Comparison of graphics file formats

This is a comparison of image file formats.

General

Ownership of the format and related information.

Format	Full name	Owner	Based on	File extension	MIME type	Application	Patented
Abc	Advanced Bitonal Compression	LEAD Technologies		.abc		Bitonal document and check images.[1]	Yes
ADRG	ARC Digitized Raster Graphics			.adrg
AdobeResource		Adobe Systems	TIFF?
ADRI	ARC Digitized Raster Images			.adri
AF Design	Affinity Designer	Serif Europe		.afdesign		Vector graphics document for Affinity Designer. Can also be opened by Affinity Photo.
AF Photo	Affinity Photo	Serif Europe		.afphoto		Raster graphics document for Affinity Photo. Can also be opened by Affinity Designer.
AI	Adobe Illustrator Document	Adobe Systems		.ai	application/illustrator, application/postscript	Adobe Illustrator files are editable using programs that support the format, such as Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, CorelDRAW, etc.	Yes
Alias Pix image				.pix, .matte, .mask, .alpha, .als		Supported by GIMP
AMI				.ami		Supported by Amica Paint
ANI	ANI file format	Microsoft	RIFF	.ani		Used by Microsoft Windows
ANIM		Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga	IFF	.iff, .anim	video/x-anim
APNG	Animated Portable Network Graphics	Mozilla	PNG	.png	image/png	1.9 and Opera	No
Apple Icon Image		Apple Inc.		.icns		Used by macOS
APX				.apx		Supported by Ebuyer Photo Paint
ART		AOL		.art
ART	PFS: 1st Publisher clip art			.art
ARTB	Artboard file format	Mapdiva, LLC		.artb		Vector image format; Artboard drawing files are editable using programs that support the format, such as Artboard and Ortelius
ASCII art				.txt, .ansi, .text	text/vnd.ascii-art	Supported by GIMP
Authorware map		Adobe Systems		.aam	application/x-authorware-map
Authorware seg		Adobe Systems		.aas	application/x-authorware-seg
Authorware bin		Adobe Systems		.aab, .x32, .u32, .vox	application/x-authorware-bin
AutoCAD DXF	Drawing Interchange Format	Autodesk		.dxf	image/vnd.dxf
AWD				.awd	image/awd	Used by PhotoPhilia
ARW	Sony Alpha RAW	Sony	TIFF	.arw
BAY	Casio RAW	Casio		.bay
BigTIFF			TIFF	.btf, .tiff, .tif	image/tiff
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.	No
bmp compressor	Bit Map Compressor			.hpc
BLEND	resource archive (3D meshes, textures, auxiliary data)			.blend		native data package format of Blender
BPG	Better Portable Graphics	Fabrice Bellard	HEVC	.bpg		Suggestion to replace JPEG, JavaScript decoder available[2]	Yes
BRK	Brooktrout Fax			.brk
BSAVE	BSAVE Image			.BSV		Used by IBM PC.
CAM	Casio CAM	Casio	JPEG	.cam
CADRG	Compressed ARC Digitized Raster Graphics			.cadrg
CAL	CALS raster file format			.cal, .cals, .ras, .dcl
Capture One RAW		Phase One		.cap
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 files are editable using programs that support the format, such as CorelDRAW, Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape, etc.	Yes
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
Corel Paint Shop Pro Pattern				.pat		Supported by Corel Paint Shop Pro
CPC	Cartesian Perceptual Compression	Cartesian Products, Inc.		.cpc, .cpi	image/cpi	Highly compressed raster imaging format.	Yes
CPKT	APP5-CPKT Format		JPEG	.jpg, .jpe, .jpeg	image/jpeg	Used by PROSERPINE.
CPT	Corel Photo-Paint Image			.cpt		Variant of TIFF up to and including version 6.0; proprietary as of 7.0 (1997)
Crack Art		Detlef Röttger & Jan Borchers		.ca1, .ca2, .ca3		An application on Atari ST
CUT				.cut		Used by DSHELL.
CMYK				.cmyk
CMYKA				.cmyka
DCS	Kodak DCS Pro RAW	Kodak		.dcs
DCR	Digital Camera Raw	Kodak	TIFF	.dcr
DDS	DirectDraw Surface	Microsoft		.dds
Degas	Design & Entertainment Graphic Arts System	Integral Solutions		.pi1, .pi2, .pi3, .pc1, .pc2, .pc3		An application on Atari ST
DNG	Digital Negative	Adobe Systems	Compatible with ISO 12234-2, TIFF/EP[3]	.dng		A raw image format suitable as an archival format and as the native raw format of digital cameras[4]	No: no known intellectual property encumbrances or license requirements[5]
DIA	Dia Drawing		XML	.dia		Used by Dia
DICOM	Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine	National Electrical Manufacturers Association		.dcm, .dicom	application/dicom[6]	Numerous biomedical imaging applications[6] (e.g. OsiriX, XMedCon), some general bitmap graphics applications (e.g. GIMP, Photoshop)
DjVu	DjVu	AT&T Research		.djvu, .djv	image/vnd.djvu
Doodle				.doo		An application on Atari ST
DPX	Digital Picture eXchange file format			.dpx	image/dpx
DRF	Kodak Pro Back RAW	Kodak		.drf
Dr. Halo				.cut
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	Yes
EDG	EDGE2 Original Format	TAKABO		.edg		Used by EDGE2
EGI	Exclusive Graphics Format			.egi
EMF	Enhanced Metafile Format	Microsoft		.emf, .emz		Microsoft Office
EMF+	Enhanced Metafile Format Plus Extensions	Microsoft		.emf, .emz
ERF	EPSON RAW	EPSON	TIFF	.erf
ERI	Entis Rasterized Image format			.eri
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.	?
Farbfeld		Laslo Hunhold		.ff		Very simple lossless bitmap format used for image processing.	No
FIF	Fractal Image Format			.fif
FIG	FIG format			.fig	application/x-xfig	Supported by Xfig
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System			.fit, .fits		Scientific (esp. astronomical) data acquisition
FLA	Flash Source File			.fla
FLIC		Autodesk		.fli, .flc, .flx, .flh, .flt		Supported by GIMP
FLIF	Free Lossless Image Format			.flif, .flf		General-purpose lossless image compression, superior compression.	No
Kivio Document			.flw		Supported by Kivio
FPX	FlashPix (1.0.2)			.fpx	image/vnd.fpx
FreeHand		Adobe Systems		.fh4, .fh5, .fh7, .fh8, .fhc, .fh	image/x-freehand
FutureSplash		Adobe Systems		.spl	application/futuresplash
FXT		3DFX		.fxt
GEGL composition			XML	.xml	application/xml	Used by GEGL
Gerber Format	The Gerber Format Specification[7]	Ucamco	Printable ASCII	.gbr	application/vnd.gerber	Printed Circuit Board or PCB software	No
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	CompuServe, Unisys (compression algorithm)		.gif, .gfa, .giff	image/gif	Supported by most web browsers. Supports transparency and animation.	Expired
GIMP brush		The GIMP Team		.gbr		Supported by GIMP
GIMP compressed XJT image		The GIMP Team	JPEG, tar	.xjt, .xjtgz (compressed), .xjtbz2 (compressed)	None. Lossy format, not suitable for editing	Supported by GIMP
GIH	Gimp image hose	The GIMP Team		.gih		Supported by GIMP
GIMP patterns		The GIMP Team		.pat		Supported by GIMP
GRA				.gra		Used by QSV and QLD.
