Comparison of graphics file formats

General
Ownership of the format and related information.
Format Abc ADRG AdobeResource ADRI AGP ARC Digitized Raster Images ArtGem Project RL Vision Full name Advanced Bitonal Compression ARC Digitized Raster Graphics Owner LEAD Technologies Based Format File extension .abc .adrg Adobe Systems TIFF? .adri .agp Preferred graphics format when working with ArtGem Adobe Illustrator files are editable using programs that support the format, such as Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDRAW, etc. Supported by GIMP Supported by Amica Paint Used by No MIME type Application Bitonal document and check images.[1] Patented Yes

AI

Adobe Illustrator Document

Adobe Systems

.ai

application/Illustrator, application/postscript

Yes

Alias Pix image AMI ANI ANI file format Microsoft RIFF

.pix, .matte, .mask, .alpha, .als .ami .ani

Format

Full name

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application Microsoft Windows

Patented

ANIM Animated Portable Network Graphics

Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga Mozilla Apple Inc.

IFF

.iff, .anim

video/x-anim

APNG Apple Icon Image APX ART ART ASCII art Authorware map Authorware seg Authorware bin AutoCAD DXF AWD ARW BAY BEF BigTIFF BMF

PNG

.png .icns .apx

image/png

1.9 and Opera Used by Mac OS X Supported by Ebuyer Photo Paint

No

AOL PFS: 1st Publisher clip art

.art .art .txt, .ansi, .text text/plain application/x-authorwaremap application/x-authorwareseg application/x-authorwarebin image/vnd.dxf image/awd Used by PhotoPhilia Supported by GIMP

Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Drawing Interchange Format Autodesk

.aam .aas .aab, .x32, .u32, .vox .dxf .awd

Sony Alpha RAW Casio RAW Unified Color BEF

Sony Casio Unified Color Corel

TIFF

.arw .bay HDR PhotoStudio image/tiff Used by Corel

TIFF TIFF

.bef .btf, .tiff, .tif .bmf

Yes

Format

Full name

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application Clipart Gallery apps and any BMF image utility

Patented

BMP bmp compressor BLEND BRK BSAVE CAM CADRG CAL Capture One RAW CIFF CR2

Windows bitmap Bit Map Compressor

Microsoft

.bmp, .dib, .rle, .2bp (2bpp) .hpc .blend

image/x-bmp

Used by many 2D applications.

No

Supported by Blender

Brooktrout Fax BSAVE Image Casio CAM Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics CALS raster file format Camera Image File Format Canon RAW 2 Casio JPEG

.brk .BSV .cam .cadrg .cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl .cap .crw, .ciff TIFF .cr2 CorelDRAW files are editable using programs that support the format, such as CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, etc. CGM files are editable using programs that support the Used by IBM PC.

Phase One Canon Canon

CDR

CorelDRAW Document

Corel Corporation

.cdr, .ccx, .cdt, .cmx

application/coreldraw

Yes

CGM

Computer Graphics Metafile

.cgm

image/cgm

Format

Full name

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application format, such as IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics, Inkscape, etc.

Patented

CIN Corel Paint Shop Pro Pattern CPC CPKT CPT Crack Art CUT CMYK CMYKA DCS DCR DDS Degas

Cineon

.cin .pat

image/cineon Supported by Corel Paint Shop Pro Highly compressed raster imaging format. Used by PROSERPINE.

Cartesian Perceptual Compression APP5-CPKT Format Corel PhotoPaint Image

Cartesian Products, Inc. JPEG

.cpc, .cpi .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg .cpt

image/cpi image/jpeg

Yes

Detlef Rttger & Jan Borchers

.ca1, .ca2, .ca3 .cut .cmyk .cmyka

An application on Atari ST Used by DSHELL.

