AVS X image
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* [[ImageMagick]] (format named "AVS")  | * [[ImageMagick]] (format named "AVS")  | ||
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* [[Netpbm]] (starting with version 10.50): pamtoavs, avstopam  | * [[Netpbm]] (starting with version 10.50): pamtoavs, avstopam  | ||
* [[XnView]]  | * [[XnView]]  | ||
Revision as of 15:05, 22 February 2016
AVS X image (or Stardent AVS X image) is a simple raster image file format. It stores uncompressed RGBA images. AVS undoubtedly stands for Application Visualization System.
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Format
Files have an 8-byte header containing the width and height, followed by the pixel data.
Software
- ImageMagick (format named "AVS")
 - Konvertor
 - Netpbm (starting with version 10.50): pamtoavs, avstopam
 - XnView
 
Sample files
- AVS Image Format → mandrill.x.gz [Ed. note: This file may be bogus.]
 
Links
Editors' notes
The coding of the alpha samples is unknown to us. In the mandrill.x.gz sample file, the alpha samples are all 0, implying that 0 means opaque. But the applications we've looked at all think that 0 means transparent.
There might be some information buried in these documents.