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Graphics File Formats

On this page we have listed many types of graphics file formats.

The formats that we recommend for common applications are shown below:

If you prefer to view only those file formats containing a particular type of data, please review these pages:

Graphics File Formats

Here is a fairly comprehensive list of graphics file formats (some of these formats may be rarely encountered and/or are intended for specialist applications):

Short Name	Long Name	Typical File Extensions	Content
AI	Adobe Illustrator	.ai	Vector
ANI	Microsoft Windows Animated Cursor	.ani	Color/Animated Cursor
ASF	Microsoft Advanced System Format	.asf	Video/Audio
AVI	Audio Video Interleave	.avi	Video
BMP	Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap	.bmp .dib	Bitmap
CALS	Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support Raster Format	.cal	Monochrome Bitmap
CDR	CorelDRAW	.cdr	Vector
CFP	CoverFactory Project	.cfp	eBook Cover
CGM	Computer Graphics Metafile	.cgm	Metafile
CPT	Corel Photo-Paint	.cpt	Bitmaps
CUR	Microsoft Windows Cursor	.cur	Monochrome Cursor
DCX	DCX	.dcx	Bitmaps
DGN	DGN	.dgn	CAD/Vector
DRW	Drawing File	.drw	Vector
DWG	DWG	.dwg	CAD/Vector
DXB	Drawing eXchange Binary	.dxb	CAD/Vector
DXF	Drawing eXchange Format	.dxf	CAD/Vector
DjVu	DjVu	.djvu .djv	Bitmap
EMF	Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile	.emf	Metafile
EMZ	Microsoft Windows Enhanced Metafile (Compressed)	.emz	Metafile
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript	.eps	Page Description
Exif	Exchangeable Image File Format	.exf	Bitmap
FH	FreeHand	.fh	Vector
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System	.fits	Bitmap and Astronomical Data
FLA	Macromedia Flash FLA Project File Format	.fla	Animation
FLC	FLC	.flc	Animation
FLI	FLI	.fli	Animation
FNT	Microsoft Windows Font	.fnt	Font
FPX	FlashPix Format	.fpx	Bitmap
GEM	GEM Metafile	.gem	Metafile
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format	.gif	Bitmaps/Animation
HD Photo	HD Photo	.hdp .wdp	Bitmaps
ICO	Microsoft Windows Icon	.ico	Icon
IGES	Initial Graphics Exchange Specification	.iges .igs	CAD
IMG	GEM IMG	.img	Bitmap
JFIF	Joint Photographic Experts Group File Interchange Format	.jpeg .jpg .jpe	Bitmap
JPEG	Joint Photographic Experts Group	.jpeg .jpg .jpe	Bitmap
Lotus PIC	Lotus PIC	.pic	Vector
MAC	MacPaint	.mac	Bitmap
MNG	Multi-image Network Graphics	.mng	Bitmaps/Animation
MPEG	Moving Picture Experts Group	.mpeg .mpg .m1v .mpe	Video
MrSID	Multiresolution Seamless Image Database	.sid	Bitmap
ODG	OpenDocument drawing	.odg	Vector
OFF	Object File Format	.off	CAD
OS/2 BMP	OS/2 Bitmap	.bmp	Bitmap
PBM	Portable Bitmap	.pbm	Monochrome Bitmap
PCD	Kodak Photo CD	.pcd	Bitmap
PCX	ZSoft PCX	.pcx	Bitmap
PDF	Portable Document Format	.pdf	Page Description
PGM	Portable Gray Map	.pgm	Grayscale Bitmap
PICT	Macintosh PICT	.pct	Metafile
PNG	Portable Network Graphics	.png	Bitmap
PPM	Portable Pixel Map	.ppm	Color Bitmap
PS	PostScript	.ps	Page Description
PSD	Adobe PSD	.psd	Bitmaps
Pictor PIC	Pictor PC Paint	.pic .clp	Bitmap
QuickTime	QuickTime	.mov	Video
RIFF	Resource Interchange File Format	N/A	Container
RMFF	RealMedia File Format	.rm	Video/Audio
SCR	SCR	.scr	Bitmap
SFW	Seattle FilmWorks	.sfw	Bitmap
SGI	Silicon Graphics Image File Format	.bw .int .inta .rgb .rgba .sgi	Bitmap
SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics	.svg svgx	Vector
SWF	Flash	.swf	Animation
SXD	SXD	.sxd	Vector
Sun Rasterfile	Sun Rasterfile	.ras .rast .scr .sr .sun	Bitmap
TGA	TrueVision TARGA	.tga .vst .vda .icb .tpic	Bitmap
TIFF	Tag Image File Format	.tif	Bitmap
TTF	TrueType Font	.ttf	Font
UNIX Plot Format	UNIX Plot Format	.plot	Vector
VICAR	Video Image Communication and Retrieval	.vic .img	Bitmap
WBMP	Wireless Bitmap	.wbmp	Monochrome Bitmap
WMF	Microsoft Windows Metafile	.wmf	Metafile
WMV	Windows Media Video	.wmv .wm	Video/Audio
WPG	WordPerfect Graphics	.wpg	Metafile
XAR	Xara	.xar	Vector
XBM	X Window Bitmap	.h	Monochrome Bitmap/Icon/Cursor
XPM	X Window PixMap	.h	Bitmap/Icon/Cursor
XWD	X Window Dump	.xwd	Bitmap

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