Editing List of file formats (section)

== Graphics ==
{{Main|Image file formats|Comparison of graphics file formats}}

=== Color palettes ===
* ACT – Adobe Color Table. Contains a raw color palette and consists of 256 24-bit RGB colour values.
* ASE – Adobe Swatch Exchange. Used by [[Adobe Substance]], Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/swatches.html|title=Create, manage, and import swatches in InDesign|website=Helpx.adobe.com|language=en|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref>
* GPL – GIMP palette file. Uses a text representation of color names and RGB values. Various open source graphical editors can read this format,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Swatch_Book#Software_Support|title=Swatch Book – Inkscape Wiki|website=Wiki.inkscape.org|language=en|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> including [[GIMP]], [[Inkscape]], [[Krita]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://docs.krita.org/en/reference_manual/dockers/palette_docker.html|title=Palette Docker – Krita Manual version 4.1|website=Docs.krita.org|language=en|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref> [[KolourPaint]], [[Scribus]], [[CinePaint]], and [[MyPaint]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/mypaint/mypaint/wiki/v1.2-Palette|title=v1.2 Palette · mypaint/mypaint Wiki|website=GitHub.com|language=en|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref>
* PAL – Microsoft [[Resource Interchange File Format|RIFF]] palette file

=== Color management ===
* ICC, ICM – Color profile conforming the specification of the [[International Color Consortium|ICC]].

=== Raster graphics ===
[[Raster graphics|Raster or bitmap]] files store images as a group of [[pixel]]s.

