This is a comparison of image file formats (graphics file formats). This comparison primarily features file formats for 2D images.
Ownership of the format and related information.
| Format | Full name | Owner | based Format | MIME type | Application | Patent- free | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | Adobe Illustrator Document | Adobe Systems | .ai | application/illustrator, application/postscript | Adobe Illustrator | |||
| ANI | ANI file format | Microsoft | RIFF | .ani | Microsoft Windows | |||
| ANIM | Electronic Arts and Commodore | IFF | .iff, .anim | video/x-anim | ||||
| APNG | Animated Portable Network Graphics | Mozilla | PNG | .png | image/png | Gecko 1.9 and Opera | ||
| Apple Icon Image | Apple Inc. | .icns | macOS | |||||
| ART | AOL | .art | ||||||
| ASCII art | .txt, .ansi, .text | text/vnd.ascii-art | Supported by GIMP | |||||
| AutoCAD DXF | Drawing Interchange Format | Autodesk | .dxf | image/vnd.dxf | ||||
| ARW | Sony Alpha RAW | Sony | TIFF | .arw | ||||
| AVIF | AV1 Image File Format | Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) | AV1 | .avif | image/avif | General purpose | ||
| BAY | Casio RAW | Casio | .bay | |||||
| BMP | 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. | |||
| BPG | Better Portable Graphics | Fabrice Bellard | HEVC | .bpg | General purpose | |||
| BSAVE | BSAVE Image | .BSV | Used by IBM PC. | |||||
| CAL | CALS raster file format | .cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl | ||||||
| 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 | |||
| CD5 | Chasys Draw IES Image | John Paul Chacha | .cd5 | Native format for Chasys Draw IES for storing layered images and animations | ||||
| CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile | .cgm | image/cgm | CGM files are editable using programs that support the format, such as IBM Lotus Freelance Graphics, Inkscape, etc. | ||||
| CIN | Cineon | .cin | image/cineon | |||||
| CPC | Cartesian Perceptual Compression | Cartesian Products, Inc. | .cpc, .cpi | image/cpi | Highly compressed raster imaging format. | |||
| DCS | Kodak DCS Pro RAW | Kodak | .dcs | |||||
| DCR | Digital Camera Raw | Kodak | TIFF | .dcr | ||||
| DDS | DirectDraw Surface | Microsoft | .dds | |||||
| DNG | Digital Negative | Adobe Systems | compatible with ISO 12234-2, TIFF/EP[1] | .dng | A raw image format suitable as an archival format and as the native raw format of digital cameras[2] | [3] | ||
| DICOM | Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine | National Electrical Manufacturers Association | .dcm, .dicom | application/dicom[4] | Numerous biomedical imaging applications (e.g. OsiriX, XMedCon), some general bitmap graphics applications (e.g. GIMP, Photoshop) | |||
| DjVu | DjVu | AT&T Research | .djvu, .djv | image/vnd.djvu | ||||
| DPX | Digital Picture eXchange file format | .dpx | image/dpx | |||||
| DRF | Kodak Pro Back RAW | Kodak | .drf | |||||
| Encapsulated PostScript | page description/scripting language (see PostScript) | Adobe | .epi, .eps, .eps2, .eps3, .epsf, .epsi, .ept | application/postscript | printing/publishing industry standard format | |||
| ECW | Enhanced Compressed Wavelet | ERDAS | .ecw | Wavelet image format used primarily with geo-referenced aerial and satellite imagery | ||||
| EMF | Enhanced Metafile Format | Microsoft | .emf, .emz | Microsoft Office | ||||
| EMF+ | Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions | Microsoft | .emf, .emz | |||||
| ERF | EPSON RAW | EPSON | TIFF | .erf | ||||
| Exif | Exchangeable Image File Format | .exif | ||||||
| EVA | Extended Vector Animation | Sharp Corporation | .eva | application/x-eva | ||||
| EXR | OpenEXR | ILM | .exr | image/exr | Used in film effects for 3d rendering and hdr images. | [5] | ||
| FITS | Flexible Image Transport System | .fit, .fits | Scientific (esp. astronomical) data acquisition | |||||
| FLIC | Autodesk | .fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt | Supported by GIMP | |||||
| FLIF | Free Lossless Image Format | .flif, .flf | General-purpose,superseded by Jpeg XL | |||||
| FPX | FlashPix (1.0.2) | .fpx | image/vnd.fpx | |||||
| Gerber Format | The Gerber Format Specification | Ucamco | Printable ASCII | .gbr | application/vnd.gerber | Printed Circuit Board or PCB software | ||