G3 Fax				.g3		Supported by GIMP
Hasselblad 3FR RAW			TIFF	.3fr
Hasselblad/Imacon FFF				.fff
HEIF	High Efficiency Image Format	Motion Pictures Expert Group (MPEG)		.heif, .heic	image/heif, image/heic, image/heic-sequence, image/heif-sequence		Yes
HDRi			TIFF	.tif, .tiff	image/tiff
HG	Hyper Graphic Press			.hg		Supported by some old Japanese applications.
ICER		NASA Mars Rovers
IIQ RAW	Intelligent Image Quality RAW	Phase One		.iiq
IMA	.ima	.ima team		.ima		Format for photographic images with HDR encoding.	No
IMG (GEM Paint)				.img		Supported by GEM Paint
IMG (ERDAS IMAGINE)	ERDAS IMAGINE	ERDAS	Hierarchical File Architecture (HFA)	.img		Image format used primarily with geo-referenced imagery, thematic grid data, and elevation grid data.	Yes
im4		Masahide Hirabayashi		.im4
Inkscape SVG		The Inkscape Team	SVG	.svg, .svgz	image/svg+xml	Used by Inkscape
ICO	ICO file format	Microsoft		.ico, .cur	image/vnd.Microsoft.icon, image/x-icon	Used by Microsoft Windows and web browsers as favicon
ICS	Image Cytometry Standard			.ics, .ids
IGES	Initial Graphics Exchange Specification			.igs	image/iges	CAD/CAM interoperability	No
ILBM	InterLeaved BitMap	Electronic Arts and Commodore Amiga	IFF	.iff, .ilbm, .lbm	image/x-ilbm	Planar graphics format designed for Amiga graphics hardware.	No
IPTC/NAA	IPTC/NAA		TIFF
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		No
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group	Joint Photographic Experts Group		.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe (containers: .jif, .jfif, .jfi)	image/jpeg	Photographic images. Supported by most web browsers.	Expired (see also Forgent#JPEG)
JPEG 2000	Joint Photographic Experts Group 2000	Joint Photographic Experts Group		.jp2, .j2c, .jpc, .j2k, .jpx	image/jp2	Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG.	Yes (no licence costs for part 1)
JPEG-LS		Joint Photographic Experts Group		.jls
JPEG-HDR		Dolby Laboratories/BrightSide Technologies	JPEG			HDR format based on RGBE floating-point encoding and backward-compatible extensions to JFIF format; included in JPEG XT Part 2.
JPEG XT		Joint Photographic Experts Group				Backwards-compatible extension of the JPEG format for high bit depth and floating point HDR encoding of lossy and lossless images
JPEG XR / HD Photo	JPEG XR / HD Photo	Microsoft		.wdp, .hdp, .jxr	image/vnd.ms-photo	TIFF-like container format with HDR encoding for photographic images	Yes (royalty-free)
J6I		RICOH	JPEG	.j6i		Used by RICOH DC-1/2
KDC	Kodak DC40/DC50 RAW	Kodak	TIFF	.kdc
KOA				.koa, .gg (compressed)		Supported by Koala Paint
KIFF	Kt Interchange File Format			.kif, .kiff
KISS CEL				.cel		Supported by GIMP
Kodak TIFF extensions		Kodak	TIFF	.tif
Kodak YCC		Kodak		.pcd
KQP		Minolta	JPEG	.kqp
K25	Kodak DC25 RAW	Kodak	TIFF	.k25
Leaf Mosaic RAW			TIFF	.mos
LightStream Picture				.lsp
Logluv TIFF		Greg Ward	TIFF			Supported by Libtiff
Mac Paint				.pnt, .mac
MDC	Minolta RD175 Format	Minolta		.mdc
MET	OS/2 Metafile Format			.met		Supported by SAS/GRAPH
MNG	Multiple-image Network Graphics		PNG	.mng	video/x-mng		No
MO:DCA	MO:DCA	IBM		.mda, .ica, .mmr, .afp	image	IBM's Content Manager and Image Plus	Yes
MSP	Microsoft Paint	Microsoft		.msp
MYD	Myd format			.myd
MYV	Myv vector format			.myv
NEF	Nikon RAW	Nikon	TIFF	.nef
MEF	Mamiya RAW	Mamiya	TIFF	.mef
Neochrome		Dave Staugas		.neo		An application on Atari ST
MAG	MAKIchan Graphic loader	Woody-Rinn		.mag		Used by many old Japanese applications.
