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This is a '''comparison of [[graphics file format]]s'''.

This is a '''comparison of [[image file format]]s''' (graphics file formats). This comparison primarily features file formats for [[2D image]]s.

==General==

Ownership of the format and related information.

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{| class="sortable wikitable sticky-header" style="text-align:left; font-size:90%;"

! Format || Full name || Owner || [[File extension]] || [[MIME]] type || Application || Patented

|-

! Format || Full name || Owner || based Format || [[File extension]] || [[MIME]] type || Application || Patent-<br>free

|-

! [[Adobe Illustrator Artwork|AI]]

| Adobe Illustrator Document

| [[Adobe Systems]]

|

| .ai

| application/illustrator,<br />application/postscript

| Adobe Illustrator

| {{No}}

|-

! [[ANI (file format)|ANI]]

| ANI file format

| [[Microsoft]]

| [[Resource Interchange File Format|RIFF]]

| .ani

|

| [[Microsoft Windows]]

|

|-

! [[ANIM]]

|

| [[Electronic Arts]] and [[Commodore International|Commodore]]

| [[Interchange File Format|IFF]]

| .iff, .anim

| video/x-anim

|

|

|-

! [[APNG]]

| Animated Portable Network Graphics

| [[Mozilla]]

| [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]

| .png

| image/png

| [[Gecko (layout engine)|Gecko 1.9]] and [[Opera (web browser)|Opera]]

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Apple Icon Image]]

|

| [[Apple Inc.]]

|

| .icns

|

| [[macOS]]

|

|-

! [[ART image file format|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

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|ARW]]

| Sony Alpha RAW

| [[Sony]]

| TIFF

| .arw

|

|

|

|-

! [[AVIF]]

| AV1 Image File Format

| [[Alliance for Open Media|Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia)]]

| [[AV1]]

| .avif

| image/avif

| General purpose

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

|-

! [[Raw image format|BAY]]

| Casio RAW

| [[Casio]]

|

| .bay

|

|

|

|-

! [[BMP file format|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,<br />.2bp (2bpp)

| image/x-bmp

| Used by many 2D applications.

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Better Portable Graphics|BPG]]

| Better Portable Graphics

| Fabrice Bellard

| [[HEVC]]

| .bpg

|

| General purpose

| {{No}}

|-

! [[BSAVE (graphics image format)|BSAVE]]

| BSAVE Image

|

|

| .BSV

|

| Used by [[IBM PC]].

|

|-

! [[CALS Raster file format|CAL]]

| CALS raster file format

|

|

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

|

|

|

|-

! [[Camera Image File Format|CIFF]]

| Camera Image File Format

| [[Canon (company)|Canon]]

|

| .crw, .ciff

|

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|CR2]]

| Canon RAW 2

| [[Canon (company)|Canon]]

| TIFF

| .cr2

|

|

|

|-

! [[CorelDRAW|CDR]]

| CorelDRAW Document

| [[Corel Corporation]]

|

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

| application/coreldraw

| CorelDRAW

| {{No}}

|-

! [[Chasys Draw IES|CD5]]

| 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]]

| 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]]

| Cineon

|

|

| .cin

| image/cineon

|

|

|-

! [[Cartesian Perceptual Compression|CPC]]

| Cartesian Perceptual Compression

| Cartesian Products, Inc.

|

| .cpc, .cpi

| image/cpi

| Highly compressed raster imaging format.

| {{No}}

|-

! [[Raw image format|DCS]]

| Kodak DCS Pro RAW

| [[Kodak]]

|

| .dcs

|

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|DCR]]

| Digital Camera Raw

| [[Kodak]]

| TIFF

| .dcr

|

|

|

|-

! [[DirectDraw Surface|DDS]]

| DirectDraw Surface

| [[Microsoft]]

|

| .dds

|

|

|

|-

! [[Digital Negative (file format)|DNG]]

| Digital Negative

| [[Adobe Systems]]

| compatible with<br>ISO 12234-2,<br>[[Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography|TIFF/EP]]<ref name="DNGspecification">Adobe: [http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/dng_spec_1_3_0_0.pdf DNG Specification]</ref>

| .dng

|

| A [[raw image format]] suitable as an archival format and as the native raw format of digital cameras<ref name="DNGintromanufacturers">Adobe: [http://www.adobe.com/products/dng/pdfs/DNG_primer_manufacturers.pdf Introducing the Digital Negative Specification: Information for manufacturers]</ref>

