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| .gif, .gfa, .giff

| image/gif

| General purpose, obsolete,popular nowfor onlysmall used foranimated animationsimages

| {{Yes}}

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==Technical details==

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! Format || [[Compression algorithm|Compression<br /> algorithm]] || [[raster graphics|Raster]]/<br />[[Vector graphics|vector]] || Maximum<br/>[[Color depth]]

! {{verth|[[Indexed color]]}} || {{verth|[[Transparency in graphic files|Trans-Transparency]]}}

[[Color depth]]

! {{verth|[[Metadata|Meta-]]}}

! [[Indexed color]] || [[Transparency in graphic files|Trans-]]

! {{verth|[[Interlace (bitmaps)|Inter-Interlacing]]}}

[[Transparency in graphic files|parency]]

! {{verth|Multi-page}} || {{verth|[[Animation|Anima-tion]]}} || {{verth|Layers}} || {{verth|[[Color management|Color manage-ment]]}} || Extend&shy;-{{verth|Extendable}}

! [[Metadata|Meta-]]

[[Metadata|data]]

! [[Interlace (bitmaps)|Inter-]]

[[Interlace (bitmaps)|lacing]]

! Multi-page || [[Animation|Anima-tion]]|| Layers || [[Color management|Color manage-ment]] || Extend&shy;-

able

! [[High dynamic range imaging|HDR format]]

! [[CMYK_color_model|CMYK]]

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! [[AVIF]]

| [[AV1]] [[Lossy compression|Lossy]] and [[Lossless compression|lossless]] ([[AV1]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 12 bpc

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! [[BMP file format|BMP]]

| None, lossy (JPEG), and lossless ([[Run-length encoding|RLE]], JPEG, and PNG)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

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! [[Better Portable Graphics|BPG]]

| [[HEVC]], Lossy and lossless ([[High Efficiency Video Coding|HEVC]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 14 bpc

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! [[Chasys Draw IES|CD5]]

| Lossless, (ACSC)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

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! [[Cartesian Perceptual Compression|CPC]]

| Lossy (CPC)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 1

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! [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]]

| None, and lossless ([[LZW]], [[Deflate]], [[Run-length encoding|RLE]], [[Discrete cosine transform|DCT]])

| {{yes|Both}}

| Device specific

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! [[OpenEXR|EXR]]

| None, and lossless ([[Run-length encoding|RLE]], [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]], Piz, PXR24, and B44, B44A, DWAA, DWAB)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

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! [[Free Lossless Image Format|FLIF]]

| Lossless, (MANIAC entropy coding)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

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! [[GIF]]

| Lossless ([[Lempel–Ziv–Welch|LZW]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 255 colors

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! [[HD Photo]] / [[JPEG XR]]

| Lossy and lossless (bi-orthogonal transform)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

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! [[ILBM]]

| OptionalNone and lossless ([[run-length encoding|RLE]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

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! [[JPEG]]

| Lossy (and partly lossless), [[discrete cosine transform|DCT]], [[run-length encoding|RLE]], and [[Huffman coding|Huffman]] predictive nearest neighbor)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

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! [[PCX]]

| None, and lossless ([[Run-length encoding|RLE]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

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! [[PICT]]

| None, lossy (Quicktime), and lossless ([[run-length encoding|RLE]], and QuickTime)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

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! [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]

| Lossless and ([[deflateDeflate]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

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| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{partial|Yes}} (since the third edition)<ref>{{cite web |title=Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Specification (Third Edition) is now a W3C Recommendation |url=https://www.w3.org/news/2025/portable-network-graphics-png-specification-third-edition-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/ |publisher=World Wide Web Consortium |access-date=2025-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625023303/https://www.w3.org/news/2025/portable-network-graphics-png-specification-third-edition-is-now-a-w3c-recommendation/ |archive-date=25 June 2025 |date=24 June 2025 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| {{no}} (but see [[Multiple-image Network Graphics|MNG]] and [[Animated Portable Network Graphics|APNG]])

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

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! [[Adobe Photoshop|PSD and PSB]]

| None and lossless ([[Run-length encoding|RLE]])

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

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! [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]]

| None and lossless ([[gzip]])

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

| 8 bpc

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! [[Truevision TGA|TGA]]

| None, lossless ([[run-length encoding|RLE]]), and other

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 832 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

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! [[Tag Image File Format|TIFF]]

| None, lossless ([[LZW]], [[Run-length encoding|RLE]], [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]]), and other

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc