Descriptive List of 100 Image File Formats

As we all know there are various file formats for images supported in different media. But very few know what those formats actually means. Therefore, in this article, I am going to show you the list of all image formats which are available on the web and you can easily grab the information related to respective picture format.

I know it would be difficult for you to find a particular file format among hundreds of formats. So, to make it convenient for you I’ll recommend that kindly Press Ctrl + F and enter the file format to know more about it.

List of All Image Formats

First I’ll discuss some common image file formats which are used by normal smartphone users.

JPEG	JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group which supports 8-bit grayscale images and 24- bit color images. If the JPEG image is compressed, then it doesn’t affect the visual quality of the image.
JPEG 2000	It is an upgraded format of JPEG file and it is also used in movie editing and require more computational power to process.
EXIF	This file format means exchangeable image format and it is used to standardize the image exchange process.
TIFF	Tagged Image File format stores 8-bit and 16-bit per color which are red, green, and blue.
GIF	Graphics Interchange Format is used to store different images in one format and the transition of images display a motion to the users.
BMP	The BMP file format is only designed to manage graphics files in Windows.
PNG	Portable Network Graphics supports eight-bit palette images and provides transparency to all palette colors.
PNM	Portable any map is a compilation of PPM (Portable Pixmap), PGM (Portable Graymap), and PM (Portable bitmap) which are purely ASCII files.
WebP	It a file format designed by Google and it helps to reduce the size of the image and increases the loading speed of the web page.
HEIF	High-Efficiency Image file format is used to specify storage of HEVC Intra coded and coded images.
BAT	BAT image format offers versatile compression, metadata capacity, and color management.
BPG	Better Portable Graphics is a newly introduced image file format which has resolved the issue of large size of images and low quality.

The list of all image formats also includes raster format which also has many image formats.

Raster Formats

DEEP	TV Paint Uses this file format.
DRW	It is used to preserve all the drawings done on an image.
ECW	Enhanced Compression Wavelet image is used for optimizing aerial and satellite imagery.
FITS	Flexible Image Transport System is used for data transmission and processing.
FLIF	Free Lossless Image Format Outperform WebP, BPG, PNG, and JPEG200 lossless in terms of Compression.
ICO	It is the Computer icons in MS Windows.
ILBM	Interleaved Bitmap is used on Amiga Platform and IBM systems.
IMG	ERDAS Imagine Image.
JPEG XR	This file format is useful for continuous tone photographic images.
Nrrd	Nearly Raw Raster Data represents the dimensional rater data.
PAM	Portable Arbitrary Map is used in UNIX languages.
PCX	Personal Computer Exchange is a file format for PC Paintbrush.
PGF	Progressive Graphics File is invented to replace JPEG Format.
PLBM	Planar Bitmap proprietary Amiga Format.
SGI	Silicon Graphics Image used for Silicon Workstations.
SID	Multiresolution Seamless image useful for encoding georeferenced raster graphics.
Sun Raster	SunOS uses this file format.
TGA	It is a file format for TARGA and VISTA boards.
VICAR	This file format is developed by NASA.
XISF	Extensible Image Serialization Format.

Raster Graphics Editors

CD5	This file format is used for graphics editing with super-resolution and animation.
CPT	Coral Photo-Paint is the file format of coral Draw.
PSD	It is an Adobe Photoshop file format.
PSP	Paint Shop Pro is a vector graphics editor for Windows.
XCF	Experimental Computing Facility is an image-editing program.
PDN	It is a file format for windows Paint.net.

Vector Formats

CGM	Computer Graphics Metafile is a 2D vector graphics file format.
Gerber Format	It is a 2D bi-level Image Description Format.
SVG	Scalable Vector Graphics is a Versatile and Scriptable vector format. 2D Vector Formats.

2D Vector Formats

AFDesign	It is a Vector Graphics Editor for Mac OS.
AI	This file format is used in Adobe Illustrator.
CDR	Coral Draw Editor uses this file format.
Drawing ML	This format represents electronic office documents.
GEM	VDI Subsystem uses Graphics Environment Manager formats.
Graphics Layout Engine	It is scripting language which designs plots, diagrams, and slides.
HPGL	Hewlett Packard Graphics Language which is printer control format.
HVIF	Haiku Vector Icon Format usually stores icons.
MathML	mathematical markup language describes mathematical notations and content.
NAPLPS	This graphics language is used in videotext and Teletext.
ODG	Open Documents Graphics is a Zip file for charts and presentations.
PGF/TikZ	It includes POST Scripts Drawings.
QCC	This Image File format is used for making quilts.
Regis	Remote Graphic Instruction Set supports rudimentary vector graphics.
Remote Imaging Protocol	This format is used for sending vector graphics with low bandwidth speed.
VML	Vector Markup Language is based on vector graphics with two-dimensional.
XAR	XARA Photos and Graphic Designer uses Xar format.
XPS	XML Paper Specification is a fixed-document format.

3D Vector Formats

AMF	Additive Manufacturing File Format is a standard to describe additive manufacturing processes.
Asymptote	It is a descriptive vector graphics language.
.blend	It is an open-source 3D Computer Graphics.
COLLADA	It is an Interchange File format for 3D applications.
.dwf	Design Web Format is an Auto Desk File Format
.dwg	It is Binary File format used in two- dimensional and three-dimensional data.
.dxf	It is an Auto Cad file format.
Open Flight	It is a Geometrical Model.
IGES	Initial Graphics Exchange Specification.
JT	ISO Standardized 3D Format.
IMML	Immersive Media Markup Language.
.MA	Maya ASCII Format.
.MB	Maya binary Format.
.OBJ	Alias Wavefront file format.
OpenGex	Open Game Engine Exchange used in Gaming Engines.
PLY	Polygon File format stores 3D scanners data.
POV-Ray	Persistence of Vision Ray creates text-based scene description.
PRC	Embed 3D data as PDF.
STEP	Computer Interpretable Representation and Exchange Format.
SKP	SketchUp format is used for digital drawings.
STL	Stereolithography format used in CAD software.
U3D	Compressed Files for Graphics Data.
VRML	Virtual Reality Modelling Language designed for the worldwide web.
XAML	Extensible Application Markup Language initialize structured values and objects.
XVL	Lightweight 3D file format for computer graphics.
xVRML	This format represents 3D interactive Computer Graphics.
XAML	This format initializes structured values and objects.
X3D	It is a Royalty Free Image format.
.3ds	Auto Desk 3D uses this file format.
3DXML	Dassault Systemes has developed this file format.
X3D	3D Application uses X3D file format.

Compound Formats

EPS	Encapsulated Post Scripts Describes images and drawings placed in the format.
PDF	Portable Document Format is an independent format for all users.
PICT	This software is widely supported in the Mac operating system.
SWF	Shockwave Flash is the file format of Adobe Flash player.
XAML	It is a markup language used in Windows operating system.

Conclusion

Well, I have given you the list of all image formats that every image possesses. Now, you can find the needed format and know about it. There are basically 100 image file formats which I have mentioned in this article and you can upgrade your knowledge by knowing more about them. I hope my blog has proved informative to you.

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