| {{Yes}}<ref name="CinemaDNGnoencumbrance">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)</ref>

|-

! [[DICOM]]

| Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

| [[National Electrical Manufacturers Association]]

|

| .dcm, .dicom

| application/dicom<ref name="rfc3240">RFC 3240</ref>

| Numerous biomedical imaging applications<ref name="rfc3240" /> (e.g. [[OsiriX]], XMedCon), some general bitmap graphics applications (e.g. [[GIMP]], [[Adobe Photoshop|Photoshop]])

|

|-

! [[DjVu]]

| DjVu

| AT&T Research

|

| .djvu, .djv

| image/vnd.djvu

|

|

|-

! [[Digital Picture Exchange|DPX]]

| Digital Picture eXchange file format

|

|

| .dpx

| image/dpx

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|DRF]]

| Kodak Pro Back RAW

| [[Kodak]]

|

| .drf

|

|

|

|-

! [[Encapsulated PostScript]]

| page description/scripting language (see PostScript)

| [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]]

|

| .epi, .eps, .eps2,<br />.eps3, .epsf, .epsi,<br />.ept

| application/postscript

| printing/publishing industry standard format

|

|- Wavelet (ECW)

! [[ECW (file format)|ECW]]

| Enhanced Compressed Wavelet

| ERDAS

|

| .ecw

|

| Wavelet image format used primarily with geo-referenced aerial and satellite imagery

| {{No}}

|-

! [[Enhanced Metafile|EMF]]

| Enhanced Metafile Format

| [[Microsoft]]

|

| .emf, .emz

|

| [[Microsoft Office]]

|

|-

! [[Enhanced Metafile|EMF+]]

| Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions

| [[Microsoft]]

|

| .emf, .emz

|

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|ERF]]

| EPSON RAW

| EPSON

| TIFF

| .erf

|

|

|

|-

! [[Exchangeable image file format|Exif]]

| Exchangeable Image File Format

|

|

| .exif

|

|

|

|-

! EVA

| Extended Vector Animation

| [[Sharp Corporation]]

|

| .eva

| application/x-eva

|

|

|-

! [[OpenEXR|EXR]]

| OpenEXR

| [[Industrial Light & Magic|ILM]]

|

| .exr

| image/exr

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

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

|-

! [[FITS]]

| Flexible Image Transport System

|

|

| .fit, .fits

|

| Scientific (esp. astronomical) data acquisition

|

|-

! [[FLIC (file format)|FLIC]]

|

| [[Autodesk]]

|

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

|

| Supported by [[GIMP]]

|

|-

! [[Free Lossless Image Format|FLIF]]

| Free Lossless Image Format

|

|

| .flif, .flf

|

| General-purpose,

superseded by Jpeg XL

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[FlashPix|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

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[GIF]]

| Graphics Interchange Format

| [[CompuServe]],<br />[[Unisys]] (compression algorithm)

|

| .gif

| .gif, .gfa, .giff

| image/gif

| General purpose, popular for small animated images

| low-bandwidth usage of transparency and animation

| {{but yesYes}}

|-

! [[HEIF]]

| High Efficiency Image Format

| Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG)

|

| .heif, .heic

| image/heif, image/heic,<br>image/heic-sequence,<br>image/heif-sequence

|General purpose

|{{No}}

|-

! [[HDRi (data format)|HDRi]]

|

|

| TIFF

| .tif, .tiff

| image/tiff

|

|

|-

! [[ICER (file format)|ICER]]

|

| [[NASA]] [[Mars Rovers]]

|

|

|

|

|

|-

! [[ICO (icon image file format)|ICO]]

| ICO file format

| [[Microsoft]]

|

| .ico, .cur

| image/vnd.Microsoft.icon,<br>image/x-icon

| [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[web browser]]s as [[favicon]]

|

|-

! [[Image Cytometry Standard|ICS]]

| Image Cytometry Standard

|

|

| .ics, .ids

|

|

|

|-

! [[IGES]]

| Initial Graphics Exchange Specification

|

|

| .igs

| image/iges

| [[Computer-aided technologies|CAD/CAM]] [[interoperability]]

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[ILBM]]

| InterLeaved BitMap

| [[Electronic Arts]] and [[Commodore International|Commodore]]

| [[Interchange File Format|IFF]]

| .iff, .ilbm, .lbm

| image/x-ilbm

| [[Planar (computer graphics)|Planar]] graphics format designed for [[Amiga]] graphics hardware.