Kodak DCS Pro RAW Digital Camera Raw DirectDraw Surface Design & Entertainment Graphic Arts System

Kodak Kodak Microsoft Integral Solutions TIFF

.dcs .dcr .dds .pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3 Compatible with ISO 12234-2, TIFF/EP[2] An application on Atari ST A raw image No: no known format suitable intellectual as an archival property format and as encumbrances the native raw or license format of digital requirements[4 ] cameras[3]

DNG

Digital Negative

Adobe Systems

.dng

Format DIA DICOM DjVu Doodle DPX DRF Dr. Halo Encapsulated PostScript

Full name Dia Drawing

Owner

Based Format XML

File extension .dia .dcm, .dicom

MIME type

Application Used by Dia Supported by GIMP

Patented

DjVu

AT&T Research

.djvu, .djv .doo

image/vnd.djvu An application on Atari ST image/dpx

Digital Picture eXchange file format Kodak Pro Back RAW

.dpx Kodak .drf .cut .epi, .eps, .eps2, .eps3, .epsf, .epsi, .ept

application/postscript Wavelet image format used primarily with geo-referenced aerial and satellite imagery Used by EDGE2 Microsoft Office

ECW

Enhanced Compressed Wavelet EDGE2 Original Format Enhanced Metafile Format Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions EPSON RAW Entis Rasterized Image format Exchangeable Image File

ERDAS

.ecw

Yes

EDG EMF

TAKABO Microsoft

.edg .emf, .emz

EMF+ ERF ERI Exif

Microsoft EPSON TIFF

.emf, .emz .erf .eri .exif

Format

Full name Format Extended Vector Animation OpenEXR Fractal Image Format FIG format Flexible Image Transport System Flash Source File

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application

Patented

EVA

Sharp Corporation ILM

.eva

application/x-eva Used in film effects for 3d rendering and hdr images.

EXR FIF FIG FITS FLA FLIC FLW FPX FreeHand FutureSplash FXT GEGL composition Gerber Format

.exr .fif .fig .fit, .fits .fla

image/exr

application/x-xfig

Supported by Xfig Scientific (esp. astronomical) data acquisition

Autodesk Kivio Document FlashPix (1.0.2) Adobe Systems Adobe Systems 3DFX XML RS-274X Extended Gerber Format[5] Graphics Interchange Format Ucamco Printable ASCII

.fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt .flw .fpx .fh4, .fh5, .fh7, .fh8, .fhc, .fh .spl .fxt .xml .ger, others image/vnd.fpx image/x-freehand application/futuresplash application/xml

Supported by GIMP Supported by Kivio

Used by GEGL Printed Circuit Board or PCB software Supported by most web browsers. Supports transparency and animation.

GIF

CompuServe, Unisys (compression algorithm)

.gif, .gfa, .giff

image/gif

Expired

Format GIMP brush

Full name

Owner The GIMP Team

Based Format

File extension .gbr .xjt, .xjtgz (compressed ), .xjtbz2 (compressed ) .gih .pat .gra .g3

MIME type

Application Supported by GIMP

Patented

GIMP compressed XJT image

The GIMP Team

JPEG, tar

None. Lossy format, not suitable for editing

Supported by GIMP

GIH GIMP patterns GRA G3 Fax Hasselblad 3FR RAW Hasselblad/Imacon FFF HDRi

Gimp image hose

The GIMP Team The GIMP Team

Supported by GIMP Supported by GIMP Used by QSV and QLD. Supported by GIMP

TIFF TIFF

.3fr .fff .tif, .tiff

image/tiff TIFF-like container format with Yes (no HDR encoding licence costs) for photographic images Supported by some old Japanese applications.

HD Photo / JPEG XR

HD Photo / JPEG XR

Microsoft

.wdp, .hdp, .jxr

image/vnd.ms-photo

HG ICER IIQ RAW

Hyper Graphic Press NASA Mars Rovers Intelligent Image Quality RAW .ima Phase One

.hg

.iiq Format for photographic images with HDR encoding.

IMA

.ima team

.ima

No

Format IMG (GEM Paint)

Full name

Owner

Based Format

File extension .img

MIME type

Application Supported by GEM Paint Image format used primarily with georeferenced imagery, thematic grid data, and elevation grid data.

Patented

IMG (ERDAS IMAGINE)

ERDAS IMAGINE

ERDAS

Hierarchical File Architecture (HFA)

.img

No

Masahide Hirabayashi Inkscape SVG The Inkscape Team ICO file format Image Cytometry Standard Initial Graphics Exchange Specification InterLeaved BitMap IPTC/NAA Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group JPEG Network Graphics Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga Microsoft

.im4 SVG .svg, .svgz image/svg+xml image/vnd.Microsoft.icon, image/x-icon Used by Inkscape Used by Microsoft Windows and web browsers as favicon

ICO

.ico, .cur

ICS

.ics, .ids CAD/CAM interoperability Planar graphics format designed for Amiga graphics hardware.

