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Comparison of graphics file formats
General
Ownership of the format and related information.
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
AbcAdvanced
Bitonal Compression
LEAD Technologies .abc
Bitonal document and
check images.[1]Yes
ADRGARC Digitized
Raster Graphics
.adrg
AdobeResource Adobe Systems
TIFF?
ADRI ARC Digitized Raster Images
.adri
AGP ArtGem Project
RL Vision .agp
Preferred graphics format when working with ArtGem
No
AIAdobe
Illustrator Document
Adobe Systems .ai
application/Illustrator, application/postscript
Adobe Illustrator files are editable
using programs that support the format,
such as Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape,
CorelDRAW, etc.
Yes
Alias Pix image.pix, .matte,
.mask,.alpha, .als
Supported by GIMP
AMI .ami Supported by Amica Paint
ANI ANI file format Microsoft RIFF .ani Used by Microsoft
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Windows
ANIM
Electronic Arts and
Commodore Amiga
IFF .iff, .anim video/x-anim
APNG
Animated Portable Network Graphics
Mozilla PNG .png image/png 1.9 and Opera No
Apple Icon Image Apple Inc. .icns Used by Mac OS X
APX .apxSupported by Ebuyer Photo
PaintART AOL .art
ARTPFS: 1st
Publisher clip art
.art
ASCII art .txt, .ansi, .text
text/plain Supported by GIMP
Authorware map Adobe Systems
.aam application/x-authorware-map
Authorware seg Adobe Systems
.aas application/x-authorware-seg
Authorware binAdobe
Systems
.aab, .x32, .u32,.vox
application/x-authorware-bin
AutoCAD DXFDrawing
Interchange Format
Autodesk .dxf image/vnd.dxf
AWD .awd image/awd Used by PhotoPhilia
ARW Sony Alpha RAW
Sony TIFF .arw
BAY Casio RAW Casio .bay
BEF Unified Color BEF
Unified Color TIFF .bef HDR PhotoStudio
Yes
BigTIFF TIFF .btf, .tiff, .tif image/tiffBMF Corel .bmf Used by Corel
Clipart Gallery
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
apps and any BMF image
utility
BMPWindows bitmap Microsoft
.bmp, .dib, .rle,
.2bp (2bpp)image/x-bmp
Used by many 2D applications. No
bmp compressor Bit Map Compressor
.hpc
BLEND .blend Supported by Blender
BRK Brooktrout Fax
.brk
BSAVE BSAVE Image .BSV Used by IBM PC.
CAM Casio CAM Casio JPEG .cam
CADRG
Compressed ARC Digitized
Raster Graphics
.cadrg
CAL CALS raster file format
.cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl
Capture One RAW Phase One .cap
CIFF Camera Image File Format
Canon .crw, .ciff
CR2 Canon RAW 2 Canon TIFF .cr2
CDR CorelDRAW Document
Corel Corporation
.cdr, .ccx, .cdt, .cmx
application/coreldraw
CorelDRAW files are
editable using programs that
support the format, such as
CorelDRAW, Adobe
Illustrator, Inkscape, etc.
Yes
CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
.cgm image/cgm CGM files are editable using programs that
support the format, such as
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics,
Inkscape, etc.CIN Cineon .cin image/cineon
Corel Paint Shop Pro Pattern .pat
Supported by Corel Paint Shop Pro
CPCCartesian Perceptual
Compression
Cartesian Products, Inc.
.cpc, .cpi image/cpi
Highly compressed
raster imaging format.
Yes
CPKT APP5-CPKT Format
JPEG .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg
image/jpeg Used by PROSERPINE.
CPT Corel Photo-Paint Image
.cpt
Crack Art Detlef Röttger & Jan Borchers
.ca1, .ca2, .ca3
An application on Atari ST
CUT .cut Used by DSHELL.