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[JBIG]]

|

| [[Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group]]

|

| .jbig, .bie, .jbg

|

|

|

|-

! [[JBIG2]]

|

| [[Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group]]

|

|

|

|

|

|-

! [[JPEG Network Graphics|JNG]]

| JPEG Network Graphics

|

|

| .jng

| image/x-jng

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[JPEG]]

| Joint Photographic Experts Group

| [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]

|

| .jpg .jpeg (containers: .jfif .jfi)

| .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe<br />(containers:<br />.jif, .jfif, .jfi)

| image/jpeg

| General purpose

| [[photograph]]ic images

| {{but yesYes}} (disputed)

|-

! [[JPEG 2000]]

| Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000

| [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]

|

| .jp2 .j2c

| .jp2, .j2c, .jpc,<br />.j2k, .jpx

| image/jp2

| General purpose

| [[photograph]]ic images, eventual replacement for [[JPEG]]

| {{but yespartial|royalty-free}}

|-

! [[PNGJPEG-LS]]

|

| Portable Network Graphic

| [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]

|

| .jls

|

|

|

|-

! [[JPEG-HDR]]

|

| [[Dolby Laboratories]]/[[BrightSide Technologies]]

| JPEG

|

|

| General purpose

|

|-

! [[JPEG XL]]

|

| [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]

| [[PIK (image format)|PIK]], [[FUIF]] ([[FLIF]])

| .jxl

| image/jxl

| General-purpose, lossless [[JPEG]] transcoding.

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[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

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

|-

! [[Raw image format|KDC]]

| Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW

| [[Kodak]]

| TIFF

| .kdc

|

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|K25]]

| Kodak DC25 RAW

| [[Kodak]]

| TIFF

| .k25

|

|

|

|-

! [[Logluv TIFF]]

|

| Greg Ward

| TIFF

|

|

| Supported by [[LibTIFF]]

|

|-

! [[Multiple-image Network Graphics|MNG]]

| Multiple-image Network Graphics

|

| [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]

| .mng

| video/x-mng

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Raw image format|NEF]]

| Nikon RAW

| [[Nikon]]

| TIFF

| .nef

|

|

|

|-

! [[Magick Image File Format|MIFF]]

| Magick image file format

| ImageMagick Studio

|

| .miff

|

| [[ImageMagick]]

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|MRW]]

| Minolta RAW

| [[Minolta]]

|

| .mrw

|

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|ORF]]

| Olympus RAW

| [[Olympus Corporation|Olympus]]

| TIFF

| .orf

|

|

|

|-

! [[PAM graphics format|PAM]]

| portable arbitrary map file format

|

|

| .pam

| image/x-portable-arbitrarymap

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Netpbm format|PBM]]

| Portable Bitmap File Format

|

|[[ASCII]]

| .pbm

| image/x-portable-bitmap

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[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.

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[PDF]]

| Portable Document Format

| [[Adobe Systems]]

|

| .pdf, .epdf

| application/pdf

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|PEF]]

| PENTAX RAW

| PENTAX

| TIFF

| .pef

|

|

|

|-

! [[Progressive Graphics File|PGF]]

| Progressive Graphics File

| xeraina GmbH

|

| .pgf

|

| [[Photograph]]ic images, eventual replacement for [[JPEG]].

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Netpbm format|PGM]]

| Portable Graymap File Format

|

| [[ASCII]]

| .pgm

| image/x-portable-graymap

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Precision Graphics Markup Language|PGML]]

| Precision Graphics Markup Language

| [[Adobe Systems]], [[IBM]],<br>[[Netscape]], [[Sun Microsystems]]

|

|

|

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[PICT]]

| Macintosh PICT Format

| [[Apple Inc.]]

|

| .pict, .pic, .pct,<br />.pct1, .pct2

| image/pict

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

| Likely<br>expired

|-

! [[PICtor PIC image format|PICtor]]

|

| John Bridges, Doug Wolfgram

|

| .pic

|

| Supported by [[PCPaint]]

|

|-

! [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]

| Portable Network Graphics

| [[World Wide Web Consortium]]

|

| .png

| image/png

| General purpose

| [[W3C]] endorsed replacement for [[GIF]].