IGES

.igs

image/iges

No

ILBM IPTC/NAA JBIG JBIG2 JNG

IFF TIFF

.iff, .ilbm, .lbm

image/x-ilbm

No

.jbig, .bie, .jbg

.jng

image/x-jng

No

Format

Full name

Owner

Based Format

File extension .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe (containers: .jif, .jfif, .jfi) .jp2, .j2c, .jpc, .j2k, .jpx .jls

MIME type

Application

Patented

JPEG

Joint Joint Photographic Photographic Experts Group Experts Group Joint Joint Photographic Photographic Experts Group Experts Group 2000 Joint Photographic Experts Group RICOH Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW Kodak JPEG TIFF

image/jpeg

JPEG 2000

image/jp2

Photographic images. Invalid. Also Supported by see most web Forgent#JPEG. browsers. Photographic images, Yes (no eventual licence costs replacement for for part 1) JPEG.

JPEG-LS JPEG-HDR J6I KDC

.j6i .kdc .koa, .gg (compressed )

Used by RICOH DC-1/2

KOA Kt Interchange File Format

Supported by Koala Paint

KIFF KISS CEL Kodak TIFF extensions Kodak YCC KQP K25 Leaf Mosaic RAW LightStream Picture Logluv TIFF Mac Paint MDC

.kif, .kiff .cel Kodak Kodak Minolta TIFF JPEG TIFF TIFF Greg Ward TIFF .pnt, .mac .tif .pcd .kqp .k25 .mos .lsp Supported by Libtiff .mdc Supported by GIMP

Kodak DC25 RAW

Kodak

Minolta RD175 Format

Minolta

Format MET MNG

Full name OS/2 Metafile Format Multipleimage Network Graphics MO:DCA Microsoft Paint Myd format Myv vector format Nikon RAW Mamiya RAW

Owner

Based Format

File extension .met

MIME type

Application Supported by SAS/GRAPH

Patented

PNG

.mng .mda, .ica, .mmr, .afp .msp .myd .myv

video/x-mng IBM's Content Manager and Image Plus

No

MO:DCA MSP MYD MYV NEF MEF Neochrome MAG MAKI MIFF MSA MSL MVG MPC MRW NSK-TIFF

IBM Microsoft

image

Yes

Nikon Mamiya Dave Staugas

TIFF TIFF

.nef .mef .neo .mag .mki .miff .msa .msl .mvg .mpc .mrw Supported by ImageMagick Supported by old Japanese applications Supported by ImageMagick Supported by ImageMagick Supported by ImageMagick An application on Atari ST Used by many old Japanese applications.

MAKIchan Graphic loader

Woody-Rinn

MAKIchan net Woody-Rinn format Magick image ImageMagick file format Studio Misachan File Magick Scripting Language Magick Vector Graphics Magick Persistent Cache image file format Minolta RAW NSK-TIFF Hirohumi Iguchi ImageMagick Studio ImageMagick Studio ImageMagick Studio Minolta Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (

TIFF

Format

Full name

Owner ) Oaz Communicatio ns

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application

Patented

OAZ ODG ORA ORF PAM Panasonic RAW PCIF PhaseOne P25/P30/P45 RAW PictureGear Pocket Image PBM PCD PCF PCX

OAZ Fax OpenDocume nt drawing OpenRaster Olympus RAW portable anymap file format Polyomino Compressed Image Format

.oaz .odg

Used by NetFax Manager

freedesktop.or OpenDocument/X g ML Olympus TIFF

.ora .orf .pam

DrawPile, GIMP, Krita, MyPaint, Nathive, Pinta

No

Panasonic

TIFF

.raw, .rw2 .pcf

Phase One Portable Bitmap File Format Kodak ImagePac Photo CD Pixel Coordination Format ZSoft PC Paintbrush File

.tif, .tiff .prc .pbm image/x-portable-bitmap image/jpcd image/pcf 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 ?

