Comparison of graphics file formats

| Adobe Illustrator Document

| Adobe Systems

|

| .ai

| application/illustrator,
application/postscript

| Adobe Illustrator

| {{No}}

| ANI file format

| Microsoft

| RIFF

| .ani

|

| Microsoft Windows

|

|

| Electronic Arts and Commodore

| IFF

| .iff, .anim

| video/x-anim

|

|

| Animated Portable Network Graphics

| Mozilla

| PNG

| .png

| image/png

| Gecko 1.9 and Opera

| {{Yes}}

|

| Apple Inc.

|

| .icns

|

| macOS

|

|

| AOL

|

| .art

|

|

|

|

|

|

| .txt, .ansi, .text

| text/vnd.ascii-art

| Supported by GIMP

|

| Drawing Interchange Format

| Autodesk

|

| .dxf

| image/vnd.dxf

|

|

| Sony Alpha RAW

| Sony

| TIFF

| .arw

|

|

|

| AV1 Image File Format

| Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia)

| AV1

| .avif

| image/avif

| General purpose

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

| Casio RAW

| Casio

|

| .bay

|

|

|

| raw-data unencoded or encoded bitmap

| simple colour image format, far older than Microsoft; some .bmp encoding formats developed/owned by Microsoft

|

| .bmp, .dib, .rle,
.2bp (2bpp)

| image/x-bmp

| Used by many 2D applications.

| {{Yes}}

| Better Portable Graphics

| Fabrice Bellard

| HEVC

| .bpg

|

| General purpose

| {{No}}

| BSAVE Image

|

|

| .BSV

|

| Used by IBM PC.

|

| CALS raster file format

|

|

| .cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl

|

|

|

| Camera Image File Format

| Canon

|

| .crw, .ciff

|

|

|

| Canon RAW 2

| Canon

| TIFF

| .cr2

|

|

|

| CorelDRAW Document

| Corel Corporation

|

| .cdr, .ccx, .cdt, .cmx

| application/coreldraw

| CorelDRAW

| {{No}}

| Chasys Draw IES Image

| John Paul Chacha

|

| .cd5

|

| Native format for Chasys Draw IES for storing layered images and animations

| {{No}}

| Computer Graphics Metafile

|

|

| .cgm

| image/cgm

| CGM files are editable using programs that support the format, such as IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics, Inkscape, etc.

|

| Cineon

|

|

| .cin

| image/cineon

|

|

| Cartesian Perceptual Compression

| Cartesian Products, Inc.

|

| .cpc, .cpi

| image/cpi

| Highly compressed raster imaging format.

| {{No}}

| Kodak DCS Pro RAW

| Kodak

|

| .dcs

|

|

|

| Digital Camera Raw

| Kodak

| TIFF

| .dcr

|

|

|

| DirectDraw Surface

| Microsoft

|

| .dds

|

|

|

| Digital Negative

| Adobe Systems

| compatible with
ISO 12234-2,
TIFF/EPAdobe: [http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/dng_spec_1_3_0_0.pdf DNG Specification]

| .dng

|

| A raw image format suitable as an archival format and as the native raw format of digital camerasAdobe: [http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/DNG_primer_manufacturers.pdf Introducing the Digital Negative Specification: Information for manufacturers]

| {{Yes}}Adobe Labs: [http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/cinemadng/ CinemaDNG] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307214651/http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/cinemadng/ |date=2012-03-07 }} (last bullet point)

| Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

| National Electrical Manufacturers Association

|

| .dcm, .dicom

| application/dicomRFC 3240

| Numerous biomedical imaging applications (e.g. OsiriX, XMedCon), some general bitmap graphics applications (e.g. GIMP, Photoshop)

|

| DjVu

| AT&T Research

|

| .djvu, .djv

| image/vnd.djvu

|

|

| Digital Picture eXchange file format

|

|

| .dpx

| image/dpx

|

|

| Kodak Pro Back RAW

| Kodak

|

| .drf

|

|

|

| page description/scripting language (see PostScript)

