ImageGear .NET v25.1 - Updated
PEF
User Guide > File Formats and Compressions > File Formats > File Formats Reference > PEF
Full Name Pentax/Samsung Format
Format ID ImGearFormats.PEF
File Extension(s) *.pef
Data Type Bitmap
Data Encoding Binary
Multi-Page Support No
Alpha Channel Support No
ImageGear Platforms Support WIN32, WIN64, Unix, Unix64, MAC, .NET, .NET64

ImageGear Supported Versions

N/A

ImageGear Supported Features

ImageGear Read Support

ImageGear Write Support

No

ImageGear Filter Control Parameters

See DCRAW Filter Control Parameters.

Comments

Pentax and Samsung digital cameras use this format for storing Raw images.

By default, ImageGear automatically reconstructs colors in raw images during loading. You can disable one or more stages in the automatic color reconstruction, and reconstruct the images programmatically by using ImageGear Processing API. Use filter control parameters to disable specific stages of color reconstruction.

Pentax/Samsung Raw format uses TIFF/EXIF file structure as the base. However, it is not fully compliant with TIFF, so it can't be processed by a regular TIFF viewer. Raw image is stored in the root TIFF IFD uncompressed, or using Huffman compression.