Kodak

.pcd .pcf

ZSoft Corporation

.pcx, .pcc, .dcx

Format

Full name Portable Document Format Paint.NET Image PENTAX RAW

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application decode.

Patented

PDF PDN PEF PGF

Adobe Systems dotPDN LLC PENTAX TIFF

.pdf, .epdf .pdn .pef .pgf

application/pdf Preferred and supported by Paint.NET Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG. image/x-portable-graymap

Progressive xeraina GmbH Graphics File Portable Graymap File Format Precision Adobe Graphics Systems, IBM, Markup Netscape, Sun Language Microsystems Portable anymap Pentax RAW Bitmap Graphic

No

PGM

.pgm

PGML Photochrome PNM PTX Pi PIC PIC PICT PICtor

No .pcs .pnm

Pentax Yanagisawa

.ptx .pi .pic .pic .pict, .pic, .pct, .pct1, .pct2 .pic image/pict Used by some old Japanese applications. Used by many old Japanese applications. Used by DoGA CGA System. Metafile for Mac OS, not meant for print publishing. Supported by PCPaint

Yanagisawa PIC DoGA PIC Macintosh PICT Format

Yanagisawa Project Team DoGA Apple Inc. John Bridges, Doug

Yes

Format

Full name

Owner Wolfgram

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application Supported by some old Japanese applications. Native format of the Pixel image editing program. Native format of the PhotoLine image editing program. Used by Sony Cyber-Shot W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web browsers.

Patented

PIC2

Yanagisawa

.p2

Pixel

Pixel image format

Pixel

.px

image/px

PLD

PhotoLine Document

Computerinsel GmbH Sony JPEG

.pld

application/pld

PMP Portable Network Graphics

.pmp

PNG PostScript

World Wide Web Consortium

.png ps, ps2, ps3

image/png

No

PPM

Portable Pixmap File Format

PSD

Photoshop Document

Adobe Systems

PSP

Paint Shop Pro Document

Corel Corporation

PSX TIM

Very easy to understand. Programs to .ppm image/x-portable-pixmap analyze and write to this format are easily written. image/vnd.adobe.photoshop Used mainly for .psd, .psb, [6] , image/psd, storing image .pdb, image/photoshop, image/x- manipulation & .pdd photoshop editing data. It can only be opened in programs that .psp, .tub, image/psp support the .pspimage format, such as Paint Shop Pro, The GIMP, etc. .tim

Yes

Format PSX TIM2 PXA QuickTime Image Q0 Q4 RAD RAF RGB RGBA RGBE R3D SAI SCT SDA SDD

Full name Sony PlayStation Tim2

Owner Sony

Based Format

File extension .tm2, .str .pxa .qtif, .qti, .qif .q0 .q4 .rad .raf .rgb .rgba .hdr .r3d .sai .sct

MIME type

Application Used by PlayStation2 Used by Pixia

Patented

Apple Inc. XLD4 MAJYO Gregory Ward Larson Fujifilm

Radiance

Fujifilm RAW

Gregory Ward Larson RED REDCODE RAW Red SYSTEMAX Scitex Continuous Tone Picture Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems Seattle File Works image Seattle File Works Sun Microsystems Silicon Graphics Image

image/vnd.radiance

Radiance, most HDR imaging software

Supported by PaintTool SAI

.sda .sdd

SFW

JPEG (JFIF)

.sfw, .pwp

SGB SGI

.sgb .sgi, .rgb, .rgba, .bw, .int,

Supported by StarOffice Draw 3-5 Supported by StarOffice Draw 3-5 JPEG-converters sfwjpg and pwpjpg for Unix/Linux and Windows Supported by StarOffice Graphics 2

Format

Full name

Owner

Based Format

Shockwave Director SHAPE SK SketchUp Format SML SRF SUN Kivio stencil Sony RAW File Sun rasterfile Dia Stencil

Adobe Systems SVG

File extension .inta, .icon .dir, .dcr, .dxr, .fgd .shape .sk .skp, .skb .sml

MIME type

Application

Patented

application/x-director

Used by Adobe Shockwave. Used by Dia. Supported by Skencil Supported by SketchUp Supported by Kivio

