Graphics Formats and File Extensions

Extension	Description of File	Links to Literature
.bmp	Microsoft Windows Bitmap File	www.imagemontage.com/Docs/BMP.html www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/BMP.txt
.gif	CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format	www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/GIF-comp.txt www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/GIF89a.txt
.jpg .jpeg JPEG2000	JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) Image Format	www.faqs.org/faqs/jpeg-faq/ www.jpeg.org/JPEG2000.htm
.ras	Sun Rasterfile (ras, rast, sun, sr, scr)	www.cica.indiana.edu/graphics/image_specs/ras.format.txt
.ppm	Portable Pixmap File Format	www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall96/cs426/Assignments/ppm-man.html astronomy.swin.edu.au/pbourke/dataformats/ppm/
.tiff	TIFF (Tagged Image File Format)	www.ee.cooper.edu/courses/course_pages/past_courses/EE458/TIFF/ palimpsest.stanford.edu/bytopic/imaging/std/tiff4.html
.png	PNG (Portable Network Graphics)	www.libpng.org/pub/png/ www.schaik.com/png/
.djvu .djv	DjVu by AT&T Labs Technology	www.djvu.com www.lizardtech.com/products/djvu.html
.cgm	CGM (Computer Graphics Metafile Format)	www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-cgm www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/CGM.txt
.pict	Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file	www.imagemontage.com/Docs/PICT.html
.eps .epsf	Adobe Encapsulated PostScript File	www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/programming/postscript/eps.html users.belgacom.net/prepresspanic/formats/eps/fileformat.htm
.ps	Adobe PostScript	www.adobe.com/products/postscript/capabilities.html
.monops	Adobe Monoencapsulated PostScript
.pcx	PC-Paintbrush Graphics Format	www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d/PCX.txt
.vst .tga	Targa formats created by Truvision
.svg	Scalable Vector Graphics	www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Overview.htm8 www.adobe.com/svg/main.html Scalable Vector Graphics

Additional Resources for Image File Formats:
www.cica.indiana.edu/graphics/image.formats.html
www.daubnet.com/formats/
www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/mxr/gfx/2d-hi.html

Additional Resources for File Extensions:
fileformat.virtualave.net/ext/ext_a.htm
www.ace.net.nz/tech/TechFileFormat.html