CMYK .cmykCMYKA .cmyka
DCS Kodak DCS Pro RAW
Kodak .dcs
DCR Digital Camera Raw
Kodak TIFF .dcr
DDS DirectDraw Surface
Microsoft .dds
Degas
Design & Entertainment Graphic Arts
System
Integral Solutions
.pi1, .pi2, .pi3,
.pc1, .pc2, .pc3
An application on Atari ST
DNGDigital
NegativeAdobe
Systems
Compatible with ISO 12234-2,
TIFF/EP [2] .dng
A raw image format suitable as an archival format and as the native raw
format of digital cameras[3]
No: no known intellectual property
encumbrances or license
requirements[4
]
DIA Dia Drawing XML .dia Used by Dia
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
DICOM .dcm, .dicom Supported by GIMP
DjVu DjVu AT&T Research .djvu, .djv image/vnd.djvu
Doodle .doo An application on Atari ST
DPXDigital Picture eXchange file
format.dpx image/dpx
DRF Kodak Pro Back RAW
Kodak .drf
Dr. Halo .cut
Encapsulated PostScript
.epi, .eps, .eps2,
.eps3, .epsf, .epsi,.ept
application/postscript
ECWEnhanced
Compressed Wavelet
ERDAS .ecw
Wavelet image format used
primarily with geo-referenced
aerial and satellite imagery
Yes
EDGEDGE2 Original Format
TAKABO .edg Used by EDGE2
EMFEnhanced Metafile Format
Microsoft .emf, .emz Microsoft Office
EMF+
Enhanced Metafile
Format Plus Extensions
Microsoft .emf, .emz
ERF EPSON RAW EPSON TIFF .erf
ERIEntis
Rasterized Image format
.eri
ExifExchangeable
Image File Format
.exif
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
EVAExtended
Vector Animation
Sharp Corporation .eva application/x-eva
EXR OpenEXR ILM .exr image/exr
Used in film effects for 3d rendering and hdr images.
?
FIF Fractal Image Format
.fif
FIG FIG format .fig application/x-xfig Supported by Xfig
FITSFlexible Image
Transport System
.fit, .fitsScientific (esp. astronomical)
data acquisition
FLA Flash Source File
.fla
FLIC Autodesk .fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt
Supported by GIMP
FLW Kivio Document
.flw Supported by Kivio
FPX FlashPix (1.0.2)
.fpx image/vnd.fpx
FreeHandAdobe
Systems
.fh4, .fh5, .fh7,
.fh8, .fhc, .fhimage/x-freehand
FutureSplash Adobe Systems
.spl application/futuresplash
FXT 3DFX .fxtGEGL composition XML .xml application/xml Used by GEGL
Gerber Format
RS-274X Extended
Gerber Format[5]
Ucamco Printable ASCII .ger, othersPrinted Circuit Board or PCB
software
GIFGraphics
Interchange Format
CompuServe,Unisys
(compression algorithm)
.gif, .gfa, .giff
image/gif
Supported by most web browsers. Supports
transparency and animation.
Expired
GIMP brush The GIMP .gbr Supported by
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Team GIMP
GIMP compressed XJT image
The GIMP Team JPEG, tar
.xjt,.xjtgz
(compressed),
.xjtbz2 (compressed
)
None. Lossy format, not suitable for editing
Supported by GIMP
GIH Gimp image hose
The GIMP Team
.gih Supported by GIMP
GIMP patterns The GIMP Team
.pat Supported by GIMP
GRA .gra Used by QSV and QLD.
G3 Fax .g3 Supported by GIMP
Hasselblad 3FR RAW TIFF .3frHasselblad/Imacon FFF .fff
HDRi TIFF .tif, .tiff image/tiff
HD Photo / JPEG XRHD Photo /
JPEG XR Microsoft.wdp, .hdp, .j
xr image/vnd.ms-photo
TIFF-like container
format with HDR encoding
for photographic
images
Yes (no licence costs)
HG Hyper Graphic Press
.hg
Supported by some old Japanese
applications.
ICER NASA Mars Rovers
IIQ RAWIntelligent
Image Quality RAW
Phase One .iiq
IMA .ima .ima team .ima
Format for photographic images with
HDR encoding.
No
IMG (GEM Paint) .img Supported by
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
GEM Paint
IMG (ERDAS IMAGINE)ERDAS
IMAGINE ERDASHierarchical File
Architecture (HFA) .img
Image format used primarily
with geo-referenced imagery,
thematic grid data, and
elevation grid data.