* [[ART image file format|ART]] – [[America Online]] proprietary format
* BLP – [[Blizzard Entertainment]] proprietary texture format
* [[Windows bitmap|BMP]] – [[Microsoft Windows]] [[bitmap]] formatted image
* BTI – [[Nintendo]] proprietary texture format
* C4 – [[JEDMICS]] image files, a DOD system
* CALS – [[JEDMICS]] image files, a DOD system
* CD5 – [[Chasys Draw IES]] image
* CIT – [[Intergraph]] monochrome bitmap format
* CPT – [[Corel PHOTO-PAINT]] image
* CLIP – [[Clip Studio Paint|CLIP STUDIO PAINT]] format
* CPL – [[Microsoft Windows]] control panel file
* [[DirectDraw Surface|DDS]] – [[DirectX]] texture file
* [[Windows bitmap|DIB]] – Device-Independent Bitmap graphic
* [[DjVu]] – designed for scanned documents
* EGT – EGT Universal Document, used in EGT SmartSense to compress PNG files to yet a smaller file
* EXIF – [[Exchangeable image file format]] (Exif) is a specification for the image format used by digital cameras
* [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]] – [[CompuServe]]'s Graphics Interchange Format
* [[GIF#Animation_formats|GIFV]] – Graphics Interchange Format Video, a format used for short, looping videos that combines the advantages of GIFs and videos, with better playback quality and lower file sizes<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/glossary/gifv/|title=What is graphics interchange format video (GIFV)?|publisher=Lenovo.com}}</ref>
* GRF – [[Zebra Technologies]] proprietary format
* [[Apple Icon Image|ICNS]] – format for ''[[icon (computing)|icons]]'' in [[macOS]]. Contains bitmap images at multiple resolutions and bitdepths with [[alpha channel]].
* HEIF, HEIC – [[High Efficiency Image File Format]]
* [[ICO (icon image file format)|ICO]] – a format used for ''[[icon (computing)|icons]]'' in [[Microsoft Windows]]. Contains small bitmap images at multiple resolutions and bitdepths with 1-bit transparency or alpha channel.
* IFF, ILBM, LBM – IFF [[ILBM]]
* [[JPEG Network Graphics|JNG]] – a single-frame [[Multiple-image Network Graphics|MNG]] using [[JPEG]] compression and possibly an [[alpha channel]]
* [[JPEG]], JPG, JFIF – [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]; a lossy image format widely used to display photographic images
* [[JPEG 2000|JP2]] – JPEG2000
* [[JPEG Stereo|JPS]] – JPEG Stereo
* JXL – [[JPEG XL]], an image format designed for professional photography and web images; supports wide color gamut, high dynamic range, animations, and a max resolution of 1,073,741,823 x 1,073,741,824
* KRA – [[Krita]] image file
* LBM – [[Deluxe Paint]] image file
* MAX – ScanSoft [[PaperPort]] document
* MIFF – [[ImageMagick]]'s native file format
* MNG – [[Multiple-image Network Graphics]], the animated version of [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]]
* MSP – a format used by old versions of Microsoft Paint; replaced by [[BMP file format|BMP]] in [[Microsoft Windows]] 3.0
* NEF – [[Nikon]] camera raw format; photos have this on some Nikon cameras if the quality ''RAW'' is selected in camera settings
* [[NITF (National Imagery Transmission Format)|NITF]] – A U.S. Government standard commonly used in [[Intelligence (information gathering)|Intelligence]] systems
* [[OTA bitmap|OTB]] – Over The Air bitmap, a specification designed by [[Nokia]] for black and white images for [[mobile phone]]s
* [[Portable bitmap|PBM]] – portable bitmap
* compressed [[DEGAS (software)|Degas]] picture files:
** PC1 – low resolution
** PC2 – medium resolution
** PC3 – high resolution
* PCF – Pixel Coordination Format
* [[PCX]] – a lossless format used by ZSoft's PC Paint, popular for a time on [[DOS]] systems.
* PDD – [[Adobe PhotoDeluxe]] image
* PDN – [[Paint.NET]] image file
* PGF – [[Progressive Graphics File]]
* PGM – [[Portable graymap]]
* uncompressed [[DEGAS (software)|Degas]] picture files:
** PI1 – low resolution
** PI2 – medium resolution
** PI3 – high resolution
* PI2 – Portrait Innovations encrypted image format
* [[PICT]], PCT – Apple [[Macintosh]] PICT image
* [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] – Portable Network Graphics (lossless, recommended for display and edition of graphic images)
* PNJ – a sub-format of the MNG file format, used for encapsulating JPEG files<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filesuffix.com/en/extension/pnj|title=How do I open a .pnj file?|publisher=FileSuffix.com}}</ref>
* PNM – [[Portable anymap]] graphic bitmap image
* PNS – PNG Stereo
* PPM – [[Portable Pixmap]] (Pixel Map) image
* procreate – [[Procreate (software)|Procreate]]'s drawing file
* [[Adobe Photoshop]] files:
** PSB – large document
** PSD – document
* PSP – [[Paint Shop Pro]] image
* PX – Pixel image editor image file
* PXM – [[Pixelmator]] image file
* PXR – [[Pixar Image Computer]] image file
* PXZ – a compressed layered image file used for the image editing website, pixlr.com
* QFX – QuickLink Fax image
* RLE – a [[run-length encoding]] image
* [[Scitex CT|SCT]] – [[Scailex Corporation|Scitex]] Continuous Tone image file
* [[Silicon Graphics Image|SGI]], RGB, INT, BW – [[Silicon Graphics]] Image
* [[Truevision Targa File Format|TGA]], TARGA, ICB, VDA, VST, PIX – [[Truevision]] TGA (Targa) image
* [[TIFF]], TIF – Tag(ged) Image File Format; usually lossless, but many variants exist, including lossy ones.
* [[TIFF/EP]], TIF, TIFF – Tag Image File Format / Electronic Photography, ISO 12234-2; tends to be used as a basis for other formats rather than in its own right.
* VTF – [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] Texture Format
* WEBP – [[WebP]], an image format designed for the web that can provide both lossless and lossy compression.
* XBM – [[X Window System]] Bitmap
* [[XCF (file format)|XCF]] – [[GIMP]] image (from Gimp's origin at the [[eXperimental Computing Facility]] of the [[University of California]])
* [[XPM (image format)|XPM]] – X Window System Pixmap
* ZIF – Zoomable/Zoomify Image Format (a web-friendly, TIFF-based, zoomable image format)

==== Photographs ====
* CR2 – [[Canon Inc.|Canon]] camera raw format; photos have this on some Canon cameras if the quality ''RAW'' is selected in camera settings
* [[DNG file|DNG]] – "Digital Negative" a type of raw image file format used in digital photography.
* [[Raw image format|RAW]] – General term for minimally processed image data (acquired by a [[digital camera]])

