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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