No
Masahide Hirabayashi
.im4
Inkscape SVG The Inkscape Team
SVG .svg, .svgz image/svg+xml Used by Inkscape
ICO ICO file format Microsoft .ico, .curimage/vnd.Microsoft.icon,
image/x-icon
Used by Microsoft
Windows and web browsers
as favicon
ICSImage
Cytometry Standard
.ics, .ids
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange
Specification
.igs image/iges CAD/CAM interoperability
No
ILBMInterLeaved
BitMap
Electronic Arts and
Commodore Amiga
IFF.iff, .ilbm, .lb
m image/x-ilbm
Planar graphics format
designed for Amiga graphics
hardware.
No
IPTC/NAA IPTC/NAA TIFF
JBIGJoint Bi-level
Image Experts Group
.jbig, .bie, .jbg
JBIG2Joint Bi-level
Image Experts Group
JNG JPEG Network Graphics
.jng image/x-jng No
JPEG Joint Joint .jpg, .jpeg, .j image/jpeg Photographic Invalid. Also
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Photographic Experts Group
Photographic Experts Group
pe(containers:.jif, .jfif, .jfi)
images. Supported by
most web browsers.
see Forgent#JPEG.
JPEG 2000
Joint Photographic Experts Group
2000
Joint Photographic Experts Group
.jp2, .j2c, .jpc,
.j2k, .jpximage/jp2
Photographic images, eventual
replacement for JPEG.
Yes (no licence costs
for part 1)
JPEG-LSJoint
Photographic Experts Group
.jls
JPEG-HDR
J6I RICOH JPEG .j6i Used by RICOH DC-1/2
KDCKodak
DC40/DC50 RAW
Kodak TIFF .kdc
KOA
.koa,.gg
(compressed)
Supported by Koala Paint
KIFFKt
Interchange File Format
.kif, .kiff
KISS CEL .cel Supported by GIMP
Kodak TIFF extensions Kodak TIFF .tifKodak YCC Kodak .pcd
KQP Minolta JPEG .kqp
K25 Kodak DC25 RAW
Kodak TIFF .k25
Leaf Mosaic RAW TIFF .mosLightStream Picture .lsp
Logluv TIFF Greg Ward TIFF Supported by Libtiff
Mac Paint .pnt, .mac
MDC Minolta RD175 Format
Minolta .mdc
MET OS/2 Metafile .met Supported by
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Format SAS/GRAPH
MNG
Multiple-image
Network Graphics
PNG .mng video/x-mng No
MO:DCA MO:DCA IBM.mda, .ica, .
mmr,.afp
imageIBM's Content Manager and Image Plus
Yes
MSP Microsoft Paint
Microsoft .msp
MYD Myd format .myd
MYV Myv vector format
.myv
NEF Nikon RAW Nikon TIFF .nefMEF Mamiya RAW Mamiya TIFF .mef
Neochrome Dave Staugas .neo An application on Atari ST
MAGMAKIchan
Graphic loader Woody-Rinn .magUsed by many old Japanese applications.
MAKI MAKIchan net format
Woody-Rinn .mki
MIFF Magick image file format
ImageMagick Studio
.miff Supported by ImageMagick
MSA Misachan FileHirohumi
Iguchi .msaSupported by old Japanese applications
MSLMagick
Scripting Language
ImageMagick Studio .msl
Supported by ImageMagick
MVG Magick Vector Graphics
ImageMagick Studio
.mvg Supported by ImageMagick
MPC
Magick Persistent
Cache image file format
ImageMagick Studio
.mpc Supported by ImageMagick
MRW Minolta RAW Minolta .mrwNSK-TIFF NSK-TIFF Nihon Shinbun
Kyokai ( 日本新 TIFF
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
聞協会 )
OAZ OAZ FaxOaz
Communications
.oazUsed by NetFax
Manager
ODG OpenDocument drawing
.odg
ORA OpenRasterfreedesktop.or
gOpenDocument/
XML .oraDrawPile, GIMP, Krita, MyPaint, Nathive, Pinta
No
ORF Olympus RAW Olympus TIFF .orf
PAMportable
anymap file format
.pam
Panasonic RAW Panasonic TIFF .raw, .rw2
PCIFPolyomino
Compressed Image Format
.pcf
PhaseOne P25/P30/P45 RAW
Phase One .tif, .tiff
PictureGear Pocket Image .prc
PBMPortable
Bitmap File Format
.pbm image/x-portable-bitmap
PCDKodak
ImagePac Photo CD
Kodak .pcd image/jpcd
PCFPixel
Coordination Format
.pcf image/pcf
PCX ZSoft PC Paintbrush
File
ZSoft Corporation
.pcx, .pcc, .dcx
image/x-pcx Dated rle packed indexed image format, used in some
early 3d shooting games
like Unreal Tournament as it takes up very little space and
is easy to
?
