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=== Raster graphics === [[Raster graphics|Raster or bitmap]] files store images as a group of [[pixel]]s. * [[ART image file format|ART]] β [[America Online]] proprietary format * BLP β [[Blizzard Entertainment]] proprietary texture format * [[Windows bitmap|BMP]] β [[Microsoft Windows]] [[bitmap]] formatted image * BTI β [[Nintendo]] proprietary texture format * C4 β [[JEDMICS]] image files, a DOD system * CALS β [[JEDMICS]] image files, a DOD system * CD5 β [[Chasys Draw IES]] image * CIT β [[Intergraph]] monochrome bitmap format * CPT β [[Corel PHOTO-PAINT]] image * CLIP β [[Clip Studio Paint|CLIP STUDIO PAINT]] format * CPL β [[Microsoft Windows]] control panel file * [[DirectDraw Surface|DDS]] β [[DirectX]] texture file * [[Windows bitmap|DIB]] β Device-Independent Bitmap graphic * [[DjVu]] β designed for scanned documents * EGT β EGT Universal Document, used in EGT SmartSense to compress PNG files to yet a smaller file * EXIF β [[Exchangeable image file format]] (Exif) is a specification for the image format used by digital cameras * [[Graphics Interchange Format|GIF]] β [[CompuServe]]'s Graphics Interchange Format * [[GIF#Animation_formats|GIFV]] β 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 β [[Zebra Technologies]] proprietary format * [[Apple Icon Image|ICNS]] β format for ''[[icon (computing)|icons]]'' in [[macOS]]. Contains bitmap images at multiple resolutions and bitdepths with [[alpha channel]]. * HEIF, HEIC β [[High Efficiency Image File Format]] * [[ICO (icon image file format)|ICO]] β 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 β IFF [[ILBM]] * [[JPEG Network Graphics|JNG]] β a single-frame [[Multiple-image Network Graphics|MNG]] using [[JPEG]] compression and possibly an [[alpha channel]] * [[JPEG]], JPG, JFIF β [[Joint Photographic Experts Group]]; a lossy image format widely used to display photographic images * [[JPEG 2000|JP2]] β JPEG2000 * [[JPEG Stereo|JPS]] β JPEG Stereo * JXL β [[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 β [[Krita]] image file * LBM β [[Deluxe Paint]] image file * MAX β ScanSoft [[PaperPort]] document * MIFF β [[ImageMagick]]'s native file format * MNG β [[Multiple-image Network Graphics]], the animated version of [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] * MSP β a format used by old versions of Microsoft Paint; replaced by [[BMP file format|BMP]] in [[Microsoft Windows]] 3.0 * NEF β [[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]] β A U.S. Government standard commonly used in [[Intelligence (information gathering)|Intelligence]] systems * [[OTA bitmap|OTB]] β Over The Air bitmap, a specification designed by [[Nokia]] for black and white images for [[mobile phone]]s * [[Portable bitmap|PBM]] β portable bitmap * compressed [[DEGAS (software)|Degas]] picture files: ** PC1 β low resolution ** PC2 β medium resolution ** PC3 β high resolution * PCF β Pixel Coordination Format * [[PCX]] β a lossless format used by ZSoft's PC Paint, popular for a time on [[DOS]] systems. * PDD β [[Adobe PhotoDeluxe]] image * PDN β [[Paint.NET]] image file * PGF β [[Progressive Graphics File]] * PGM β [[Portable graymap]] * uncompressed [[DEGAS (software)|Degas]] picture files: ** PI1 β low resolution ** PI2 β medium resolution ** PI3 β high resolution * PI2 β Portrait Innovations encrypted image format * [[PICT]], PCT β Apple [[Macintosh]] PICT image * [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]] β Portable Network Graphics (lossless, recommended for display and edition of graphic images) * PNJ β 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 β [[Portable anymap]] graphic bitmap image * PNS β PNG Stereo * PPM β [[Portable Pixmap]] (Pixel Map) image * procreate β [[Procreate (software)|Procreate]]'s drawing file * [[Adobe Photoshop]] files: ** PSB β large document ** PSD β document * PSP β [[Paint Shop Pro]] image * PX β Pixel image editor image file * PXM β [[Pixelmator]] image file * PXR β [[Pixar Image Computer]] image file * PXZ β a compressed layered image file used for the image editing website, pixlr.com * QFX β QuickLink Fax image * RLE β a [[run-length encoding]] image * [[Scitex CT|SCT]] β [[Scailex Corporation|Scitex]] Continuous Tone image file * [[Silicon Graphics Image|SGI]], RGB, INT, BW β [[Silicon Graphics]] Image * [[Truevision Targa File Format|TGA]], TARGA, ICB, VDA, VST, PIX β [[Truevision]] TGA (Targa) image * [[TIFF]], TIF β Tag(ged) Image File Format; usually lossless, but many variants exist, including lossy ones. * [[TIFF/EP]], TIF, TIFF β 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 β [[Valve Corporation|Valve]] Texture Format * WEBP β [[WebP]], an image format designed for the web that can provide both lossless and lossy compression. * XBM β [[X Window System]] Bitmap * [[XCF (file format)|XCF]] β [[GIMP]] image (from Gimp's origin at the [[eXperimental Computing Facility]] of the [[University of California]]) * [[XPM (image format)|XPM]] β X Window System Pixmap * ZIF β Zoomable/Zoomify Image Format (a web-friendly, TIFF-based, zoomable image format) ==== Photographs ==== * CR2 β [[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]] β "Digital Negative" a type of raw image file format used in digital photography. * [[Raw image format|RAW]] β General term for minimally processed image data (acquired by a [[digital camera]])
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