| Adobe

|

| .epi, .eps, .eps2,
.eps3, .epsf, .epsi,
.ept

| application/postscript

| printing/publishing industry standard format

|

| Enhanced Metafile Format

| Microsoft

|

| .emf, .emz

|

| Microsoft Office

|

| Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions

| Microsoft

|

| .emf, .emz

|

|

|

| EPSON RAW

| EPSON

| TIFF

| .erf

|

|

|

| Exchangeable Image File Format

|

|

| .exif

|

|

|

| Extended Vector Animation

| Sharp Corporation

|

| .eva

| application/x-eva

|

|

| OpenEXR

| ILM

|

| .exr

| image/exr

| Used in film effects for 3d rendering and hdr images.

| {{Yes}}{{cite web |url=http://www.openexr.com/license.html |title=License |website=openexr.com}}

| Flexible Image Transport System

|

|

| .fit, .fits

|

| Scientific (esp. astronomical) data acquisition

|

|

| Autodesk

|

| .fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt

|

| Supported by GIMP

|

| Free Lossless Image Format

|

|

| .flif, .flf

|

| General-purpose,

superseded by Jpeg XL

| {{Yes}}

| FlashPix (1.0.2)

|

|

| .fpx

| image/vnd.fpx

|

|

| The Gerber Format Specification

|Ucamco

|Printable ASCII

|.gbr

| application/vnd.gerber

| Printed Circuit Board or PCB software

| {{Yes}}

| Graphics Interchange Format

| CompuServe,
Unisys (compression algorithm)

|

| .gif, .gfa, .giff

| image/gif

| General purpose, popular for small animated images

| {{Yes}}

| High Efficiency Image Format

| Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG)

|

| .heif, .heic

| image/heif, image/heic,
image/heic-sequence,
image/heif-sequence

|General purpose

|{{No}}

|

|

| TIFF

| .tif, .tiff

| image/tiff

|

|

|

| NASA Mars Rovers

|

|

|

|

|

| ICO file format

| Microsoft

|

| .ico, .cur

| image/vnd.Microsoft.icon,
image/x-icon

| Microsoft Windows and web browsers as favicon

|

| Image Cytometry Standard

|

|

| .ics, .ids

|

|

|

| Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

|

|

| .igs

| image/iges

| CAD/CAM interoperability

| {{Yes}}

| InterLeaved BitMap

| Electronic Arts and Commodore

| IFF

| .iff, .ilbm, .lbm

| image/x-ilbm

| Planar graphics format designed for Amiga graphics hardware.

| {{Yes}}

|

| Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group

|

| .jbig, .bie, .jbg

|

|

|

|

| Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group

|

|

|

|

|

| JPEG Network Graphics

|

|

| .jng

| image/x-jng

|

| {{Yes}}

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

|

| .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe
(containers:
.jif, .jfif, .jfi)

| image/jpeg

| General purpose

| {{Yes}}

| Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

|

| .jp2, .j2c, .jpc,
.j2k, .jpx

| image/jp2

| General purpose

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

|

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

|

| .jls

|

|

|

|

| Dolby Laboratories/BrightSide Technologies

| JPEG

|

|

| General purpose

|

|

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

| PIK, FUIF (FLIF)

| .jxl

| image/jxl

| General-purpose, lossless JPEG transcoding.

| {{Yes}}

|

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

|

|

|

| General purpose

|

| JPEG XR / HD Photo

| Microsoft

|

| .wdp, .hdp, .jxr

| image/vnd.ms-photo

| General purpose

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

| Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW

| Kodak

| TIFF

| .kdc

|

|

|

| Kodak DC25 RAW

| Kodak

| TIFF

| .k25

|

|

|

|

| Greg Ward

| TIFF

|

|

| Supported by LibTIFF

|

| Multiple-image Network Graphics

|

| PNG

| .mng

| video/x-mng

|

| {{Yes}}

| Nikon RAW

| Nikon

| TIFF

| .nef

|

|

|

| Magick image file format

| ImageMagick Studio

|

| .miff

|

| ImageMagick

|

| Minolta RAW

| Minolta

|

| .mrw

|

|

|

| Olympus RAW

| Olympus

| TIFF

| .orf

|

|

|

| portable arbitrary map file format

|

|

| .pam

| image/x-portable-arbitrarymap

|

| {{Yes}}

| Portable Bitmap File Format

|

|ASCII

| .pbm

| image/x-portable-bitmap

|

| {{Yes}}

| 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 decode.