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
decode.
PDFPortable
Document Format
Adobe Systems .pdf, .epdf application/pdf
PDNPaint.NET
Image dotPDN LLC .pdnPreferred and supported by
Paint.NETPEF PENTAX RAW PENTAX TIFF .pef
PGFProgressive
Graphics File xeraina GmbH .pgf
Photographic images, eventual
replacement for JPEG.
No
PGMPortable
Graymap File Format
.pgm image/x-portable-graymap
PGML
Precision Graphics Markup
Language
Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape, Sun Microsystems
No
Photochrome .pcs
PNM Portable anymap
.pnm
PTXPentax RAW
Bitmap Graphic
Pentax .ptx
Pi Yanagisawa .piUsed by some old Japanese applications.
PICYanagisawa
PIC Yanagisawa .picUsed by many old Japanese applications.
PIC DoGA PIC Project Team DoGA
.pic Used by DoGA CGA System.
PICT Macintosh PICT Format
Apple Inc..pict, .pic, .p
ct,.pct1, .pct2
image/pict
Metafile for Mac OS, not meant
for print publishing.
Yes
PICtor John Bridges, Doug
.pic Supported by PCPaint
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Wolfgram
PIC2 Yanagisawa .p2
Supported by some old Japanese
applications.
Pixel Pixel image format
Pixel .px image/px
Native format of the Pixel
image editing program.
?
PLDPhotoLine Document
Computerinsel GmbH .pld application/pld
Native format of the
PhotoLine image editing
program.
?
PMP Sony JPEG .pmp Used by Sony Cyber-Shot
PNGPortable Network Graphics
World Wide Web
Consortium.png image/png
W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web
browsers.
No
PostScript ps, ps2, ps3
PPMPortable
Pixmap File Format
.ppm image/x-portable-pixmap
Very easy to understand. Programs to analyze and write to this format are
easily written.
PSDPhotoshop Document
Adobe Systems
.psd, .psb, .pdb,.pdd
image/vnd.adobe.photoshop[6],
image/psd, image/photoshop, image/x-
photoshop
Used mainly for storing image
manipulation & editing data.
Yes
PSPPaint Shop Pro
DocumentCorel
Corporation.psp, .tub,.pspimage image/psp
It can only be opened in
programs that support the
format, such as Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, etc.
?
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
PSX TIM .tim
PSX TIM2Sony
PlayStation Tim2
Sony .tm2, .strUsed by
PlayStation2
PXA .pxa Used by PixiaQuickTime Image Apple Inc. .qtif, .qti, .qif
Q0 .q0Q4 XLD4 MAJYO .q4
RAD Gregory Ward Larson
.rad Radiance
RAF Fujifilm RAW Fujifilm .rafRGB .rgb
RGBA .rgba
RGBEGregory Ward
Larson .hdr image/vnd.radianceRadiance, most HDR imaging
software
R3DRED
REDCODE RAW
Red .r3d
SAI SYSTEMAX .sai Supported by PaintTool SAI
SCTScitex
Continuous Tone Picture
.sct
SDASun
Microsystems .sdaSupported by
StarOffice Draw 3-5
SDDSun
Microsystems .sddSupported by
StarOffice Draw 3-5
SFWSeattle File
Works imageSeattle File
Works JPEG (JFIF) .sfw, .pwp
JPEG-converters sfwjpg and pwpjpg for
Unix/Linux and Windows
SGBSun
Microsystems .sgbSupported by
StarOffice Graphics 2
SGI Silicon Graphics
.sgi, .rgb, .rgba,
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Image.bw, .int, .int
a,.icon
Shockwave Director Adobe Systems
.dir, .dcr, .dxr, .fgd
application/x-director Used by Adobe Shockwave.
SHAPE Dia Stencil SVG .shape Used by Dia.