Sony Sun Microsystems

TIFF

STX

SBIG CCD camera ST-x Andreas Kleinert

.srf, .sr2 .sun, .ras, .rs, .im1, .im8, .im24, .im32 .stx, .st4, .st5, .st6, .st7, .st8, .st9 .svg/.sgx

Supported by GIMP

SView5 Graphics

SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics

World Wide Web Consortium

XML

.svg, .svgz (compressed )

image/svg+xml

SWF

Shockwave Flash

Adobe Systems

.swf

application/x-shockwaveflash

Used by SView5Library/SDK Scriptable vector image format; supported by major web browsers, occasionally via plug-in. Supported by many web browsers via plug-in.

No

SXD TGA

OpenOffice.or g 1.0 drawing format Truevision Truevision Inc.

.sxd .tga, .tpic image/tga Used by many Yes?

Format

Full name Targa

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application 3D rendering applications and 3d games. Document scanning and imaging format, also functions as a container.

Patented

TIFF

Tagged Image File Format

Adobe Systems

.tiff, .tif

image/tiff

No

TIFF/EP

TIFF-FX

International Tag Image File Organization Format / for Electronic Standardizatio Photography n Tag Image File Format Fax eXtended David Mumper

TIFF

.tiff, .tif

TIFF

.tiff, .tif .tny, .tn1, .tn2, .tn3, .tn4, .tn5, tn6 .tlg .tlg .ufo

image/tiff-fx An application on Atari ST Used by KiriKiri Used by KiriKiri

Tiny Stuff TLG5 TLG6 UFO VML Ulead File for Objects Vector Markup Language Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format Windows Metafile Format Extensible Application

Microsoft Open Mobile Alliance (formerly WAP Forum)) Symantec Microsoft

.htm , .html

application/vnd. openxmlformatsofficedocument. vmlDrawing image/vnd.wap.wbmp

Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office Used in WAPpages

No

WBMP WinFax WMF WordPerfect Graphics File XAML

.wbmp, .wbm, .wbp .wfx, fxs, fxo .wmf, .wmz .wpg .xaml

No

Microsoft

XML

application/xaml+xml

Used by Windows

Format

Full name Markup Language

Owner

Based Format

File extension

MIME type

Application Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight. Used by Xara Photo & Graphic Designer Used by many legacy Unix applications.

Patented

XAR

Xar

Xara

Xar_(graphics)

.xar

application/vnd.xara

No

XBM

X BitMap XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing Facility X-Pixmap SIGMA RAW SIGMA

XCF

The GIMP Team

.xbm, .bm, .icon, image/x-xbitmap .bitmap .xcf, .xcfbz2 (compressed ), application/x-gimp-image .xcfgz (compressed ) .xpm, .pm .x3f .xwd, .x11 image/x-xpm

Used by GIMP

XPM X3F XWD XYZ YCbCr YCbCrA YUV ZDT Format

Used by many legacy Unix applications. Used by X Window System RPG Maker No

RPG Maker image file

ASCII

.xyz .ycbcr .ycbcra .yuv .zdt

Used by TECH Win MIME type Application Patented

Full name

Owner

Based Format

File extension

Technical details

Format AGP

Compressio Raster n / algorithm vector RLE Raster Lossy and lossless

Color depth 32 1, 8, 24, and 32 (possibly with multiple palettes) 32-bit floating point 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32 1, 8, 24,and 32 (multiple palettes) 1

Color Indexe Transparen Metadat Interlacin Multi- Animatio Layer ExtendHDR manageme d color cy a g page n s able format nt No Yes No No No No Yes No No No

AI

Both

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Unknown

No

BEF

Visual lossless and lossy Raster compression based on JND metric None, RLE, JPEG, and PNG Lossy and lossless Raster

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Not required

No

Yes

BMP

Yes

Yes; 8b perpixel alpha channel for ARGB Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

CDR

Both

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Unknown Yes, via embedde d dictionar y Yes

No

CPC

CPC

Raster

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

EXR

None, RLE, 16128 ZIP, Piz, Raster (floatingPXR24, and point) B44 LZW Lossy and lossless biorthogonal transform 1, 2, 3, 4, Raster 5, 6, 7, and 8 Raster 1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and 128 (floating-