| {{but noYes}}

|-

! [[Netpbm format|PNM]]

| Portable Anymap File Format

|

| [[ASCII]]

| .pnm

| image/x-portable-anymap

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[PostScript]]

| page description/scripting language, levels 1–3

| [[Adobe Systems|Adobe]]

|

| .ps, .ps2, .ps3

|

| printing/publishing industry standard format

|

|-

! [[Netpbm format|PPM]]

| 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}}

|-

! [[Adobe Photoshop#File format|PSD]]

| Photoshop Document

| [[Adobe Systems]]

|

| .psd, .psb, .pdb,<br />.pdd

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

| Used mainly for storing image manipulation & editing data.

| {{No}}

|-

! [[Corel Paint Shop Pro|PSP]]

| Paint Shop Pro Document

| [[Corel Corporation]]

|

| .psp, .tub,<br />.pspimage

| image/x-psp

| [[Paint Shop Pro]]

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[QOI (image format)|QOI]]

| Quite OK Image Format

| Dominic Szablewski

|

| .qoi

|

|

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Radiance (software)#Scene description format|RAD]]

|

| Gregory Ward Larson

|

| .rad

|

| [[Radiance (software)|Radiance]]

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|RAF]]

| Fujifilm RAW

| [[Fujifilm]]

|

| .raf

|

|

|

|-

! [[RGBE image format|RGBE]]

|

| Gregory Ward Larson

|

| .hdr

| image/vnd.radiance

| [[Radiance (software)|Radiance]], most HDR imaging software

|

|-

! [[Silicon Graphics Image|SGI]]

| Silicon Graphics Image

|

|

| .sgi, .rgb, .rgba,<br />.bw, .int, .inta,<br />.icon

|

|

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|SRF]]

| Sony RAW File

| [[Sony]]

| TIFF

| .srf, .sr2

|

|

|

|-

! [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]]

| Scalable Vector Graphics

| [[World Wide Web Consortium]]

| [[XML]]

| .svg,<br />.svgz (compressed)

| image/svg+xml

| Vector graphics

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[SWF]]

| Shockwave Flash

| [[Adobe Systems]]

|

| .swf

| application/x-shockwave-flash

| Adobe Flash Player

|

|-

! [[Truevision TGA|TGA]]

| Truevision Targa

| Truevision Inc.

|

| .tga, .tpic

| image/tga

| Texture format used by many 3d application.

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Tag Image File Format|TIFF]]

| Tag Image File Format

| [[Adobe Systems]]

|

| .tiff, .tif

| image/tiff

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

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[TIFF/EP]]

| Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography

| International Organization for Standardization

| [[Tag Image File Format|TIFF]]

| .tiff, .tif

|

|

|

|-

! [[Ulead PhotoImpact|UFO]]

| Ulead File for Objects

|

|

| .ufo

|

|

|

|-

! [[Vector Markup Language|VML]]

| 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|WBMP]]

| Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format

| [[Open Mobile Alliance]] (formerly WAP Forum)

|

| .wbmp, .wbm, .wbp

| image/vnd.wap.wbmp

| Used in [[Wireless Application Protocol|WAP]]-pages

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[WebP]]

| WebP image format

| [[Google]]

|

| .webp

| image/webp

| General purpose

| {{partial|royalty-free}}

|-

! [[Windows Metafile|WMF]]

| Windows Metafile Format

| [[Microsoft]]

|

| .wmf, .wmz

|

|

|

|-

! [[Xar (graphics)|XAR]]

| Xar

| [[Xara]]

| [[Xar (graphics)]]

| .xar

| application/vnd.xara

| [[Xara Photo & Graphic Designer]]

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[XBM]]

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

|

|

| .xbm, .bm,<br />.icon, .bitmap

| image/x-xbitmap

| Used by many legacy Unix applications.

|

|-

! [[XCF (file format)|XCF]]

| XCF, name derived from [[eXperimental Computing Facility]]

| The GIMP Team

|

| .xcf,<br />.xcfbz2&nbsp;(compressed),<br />.xcfgz&nbsp;(compressed)

| application/x-gimp-image

| GIMP

|

|-

! [[XPM (image format)|XPM]]

| X-Pixmap

|

|

| .xpm, .pm

| image/x-xpm

| Legacy Unix applications

|

|-

! [[Raw image format|X3F]]

| SIGMA RAW

| [[Sigma Corporation|SIGMA]]

|

| .x3f

|

|

|

|-

! Format || Full name || Owner || based Format || [[File extension]] || [[MIME]] type || Application || Patent-<br>free

|}

==Technical details==

{{sort-under}}

Technical details

{| class="sortable sort-under wikitable sticky-header" style="text-align: center; width: 100%auto; font-size: smaller;"

