Supported Image Formats
Format |
Description |
Import |
Export |
---|---|---|---|
*.afp |
Advanced Function Presentation, created as part of the IBM® document imaging system |
✓ |
|
*.ani |
Animation file, used to store Windows animated cursors |
✓ |
|
*.bmp |
Windows Bitmap file |
✓ |
✓ |
*.cal |
CALS Raster image format, usually ITU-T type compressed bitonal images |
✓ |
|
*.cgm |
Computer Graphics Metafile, used to exchange vector and bitmap data |
✓ |
|
*.cin |
Kodak Cinson |
✓ |
✓ |
*.clp |
Microsoft Windows Clipboard format, used to store the contents of the clipboard to disk |
✓ |
✓ |
*.cmp |
LEAD compressed format for grayscale and color images, results in smaller files with better image quality |
✓ |
✓ |
*.cmx |
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX) file format, used with the Corel® Suite applications |
✓ |
|
*.cur |
Format used to store Windows cursors |
✓ |
|
*.cut |
Format for device-independent images with a color palette that is stored in a *.pal file (if the image has no .pal file, it is considered to be a grayscale image) |
✓ |
✓ |
*.dcr |
Format for professional digital camera files |
✓ |
|
*.dgn |
Format used with the Intergraph 3® MicroStation and Interactive Graphics System (IGDS) |
✓ |
|
*.drw |
Format used in the Micrografx Designer CAD/CAM/CAE application |
✓ |
|
*.dwf |
Binary file format used by AutoDesk AutoCAD® to store DWG files on the Internet |
✓ |
|
*.dwg |
Binary file format used by AutoDesk AutoCAD that can contain 2-D or 3-D objects |
✓ |
|
*.dxf |
ASCII file that contains 2-D and 3-D components |
✓ |
|
*.ecw |
Enhanced Compressed Wavelet |
✓ |
✓ |
*.emf |
Enhanced Windows Metafiles, vector files that can contain a raster image |
✓ |
✓ |
*.exf |
Standard format for image files that are created by using digital cameras and other input devices (also *.tif, *.jpg) |
✓ |
✓ |
*.fax |
Standard fax file format |
✓ |
|
*.fit |
Flexible Image Transport System |
✓ |
|
*.flc |
Animation file created by AutoDesk (also *.fli) |
✓ |
✓ |
*.fpx |
FlashPix, created by Eastman Kodak Company®, Microsoft Corporation®, Hewlett-Packard Company®, and Live Picture Inc (Sonic Solutions®) to make the use of digital color images easier |
✓ |
✓ |
*.gbr |
Gerber Vector format, used by GerbTools, ViewMate, and CamTastic for transferring printed circuit board information |
✓ |
|
*.gif |
Graphics Interchange Format, an 8-bit per pixel bitmap image format |
✓ |
✓ |
*.ica |
Image Object Content Architecture (IOCA), developed by IBM, houses Presentation Text Object Architecture (PTOCA) data objects |
✓ |
|
*.ico |
Format used to store Windows icons |
✓ |
|
*.iff |
Interchange File Format, general-purpose data storage format |
✓ |
✓ |
*.img |
File that contains the raw information dump of the contents of a file or disk |
✓ |
✓ |
*.itg |
Intergraph (ITG) format bitmap image (also *.cit) |
✓ |
|
*.jpg |
Joint Pictures Experts Group, a standard method of compression for photographic images (also *.jpeg, *.jtf) |
✓ |
✓ |
*.lv |
LazerView |
✓ |
|
*.mac |
MacPaint |
✓ |
|
*.msp |
Microsoft Paint file format |
✓ |
✓ |
*.pbm |
Portable Bitmap Utilities, a format that can read and write one bit per pixel |
✓ |
✓ |
*.pcd |
Kodak Photo CD (see *.fpx) |
✓ |
|
*.pct |
Macintosh QuickDraw, used in desktop publishing and imaging applications (also *.pict) |
✓ |
|
*.pcx |
PaintBrush PCX format, designed by ZSoft |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Portable Document Format, an open standard for document exchange created by Adobe® |
✓ |
✓ |
*.pgm |
Portable Greymap Utilities, a format that can read and write eight (grayscale) bits per pixel |
✓ |
✓ |
*.plt |
Format for printing line drawings, created by Hewlett-Packard (also *.hpgl) |
✓ |
|
*.png |
Portable Network Graphics, created by CompuServe® to replace the *.gif format |
✓ |
✓ |
*.ppm |
Portable Pixmap Utilities, a format that can read and write 24 bits per pixel |
✓ |
✓ |
*.prn |
Printer Command Language file (also *.prt, *.pcl) |
✓ |
|
*.psd |
Adobe Photoshop® graphics editor files |
✓ |
✓ |
*.psp |
PaintShopPro |
✓ |
✓ |
*.ptk |
2-D rendering engine files, developed by Phelios, Inc. |
✓ |
|
*.ras |
SUN Raster file format |
✓ |
✓ |
*.rtf |
Rich Text Format file |
✓ |
|
*.sct |
Scitex Continuous Tone (SCT), developed by HP Scitex and used for high-end image processing (also *.ct) |
✓ |
✓ |
*.sff |
Structured Fax File |
✓ |
✓ |
*.sgi |
Format for black and white, grayscale, and color images, developed by CGI® |
✓ |
✓ |
*.shp |
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)® Shape Format |
✓ |
|
*.smp |
Xionics SMP |
✓ |
|
*.svg |
Scalable Vector Graphics, Internet standard vector format for two-dimensional graphics in XML |
✓ |
|
*.tga |
Truevision, Inc. TGA format |
✓ |
✓ |
*.tif |
Format for professional digital camera (also *.tiff) |
✓ |
|
*.tif |
Tag Image File format, format commonly used to archive important images (also *.tiff) |
✓ |
✓ |
*.wbmp |
Wireless Bitmap file |
✓ |
|
*.wfx |
WinFax |
✓ |
✓ |
*.wmf |
Windows Metafiles, vector files that can contain a raster image |
✓ |
✓ |
*.wmz |
Windows Media Compressed Skin File |
✓ |
|
*.wpg |
WordPerfect Graphics file |
✓ |
✓ |
*.xbm |
X Bitmap |
✓ |
✓ |
*.xpm |
Used to store X Window PixMap information to disk |
✓ |
|
*.xwd |
Used to store and restore screen window images |
✓ |
✓ |