=== Vector graphics ===
[[Vector graphics]] use geometric primitives such as points, lines, curves, and polygons to represent images.
* 3DV file – 3-D wireframe graphics by Oscar Garcia
* [[Additive Manufacturing File Format|AMF]] – Additive Manufacturing File Format
* [[Ability Draw|AWG]] – Ability Draw
* [[Adobe Illustrator Artwork|AI]] – [[Adobe Illustrator]] Document
* [[Computer Graphics Metafile|CGM]] – Computer Graphics Metafile, an [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]] Standard
* CDR – [[CorelDRAW]] Document
* CMX – [[CorelDRAW]] vector image
* DP – Drawing Program file for [[PERQ]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/perq/accent_S5/Accent_UsersManual_1984/|title=Index of /pdf/perq/accent_S5/Accent_UsersManual_1984|website=Bitsavers.org|access-date=4 August 2019}}</ref>
* DRAWIO – [[Diagrams.net]] offline diagram
* [[AutoCAD DXF|DXF]] – ASCII Drawing Interchange file Format, used in [[AutoCAD]] and other CAD-programs
* E2D – 2-dimensional vector graphics used by the editor which is included in [[JFire]]
* EGT – EGT Universal Document, EGT Vector Draw images are used to draw vector to a website
* [[Encapsulated PostScript|EPS]] – Encapsulated Postscript
* FS – FlexiPro file.x
* GBR – [[Gerber file]]
* ODG – [[OpenDocument]] Drawing
* MOVIE.BYU – 3D Vector file for polygons, coordinates and more complex shapes
* [[RenderMan Interface Specification|RenderMan]] – Displays Shading in both 2D and 3D scapes
* [[Scalable Vector Graphics|SVG]] – Scalable Vector Graphics, employs [[XML]]
* 3DMLW – Scene description languages (3D vector image formats)
* [[STL (file format)|STL]] – Stereo Lithographic data format (see [[STL (file format)]]) used by various CAD systems and stereo lithographic printing machines. See above.
* WRL – Virtual Reality Modeling Language, [[VRML]] Uses this extension for the creation of 3D viewable web images.
* [[X3D]] – XML-based file for communicating 3D graphics
* SXD – [[OpenOffice.org XML]] (obsolete) Drawing
* TGAX – Texture format used by Zwift
* V2D – voucher design used by the voucher management included in [[JFire]]
* VDOC – Vector format used in AnyCut, CutStorm, DrawCut, DragonCut, FutureDRAW, MasterCut, SignMaster, VinylMaster software by Future Corporation
* VSD – Vector format used by [[Microsoft Visio]]
* VSDX – Vector format used by MS Visio and opened by VSDX Annotator
* VND – Vision numeric Drawing file used in TypeEdit, Gravostyle.
* [[Windows Metafile|WMF]] – Windows Meta File
* [[EMF File Format|EMF]] – Enhanced (Windows) MetaFile, an extension to WMF
* ART – [[Xara]]–Drawing (superseded by XAR)
* XAR – [[Xara]]–Drawing

