image file)
- JAM (compressed image)
- 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 Pleno
- JPEG XL
- JPEG XR (HD Photo)
- JPEG XS
- 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)
- MDP (FireAlpaca and Medibang Paint)
- 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)
- MPH (MonkeyPhoto)
- 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)
- Naïve Image Formats (NIE)
- NASA Raster Metafile
- National Imagery Transmission Format (NITFS, NITF, .ntf)
- NEOchrome (.neo)
- NEOchrome Master
- 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)
- Painter RIFF (.rif)
- 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
- PIK
- Pixar picture (.pxr)
- PixelPaint (SuperMac)
- 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)
- Serif PhotoPlus (.spp)
- SGI (IRIS, RGB)
- SGX (SView Graphics, SuperView Graphics)
- Sinclair QL screen
- Sixel
- Slow-scan television (.hrz)
- Softimage PIC
- Sony PictureGear Studio
- 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
- TilePic
- TIM (PlayStation graphics)
- TIM2
- Tiny Stuff
- TI picture file
- TkImg RAW
- TLG (associated with KiriKiri Adventure Game System)
- Unirast (Apple AirPrint)
- UPX/TPX (Photo Express)
- 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
- WLM (also known as CompW)
- 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)
- BootSkin Vista
- BootSkin XP
- Pocket PC Theme (.tsk)
- Microsoft Comic Chat
- Stardock Tiles Skin
- Winamp Skin
- Windows Media Player Skin Package (.wmz)
- Winstep Xtreme theme
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.)
- 2DL (ARCHICAD 2D Lines)
- Acorn Draw
- Adobe Illustrator Artwork (.ai)
- Affinity Designer (.afdesign)
- Amiga Metafile (.amf)
- Applixware Graphics
- Arts & Letters clip art library (.yal)
- ArtWorks
- AutoCAD Slide
- AutoCAD Slide Library
- AutoSketch (.skd)
- Calamus Vector Graphic (.cvg)
- CCX (Corel)
- CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile)
- CMX (Corel Presentation Exchange)
- CorelChart (.cch)
- Corel Designer (.des)
- CorelDRAW (.cdr, .cdx, .cdt)
- Corel Gallery (.bmf)
- DataDiagrammingML (Microsoft XML-based format)
- DeskMate Draw (.fig)
- Dia
- DrawingML (Microsoft embedded graphics in XML Office formats)
- DrawIt
- DrawPlus
- DRAWX Vector Graphics (.vec)
- Encapsulated PostScript (.eps, .epsf, .epsi)
- Enhanced Metafile (.emf)
- ER Mapper Vector (.erv)
- Fig (Xfig format)
- FreeHand (Aldus/Adobe)
- FXG
- GEM VDI Metafile (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
- Gerber format (used in printed circuit design)
- GST ART (.art)
- Haiku Vector Icon Format
- Harvard Graphics
- Lotus 1-2-3 Chart (.pic)
- MacDraw (later ClarisDraw)
- Mayura Draw (.md, .pdx)
- Micrografx Draw
- Microsoft Office Drawing
- MIX (PhotoDraw)
- MVG
- NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
- Notability
- OpenDocument Drawing (.odg)
- Picroma Plasma
- PICT (Macintosh graphics)
- Pixie (.pxi)
- PLOT-10 (Tektronix)
- Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML)
- Presentation Manager Metafile (MET)
- Print Artist (.gfx) (also known as Instant Artist)
- Satori Canvas (.cvs) - See Spaceward Graphics
- Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
- SDA (StarOffice)
- SDW (AmiDraw)
- Shapefile
- Simple Vector Format (SVF)
- sK1
- Skencil SK
- Sketch
- SXD
- Sxz (hybrid vector/raster)
- 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)
- ABBYY Finereader
- Aperture library
- Apple Preferred (APF)
- BodyPaint 3D (Maxon: .b3d)
- Chyron
- DeltaVision (medical microscopy format)
- Fineprint (.fp)
- HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
- IBM Audio Visual Connection (AVC) Still Video Image
- ImageLab/PrintTechnic
- Kai's Power Tools
- KONTRON (embedded-systems company; apparently has graphic format of its own)
- Liberty IM
- Lightroom catalog (.lrcat)
- Manga Studio
- MonkeyCard
- Nintendo Wii TPL
- OmniPage
- PaperPort (MAX)
- QDV (Random Dot Software)
- Second Nature Screensaver Graphic (.snx)
- StarOffice Gallery
- StartupScreen (Macintosh SCRN, .scrn?)
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