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | CompuServe, Unisys (compression algorithm) | .gif, .gfa, .giff | image/gif | General purpose, obsolete, now only used for animations | |||
| HEIF | High Efficiency Image Format | Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG) | .heif, .heic | image/heif, image/heic, image/heic-sequence, image/heif-sequence | General purpose | |||
| HDRi | TIFF | .tif, .tiff | image/tiff | |||||
| ICER | NASA Mars Rovers | |||||||
| ICO | ICO file format | Microsoft | .ico, .cur | image/vnd.Microsoft.icon, image/x-icon | Microsoft Windows and web browsers as favicon | |||
| ICS | Image Cytometry Standard | .ics, .ids | ||||||
| IGES | Initial Graphics Exchange Specification | .igs | image/iges | CAD/CAM interoperability | ||||
| ILBM | InterLeaved BitMap | Electronic Arts and Commodore | IFF | .iff, .ilbm, .lbm | image/x-ilbm | Planar graphics format designed for Amiga graphics hardware. | ||
| JBIG | Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group | .jbig, .bie, .jbg | ||||||
| JBIG2 | Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group | |||||||
| JNG | JPEG Network Graphics | .jng | image/x-jng | |||||
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe (containers: .jif, .jfif, .jfi) | image/jpeg | General purpose | |||
| JPEG 2000 | Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 | Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jp2, .j2c, .jpc, .j2k, .jpx | image/jp2 | General purpose | |||
| JPEG-LS | Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jls | ||||||
| JPEG-HDR | Dolby Laboratories/BrightSide Technologies | JPEG | General purpose | |||||
| JPEG XL | Joint Photographic Experts Group | PIK, FUIF (FLIF) | .jxl | image/jxl | General-purpose, lossless JPEG transcoding. | |||
| JPEG XT | Joint Photographic Experts Group | General purpose | ||||||
| JPEG XR / HD Photo | JPEG XR / HD Photo | Microsoft | .wdp, .hdp, .jxr | image/vnd.ms-photo | General purpose | |||
| KDC | Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW | Kodak | TIFF | .kdc | ||||
| K25 | Kodak DC25 RAW | Kodak | TIFF | .k25 | ||||
| Logluv TIFF | Greg Ward | TIFF | Supported by LibTIFF | |||||
| MNG | Multiple-image Network Graphics | PNG | .mng | video/x-mng | ||||
| NEF | Nikon RAW | Nikon | TIFF | .nef | ||||
| MIFF | Magick image file format | ImageMagick Studio | .miff | ImageMagick | ||||
| MRW | Minolta RAW | Minolta | .mrw | |||||
| ORF | Olympus RAW | Olympus | TIFF | .orf | ||||
| PAM | portable arbitrary map file format | .pam | image/x-portable-arbitrarymap | |||||
| PBM | Portable Bitmap File Format | ASCII | .pbm | image/x-portable-bitmap | ||||
| 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 decode. | |||
| Portable Document Format | Adobe Systems | .pdf, .epdf | application/pdf | |||||
| PEF | PENTAX RAW | PENTAX | TIFF | .pef | ||||
| PGF | Progressive Graphics File | xeraina GmbH | .pgf | Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG. | ||||
| PGM | Portable Graymap File Format | ASCII | .pgm | image/x-portable-graymap | ||||
| PGML | Precision Graphics Markup Language | Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape, Sun Microsystems | ||||||
| PICT | Macintosh PICT Format | Apple Inc. | .pict, .pic, .pct, .pct1, .pct2 | image/pict | Metafile for Classic Mac OS, not meant for print publishing. | Likely expired | ||
| PICtor | John Bridges, Doug Wolfgram | .pic | Supported by PCPaint | |||||
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | World Wide Web Consortium | .png | image/png | General purpose | |||
| PNM | Portable Anymap File Format | ASCII | .pnm | image/x-portable-anymap | ||||
| PostScript | page description/scripting language, levels 1–3 | Adobe | .ps, .ps2, .ps3 | printing/publishing industry standard format | ||||
| PPM | Portable Pixmap File Format | .ppm | image/x-portable-pixmap | Very easy to understand. Programs to analyze and write to this format are easily written. | ||||
| PSD | Photoshop Document | Adobe Systems | .psd, .psb, .pdb, .pdd | image/vnd.adobe.photoshop[6] | Used mainly for storing image manipulation & editing data. | |||
| PSP | Paint Shop Pro Document | Corel Corporation | .psp, .tub, .pspimage | image/x-psp | Paint Shop Pro | |||
| QOI | Quite OK Image Format | Dominic Szablewski | .qoi | |||||
| RAD | Gregory Ward Larson | .rad | Radiance | |||||