MAKI	MAKIchan net format	Woody-Rinn		.mki
MIFF	Magick image file format	ImageMagick Studio		.miff		Supported by ImageMagick
MSA	Misachan File	Hirohumi Iguchi		.msa		Supported by old Japanese applications
MSL	Magick Scripting Language	ImageMagick Studio		.msl		Supported by ImageMagick
MVG	Magick Vector Graphics	ImageMagick Studio		.mvg		Supported by ImageMagick
MPC	Magick Persistent Cache image file format	ImageMagick Studio		.mpc		Supported by ImageMagick
MRW	Minolta RAW	Minolta		.mrw
NSK-TIFF	NSK-TIFF	Nihon Shinbun Kyokai (日本新聞協会)	TIFF
OAZ	OAZ Fax	Oaz Communications		.oaz		Used by NetFax Manager
ODG	OpenDocument drawing			.odg
ORA	OpenRaster	freedesktop.org	OpenDocument/XML	.ora		DrawPile, GIMP, Krita, MyPaint, Nathive, Pinta	No
ORF	Olympus RAW	Olympus	TIFF	.orf
ORTL	Ortelius file format	Mapdiva, LLC		.ortl		Vector image/map format; used by Ortelius
PAM	portable arbitrary map file format			.pam	image/x-portable-arbitrarymap		No
Panasonic RAW		Panasonic	TIFF	.raw, .rw2
PCIF	Polyomino Compressed Image Format			.pcf
PhaseOne P25/P30/P45 RAW		Phase One		.tif, .tiff
PictureGear Pocket Image				.prc
PBM	Portable Bitmap File Format		ASCII	.pbm	image/x-portable-bitmap		No
PCD	Kodak ImagePac Photo CD	Kodak		.pcd	image/jpcd
PCF	Pixel Coordination Format			.pcf	image/pcf
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.	?
PDF	Portable Document Format	Adobe Systems		.pdf, .epdf	application/pdf
PDN	Paint.NET Image	dotPDN LLC		.pdn		Preferred and supported by Paint.NET
PEF	PENTAX RAW	PENTAX	TIFF	.pef
PGF	Progressive Graphics File	xeraina GmbH		.pgf		Photographic images, eventual replacement for JPEG.	No
PGM	Portable Graymap File Format		ASCII	.pgm	image/x-portable-graymap		No
PGML	Precision Graphics Markup Language	Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape, Sun Microsystems					No
Photochrome				.pcs
PNM	Portable Anymap File Format		ASCII	.pnm	image/x-portable-anymap		No
PTX	Pentax RAW Bitmap Graphic	Pentax		.ptx
Pi		Yanagisawa		.pi		Used by some old Japanese applications.
PIC	Yanagisawa PIC	Yanagisawa		.pic		Used by many old Japanese applications.
PIC	DoGA PIC	Project Team DoGA		.pic		Used by DoGA CGA System.
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
PIC2		Yanagisawa		.p2		Supported by some old Japanese applications.
PLD	PhotoLine Document	Computerinsel GmbH		.pld	application/pld	Native format of the PhotoLine image editing program.	?
PMP		Sony	JPEG	.pmp		Used by Sony Cyber-Shot
PNG	Portable Network Graphics	World Wide Web Consortium		.png	image/png	W3C endorsed replacement for GIF. Supported by most web browsers.	No
PostScript	page description/scripting language, levels 1–3	Adobe		.ps, .ps2, .ps3		printing/publishing industry standard 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.	No
PSD	Photoshop Document	Adobe Systems		.psd, .psb, .pdb, .pdd	image/vnd.adobe.photoshop[8]	Used mainly for storing image manipulation & editing data.	Yes
PSP	Paint Shop Pro Document	Corel Corporation		.psp, .tub, .pspimage	image/x-psp	Supported by Paint Shop Pro, GIMP	?
PSX TIM				.tim
PSX TIM2	Sony PlayStation Tim2	Sony		.tm2, .str		Used by PlayStation 2
PXA				.pxa		Used by Pixia
QuickTime Image		Apple Inc.		.qtif, .qti, .qif
Q0				.q0
Q4	XLD4	MAJYO		.q4
RAD		Gregory Ward Larson		.rad		Radiance
RAF	Fujifilm RAW	Fujifilm		.raf
RGB	image/colourmap data in RGB format			.rgb
RGBA	image/colourmap data in RGB format, with Alpha channel			.rgba
RGBE		Gregory Ward Larson		.hdr	image/vnd.radiance	Radiance, most HDR imaging software
RHIF	Rhapsoft Image Format	Romain Piveteau	SQLite	.rhif		LiveQuarz file format
R3D	RED REDCODE RAW	Red		.r3d
SAI		SYSTEMAX		.sai		Supported by PaintTool SAI
SCT	Scitex Continuous Tone Picture			.sct
SDA		Sun Microsystems		.sda		Supported by StarOffice Draw 3–5
SDD		Sun Microsystems		.sdd		Supported by StarOffice Draw 3–5
SFW	Seattle File Works image	Seattle File Works	JPEG (JFIF)	.sfw, .pwp		JPEG-converters sfwjpg and pwpjpg for Unix/Linux and Windows
SGB		Sun Microsystems		.sgb		Supported by StarOffice Graphics 2
SGI	Silicon Graphics Image			.sgi, .rgb, .rgba, .bw, .int, .inta, .icon
Shockwave Director		Adobe Systems		.dir, .dcr, .dxr, .fgd	application/x-director	Used by Adobe Shockwave.
SHAPE	Dia Stencil		SVG	.shape		Used by Dia.
SK				.sk		Supported by Skencil
SketchUp Format				.skp, .skb		Supported by SketchUp
SML	Kivio stencil			.sml		Supported by Kivio
SRF	Sony RAW File	Sony	TIFF	.srf, .sr2
SUN	Sun rasterfile	Sun Microsystems		.sun, .ras, .rs, .im1, .im8, .im24, .im32		Supported by GIMP
STX	SBIG CCD camera ST-x			.stx, .st4, .st5, .st6, .st7, .st8, .st9
SView5 Graphics		Andreas Kleinert		.svg/.sgx		Used by SView5-Library/SDK
SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics	World Wide Web Consortium	XML	.svg, .svgz (compressed)	image/svg+xml	Scriptable vector image format; supported by major web browsers, occasionally via plug-in.	No
SWF	Shockwave Flash	Adobe Systems		.swf	application/x-shockwave-flash	Supported by many web browsers via plug-in.
SXD	OpenOffice.org 1.0 drawing format			.sxd
TGA	Truevision Targa	Truevision Inc.		.tga, .tpic	image/tga	Used by many 3D rendering applications and 3d videogames for storing textures.	Yes?
TIFF	Tagged Image File Format	Adobe Systems		.tiff, .tif	image/tiff	Document scanning and imaging format, also functions as a container.	No
TIFF/EP	Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography	International Organization for Standardization	TIFF	.tiff, .tif
TIFF-FX	Tag Image File Format Fax eXtended		TIFF	.tiff, .tif	image/tiff-fx
Tiny Stuff		David Mumper		.tny, .tn1, .tn2, .tn3, .tn4, .tn5, tn6		An application on Atari ST
TLG5				.tlg		Used by KiriKiri
TLG6				.tlg		Used by KiriKiri
UFO	Ulead File for Objects			.ufo
VML	Vector Markup Language	Microsoft	XML	.htm, .html	application/vnd. openxmlformats-officedocument. vmlDrawing	Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office	No
WBMP	Wireless Application Protocol Bitmap Format	Open Mobile Alliance (formerly WAP Forum)		.wbmp, .wbm, .wbp	image/vnd.wap.wbmp	Used in WAP-pages	No
WebP	WebP image format	Google		.webp	image/webp	Provides an alternative to JPEG, PNG and GIF with superior compression	Yes (royalty-free)
WinFax		Symantec		.wfx, fxs, fxo
WMF	Windows Metafile Format	Microsoft		.wmf, .wmz
WordPerfect Graphics File				.wpg
XAML	Extensible Application Markup Language	Microsoft	XML	.xaml	application/xaml+xml	Used by Windows Presentation Foundation and Microsoft Silverlight.	?
XAR	Xar	Xara	Xar (graphics)	.xar	application/vnd.xara	Used by Xara Photo & Graphic Designer	No
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	Used by GIMP
XPM	X-Pixmap			.xpm, .pm	image/x-xpm	Used by many legacy Unix applications.
X3F	SIGMA RAW	SIGMA		.x3f
XWD	xwud X11 window dumper/undumper screenshot image			.xwd, .x11		Used by X Window System
XYZ	RPG Maker image file	ASCII		.xyz		RPG Maker	No
YCbCr				.ycbcr
YCbCrA				.ycbcra
YUV				.yuv
ZDT				.zdt		Used by TECH Win
Format	Full name	Owner	Based Format	File extension	MIME type	Application	Patented

Technical details

Format	Compression algorithm	Raster/ vector	Color depth	Indexed color	Transparency	Metadata	Interlacing	Multi-page	Animation[9]	Layers	Color management	Extend­able	HDR format
AI	Lossy and lossless	Both	1, 8, 24, and 32 (possibly with multiple palettes)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Un­known	No
BMP	None, RLE, JPEG, and PNG	Raster	1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, and 64	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
BPG	HEVC, Lossy and lossless	Raster	8 to 14 bits per channel	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Un­known	Yes	Un­known	Un­known
CDR	Lossy and lossless	Both	1, 8, 24,and 32 (multiple palettes)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Un­known	No
CPC	CPC	Raster	1	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes, via embedded dictionary	No
EPS	None, LZW, Deflate, RLE, DCT	Both	Device specific	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EXR	None, RLE, ZIP, Piz, PXR24, and B44, B44A, DWAA, DWAB	Raster	16–128 (floating-point)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Farbfeld	None	Raster	64 (16-bits-per-channel)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
FLIF	Lossless, MANIAC entropy coding	Raster	1 to 16 bits per channel	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes, Adam∞	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes, via chunks	Yes, with suitable color profile
GIF	LZW	Raster	Indexed (1bpc to 8bpc) and grayscale (8bpc)	Yes	Yes; 1bpp plane-only mask using color index	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes (GIF89a)	No
HD Photo / JPEG XR	Lossy and lossless bi-orthogonal transform	Raster	1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, and 128 (floating-point)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
ILBM	Optional run-length encoding	Raster	1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 64 EHB, 128, 256 (8-bit), 4,096 (HAM6 pseudo 12-bit), 4,096 pure 12-bit, 262, 144 (HAM8 pseudo 18-bit), and 24-bit	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, Palette-shifting	No	No	Yes	No
IMA	Lossy and lossless original mutiresolution analysis transformation	Raster	8-bit, 16-bit integer, 32-bit floating-point	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