No

Yes Yes; 1b plane-only mask using color index Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

GIF HD Photo / JPEG XR

Yes No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Yes No

Yes No

No Yes

Yes (GIF89a) Yes

No Yes

Format

Compressio Raster n / algorithm vector

Color depth

Color Indexe Transparen Metadat Interlacin Multi- Animatio Layer ExtendHDR manageme d color cy a g page n s able format nt

ILBM

IMA

JPEG

JPEG 2000

ORA

point) 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 64 EHB, 128, 256 (8bit), 4,096 (HAM6 Optional runpseudo length Raster 12-bit), encoding 4,096 pure 12bit, 262, 144 (HAM8 pseudo 18-bit), and 24-bit Lossy and Raster 8-bit, 16lossless bit original integer, mutiresolutio 32-bit n analysis floatingtransformati point on Lossy (and partly lossless), 8-bit DCT, RLE, (greyscale Raster and Huffman ), 12-bit, predictive and 24-bit nearest neighbor 8 and 16 (greyscale Lossy and ) with lossless Raster possibly (DWT) color up to 48-bit Lossless Both 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24,

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes, Paletteshifting

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

No

No (see unofficial JPEGHDR)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Unknown

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Format

Compressio Raster n / algorithm vector

Color depth

Color Indexe Transparen Metadat Interlacin Multi- Animatio Layer ExtendHDR manageme d color cy a g page n s able format nt

PAM PCX

None None, RLE Lossy and lossless (DWT) None, RLE, and QuickTime GZIP Optional ZIP, JPEG

Raster Raster

PGF

Raster

PICT Pixel

Both Raster

PLD

Both

32, 48, and 64 Up to 16 No 1, 2, 4, 8, Yes and 24 greyscale: 1, 8, 16, 31; color: Yes 12, 16, 24, 32, and 48 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, Yes and 32 1, 4, 8, Unknow 16, 24, n and 32 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, Unknow 32, 48, n and 64

Yes No

Yes No

No No

Yes No

No No

No No

No No

Yes No

No No

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

Unknown

No

Yes Yes

Yes Yes

Unknown Unknown

No Yes

No Yes

No Yes

Unknown Yes

No? Yes

No Yes

Yes

Yes

Unknown

Yes

Yes No (but see MNG and APNG) No Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

PNG PPM PSD

PSP

Yes; 8b, 16b 1, 2, 4, 8, Yes (18 per-pixel Lossless and 16, 24, Raster bit alpha DEFLATE 32, 48, modes) channel; 8b and 64 for indexed None Raster Up to 16 No No 1, 2, 4, 8, Yes; 8b, 16b None and 16, 24, per-pixel Both Yes RLE 32, 48, alpha and 64 channel 1, 2, 8, Yes; 8b and 16, 24, 16b per-pixel None Both Yes 32, and alpha 48 channel None and Vector[7 24 and 32 ] lossless gzip None, RLE, and other Raster 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, No Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes, Adam7 algorithm No

N/A

No Yes No

No No Yes

Yes No Yes

No, see Yes, via discussio chunks n No No? No Yes

Yes

No

Unknow n

No

Yes

Unknown

Unknown Yes, XML based Unknown

No

SVG TGA

Yes Yes

N/A

No

Yes Yes (1.2 (SMIL/SVG draft)[8] ) No No

Yes No

Yes[9] No

N/A

No

Format

Compressio Raster n / algorithm vector None, LZW, RLE, ZIP, and other None None and lossless (gzip and bzip2) Compressio n algorithm

Color depth and 32

Color Indexe Transparen Metadat Interlacin Multi- Animatio Layer ExtendHDR manageme d color cy a g page n s able format nt Yes, for JPEG compressi on
N/A

TIFF XAML XCF

Both

1, 2, 4, 8, Yes (18 16, 24, bit and 32 modes) No Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes Yes Unknown

Yes Yes No

No Yes Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes No Yes

Yes, via Yes, TIFF tags float Yes Yes Yes No

Vector 32 and 64 Both Raster / vector 8, 24, and 32 Color depth

N/A

Format

Color Indexe Transparen Metadat Interlacin Multi- Animatio Layer manageme d color cy a g page n s nt