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Image file formats

Raster, vector, animated, lossless and compressed image formats with their extensions, MIME types and technical properties.

20 formats

Images formats

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20 formats
.apng
APNGAnimated Portable Network Graphics

An extension of PNG for frame-based animation that keeps PNG's lossless compression and full alpha transparency while remaining compatible with static PNG decoders.

image/apng
image
.avif
AVIFAV1 Image File Format

A modern image format that stores AV1-encoded images inside a HEIF-based container and supports efficient compression, HDR, transparency, and image sequences.

image/avif
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.bmp.dib
BMPWindows Bitmap

A raster image format developed for Microsoft Windows that stores bitmap graphics with relatively simple image structures.

image/bmp
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.dcm
DICOMDigital Imaging and Communications in Medicine

A standard file and communication format for medical imaging that can combine pixel data with patient, study, acquisition, and device metadata.

application/dicom
image
.dng
DNGDigital Negative

An open raw-image format created by Adobe for storing camera sensor data, metadata, previews, and processing instructions in a TIFF/EP-based structure.

image/dng
image
.gif
GIFGraphics Interchange Format

A palette-based raster image format known for simple animations, lossless compression, and broad compatibility.

image/gif
image
.heic
HEICHigh Efficiency Image Container

A HEIF-based image format commonly used to store images encoded with HEVC, especially photographs captured on phones and cameras.

image/heic
image
.heif
HEIFHigh Efficiency Image File Format

An ISO Base Media File Format based container designed to store individual images, image collections, sequences, metadata, and related image data.

image/heif
image
.ico
ICOWindows Icon

A Microsoft Windows icon format that can store multiple icon sizes and color depths inside a single file.

image/vnd.microsoft.icon
image
.jp2
JP2JPEG 2000 Part 1 File Format

A JPEG 2000 image container that supports wavelet-based lossy and lossless compression and is widely used in imaging, archives, mapping, and cultural heritage workflows.

image/jp2
image
.jpg.jpeg.jpe
JPEGJoint Photographic Experts Group Image

A raster image format widely used for photographs and other continuous-tone images, usually with lossy compression.

image/jpeg
image
.jxl
JPEG XLJPEG XL Image

A modern image format standardized by the JPEG committee for high-quality lossy and lossless compression, HDR, alpha transparency, animation, and efficient recompression of JPEG images.

image/jxl
image
.pbm
PBMPortable Bitmap

A simple Netpbm raster format for black-and-white images, available in both plain-text and compact binary encodings.

image/x-portable-bitmap
image
.pgm
PGMPortable Graymap

A simple Netpbm raster format for grayscale images, with plain-text and binary representations designed to be easy for programs to read and write.

image/x-portable-graymap
image
.png
PNGPortable Network Graphics

A lossless raster image format widely used for screenshots, graphics, illustrations, and images that need transparency.

image/png
image
.ppm
PPMPortable Pixmap

A Netpbm raster format for full-color RGB images, available in plain-text and binary forms and commonly used as a simple interchange format in image-processing tools.

image/x-portable-pixmap
image
.psd
PSDAdobe Photoshop Document

Adobe Photoshop's native layered raster document format for storing image data, layers, masks, channels, text, effects, and editing information.

image/vnd.adobe.photoshop
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.svg
SVGScalable Vector Graphics

An XML-based graphics format for scalable two-dimensional vector graphics that can also include text, raster images, styling, and animation.

image/svg+xml
image
.tif.tiff
TIFFTagged Image File Format

A flexible raster image format used for high-quality imaging, scanning, publishing, photography, and archival workflows.

image/tiff
image
.webp
WebPWebP Image Format

A raster image format designed for efficient image delivery with lossy and lossless compression, transparency, and animation.

image/webp
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