Format

Loading

Saving

JPEG images (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe, *.jfif)

JPEG 2000 images (*.jp2, *.j2k, *.jpc, *.j2c)

raw "color-blind" code streams as well as part 2 files

TIFF images (*.tif, *.tiff), extended base line implementation

byte orders: little endian, big endian

sample sizes: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed, grayscale, RGB(A), CMYK, L*a*b*

compression formats: uncompressed, packed bits, LZW, CCITT T.4 (raw and modified fax group 3, possibly word aligned), CCITT T.6 (fax group 4), ThunderScan, Deflate, new style JPEG

SGI images (*.bw, *.rgb, *.rgba, *.sgi)

byte order: big endian

sample sizes: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed, grayscale, RGB(A)

compression formats: uncompressed, RLE

Autodesk images files (*.cel, *.pic) old style only

byte order: little endian

sample size: 8 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed

compression format: uncompressed

Truevision images (*.tga, *.vst, *.icb, *.vda, *.win)

byte order: little endian

sample sizes: 5, 8 bits per sample

color spaces: gray scale, indexed, 15 bits RGB (555), 24 bits RGB(A)(888)

compression formats: uncompressed, RLE

ZSoft Paintbrush images (*.pcx, *.pcc)

byte order: little endian

sample sizes: 1, 2, 4, 8 bits per sample

color spaces: gray scale, indexed, RGB

compression formats: uncompressed (load and save), RLE (load only)

Kodak Photo-CD images (*.pcd)

byte order: little endian

samples size: 8 bits per sample

color space: YCbCr

compression: PCD Huffmann

specials:

sizes: all resolutions, from 192 x 128 up to 6144 x 4096 (64 Base vaporware)

rotated: clockwise and counter-clockwise

Portable pixel/gray map images (*.ppm, *.pgm, *.pbm)

byte order: little endian

sample sizes: 1, 8 bits per sample

color spaces: gray scale, indexed, RGB

compression format: uncompressed

specials:

ASCII and Binary format

Dr. Halo images (*.cut, *.pal)

byte order: little endian

sample size: 8 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed

compression formats: RLE

special:

external palette file (*.pal) is automatically loaded when specified while doing LoadFromStream or when loading the image via LoadFromFile

CompuServe images (*.gif)

byte order: little endian

sample sizes: 1, 4, 8 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed

compression format: LZW

special:

interlaced, non-interlaced

SGI Wavefront images (*.rla, *.rpf)

byte order: big endian

sample size: 8 bits per sample

color space: RGB(A)

compression formats: RLE

Standard Windows bitmap images (*.bmp, *.rle, *.dib)

byte order: little endian

sample sizes: 1, 4, 8 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed, RGB(A)

compression formats: uncompressed, RLE

specials:

OS/2 bitmap format

Photoshop images (*.psd, *.pdd)

byte order: big endian

sample sizes: 1, 8, 16 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed, RGB, CMYK, CIE L*a*b*

compression formats: uncompressed, packed bits

special:

duo tone

Paintshop Pro images (*.psp)

byte order: little endian

sample sizes: 1, 4, 8 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed, gray scale, RGB

compression formats: uncompressed, LZ77

Portable network graphic images (*.png)

byte order: big endian

sample sizes: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16 bits per sample

color spaces: indexed, grayscale (alpha), RGB(A)

compression format: LZ77

specials:

supported chunks: IHDR, IDAT, IEND, PLTE, gAMA, tRNS, bKGD

transparency support partially for RGB, which is stored as 32 bits format

Portable Document Format (*.pdf)

PostScript files (*.ps)

Windows meta files (*.wmf, *.emf)