Graphics

Revision as of 22:42, 12 November 2012

Electronic Formats concerned with Image Data.

Categories

• see also: 3D and CAD/CAM Models, and Cameras and Digital Image Sensors

Animated image formats

• ANI (Windows Cursor)
• DVM (DVM Movie/Magic Software DVM)
• FLC
• FLI
• GIF (graphical interchange format; also used in single-image form)

Raster Graphics Formats

• BDF (Bitmap Distribution Format)
• BMP (Windows BMP)
• DNG
• GEM Raster
• GIF (graphical interchange format; also used in animated form)
• OS/2 BMP (different from Windows BMP)
• ICO
• IFF (ILBM)
• JIF
• JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)
• JP2
• JPX
• MIFF (Machine Independent File Format)
• MrSID
• PCX (PC Paintbrush)
• PSD Adobe Photoshop (might also contain vector layers, but it is mainly a bitmap file format)
• PICtor file format (.pic; used by PCPaint and other ancient DOS software)
• PNG (Portable Network Graphics)
• RFF (Dore Raster File Format)
• RLE (Run-Length Encoded BMP)
• TGA Truevision Targa image
• TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)

Vector Graphics Formats

• CDR (CorelDRAW!, a variant of the OASIS document format)
• Plot-10 (or Tek Plot-10)
• POV (Persistence of Vision, POV-Ray)
• SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics)

Uncategorized

• .D
• 3DS/ASC Autodesk 3D Studio
• 8BIM
• AAI
• Acorn Draw
• Acorn Font
• Acorn Sprite
• AFP
• AI Adobe Illustrator (same as AAI?)
• ALIAS
• AMBER ARR
• AMC
• Analyze
• ANI (NeoChrome)
• ANPA
• ANS (ANSI Art
• Apple File Icon
• Apple Preferred
• ART
• ARW
• ASCII (graphics)
• Atari Portfolio
• Autodesk Slide
• B3D
• Bio
• BioRad
• BLD
• BRL-CAD (Ballistic Research Laboratory CAD Package)
• BSB
• BSP
• BUF
• BUFR (Binary Universal Form for the Representation of Meteorological Data)
• BUM
• Byte Array Header File
• c4
• CALS
• CAM
• CEL
• CGM
• DXF
• Chyron
• cicn
• CINEON
• CISCOIpPhoneImages
• CLP
• CMU (Carnegie Mellon University - Andrew Formats, CMU Bitmap)
• cri
• CRW
• CR2
• csource
• CT
• CUR
• CVG
• CWK
• DCS
• DCR
• DCX
• DDS
• DeltaVision
• DESR VFF
• DICoM
• Direct icns
• Diskus YUV
• DJ1000
• DjVu
• DKB (David K. Buck)
• DL
• dm2
• dm3
• Doodle
• DPX
• Dr. Halo
• DrawIT
• DVI (Intel DVI, Digital Video Interface, Intel Real-Time Video)
• ECW
• ElectronicImage
• Epson Printer Bitmaps
• EPSF (Encapsulated PostScript file)
• ESM
• Facesaver
• Favicon ICO
• Fascimilie
• FaxSFT
• fep
• fig
• First Publisher art
• FireViewer PDB
• FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)
• FLH
• FPX
• Freehand 10
• FUJI
• GATAN
• GEM Bit Image
• GEM VDI (GEM Vector, VDI, .GDI)
• GFX
• Grasp GL
• GrayPaint
• GRIB (Gridded Binary)
• GRP
• HAM
• Harvard Graphics
• HD Photo
• HDF (Hierarchical Data Format)
• HDR
• HGT
• HMR
• HPGL (Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language)
• HPGL/2
• HP Paintjet
• HTC splashscreen
• IBL
• IBM PIC
• IC Magic
• Icd5
• ICN
• IGES
• IM
• ImageLab/PrintTechnic
• IMG
• IMQ
• IPLab
• IRIS
• Island Graphics TIFF
• ISS
• ithmb
• j6i
• JBI
• JEDMICS C4
• JPF
• JPX
• KDC
• Keynote PICT
• KISS CEL
• Koala
• Kodak DCS
• Kodak ICC
• KoNTRoN
• LDF
• Liberty IM
• LIFF
• LOGO
• Lotus PIC
• LuraDocument
• LWF
• MacDraw I
• MacPaint
• MAG
• MAYA-IFF
• MBM
• MET (Presentation Manager Metafile)
• Meteosat 5
• MHT
• Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap
• Microsoft Windows Icon
• Microsoft Windows Paint
• MonkeyLogo
• MonkeyCard
• MPO
• MRC
• MRW
• MSP
• MSX
• MSX2
• MSX+
• MSX2+
• MTV
• NAA/IPTC
• NAPLPS (North American Presentation Layer Protocol Syntax)
• NASA Raster Metafile
• NCG
• NEF
• NEO
• NFF (Haines NFF, Neutral File Format)
• NGG
• NIF
• NIST PCT
• Nokia .pict
• NOL
• NV12
• ODF
• OFF
• oNCoR
• ORF
• OTA
• P3D (Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center 3D Metafile)
• PI1 Degas
• PC1 Degas
• PI2 Degas
• PC2 Degas
• PI3 Degas
• PC4 Degas
• Palette
• Palm image stream
• PAC STAD
• PAM
• PaperPort (MAX)
• PBM
• PC Paint
• PCD
• PCL
• PDB
• PDF (Portable Document Format)
• PDS
• PDS3
• PDES
• PEF
• PFM
• PGC
• PGF
• PGM
• PIC (multiple B&W Atari, PC Paint, Psion
• PICS
• PICT
• PIX
• Pixar PIC
• Postscript (.ps)
• PM
• PoRST
• Ppat
• PPM
• The Print Shop (Broderbund)
• PRT (Parallel Ray Trace)
• PSP
• PTG
• PWP
• QDV
• QNT
• QRT (Quick Ray Trace)
• QTIF
• QTL
• Quicktime
• RAF
• RDC
• RIB
• RIFF
• RLA
• RLE
• RW2
• SCR (Sinclair)
• SCR (Word for DOS)
• Scrap
• ScreenShot Hack PDB
• SCX
• SFF
• SFW
• SGI
• SHP
• SHS
• Sinclair QL
• Sixel
• SKETCH
• SMV
• SNX
• SoFTIMAGE
• SPC
• SRF
• ST X SBIG
• StartupScreen s
• STV
• Sun Rasterfiles
• SWF
• SLK (Microsoft SYLK, Symbolic Link Format)
• System 7 clip
• TBC
• TCL
• TealPaint PDB
• TEX
• TCL
• TIM PSX
• Tiny Viewer PDB
• TN
• TSR-80
• UNIX Plot Format
• Utah RLE
• VBM
• VFF
• VGS-8
• VICAR
• CITRoNIC
• VoXEL
• VPB
• VPM
• WBIN
• WBMP
• wbz
• Webp
• Winfax FXM
• WMF
• WordPerfect Graphics
• X Windows Bitmap
• X Window Dump
• X3F
• XBM
• XCF
• X-Face
• XIMG
• XPM
• YUV
• Z04
• Z08
• Z16
• Z24
• Z32

Resources

• Encyclopedia of Graphics File Formats[1]