ImageGear for C and C++ on Windows v19.0
File Formats and Compressions
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This section provides detailed information about the image formats and compressions that ImageGear supports.
This topic provides information about the following:
ImageGear supports the following formats and compressions in the following categories:
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ImageGear also provides support for 100+ Digital Cameras. |
| Format | Full Name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| AFP | IBM AFP | RW |
| AFX | Auto FX Photographic Edges | R |
| AVI | MS Video for Windows video clip | R |
| BMP | Microsoft Windows Bitmap | RW |
| CLP | Windows Clipboard | RW |
| CUR | Windows cursor | RW |
| CUT | Dr. Halo | RW |
| DCRAW | Digital camera RAW format | R |
| DCX | Paintbrush (Intel multi-page FAX format) | RW |
| DIB | DIB (Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap) | RW |
| DICOM | DICOM (Digital Imaging & Communication in Medicine) | RW |
| DNG | Digital Negative file format | R |
| EPS | Encapsulated PostScript File | RW |
| EXIF-JPEG | Exchangeable image file format (EXIF-JPEG) | RW |
| EXIF-TIFF | Exchangeable image file format (EXIF-TIFF) | RW |
| FlashPix | FlashPix | RW |
| GEM | GEM Raster | R |
| GIF | CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) | RW |
| HD Photo | HD Photo (Windows Media Photo) | RW |
| Headerless Camera Raw | Headerless Camera Raw Format | R |
| ICO | ICO (Windows icon) | RW |
| IFF | Interchange File Format | RW |
| IMG | Xerox 9700 graphic image (IMG) | R |
| IOCA | IBM IOCA (Image Object Content Architecture) | RW |
| JPEG | JPEG File Interchange Format | RW |
| JPEG 2000 | JPEG 2000 | RW |
| JPX | JPEG 2000 Extensions | RW |
| MAC PICT | Mac PICT | RW |
| MODCA | IBM MO:DCA (Mixed Object Document Content Architecture) | RW |
| MULTIMEDIA | Multimedia, Motion Picture Expert Group (MPEG) | R |
| NCR | NCR | RW |
| PBM | Portable Bitmap File Format | RW |
| PCD | Kodak Photo CD | R |
| PCX | PC Paintbrush File Format | RW |
| PGM | Portable Graymap File Format | RW |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | RW |
| PNM | Portable Any-Map File Format | RW |
| PPM | Portable Pixmap File Format | RW |
| PSB | Adobe Photoshop Big | RW |
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop | RW |
| PTOCA | Presentation Text Object Content Architecture | R |
| QuickTime | QT (QuickTime movie) | R |
| RAS | Sun Raster Data Format | RW |
| Scitex CT | Scitex CT | RW |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics Image | RW |
| TGA | Truevision Targa | RW |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | RW |
| TXT (ASCII Text) | TXT (ASCII Text) | R |
| WMF | WMF (Windows Metafile Format) | RW |
| WPG | WordPerfect Graphics Metafile | R |
| XPM | X PixMap | RW |
| XPS | XML Paper Specification | RW |
| XWD | X Window Dump | RW |
| Format | Full Name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| BTR | Brooktrout | RW |
| CAL | CALS Raster | RW |
| Group 3 | Group 3 (G3) | RW |
| Group 3 2D | Group 3 2D | RW |
| Group 4 | Group 4 | RW |
| IMR | IMRS-Raster image | R |
| IMT | IMNET (Medical Image Format) | RW |
| KFX | Kofax Group4 image | R |
| LV | Lazer View format | R |
| MAC | MAC (Macintosh Paint) | R |
| MSP | MS Paint | R |
| WBMP | Wireless Bit-Map | RW |
| XBM | X BitMap | RW |
| Format | Full Name | Support |
|---|---|---|
| CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile | RW |
| DGN | MicroStation Drawing | RW |
| DWF | Design Web Format | RW |
| DWG | AutoDesk AutoCAD | RW |
| DXF | AutoDesk AutoCAD | RW |
| HPGL | Hewlett Packard Graphics Language | RW |
| Adobe Portable Document Format | RW | |
| PS | Adobe PS (Adobe PostScript) | RW |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics | RW |
| U3D | Universal 3D | RW |
These two words are often used interchangeably in discussions of graphics file formats. Encoding is actually a broad term under which compression falls. For the sake of clarity, use these terms separately with the following intended meanings: