| Format | Description | Extension | Mime Type | Specs | Wikipedia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMP | Device-independent Bitmap | .bmp, .dip, .rle |
image/bmp, image/x-bmp |
[wikipedia.org](BMP.md[bmp: wikipedia]) | |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | .gif |
image/gif |
w3.org | wikipedia.org |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group | .jpg, .jpeg, .jpe, .jif, .jfif, .jfi |
image/jpeg |
jpeg.org | wikipedia.org |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics | .png |
w3.org | wikipedia.org |
| Format | Description | Extension | Mime Type | Specs | Wikipedia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILBM | InterLeaved BitMap | .lbm, .iff |
wikipedia.org | ||
| JPEG 2000 | JPEG 2000 | .jp2, .j2k, .jpf, .jpx, .jpm, .mj2 |
image/jp2, image/jpx, image/jpm, video/mj2 |
wikipedia.org | |
| PCX | PC Paintbrush Image File | .pcx |
wikipedia.org | ||
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop Document | .psd |
wikipedia.org | ||
| TGA | TARGA File Format | .tga, .vda, .icb, .vst |
wikipedia.org | ||
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | .tif, .tiff |
image/tiff, image/tiff-fx |
adobe.com | wikipedia.org |
- Wikipedia: Image file formats
- Wikipedia category: Graphic File Formats
- Dr. Bill's Notes on "Little Endian" vs. "Big Endian"
- MSDN blog: Pixel Formats (Part 1: Unsigned Integers)
- MSDN blog: Pixel Formats (Part 2: Fixed Point and Floating Point)
- Wikipedia: Color depth
- Wikipedia: Indexed color
| Format | 1-bit | 2-bit | 3-bit | 4-bit | 5-bit | 6-bit | 7-bit | 8-bit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| GIF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| ILBM | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| PCX | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| PNG | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
| PSD | ✓ | |||||||
| TGA | ✓ | |||||||
| TIFF | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
source: Indexed color (wikipedia.org)
| Format | Description | Endianess |
|---|---|---|
| AVI | Microsoft RIFF | Both |
| BMP | Windows and OS/2 Bitmaps | Little Endian |
| DXF | AutoCad | Variable |
| GIF | Little Endian | |
| IMG | GEM Raster | Big Endian |
| JPEG | Big Endian | |
| FLI | Autodesk Animator | Little Endian |
| PCX | PC Paintbrush | Little Endian |
| PNG | Big Endian | |
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop | Big Endian |
| QTM | Quicktime Movies | Little Endian |
| RTF | Microsoft Rich Text Format | Little Endian |
| SGI | Silicon Graphics | Big Endian |
| TGA | Targa | Little Endian |
| TIFF | Both | |
| WAV | Microsoft RIFF | Both |
| WPG | WordPerfect Graphics Metafile | Big Endian |
| XWD | X Window Dump | Both |
source: Dr. Bill's Notes on "Little Endian" vs. "Big Endian"
- MSDN blog: HDR and Color Spaces
- Wikipedia: List of monochrome and RGB palettes