| RAF | Fujifilm RAW | Fujifilm | .raf | |||||
| RGBE | Gregory Ward Larson | .hdr | image/vnd.radiance | Radiance, most HDR imaging software | ||||
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Image | .sgi, .rgb, .rgba, .bw, .int, .inta, .icon | ||||||
| SRF | Sony RAW File | Sony | TIFF | .srf, .sr2 | ||||
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics | World Wide Web Consortium | XML | .svg, .svgz (compressed) | image/svg+xml | Vector graphics | ||
| SWF | Shockwave Flash | Adobe Systems | .swf | application/x-shockwave-flash | Adobe Flash Player | |||
| TGA | Truevision Targa | Truevision Inc. | .tga, .tpic | image/tga | Texture format used by many 3d application. | |||
| TIFF | Tag Image File Format | Adobe Systems | .tiff, .tif | image/tiff | Document scanning and imaging format, also functions as a container. | |||
| TIFF/EP | Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography | International Organization for Standardization | TIFF | .tiff, .tif | ||||
| UFO | Ulead File for Objects | .ufo | ||||||
| VML | Vector Markup Language | Microsoft | XML | .htm, .html | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.vmlDrawing | Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office | ||
| WBMP | Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format | Open Mobile Alliance (formerly WAP Forum) | .wbmp, .wbm, .wbp | image/vnd.wap.wbmp | Used in WAP-pages | |||
| WebP | WebP image format | .webp | image/webp | General purpose | ||||
| WMF | Windows Metafile Format | Microsoft | .wmf, .wmz | |||||
| XAR | Xar | Xara | Xar (graphics) | .xar | application/vnd.xara | |||
| XBM | 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 | XCF, name derived from eXperimental Computing Facility | The GIMP Team | .xcf, .xcfbz2 (compressed), .xcfgz (compressed) | application/x-gimp-image | GIMP | |||
| XPM | X-Pixmap | .xpm, .pm | image/x-xpm | Legacy Unix applications | ||||
| X3F | SIGMA RAW | SIGMA | .x3f | |||||
| Format | Full name | Owner | based Format | MIME type | Application | Patent- free |
| Format | MaximumColor depth | Trans-parency | Meta-data | Inter-lacing | Multi-page | Anima-tion | Layers | Extend-able | HDR format | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI | Lossy and lossless | 8 bpc | ||||||||||||
| AVIF | AV1 Lossy and lossless | 12 bpc | ||||||||||||
| BMP | None, RLE, JPEG, and PNG | 16 bpc | ||||||||||||
| BPG | HEVC, Lossy and lossless | 14 bpc | ||||||||||||
| CD5 | Lossless, ACSC | 16 bpc | ||||||||||||
| CDR | Lossy and lossless | 8 bpc | ||||||||||||
| CPC | CPC | 1 | , via embedded dictionary | |||||||||||
| EPS | None, LZW, Deflate, RLE, DCT | Device specific | ||||||||||||
| EXR | None, RLE, ZIP, Piz, PXR24, and B44, B44A, DWAA, DWAB | 32 bpc | ||||||||||||
| FLIF | Lossless, MANIAC entropy coding | 16 bpc | , via chunks | |||||||||||
| GIF | LZW | 255 colors | (GIF89a) | |||||||||||
| HD Photo / JPEG XR | Lossy and lossless bi-orthogonal transform | 32 bpc | ||||||||||||
| ILBM | Optional run-length encoding | 8 bpc | , Palette-shifting | |||||||||||
| JPEG | Lossy (and partly lossless), DCT, RLE, and Huffman predictive nearest neighbor | 8 bpc | (see unofficial JPEG-HDR) | |||||||||||
| JPEG 2000 | Lossy and lossless (DWT) | 16 bpc | ||||||||||||
| JPEG XL | Lossy and lossless (VarDCT mode, Modular mode) | 32 bpc | ||||||||||||
| KRA | None | 32 bpc | ||||||||||||
| ORA | Lossless | 16 bpc | ||||||||||||
| PAM | None | Up to 16 | ||||||||||||
| PCX | None, RLE | 8 bpc | ||||||||||||
| PGF | Lossy and lossless (DWT) | 16 bpc | ||||||||||||
| PICT | None, RLE, and QuickTime | 8 bpc | ? | |||||||||||
| PNG | Lossless and deflate | 16 bpc | (but see MNG and APNG) | , via chunks | , see discussion | |||||||||
| PPM | None | 8 ppc | ||||||||||||
| PSD and PSB | None and RLE | 32 bpc | ? | |||||||||||
| PSP | None | 16 bpc | ||||||||||||
| SVG | None and lossless gzip | 8 bpc | (1.2 draft)[7] | (SMIL/SVG) | [8] | , XML based | ||||||||
| TGA | None, RLE, and other | 8 bpc | ||||||||||||
| TIFF | None, LZW, RLE, ZIP, and other | 8 bpc | , via tags | , TIFF float | ||||||||||
| WebP | Lossy and lossless | 8 bpc | [9] [10] | |||||||||||
| XCF | None and lossless (gzip, bzip2 and xz) | 32 bpc | ||||||||||||
| Format | MaximumColordepth | Meta-data | Inter-lacing | Multi-page | Layers | Extend-able | HDR format |