=== 3D graphics ===
{{hatnote|See also: [http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/3D_file_format 3D file format] at EduTech Wiki}}
[[3D computer graphics|3D graphics]] are 3D models that allow building models in real-time or non-real-time 3D rendering.
* 3DMF – [[3DMF|QuickDraw 3D Metafile]] (.3dmf)
* 3DM – [[OpenNURBS Initiative]] 3D Model (used by Rhinoceros 3D) (.3dm)
* 3MF – [[Microsoft]] 3D Manufacturing Format (.3mf)<ref name="msdn.microsoft.com"/>
* [[.3ds|3DS]] – [[Autodesk 3ds Max#History|legacy 3D Studio]] Model (.3ds)
* ABC – [[Alembic (computer graphics)]]
* AC – [[AC3D]] Model
* [[Additive Manufacturing File Format|AMF]] – Additive Manufacturing File Format
* AN8 – [[Anim8or]] Model
* AOI – Art of Illusion Model
* ASM – [[PTC Creo]] assembly
* B3D – [[Blitz Basic|Blitz3D]] Model
* BBMODEL [[Blockbench]] Model
* BLEND – [[Blender (software)|Blender]]
* BLOCK – [[Blender (software)|Blender]] encrypted blend files
* BMD3 – [[Nintendo]] [[GameCube]] first-party J3D proprietary model format (.bmd)
* BDL4 – [[Nintendo]] [[GameCube]] and [[Wii]] first-party J3D proprietary model format (2002, 2006–2010) (.bdl)
* BRRES – [[Nintendo]] [[Wii]] first-party proprietary model format 2010+ (.brres)
* BFRES – [[Nintendo]] [[Wii U]] and later [[Nintendo Switch|Switch]] first-party proprietary model format
* C4D – [[Cinema 4D]] (.c4d)
* Cal3D – Cal3D (.cal3d)
* [[CCP4 (file format)|CCP4]] – X-ray crystallography voxels (electron density)
* CFL – [[Compressed File Library]]
* COB – [[TrueSpace|Caligari Object]]
* CORE3D – Coreona 3D Coreona 3D Virtual File(.core3d)
* CTM – [[OpenCTM]]
* DAE – [[COLLADA]]
* DFF – [[RenderWare]] binary stream, commonly used by [[Grand Theft Auto III]]-era games as well as other RenderWare titles
* DN – [[Adobe Dimension]] CC file format
* DPM – DeepMesh
* DTS – [[Torque Game Engine]] (DTS (file format))
* EGG – [[Panda3D]] Engine
* FACT – [[Electric Image]] (.fac)
* FBX – Autodesk [[FBX]]
* G – [[BRL-CAD]] geometry
* GLB – a binary form of [[glTF]] required to be loaded in [[Facebook 3D Posts]]
* GLM – Ghoul Mesh
* [[glTF]] – the JSON-based standard developed by [[Khronos Group]]
* HEC – Hector Game Engine – [[Flatspace]] model format
* IO – Bricklink Stud.io 2.0 Model File
* IOB – [[Imagine (3D modeling software)]]
* JAS – [[Cheetah 3D]] file
* [[JMesh|JMESH]] – Universal mesh data exchange file based on [[JMesh]] specification (.jmsh for text/[[JSON]] based, .bmsh for binary/[[UBJSON]] based)
* LDR – [[LDraw]] Model File
* LWO – [[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]] Object
* LWS – [[LightWave 3D|Lightwave]] Scene
* LXF – [[LEGO Digital Designer]] Model file
* LXO – Luxology [[Modo (software)]] file
* M3D – Model3D, universal, engine-neutral format
* MA – Autodesk [[Maya (software)|Maya]] ASCII File
* MAX – Autodesk [[3D Studio Max]] file 
* MB – Autodesk [[Maya (software)|Maya]] Binary File
* MPD – [[LDraw]] Multi-Part Document Model File
* MD2 – [[MD2 (file format)|MD2]]: [[Quake 2]] model format
* MD3 – [[MD3 (file format)|MD3]]: [[Quake 3]] model format
* MD5 – [[MD5 (file format)|MD5]]: [[Doom 3]] model format
* MDX – [[Blizzard Entertainment]]'s own model format
* MESH – New York University(.m)
* MESH – Meshwork Model (.mesh)
* MIOBJECT – [https://www.mineimator.com/ Mine-Imator] object file
* MIPARTICLE – [https://www.mineimator.com/ Mine-Imator] particle file
* MIMODEL – [https://www.mineimator.com/ Mine-Imator] model file
* MM3D – Misfit Model 3d
* MPO – Multi-Picture Object – This [[.mpo#JPEG Multi-Picture Format|JPEG]] standard is used for 3d images, as with the [[Nintendo 3DS]]
* MRC – [[MRC (file format)|MRC]]: voxels in cryo-electron microscopy
* NIF – [[Gamebryo]] NetImmerse File
* NWC – [[Navisworks]] - cached version of the converted model geometry  
* NWD – [[Navisworks]] - publish format
* NWF – [[Navisworks]] - working format for projects
* OBJ – [[Wavefront .obj file]]
* OFF – [[OFF (file format)|OFF Object file format]]
* OGEX – [[Open Game Engine Exchange]] (OpenGEX) format
* PLY – [[PLY (file format)|PLY]]: Polygon File Format / Stanford Triangle Format
* PRC – Adobe [[PRC (file format)|PRC]] (embedded in [[PDF]] files)
* PRT – [[PTC Creo]] part
* POV – [[POV-Ray]] document
* R3D – [[Realsoft 3D]] (Real-3D)
* RWX – [[RenderWare]] Object
* SIA – Nevercenter Silo Object
* SIB – Nevercenter Silo Object
* SKP – [[SketchUp]] file
* SLDASM – [[SolidWorks]] Assembly Document
* SLDPRT – [[SolidWorks]] Part Document
* SMD – [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] Studiomdl Data format 
* U3D – [[Universal 3D]] format
* USD – [[Universal Scene Description]]
* USDA – [[Universal Scene Description]], human-readable text format
* USDC – [[Universal Scene Description]], binary format
* USDZ – [[Universal Scene Description]], a zip-compressed container
* VIM – [[Revizto]] visual information model format (.vimproj)
* VRML97 – [[VRML]] Virtual reality modeling language (.wrl)
* VUE – [[E-on Vue|Vue]] scene file
* VWX – [[Vectorworks]]
* WINGS – [[Wings3D]]
* W3D – Westwood 3D Model
* X – [[DirectX|DirectX 3D Model]]
* X3D – [[Extensible 3D]]
* Z3D – [[Zmodeler]]
* ZBMX – Mecabricks [[Blender (software)|Blender]] Add-On