Format
Description
Supported Import Format
Supported Export Format
*.afp
Advanced Function Presentation, created as part of the IBM® document imaging system
*.ani
Animation file, used to store Windows animated cursors
*.bmp
Windows Bitmap file
*.cal
CALS Raster image format, usually ITU-T type compressed bitonal images
*.cgm
Computer Graphics Metafile, used to exchange vector and bitmap data
*.cin
Kodak Cinson
*.clp
Microsoft Windows Clipboard format, used to store the contents of the clipboard to disk
*.cmp
LEAD compressed format for grayscale and color images, results in smaller files with better image quality
*.cmx
Corel Presentation Exchange (CMX) file format, used with the Corel® Suite applications
*.cur
Format used to store Windows cursors
*.cut
Format for device-independent images with a color palette that is stored in a *.pal file (if the image has no .pal file, it is considered to be a grayscale image)
*.dcr
Format for professional digital camera files
*.dgn
Format used with the Intergraph 3® MicroStation and Interactive Graphics System (IGDS)
*.drw
Format used in the Micrografx Designer CAD/CAM/CAE application
*.dwf
Binary file format used by AutoDesk AutoCAD® to store DWG files on the Internet
*.dwg
Binary file format used by AutoDesk AutoCAD that can contain 2-D or 3-D objects
*.dxf
ASCII file that contains 2-D and 3-D components
*.ecw
Enhanced Compressed Wavelet
*.emf
Enhanced Windows Metafiles, vector files that can contain a raster image
*.eps
Encapsulated PostScript
*.exf
Standard format for image files that are created by using digital cameras and other input devices (also *.tif, *.jpg)
*.fax
Standard fax file format
*.fit
Flexible Image Transport System
*.flc
Animation file created by AutoDesk (also *.fli)
*.fpx
FlashPix, created by Eastman Kodak Company®, Microsoft Corporation®, Hewlett-Packard Company®, and Live Picture Inc (Sonic Solutions®) to make the use of digital color images easier
*.gbr
Gerber Vector format, used by GerbTools, ViewMate, and CamTastic for transferring printed circuit board information
*.gif
Graphics Interchange Format, an 8-bit per pixel bitmap image format
*.ica
Image Object Content Architecture (IOCA), developed by IBM, houses Presentation Text Object Architecture (PTOCA) data objects
*.ico
Format used to store Windows icons
*.iff
Interchange File Format, general-purpose data storage format
*.img
File that contains the raw information dump of the contents of a file or disk
*.itg
Intergraph (ITG) format bitmap image (also *.cit)
*.jpg
Joint Pictures Experts Group, a standard method of compression for photographic images (also *.jpeg, *.jtf)
*.lv
LazerView
*.mac
MacPaint
*.msp
Microsoft Paint file format
*.pbm
Portable Bitmap Utilities, a format that can read and write one bit per pixel
*.pcd
Kodak Photo CD (see *.fpx)
*.pct
Macintosh QuickDraw, used in desktop publishing and imaging applications (also *.pict)
*.pcx
PaintBrush PCX format, designed by ZSoft
Portable Document Format, an open standard for document exchange created by Adobe®
*.pgm
Portable Greymap Utilities, a format that can read and write eight (grayscale) bits per pixel
*.plt
Format for printing line drawings, created by Hewlett-Packard (also *.hpgl)
*.png
Portable Network Graphics, created by CompuServe® to replace the *.gif format
*.ppm
Portable Pixmap Utilities, a format that can read and write 24 bits per pixel
*.prn
Printer Command Language file (also *.prt, *.pcl)
*.psd
Adobe Photoshop® graphics editor files
*.psp
PaintShopPro
*.ptk
2-D rendering engine files, developed by Phelios, Inc.
*.ras
SUN Raster file format
*.rtf
Rich Text Format file
*.sct
Scitex Continuous Tone (SCT), developed by HP Scitex and used for high-end image processing (also *.ct)
*.sff
Structured Fax File
*.sgi
Format for black and white, grayscale, and color images, developed by CGI®
*.shp
Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI)® Shape Format
*.smp
Xionics SMP
*.svg
Scalable Vector Graphics, Internet standard vector format for two-dimensional graphics in XML
*.tga
Truevision, Inc. TGA format
*.tif
Format for professional digital camera (also *.tiff)
*.tif
Tag Image File format, format commonly used to archive important images (also *.tiff)
*.wbmp
Wireless Bitmap file
*.wfx
WinFax
*.wmf
Windows Metafiles, vector files that can contain a raster image
*.wmz
Windows Media Compressed Skin File
*.wpg
WordPerfect Graphics file
*.xbm
X Bitmap
*.xpm
Used to store X Window PixMap information to disk
*.xwd
Used to store and restore screen window images