JPEG	Lossy (and partly lossless), DCT, RLE, and Huffman predictive nearest neighbor	Raster	8-bit (greyscale), 12-bit, and 24-bit	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No (see unofficial JPEG-HDR)
JPEG 2000	Lossy and lossless (DWT)	Raster	8 and 16 (greyscale) with possibly color up to 48-bit	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Un­known	No
KRA	None	Both	grayscale, RGB, XYZ (8bpc, 16bpc, float16bpc, float32bpc), CMYK, L*a*b* and YCbCr (8bpc, 16bpc, float32bpc)	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
ORA	Lossless	Both	1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PAM	None	Raster	Up to 16	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No
PCX	None, RLE	Raster	1, 2, 4, 8, 24 and 32	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PGF	Lossy and lossless (DWT)	Raster	grayscale: 1, 8, 16, 31; RGB: 12, 16, 24, 32, and 48	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Un­known	No
PICT	None, RLE, and QuickTime	Both	1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32	Yes	Yes	Yes	Un­known	No	No	No	Un­known	No?	No
PLD	Optional ZIP, JPEG	Both	1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, and 64	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Un­known	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PNG	Lossless and deflate	Raster	bitmap (1bpc), indexed (8bpc), grayscale and RGB (8bpc, 16bpc)	Yes	Yes; indexed, grayscale and RGB	Yes	Yes, Adam7 algorithm	No	No (but see MNG and APNG)	No	Yes	Yes, via chunks	No, see discussion
PPM	None	Raster	Up to 16	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
PSD and PSB	None and RLE	Both	bitmap (1bpc), duotone, indexed (8bpc), grayscale, RGB, CMYK, Lab and multichannel (8bpc, 16bpc, 32bpc)	Yes	Yes; indexed, grayscale, RGB, CMYK and Lab	Yes	N/A	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No?	Yes
PSP	None	Both	1, 2, 8, 16, 24, 32, and 48	Yes	Yes; 8b and 16b per-pixel alpha channel	Yes	No	Un­known	No	Yes	Un­known	Un­known	No
SVG	None and lossless gzip	Vector[10]	RGB (8bpc)	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes (1.2 draft)[11]	Yes (SMIL/SVG)	Yes	Yes[12]	Yes, XML based	N/A
TGA	None, RLE, and other	Raster	1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Un­known	No
TIFF	None, LZW, RLE, ZIP, and other	Both	1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 24, and 32	Yes (1–8 bit modes)	Yes	Yes	Yes, for JPEG compression	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes, via tags	Yes, TIFF float
WebP	Lossy and lossless	Raster	YUV420P (12bpp), YUVA420P (20bpp) and RGB (8bpc)	Internally in lossless mode, but not user-accessible[13][14]	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
XAML	None	Vector	32 and 64	No	Yes	Yes	N/A	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
XCF	None and lossless (gzip, bzip2 and xz)	Both	indexed (8bpc), grayscale and RGB (8bpc, 16bpc, float16bpc, 32bpc, float32bpc, float64bpc)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Format	Compression algorithm	Raster/ vector	Color depth	Indexed color	Transparency	Metadata	Interlacing	Multi-page	Animation	Layers	Color management	Extend­able	HDR format

See also

• List of codecs

References

1. "ABC Image Compression SDK Technology - LEADTOOLS". www.leadtools.com.
2. "BPG Image format". bellard.org.
3. Adobe: DNG Specification
4. Adobe: Introducing the Digital Negative Specification: Information for manufacturers
5. Adobe Labs: CinemaDNG (last bullet point)
6. RFC 3240
7. The Gerber Format Specification, downloadable at http://www.ucamco.com
8. "vnd.adobe.photoshop". Retrieved 2010-01-28.
9. Animations are often encoded as video.
10. Supports raster data embedding with the use of Base64
11. "Multiple pages (SVG 1.2)". www.w3.org.
12. "Removed: Color — SVG 2". www.w3.org.
13. "Issue 437: allow palette extraction from indexed lossless images". WebP issue tracker. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
14. "Lossless Bitstream Specification, section Color Indexing Transform". WebP official reference at Google Developers. Retrieved 1 December 2020.