ImageGear for .NET
ImageGear Supported File Formats Reference

This section represents the reference for every imaging file format supported by ImageGear.

The following are the characteristic features for file format description:

Currently ImageGear supports the following File Formats: 

The following formats are not currently supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services: CGM, DGN, DWF, DWG, DXF, HPGL, and U3D.

Format Read/Write Description
Adobe DNG Read Digital Negative file format
Adobe PDF Read/Write Adobe PDF file format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.PDF Namespace.
Adobe PS Read/Write Adobe PostScript file format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.PDF Namespace.
Adobe PSB Read/Write Adobe Photoshop Big
Adobe PSD Read/Write Adobe Photoshop
BMP Read/Write Standard Windows format including OS/2 bitmap format
BTR Read/Write Brooktrout FAX format, Group III or Group III 2D or 301
CAL Read/Write CALS raster, Type I
CGM Read/Write Computer Graphics Metafile. Requires ImageGear.Formats.CGM Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
CLP Read/Write Windows Clipboard format for raster images
CUR Read/Write For reading Windows 3.x and Windows95 mouse cursor display
CUT Read/Write Dr. Halo CUT format
DCRAW Read Digital Camera RAW format
DCX Read/Write Intel multi-page FAX format
DGN Read MicroStation Drawing (Drawing format used by MicroStation construction design software). Requires ImageGear.Formats.DGN Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
DIB Read/Write DIB (Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap)
DICOM Read/Write DICOM is a public standard that provides a flexible and expandable means for storing, sharing, and transporting digital medical images. Requires ImageGear.Formats.DICOM Namespace.
DOCX Read Office Open XML Word format.
DWF Read Used for publishing 2D and 3D CAD drawings so they can be easily viewed without requiring the use of CAD software. Requires ImageGear.Formats.DWF namespace and ImageGear.Vector Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
DWG Read/Write DWG (AutoDesk AutoCAD) format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.CAD Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
DXF Read/Write DXF (AutoDesk AutoCAD) format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.CAD Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
GEM Read GEM Paint Raster format
GIF Read/Write Graphic Image Format developed originally in accommodate the transmission of images via a modem; uses LZW compression algorithm.
HD Photo Read/Write HD Photo (Windows Media Photo)
HPGL Read Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.HPGL Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
IBM IOCA Read/Write Image Object Content Architecture, Group III, Group III 2D, Group IV, IBM MMR, uncompressed.
IBM MO:DCA Read/Write Mixed Object Document Content Architecture format, Group III, Group III 2D, Group IV, IBM MMR, uncompressed.
ICO Read/Write Windows ICON format
IFF Read/Write Electronic Arts format
IMG Read Xerox raster format, Group IV
IMR Read IMRS-Raster image format
IMT Read IMNET format, Groups III and IV
JPEG Read/Write ANSI-standard, full-color image format; IG supports all aspects of this format including lossless and progressive; JFIF - industry standard header for JPEG compressed images.
JPEG2000 Read/Write New JPEG 2000 standard, based on the EBCOT (Embedded Block Coding with Optimized Truncation of the embedded bitstreams) algorithm. Requires ImageGear.Formats.JPEG2K Namespace.
JPX Read/Write JPX file format is an extension to JPEG 2000 file format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.JPEG2K Namespace.
KFX Read Kofax format, Group IV
LV Read LaserView, LaserData, Group IV
MSP Read Microsoft Paint format
NCR Read/Write NCR Group IV format
PBM Read/Write Portable BitMap (UNIX graphic file format)
PCD Read Kodak format for high resolution photographs
PCX Read/Write PC Paintbrush format
PGM Read/Write Portable BitMap (UNIX graphic file format)
PNG Read/Write Portable Network Graphics, intended as successor to GIF
PNM Read/Write Portable BitMap (UNIX graphic file format)
PPM Read/Write Portable BitMap (UNIX graphic file format)
PPTX Read Office Open XML Power Point format
PTOCA Read Presentation Text Object Content Architecture support for IBM's AFP printer architecture.
RAS Read/Write SUN raster format
RAW Read Header-less image
Scitex CT Read/Write For electronic pre-press and visual communications systems, part of the HandShake Foreign File Transfer Protocol, a standard for defining storage formats and data interchange protocols.
SGI Read/Write Silicon Graphics raster format
TGA Read/Write Targa file format. ImageGear supports many aspects of this format including alpha channel.
TIFF Read/Write Tagged Image File Format; IG supports every aspect of this format.
U3D Read/Write Universal 3D format. Requires ImageGear.Formats.U3D Namespace. (Not supported in ImageGear ASP.NET Services.)
WBMP Read/Write Optimized to support mobile computing devices that use the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP).
WPG Read Wordperfect Graphic Format. ImageGear reads bitmaps stored in this format.
XBM Read/Write X Windows Bitmap format
XLSX Read Office Open XML Excel format
XPM Read/Write X Windows Pixmap format
XPS Read/Write Vector image (XML Paper Specification)
XWD Read/Write X Windows Dump format

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