| {{dunno}}

| Portable Document Format

| Adobe Systems

|

| .pdf, .epdf

| application/pdf

|

|

| PENTAX RAW

| PENTAX

| TIFF

| .pef

|

|

|

| Progressive Graphics File

| xeraina GmbH

|

| .pgf

|

| Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG.

| {{Yes}}

| Portable Graymap File Format

|

| ASCII

| .pgm

| image/x-portable-graymap

|

| {{Yes}}

| Precision Graphics Markup Language

| Adobe Systems, IBM,
Netscape, Sun Microsystems

|

|

|

|

| {{Yes}}

| Macintosh PICT Format

| Apple Inc.

|

| .pict, .pic, .pct,
.pct1, .pct2

| image/pict

| Metafile for Classic Mac OS, not meant for print publishing.

| Likely
expired

|

| John Bridges, Doug Wolfgram

|

| .pic

|

| Supported by PCPaint

|

| Portable Network Graphics

| World Wide Web Consortium

|

| .png

| image/png

| General purpose

| {{Yes}}

| Portable Anymap File Format

|

| ASCII

| .pnm

| image/x-portable-anymap

|

| {{Yes}}

| page description/scripting language, levels 1–3

| Adobe

|

| .ps, .ps2, .ps3

|

| printing/publishing industry standard format

|

| Portable Pixmap File Format

|

| ASCII

| .ppm

| image/x-portable-pixmap

| Very easy to understand. Programs to analyze and write to this format are easily written.

| {{Yes}}

| Photoshop Document

| Adobe Systems

|

| .psd, .psb, .pdb,
.pdd

| image/vnd.adobe.photoshop{{Cite web |url=https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/image/vnd.adobe.photoshop |title=vnd.adobe.photoshop |access-date=2010-01-28 }}

| Used mainly for storing image manipulation & editing data.

| {{No}}

| Paint Shop Pro Document

| Corel Corporation

|

| .psp, .tub,
.pspimage

| image/x-psp

| Paint Shop Pro

| {{dunno}}

| Quite OK Image Format

| Dominic Szablewski

|

| .qoi

|

|

| {{Yes}}

|

| Gregory Ward Larson

|

| .rad

|

| Radiance

|

| Fujifilm RAW

| Fujifilm

|

| .raf

|

|

|

|

| Gregory Ward Larson

|

| .hdr

| image/vnd.radiance

| Radiance, most HDR imaging software

|

| Silicon Graphics Image

|

|

| .sgi, .rgb, .rgba,
.bw, .int, .inta,
.icon

|

|

|

| Sony RAW File

| Sony

| TIFF

| .srf, .sr2

|

|

|

| Scalable Vector Graphics

| World Wide Web Consortium

| XML

| .svg,
.svgz (compressed)

| image/svg+xml

| Vector graphics

| {{Yes}}

| Shockwave Flash

| Adobe Systems

|

| .swf

| application/x-shockwave-flash

| Adobe Flash Player

|

| Truevision Targa

| Truevision Inc.

|

| .tga, .tpic

| image/tga

| Texture format used by many 3d application.

| {{Yes}}

| Tag Image File Format

| Adobe Systems

|

| .tiff, .tif

| image/tiff

| Document scanning and imaging format, also functions as a container.