SK .sk Supported by Skencil
SketchUp Format .skp, .skb Supported by SketchUp
SML Kivio stencil .sml Supported by Kivio
SRF Sony RAW File Sony TIFF .srf, .sr2
SUN Sun rasterfile Sun Microsystems
.sun, .ras, .rs, .im1,
.im8, .im24, .im32
Supported by GIMP
STXSBIG CCD
camera ST-x
.stx, .st4, .st5,
.st6, .st7, .st8,
.st9
SView5 GraphicsAndreas Kleinert .svg/.sgx
Used by SView5-
Library/SDK
SVGScalable Vector
Graphics
World Wide Web
ConsortiumXML
.svg,.svgz
(compressed)
image/svg+xml
Scriptable vector image
format; supported by
major web browsers,
occasionally via plug-in.
No
SWF Shockwave Flash
Adobe Systems
.swf application/x-shockwave-flash
Supported by many web
browsers via plug-in.
SXDOpenOffice.org 1.0 drawing
format.sxd
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
TGA Truevision Targa
Truevision Inc. .tga, .tpic image/tga
Used by many 3D rendering applications
and 3d games.
Yes?
TIFFTagged Image
File FormatAdobe
Systems .tiff, .tif image/tiff
Document scanning and
imaging format, also functions as a container.
No
TIFF/EP
Tag Image File Format /
Electronic Photography
International Organization
for Standardizatio
n
TIFF .tiff, .tif
TIFF-FXTag Image File
Format Fax eXtended
TIFF .tiff, .tif image/tiff-fx
Tiny Stuff David Mumper
.tny, .tn1, .tn2, .tn3,
.tn4, .tn5, tn6
An application on Atari ST
TLG5 .tlg Used by KiriKiriTLG6 .tlg Used by KiriKiri
UFO Ulead File for Objects
.ufo
VML Vector Markup Language
Microsoft .htm , .html
application/vnd. openxmlformats-officedocument.
vmlDrawing
Internet Explorer,
Microsoft OfficeNo
WBMP
Wireless Application
Protocol Bitmap Format
Open Mobile Alliance
(formerly WAP Forum))
.wbmp, .wbm, .wbp image/vnd.wap.wbmp
Used in WAP-pages No
WinFax Symantec .wfx, fxs, fxo
WMFWindows Metafile Format
Microsoft .wmf, .wmz
WordPerfect Graphics File .wpgXAML Extensible Microsoft XML .xaml application/xaml+xml Used by ?
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Application Markup
Language
Windows Presentation
Foundation and Microsoft
Silverlight.
XAR Xar Xara Xar_(graphics) .xar application/vnd.xara
Used by Xara Photo & Graphic Designer
No
XBM X BitMap.xbm, .bm,
.icon, .bitmap
image/x-xbitmapUsed by many
legacy Unix applications.
XCF
XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing
Facility
The GIMP Team
.xcf,.xcfbz2
(compressed),
.xcfgz (compressed
)
application/x-gimp-image Used by GIMP
XPM X-Pixmap .xpm, .pm image/x-xpmUsed by many
legacy Unix applications.
X3F SIGMA RAW SIGMA .x3f
XWD .xwd, .x11 Used by X Window System
XYZ RPG Maker image file
ASCII .xyz RPG Maker No
YCbCr .ycbcrYCbCrA .ycbcra
YUV .yuv
ZDT .zdt Used by TECH Win
Format Full name Owner Based Format File extension
MIME type Application Patented
Technical details
FormatCompressio
nalgorithm
Raster/
vector
Color depth
Indexed color
Transparency
Metadata
Interlacing
Multi-page
Animation
Layers
Color manageme
nt
Extend-able
HDR format
AGP RLE Raster 32 No Yes No No No No Yes No No No
AI Lossy and lossless
Both
1, 8, 24, and 32
(possibly with
multiple palettes)
Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Unknown No
BEF
Visual lossless and
lossy compression
based on JND metric
Raster32-bit
floating point
No No Yes No No No No Not required No Yes
BMPNone, RLE, JPEG, and
PNGRaster
1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32
Yes
Yes; 8b per-pixel alpha channel for
ARGB
Yes No No No No No No No
CDR Lossy and lossless
Both
1, 8, 24,and 32 (multiple palettes)
Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Unknown No
CPC CPC Raster 1 No No Yes No Yes No No No
Yes, via embedde
d dictionar
y
No
EXR
None, RLE, ZIP, Piz,
PXR24, and B44
Raster16–128
(floating-point)
No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
GIF LZW Raster1, 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, and 8
Yes
Yes; 1b plane-only mask using color index
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes (GIF89a)
