This section represents the reference for every imaging file format supported by ImageGear.
The following are the characteristic features for file format description:
- Full Name - Full name of the File Format
- Format ID - ImageGear constant that determines the File Format ID used for loading this file in ImageGear-based application.
- File Extension(s) - The used extensions of the File Format
- Data Type - The type of the File Format (raster, vector, metafile)
- Data Encoding - The type of data encoding. Please see the section Encoding vs. Compressing.
- IG Multipage Support - Shows if ImageGear supports the File Format as multipage or singlepage. Please see also the section Support for Multi-Page File Formats.
- IG Alpha Channel Support - Shows if ImageGear supports the alpha channel for the File Format or not. Please see also the section ImageGear Alpha Channel Support.
- IG Platforms Support - Shows ImageGear platform versions that support the File Format.
- ImageGear Supported versions - Shows the versions of the File Format supported by ImageGear.
- ImageGear Supported Features - Shows the ImageGear Format Filter features supported by ImageGear for this format.
- ImageGear Read Support - Provides all compressions, color spaces, channels and bit depths supported by ImageGear for the file format reading.
- ImageGear Write Support - Provides all compressions, color spaces, channels and bit depths supported by ImageGear for the file format writing.
- ImageGear Filter Control Parameters - Provides all filter control parameters supported by ImageGear for this format filter.
- Comments - Some general information about format encoding and compression structure.
- References Used - References to the information sources for the File Format.
Currently ImageGear supports the following File Formats:
| Format | Read/Write | Description |
| Adobe DNG | Read | Digital Negative file format |
| Adobe PDF | Read/Write | Adobe PDF file format. Requires See ImageGear.Formats.PDF Namespace |
| Adobe PS | Read/Write | Adobe PostScript file format. Requires See 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 See ImageGear.Formats.CGM Namespace. |
| 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 See ImageGear.Formats.DGN Namespace. |
| 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 See 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. Requires See ImageGear.Vector Namespace. |
| DWG | Read/Write | DWG (AutoDesk AutoCAD) format. Requires See ImageGear.Formats.CAD Namespace. |
| DXF | Read/Write | DXF (AutoDesk AutoCAD) format. Requires See ImageGear.Formats.CAD Namespace. |
| 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 See ImageGear.Formats.HPGL Namespace. |
| 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 See ImageGear.Formats.U3D Namespace. |
| WBMP | Read/Write | Optimized to support mobile computing devices that use the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) |
| WPG | Read | Wordperfect Graphic Format. IG 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 |
