Format 

Import

Export

Metadata *)

Comment

.D 

X

-

-

320x200 pixel at 1 bit

8BIM 

X

-

ICC

old Photoshop 2.0 format
supports 1, 8 and 24 bit per pixel

Acorn Sprite

X

-

-

contains sprites from Acorn computers

AFP

X

-

-

variant of the TIFF format for 1 bit images

ALIAS

X

-

-

Alias Pix format
Supports 256 grays or 24 bit.

AMBER ARR 

X

-

-

Used by a microscope
Supports 256 grays.

ANI

X

-

-

Animations from the NeoChrome application

ANI 

X

-

-

Animated Windows Cursor

ANPA 

X

-

IPTC

Format with IPTC details.

Apple Preferred

X

-

-

Format des images Apple IIgs

ART 

X

-

-

Format of First Publisher
Supports 1 bit per pixel

ASCII

X

X

-

option for importing and exporting images as ASCII characters. 

Atari Portfolio

X

-

B3D 

X

-

-

Maxon format of their 3D render application 

BioRad

X

-

-

BioRad file format
Support 256 grays 

BLD

X

X

-

Format of Mega Paint 

BMP 

X

X

-

Standard Windows format
Supports 1, 4, 8, 15 and 24 bit per pixel

BUF

X

-

-

Supports 32 bit 

BUM 

X

X

-

Variant of the BMP or PICT format 

c4

X

-

-

JEDMICS C4 format.

CAM

X

-

-

Format of the Casio QV-10/100
Variant of the JPEG format

CALS

X

-

-

CCITT 4 compressed black & white images

CEL

X

X

-

CEL format

CGM 

X

-

-

International standarized file format for exchange of image with vector and bitmap content

CLP

X

X

-

IPTC

see Photo Raw

CR2

X

-

IPTC

see Photo Raw

csource

X

X

-

csource file format (image as csource).

CT 

X

-

-

Scitex color images

CVG 

X

-

-

Calamus vector format

DCR 

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

DCX

X

-

-

Contains multiple PCX files.

DDS

X

X

-

Native format of graphic cards. Used in some games. Supported variants: DXT1, DXT3, DXT5

DeltaVision

X

-

-

DeltaVision format.

DESR VFF

X

-

-

-

DICOM

X

-

-

Medical format for X-Ray, MRT etc.

DJ1000

X

-

-

Camera format

DL 

X

-

-

Animation format with 320 x 200 pixel at 8 bit.
Contains normally x-rated content.

Doodle

X

-

-

-

DPX

X

-

-

-

Dr. Halo

X

-

-

1. Format of the Dr. Halo application
2. Uses 256 colors.

DrawIT

X

-

-

DrawIT PDB format on PalmOS.

ECW

X 10)

X 10)

-

ECW wavelet format. Used for large maps.

ElectronicImage

X

X

-

Electric Image format.
It may contain animations.

EPSF

X 2)

X

-

Postscript format.

ESM 

X

-

-

ESM format

FAX 

X

-

-

CCITT 3 encoded fax file  

FaxSTF 

X

-

-

Format from the FaxSTF software 

FireViewer PDB

X

-

-

Palm OS format.
Supports b&w, 4 and 16 grays and 256 colors. 

FITS

X

X

-

Flexible Image Transport System format.
Normally used for science. 

FLH/FLI/FLC

X

-

-

Animation from the Autodesk Animator.
FLI supports 8 bits at 320 x 200 pixel.
FLC support 8 bits at 640 x 480 pixel.
FLH supports high color.

FPX

X 6)

-

-

FlashPix file format.

Freehand 10

X 4)

-

-

FUJI

X

-

-

-

GATAN

X

-

-

Format of a microscope.
Supports 256 grays.

GEM

X

-

-

Vector images (GEM-Metafile) from the GEM-Draw application.

GFX

X

-

-

Format of Xgrabber

GIF

X

X

COM

Supports 1 to 8 bit per pixel.
Format was created by CompuServe Inc.

GrayPaint

X

-

-

GrayPaint PDB format on PalmOS.

GRP

X

-

-

Uses 1 or 4 bit per pixel.

HAM 

X

-

-

Format Interchange File Format (IFF)

HDR 

X

-

-

Radiance (HDRI) format

HEIC/HEIF

X (>=10.13)

X (>=10.13)

X (>=10.13)

High Efficiency Format

HP-GL/2 

X

X

-

Vector images.
This format is normally used from plotters.

IBM ­ PIC

X

-

-

Supports 16 bit per pixel.

IC ? ­ Imagic 

X

-

-

Format of the ATARI application Imagic.
Supports the three color modes of the ATARI.

ICo/ICN

X

X

-

Format of the Windows file icons.

IFF/LBM

X

X

-

Standard file format of the Amiga.
Supports all color depths.

IM

X

-

-

Chyron Liberty Paint format.

Image ->Finder

-

X

-

Creates an image in a folder by creating custom file icons ; this is very usefull for cd-rom creation

ImageLab/PrintTechnic

X

-

-

Images with 256 grays.

