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|locfdd={{LoCFDD|fdd000179}}, {{LoCFDD|fdd000180}}
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'''TGA''' ('''Targa''') is a simple raster image file format developed by Truevision, Inc. (then named EPICenter) in 1984. Designed for use with MS-DOS color applications, TGA is the native format of Truevision's TARGA (Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter) boards, which were some of the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support 24-bit RGB color encoding (sometimes termed ''truecolor'').
  
A simple raster format for individual images first established by Truevision, Inc. in 1984. Designed for use with MS-DOS color applications, TGA is the native format of Truevision's TARGA (Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter) boards, which were some of the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support 24-bit RGB color encoding (sometimes termed ''truecolor'').
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== Identifiers ==
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Filename extensions other than '''.tga''' are obsolete. Originally, some Truevision products used other extensions: '''.icb''' (Image Capture Board), '''.vda''' (Video Display Adapter), '''.vst''' (Vista).
  
 
== Sample images ==
 
== Sample images ==
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== References ==
 
== References ==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA Truevision TGA: Wikipedia]  
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA Truevision TGA: Wikipedia]  
* [http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/formats/fdd/fdd000179.shtml Truevision TGA, version 1.0, from Library of Congress resource on Sustainability of Digital Formats]
 
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/tga/egff.htm TGA File Format Summary] From Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats at FileFormat.Info (1996)
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/tga/egff.htm TGA File Format Summary] From Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats at FileFormat.Info (1996)
 
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/TGA.txt Information extracted by Martin Reddy from Appendix C of the Truevision Technical Guide]
 
* [http://www.martinreddy.net/gfx/2d/TGA.txt Information extracted by Martin Reddy from Appendix C of the Truevision Technical Guide]

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File Format
Name TGA
Ontology
Extension(s) .tga, .icb, .vda, .vst
LoCFDD fdd000179, fdd000180
PRONOM x-fmt/367, fmt/402
Released 1984

TGA (Targa) is a simple raster image file format developed by Truevision, Inc. (then named EPICenter) in 1984. Designed for use with MS-DOS color applications, TGA is the native format of Truevision's TARGA (Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter) boards, which were some of the first graphic cards for IBM-compatible PCs to support 24-bit RGB color encoding (sometimes termed truecolor).

Identifiers

Filename extensions other than .tga are obsolete. Originally, some Truevision products used other extensions: .icb (Image Capture Board), .vda (Video Display Adapter), .vst (Vista).

Sample images

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