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This is a comparison of graphics file formats.
General
Ownership of the format and related information.
| Format | Full name | Owner | File extension | MIME type | Application | Patented |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | CompuServe, Unisys (compression algorithm) |
.gif | image/gif | low-bandwidth usage of transparency and animation | Template:But yes |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jpg, .jpeg (containers: .jfif, .jfi) | image/jpeg | photographic images | Template:But yes (disputed) |
| JPEG 2000 | Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000 | Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jp2, .j2c | image/jp2 | photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG | Template:But yes |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphic | ? | .png | image/png | W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. | Template:But no |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics | World Wide Web Consortium | .svg, .svgz (compressed) | ? | scriptable vector image format | Template:But no |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | Adobe Systems | .tiff, .tif | ? | Image editing format, also functions as a container | Template:But yes? |
| Windows bitmap | Windows bitmap | Microsoft | .bmp | image/x-bmp | Simple, uncompressed format for use primarily within Microsoft Windows | Template:But no |
| WMPhoto | Windows Media Photo | Microsoft | .wdp | image/vnd.ms-photo | Lightweight high-performance TIFF-like container format with HDR encoding for photographic images | Template:But yes? |
Technical
Technical details
| Format | Compression algorithm | Raster / Vector | Color depth | Indexed color | Transparency | Metadata | Interlacing | Multi-page | Animation | Layers | Color management | Extendable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GIF | LZW | raster | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Yes | Yes, index | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | ? |
| JPEG | Lossy, discrete cosine transform | raster | 8-bit (greyscale), 12-bit, 24-bit | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
| JPEG 2000 | Lossy & Lossless (wavelet) | raster | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | ? |
| PNG | Lossless, DEFLATE | raster | 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64 | Yes (1-8 bit modes) | Yes, Alpha channel (1 & 8 bit) | Yes | Yes, Adam7 algorithm | No | No (see MNG) | No | Yes | Yes, via chunks |
| SVG | None (can use lossless gzip) | vector | 24, 32 | No | Yes | Yes | — | No | Yes | ? | ? | Yes, XML based |
| TIFF | LZW and other | raster & vector | ? | Yes (1-8 bit modes) | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes, via tags |
| Windows bitmap | None | raster | 1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| WMPhoto | Lossy & Lossless bi-orthogonal transform | raster | 1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
See also
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