IMG/XIMG

X

X

-

GEM-Draw file format. Supports 1 to 8 bit per pixel. The specificiations of the 24 bit per pixel variant was never offical released.

IMQ

X

-

-

Satellite image format.

IPLab 

X

-

-

-

IRIS

X

-

-

IRIS (.fep) format

ISS

X

-

-

-

j6i

X

-

-

Variant of the JPEG format.

JBI 

X

-

-

Variant of the TIFF format

JIF

X

X

-

New format based on GIF.
But it uses the zlib compression.

JPEG/JFIF 

X

X

IPTC, EXIF, ICC, XMP, COM

Supports 24 bits per pixel or 256 grays.
Uses lossy compression.
Additional EXIF information (from digital cameras) is supported.

JPEG 2000

X

X

ICC

Supports 24 bits per pixel or 256 grays.
Uses lossy compression.

KDC 

X 3)

-

-

Format of the Kodak digital camera

KISS CEL

X

X

-

-

Koala 

X

-

-

C64 format

KoNTRoN

X

-

-

Format of the Kontron microscope
Contains images that use 256 grays. 

LDF 

X

-

-

Lotus-PIC 

X

- 

- 

1. Vector format of the Lotus spreadsheet application.

LWF (LuraWave)

X

X 9)

-

LuraWave wavelet compression technology

MacDraw I

X

-

-

MacDraw I format.

MacPaint

X

X

-

Black and white image with 576 x 720 pixels

MAG

X

-

-

MAKIchan graphic format

MAYA-IFF

X

-

-

Variant of the IFF format.

MBM (Psion 5)

X

X

-

Images of the PSIoN serie 5

Meteosat 5

X

-

-

Format of the meteosat satellite.

MDC

X

-

-

Raw format of the Minolta RD-175 digital cameras.

MHT 

X

-

-

web archive format; which can contain images

MonkeyLogo

X

X

-

MonkeyLogo PDB format.

MonkeyCard

X

X

-

MonkeyCard PDB format.

Mov 

X

X

-

QuickTime movie file format

MRC

X

-

-

Format of microscops.

MrSID

X 11)

-

-

Highly compressed file format. This is a lot used at the US government.

MRW

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

MSP

X

-

-

1 bit images from Microsoft Paint (Windows 2.0).

MSX ­ MSX2, MSX+ - MSX2+

X

-

-

-

NASA Raster Metafile 

X

-

-

Format (with or without multiple frames) from the NASA missions.

NEF

X

-

IPTC

see Photo Raw

NEO

X

-

-

Format of the ATARI application NeoChrome.
Supports 320 x 200 pixel at 16 colors.

NGG/NCG

X

X

- 

Format of Nokia mobile phones.

NIF 

X

-

- 

-

NoL

X

X

- 

Format of Nokia mobile phones.

oNCoR 

X

-

-

Supports 256 grays.

ORF

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

OTA

X

X

-

OTA bitmap format.

P ? ? ­ Degas

X

-

- 

Format of the ATARI application Degas
320 x 200 pixel, 16 colors (*.PI1, *.PC1)
640 x 200 pixel, 4 colors (*.PI2, *.PC2)
640 x 400 pixel, 2 colors (*.PI3, *.PC3)

Palette 

-

X 

-

color table

PAC ­ STAD

X

-

- 

Black & white 640 x 400 pixel images of the ATARI application STAD.

PaperPort (MAX)

X

-

- 

Archive format from Visioneer Paperport. Supports 1, 4, 8 and 32 bit. Can be multipage. 

PBM/PGM/PPM

X

X

- 

Standard UNIX file format for easy exchange of images.
Support 1, 8 or 24 bit per pixel.
The files can be encoded binary or ASCII

PCD

X

-

-

Kodak PhotoCD format

PCX

X

X

-

Format of PC-Paintbrush.
Support 1, 4 and 8 bit per pixel. The new variant supports 24 bit per pixel, too.

PIC (32K)

X

-

-

Black & white 640 x 400 pixel image of the ATARI..

PIC

X

-

-

B&W ATARI image format (640x400 pixel)

PIC

X

-

-

Format from PC Paint

PIC

X

X

-

Format of the Psion.
Supports 1 or 2 bit per pixel.

PICS

X

X

-

Animations PICT.

PICT

X

X

ICC

standard Mac OS file format
contains vector and/or bitmap images
support by the macOS is very limited on macOS 10.13 to Monterey
GraphicConverter imports uncompressed bitmaps, JPEG compressed bitmaps and PhotoCD compressed bitmaps

PICT resource

X

X

-

PICT that is written/read from the resource fork of a file; open supports depends onto the used codec; uncompressed, JPEG compressed and PhotoCD compressed PICT can always be opened

PDB

X

X

-

Palm Pilot database format.
GraphicConverter supports currently the following variants

• FireViewer
• TealPaint
• ScreenShot Hack
• Tiny Viewer
• JPEG PDB

PDF 

X 7)

X 7)

-

Portable Document File format

PEF

X

- 

- 

see Photo Raw

PGPF 

X

X 

- 

Sony Clie file format

PGC/PGF

X

-

- 

-

Photo Raw

X

-

- 

Many digital cameras can create raw files.
The following formats are supported:

• CRW - Canon
• CR2 - Canon
• NEF - Nikon
• DCR - Kodak
• ORF - Olympus
• X3F - Sigma
• RDC - Rollei
• RAF - Fuji
• SRF - Sony
• PEF - Pentax
• MRW - Konica/Minolta

PM 

X

-

- 

Format of the UNIX xv application.

