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== Identifiers ==
 
== 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).
 
Filename extensions other than '''.tga''' are obsolete. Originally, some Truevision products used other extensions: '''.icb''' (Image Capture Board), '''.vda''' (Video Display Adapter), '''.vst''' (Vista).
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== Specifications ==
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* Truevision TGA File Format Specification, Version 2.0: [http://googlesites.inequation.org/tgautilities PostScript]· [http://www.dca.fee.unicamp.br/~martino/disciplinas/ea978/tgaffs.pdf PDF]· [http://www.ludorg.net/amnesia/TGA_File_Format_Spec.html HTML]
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* [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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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/targafor.pro Another copy of the file]
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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)]
  
 
== Sample images ==
 
== Sample images ==
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/tga/sample/index.htm TGA Sample Files]
 
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/tga/sample/index.htm TGA Sample Files]
  
== References ==
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== Links ==
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA Truevision TGA: Wikipedia]  
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truevision_TGA Truevision TGA: Wikipedia]  
* [http://www.fileformat.info/format/tga/egff.htm TGA File Format Summary] From Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats at FileFormat.Info (1996)
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* {{EGFF|tga|TGA File Format Summary}}, from the [[Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats]]
* [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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* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/targafor.pro Another copy of the file]
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* [http://www.paulbourke.net/dataformats/tga/ Creating TGA Image files] By Paul Bourke, 1996.
 
* [http://www.paulbourke.net/dataformats/tga/ Creating TGA Image files] By Paul Bourke, 1996.
* [http://www.textfiles.com/programming/FORMATS/pix_fmt.txt Picture format docs (of a number of formats including this one)]
 

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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).

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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).

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