No
HD Photo / JPEG XR
Lossy and lossless bi-orthogonal transform
Raster 1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and
128 (floating-
No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
FormatCompressio
nalgorithm
Raster/
vector
Color depth
Indexed color
Transparency
Metadata
Interlacing
Multi-page
Animation
Layers
Color manageme
nt
Extend-able
HDR format
point)
ILBMOptional run-
length encoding
Raster
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 64
EHB, 128, 256 (8-
bit), 4,096 (HAM6 pseudo 12-bit), 4,096
pure 12-bit, 262,
144 (HAM8 pseudo 18-bit),
and 24-bit
Yes No Yes Yes NoYes,
Palette-shifting
No No Yes No
IMA
Lossy and lossless original
mutiresolution analysis
transformation
Raster 8-bit, 16-bit
integer, 32-bit
floating-point
No Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Yes
JPEG
Lossy (and partly
lossless), DCT, RLE,
and Huffman predictive nearest
neighbor
Raster
8-bit (greyscale), 12-bit,
and 24-bit
No No Yes Yes No No No Yes No
No (see unofficial
JPEG-HDR)
JPEG 2000Lossy and lossless (DWT)
Raster
8 and 16 (greyscale
) with possibly color up to 48-bit
No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Unknown No
ORA Lossless Both 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24,
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
FormatCompressio
nalgorithm
Raster/
vector
Color depth
Indexed color
Transparency
Metadata
Interlacing
Multi-page
Animation
Layers
Color manageme
nt
Extend-able
HDR format
32, 48, and 64
PAM None Raster Up to 16 No Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes No
PCX None, RLE Raster 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24
Yes No No No No No No No No No
PGFLossy and lossless (DWT)
Raster
greyscale: 1, 8, 16, 31; color: 12, 16, 24, 32, and 48
Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Unknown No
PICTNone, RLE,
and QuickTime
Both1, 2, 4, 8,
16, 24, and 32
Yes Yes Yes Unknown No No No Unknown No? No
Pixel GZIP Raster1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32
Unknown Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PLD Optional ZIP, JPEG
Both
1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64
Unknown
Yes Yes Unknown Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
PNGLossless and
DEFLATE Raster
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64
Yes (1–8 bit
modes)
Yes; 8b, 16b per-pixel
alpha channel; 8b for indexed
YesYes,
Adam7 algorithm
No
No (but see MNG
and APNG)
No YesYes, via chunks
No, see discussio
n
PPM None Raster Up to 16 No No Yes No Yes No No No No No
PSD None and RLE
Both
1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64
Yes
Yes; 8b, 16b per-pixel
alpha channel
Yes N/A No Yes Yes Yes No? Yes
PSP None Both
1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, and
48
Yes
Yes; 8b and 16b per-pixel
alpha channel
Yes No Unknown
No Yes Unknown Unknown No
SVGNone and
lossless gzipVector[7
] 24 and 32 No Yes Yes N/AYes (1.2 draft)[8]
Yes (SMIL/SVG
)Yes Yes[9] Yes, XML
basedN/A
TGA None, RLE, and other
Raster 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24,
Yes Yes Yes No No No No No Unknown No
FormatCompressio
nalgorithm
Raster/
vector
Color depth
Indexed color
Transparency
Metadata
Interlacing
Multi-page
Animation
Layers
Color manageme
nt
Extend-able
HDR format
and 32
TIFFNone, LZW,
RLE, ZIP, and other
Both1, 2, 4, 8,
16, 24, and 32
Yes (1–8 bit
modes)Yes Yes
Yes, for JPEG
compression
Yes No Yes Yes Yes, via tags
Yes, TIFF float
XAML None Vector 32 and 64 No Yes Yes N/A Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes
XCF
None and lossless
(gzip and bzip2)
Both 8, 24, and 32
Yes Yes Unknown N/A No Yes Yes Yes Yes No
FormatCompression algorithm
Raster/
vector
Color depth
Indexed color
Transparency
Metadata
Interlacing
Multi-page
Animation
Layers
Color manageme
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