! Format || [[Compression algorithm|Compression<br /> algorithm]] || [[raster graphics|Raster]]/<br / >[[Vector graphics|Vectorvector]] || Maximum<br/>[[BitdepthColor depth]]
! {{verth|| [[Indexed color]]}} || {{verth|[[Transparency in graphic files|Transparency]]}}
! {{verth|| [[Metadata]]}}
! {{verth|| [[Interlace (bitmaps)|Interlacing]]}}
! {{verth|Multi-page}} || {{verth|[[Animation]]}} || {{verth|Layers}} || {{verth|[[Color management]]}} || {{verth|Extendable}}

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

! [[CMYK_color_model|CMYK]]

|-

! [[Adobe Illustrator Artwork|AI]]

| Lossy and lossless

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[AVIF]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 12 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[BMP file format|BMP]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Better Portable Graphics|BPG]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 14 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

|

|-

! [[Chasys Draw IES|CD5]]

| Lossless (ACSC)

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{partial}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[CorelDRAW|CDR]]

| Lossy and lossless

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Cartesian Perceptual Compression|CPC]]

| Lossy (CPC)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 1

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}, via embedded dictionary

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]]

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

| {{yes|Both}}

| Device specific

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[OpenEXR|EXR]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[Free Lossless Image Format|FLIF]]

| Lossless (MANIAC entropy coding)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, via chunks

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[GIF]]

| Lossless ([[Lempel–Ziv–Welch|LZW]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| raster

| 255 colors

| 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, index

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (GIF89a)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

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

| Lossy and lossless (bi-orthogonal transform)

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[ILBM]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}},<br />[[Palette-shifting]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[JPEG]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| raster

| 8 bpc

| [[12-bit]], [[24-bit]]

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunnoyes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[JPEG 2000]]

| Lossy &and Losslesslossless ([[waveletDiscrete Wavelet Transform|DWT]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| raster

| 38 bpc

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunnon/a}}

| {{no}}

| Yes

|-

! [[PNGJPEG XL]]

| Lossy and lossless (VarDCT mode, Modular mode)

| Lossless, [[DEFLATE (algorithm)|DEFLATE]]

| {{partial|Raster}}

| raster

| 32 bpc

| 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64

| {{yes}} (1-8 bit modes)

| {{yes}}, [[Alpha channel]] (1 & 8 bit)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, [[Adam7 algorithm]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Krita|KRA]]

| None

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[OpenRaster|ORA]]

| Lossless

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[PAM graphics format|PAM]]

| None

| {{partial|Raster}}

| Up to 16

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[PCX]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Progressive Graphics File|PGF]]

| Lossy and lossless ([[Discrete Wavelet Transform|DWT]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[PICT]]

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

| {{yes|Both}}

| 8 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}?

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]

| Lossless ([[Deflate]])

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{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}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, via chunks

| {{no}}, see discussion

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Portable pixmap|PPM]]

| None

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 ppc

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Adobe Photoshop|PSD and PSB]]

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

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}?

| {{yes}}

|

|-

! [[Corel Paint Shop Pro|PSP]]

| None

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]]

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

| {{partial|Yes}} ([[Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language|SMIL]]/[[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]])

| {{yes}}

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

| {{yes}}, [[XML]] based

| {{n/a}}

|

|-

! [[Truevision TGA|TGA]]

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

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

|

|-

! [[Tag Image File Format|TIFF]]

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

| {{yes|Both}}

| 16 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}, via tags

| {{yes}}, TIFF float

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[WebP]]

| Lossy and lossless

| {{partial|Raster}}

| 8 bpc

| {{no}}<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[XCF (file format)|XCF]]

| None and lossless ([[gzip]], [[bzip2]] and [[XZ Utils|xz]])

| {{yes|Both}}

| 32 bpc

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|- class="sortbottom"

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

[[Color depth|Color]]

[[Color depth|depth]]

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

|}

{{notelist}}

== See also ==

* [[Graphics file formats]]

==See also==

* [[Graphics file format summary]]

* [[List of codecs]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

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