Tag | Description | Notes |
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AVS | AVS X image file | |
BMP | Microsoft Windows bitmap image file | |
BMP24 | Microsoft Windows 24-bit bitmap image file | |
CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile | |
CMYK | Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, and black bytes | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
DCX | ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush file | |
DIB | Microsoft Windows bitmap image file | |
EPS | Adobe Encapsulated PostScript file | requires Ghostscript |
EPS2 | Adobe Level II Encapsulated PostScript file | requires Ghostscript |
EPSF | Adobe Encapsulated PostScript file | requires Ghostscript |
EPSI | Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format | requires Ghostscript |
FAX | Group 3 | |
FIG | TransFig image format | requires TransFig |
FITS | Flexible Image Transport System | |
FPX | FlashPix Format | use -DHasFPX when compiling; requires FlashPIX SDK |
GIF | CompuServe graphics interchange format | 8-bit color |
GIF87 | CompuServe graphics interchange format | 8-bit color (version 87a) |
GRADATION | gradual passing from one shade to another | specify the desired shading as the filename (e.g. gradation:red-blue). |
GRANITE | granite texture. | |
GRAY | Raw gray bytes | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
HDF | Hierarchical Data Format | use -DHasHDF when compiling |
HISTOGRAM | Histogram of the image | |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language with a client-side image map | |
JBIG | Joint Bi-level Image experts Group file interchange format | use -DHasJBIG when compiling |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format | use -DHasJPEG when compiling |
MAP | colormap intensities and indices | |
MATTE | Raw matte bytes | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
MIFF | Magick image file format | |
MPEG | Motion Picture Experts Group file interchange format | use -DHasMPEG when compiling |
MTV | MTV Raytracing image format | |
NETSCAPE | Netscape 216 color cube. | |
NULL | NULL image | useful for creating blank tiles with montage |
PBM | Portable bitmap format (black and white) | |
PCD | Photo CD | the maximum resolution written is 512x768 pixels |
PCL | Page Control Language | write only |
PCX | ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file | |
Portable Document Format | requires Ghostscript | |
PGM | Portable graymap format (gray scale) | |
PICT | Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file | |
PLASMA | plasma fractal image. | Specify the base color as the filename (e.g. plasma:blue-yellow). Use fractal to initialize to a random value (e.g. plasma:fractal). |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics | |
PNM | Portable anymap | |
PPM | Portable pixmap format (color) | |
PS | Adobe PostScript file | requires Ghostscript |
PS2 | Adobe Level II PostScript file | requires Ghostscript |
P7 | Xv's visual schnauzer format | |
RAD | Radiance image file | |
RGB | Raw red, green, and blue bytes | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
RGBA | Raw red, green, blue, and matte bytes | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
RLA | Alias/Wavefront image file | read only |
RLE | Utah Run length encoded image file | read only |
SGI | Irix RGB image file | |
SHTML | Hypertext Markup Language with a client-side image map | write only |
SUN | SUN Rasterfile | |
TEXT | raw text file | read only |
TGA | Truevision Targa image file | |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format | use -DHasTIFF when compiling |
TIFF24 | 24-bit Tagged Image File Format | use -DHasTIFF when compiling |
TILE | tile image with a texture | read only |
UYVY | 16bit/pixel interleaved YUV | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
VICAR | read only | |
UIL | X-Motif UIL table | |
VID | Visual Image Directory | |
VIFF | Khoros Visualization image file | |
X | select image from X server screen | |
XC | constant image of X server color | use -size command line option to specify width and height |
XBM | X Windows system bitmap, black and white only | |
XPM | X Windows system pixmap file (color) | |
XWD | X Windows system window dump file (color) | |
YUV | CCIR 601 4:1:1 file | use -size command line option to specify width and height |