| {{Yes}}

| Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography

| International Organization for Standardization

| TIFF

| .tiff, .tif

|

|

|

| Ulead File for Objects

|

|

| .ufo

|

|

|

| Vector Markup Language

| Microsoft

| XML

| .htm, .html

| style="max-width:5em" | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.vmlDrawing

| Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office

| {{Yes}}

| Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format

| Open Mobile Alliance (formerly WAP Forum)

|

| .wbmp, .wbm, .wbp

| image/vnd.wap.wbmp

| Used in WAP-pages

| {{Yes}}

| WebP image format

| Google

|

| .webp

| image/webp

| General purpose

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

| Windows Metafile Format

| Microsoft

|

| .wmf, .wmz

|

|

|

| Xar

| Xara

| Xar (graphics)

| .xar

| application/vnd.xara

| Xara Photo & Graphic Designer

| {{Yes}}

| X BitMap, colour variant of original black-and-white bitmap (bmp) format

|

|

| .xbm, .bm,
.icon, .bitmap

| image/x-xbitmap

| Used by many legacy Unix applications.

|

| XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing Facility

| The GIMP Team

|

| .xcf,
.xcfbz2 (compressed),
.xcfgz (compressed)

| application/x-gimp-image

| GIMP

|

| X-Pixmap

|

|

| .xpm, .pm

| image/x-xpm

| Legacy Unix applications

|

| SIGMA RAW

| SIGMA

|

| .x3f

|

|

|

| Lossy and lossless

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

| Lossy and lossless (AV1)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 12 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| None, lossy (JPEG), and lossless (RLE, PNG)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Lossy and lossless (HEVC)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 14 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

|

| Lossless (ACSC)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| Lossy and lossless

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

| Lossy (CPC)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 1

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}, via embedded dictionary

| {{no}}

|

| None and lossless (LZW, Deflate, RLE, DCT)

| {{yes|Both}}

| Device specific

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| None and lossless (RLE, ZIP, Piz, PXR24, and B44, B44A, DWAA, DWAB)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| Lossless (MANIAC entropy coding)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, via chunks

| {{yes}}

|

| Lossless (LZW)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 255 colors

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (GIF89a)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| Lossy and lossless (bi-orthogonal transform)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| None and lossless (RLE)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}},
Palette-shifting

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| Lossy (DCT, RLE, and Huffman predictive nearest neighbor)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}} (see unofficial JPEG-HDR)

| {{yes}}

| Lossy and lossless (DWT)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 38 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| Yes

| Lossy and lossless (VarDCT mode, Modular mode)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| None

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| Lossless

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| None

| {{partial|Raster}}

| Up to 16

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

| None and lossless (RLE)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| Lossy and lossless (DWT)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

| None, lossy (Quicktime), and lossless (RLE)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}?

| {{no}}

|

| Lossless (Deflate)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}} (but see MNG and APNG)

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, via chunks

| {{no}}, see discussion

| {{no}}

| None

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 ppc

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| None and lossless (RLE)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}?

| {{yes}}

|

| None

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

| None and lossless (gzip)

| {{partial|Vector}}{{efn|Supports raster data embedding with the use of Base64.}}

| 8 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{partial|Yes}} (1.2 draft){{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-SVG12-20041027/multipage.html|title=Multiple pages (SVG 1.2)|website=www.w3.org}}

| {{partial|Yes}} (SMIL/SVG)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}{{cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/color.html#ColorProfileDescriptions|title=Removed: Color — SVG 2|website=www.w3.org}}

| {{yes}}, XML based

| {{n/a}}

|

| None, lossless (RLE), and other

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

| None, lossless (LZW, RLE, ZIP), and other

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, via tags

| {{yes}}, TIFF float

| {{yes}}

| Lossy and lossless

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{no}}{{cite web|title=Issue 437: allow palette extraction from indexed lossless images|url=https://bugs.chromium.org/p/webp/issues/detail?id=437|website=WebP issue tracker |access-date=1 December 2020}}{{cite web |title=Lossless Bitstream Specification, section Color Indexing Transform |url=https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/docs/webp_lossless_bitstream_specification#44_color_indexing_transform |website=WebP official reference at Google Developers |access-date=1 December 2020}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| None and lossless (gzip, bzip2 and xz)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|