PNG

X

X

ICC, XMP, COM 

New internet file format.
It supports 1, 2, 4, 8 and 24 bits per pixel.

PoRST 

X

-

- 

Photo on disk format.
Variant of the JPEG format.

Ppat

X

X

-

-

PSD 

X

X

IPTC, XMP, ICC

Photoshop 3.x or later file format.
Supports 1, 8, 24 bit per pixel.

QDV

X

-

-

Giffer format
Supports 1, 4 and 8 bits per pixel.

QNT

X

-

-

-

QTIF 

X 5)

-

-

QuickTime image format.

RAF

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

RAW

X

X

-

You can use the raw filter to import raw data. You have to specify the width, height and color depth during opening or saving such a file.

RDC

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

RIFF

X

-

-

Contains color and black & white images (format of the Painter software)

RLA

X

-

-

-

RLE

X

-

-

Images of the Utah Raster toolkit.

RSB

X

X

-

sprite and background format in games

RTF 

-

X

-

Rich Text Format.

SCR 

X

X

-

Images of the capture tool of word for DoS. The format is identical with PCX. 

SCX

X 

-

-

Format of ColoRIX
Supports 8 bit per pixel

SFF

X

-

-

Structured Fax File format.

SFW

X

X

-

Seattle Filmworks photo on disk format.
Variant of the JPEG format.

SGI

X

-

-

Silicon Graphics Image format.
Supports 256 grays or 24 bit.

SHP 

X

-

- 

Format of the image library of Lighting Press or Printmaster.
Support 1 bit per pixel.

Sinclair QL

X

-

-

Format of the Sinclair QL

SIXEL

X

-

-

Terminal format from the VAX world.

SKETCH

X

-

-

Variant of the MBM format.

SMV

X

-

-

format of a microscope

SNX

X

-

-

A modification of the JPEG format

SoFTIMAGE

X

X

-

Format of Softimage.
Supports 32 bits per pixel.
Used for video applications.

SPC

X

-

-

Image of the Spectrum application.
Supports 320 x 200 pixel at 512 colors.

SRF

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

ST ­ X ­ SBIG

X

-

-

Supports 256 grays.

StartupScreen s 

X

X

-

This file can be placed in the system folder ; so, the Mac OS will display the image during startup

SUN

X

-

-

SUN Raster file format.
Supports 8 or 24 bit per pixel.

Super-Hi-Res 3200

X

-

-

Images with 32000 colors of the Apple Iigs 

SVG

X 8)

X

-

Scaleable Vector Graphics

TBC

X

-

-

TBCPlus

TCL

X

-

-

TCL format

TealPaint PDB 

X

-

-

Palm OS format.
Supports b&w and 256 colors (default Palm color table).

TGA

X

X

-

Format from Truevision Targa
Support 1, 8, 15 and 24 bits per pixel.

TIFF

X

X

IPTC, ICC, XMP, EXIF, COM

complex format for all color depths
GraphicConverter can import and export the following compression kinds : uncompressed, packbits, lzw, ccitt3, ccitt4, fax3, fax4

TIM PSX

X

-

-

-

Tiny Viewer PDB

X

-

-

Format of the Tiny Viewer on PalmOS

TN ?

X

-

-

Format of the ATARI application TINY

TRS-80

X

X

-

Format of the TRS-80-

VBM

X

-

-

-

VFF

X

-

-

Uses 4 bit per pixel

VGS-8

X

-

-

Used by a microscope.
Supports 256 grays.

VITRoNIC

X

-

-

Vitronic format.
Supports 256 grays.

VoXEL

X

-

-

512 x 512 pixel at 256 grays format.

VPB

X

X

-

Format of the Quantel video system.

VPM

X

-

-

-

WBIN

X

X

-

Format of the MacWavelets application

WBMP

X

X

-

Format for the new WAP technology.

Winfax (FXM) 

X 

-

-

Winfax file format; can be multipage

WMF

X

X

-

Windows ­ Meta File.
Contains vector and bitmap images.

WPG

X

-

-

Graphic file format of Word Perfect.
It can contain bitmap and vector images.

X11

X

-

-

Bitmap.

X3F

X

-

-

see Photo Raw

XBM

X

X

-

Black & white format that is C encoded.

XCF

X 8)

-

GIMP native document

XFIG

X 1)

-

X-FIG drawings

X-Face

X

X

-

Supports 48 x 48 pixel at 1 bit.
Used for small photos in newsgroups.

XPM

X

X

-

Bitmap ASCII.

XWD

X

X

-

Dump of X - Windows.

YUV

X

-

-

Diskus format.