Supported File Formats
BMP
Windows or OS/2 Bitmap: The image format Microsoft created for use in Windows
JPG, JPEG, JPE
Joint Photographic Experts Group: 24-bit support and fine compression make this format another standard for publishing on the Web.
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format: The format created by Compurseve for the faster exchange of graphics over modem lines; widely used in Web publishing.
PNG
Portable Network Graphics: A format that combines the bets qualities of GIFs and JPGs; used for Web publishing.
TIF, TIFF
Tagged Image File Format: a widely used raster format, jointly supported by Microsoft and Aldus; used mostly in desktop publishing; can be viewed on both Macs and PCs; this is the format used by most fax machines.
RLE
Run Length Encoded image format (Utah); device-independent means of storing multi-level raster images.
DIB
Device Independent Bitmap: another form of BMP, used widely with printers and display devices.
PCD
Kodak Photo CD: digital images from Kodak, presented as "slides" on a Cd-Rom.
ICO
Windows Icon: used by Windows to represent programs and other files.
WMF
Windows MetaFile format; Microsoft graphics file, more compact and portable than BMP images.
TGA, TARGA, TAR, PIX
Truevision Advanced Raster Graphics Adapter (TARGA): Format by Truevision, Inc, used to support image capturing; used with a series of high-resolution graphics adaptors released under the TARGA name.
PCX, PCC
PC Paintbrush format from ZSoft Corporation. These images are used by many word-processing and desktop publishing tools.
VST
TrueVision Vista.
EMF
Enhanced MetaFile format; Microsoft's device-independent graphics format for Windows 95.
JIF, JFIF, JIF
another forms of JPG
PIC, CEL
Autodesk images.
AFI
Another form of TrueVision Targa.
RGB, RGBA, SGI, BW, INT, INTA
Silicon Graphics Images. SGI black & white (*.bw), Red Green Blue (*.rgb), (*.rgba) and INT images.
VDA, ICB, WIN
TrueVision images (like TarGA and ViSTa).
SCR
Word 5.x screen capture images.
CUT
Dr.Halo (*.cut,*.pal) images.
PPM, PGM, PBM, PXM
Portable Bitmap (*.pbm), Portable Pixelmap (*.ppm) and Portable Greymap (*.pgm) images.
RLA, RPF
SGI Wavefront images.
PSD, PDD
Adobe Photoshop images. Note: Advanced Batch Converter doesn't support Adobe PhotoDeluxe PDD files - Adobe Photoshop PDDs only.
PSP
Paint Shop Pro images.
CUR, ANI
Cursor Recource file format for Microsoft Windows 95; contains image data for cursors used by Windows applications.
EPS (Preview)
Encapsulated PostScript: mostly used for desktop publishing; use the Postscript page description language; these can be used on both PCs and MACs.
FAX
GFI FAX images.
411
Sony Mavica camera images.
JNG
JPEG Network Graphics.
MNG
Multiple-image Network Graphics.
WBMP
WAP Bitmap. WBMP is a graphics format used for example by mobile phones supporting the WAP-protocol. |
