| Image
File Format |
Decoder
supports |
Decoder does
not yet support |
Notes |
| DIB |
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| DDB |
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| BMP |
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BMP v2.x v3.x and v4.x BMP Files [ the most common variant ]
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OS/2 Variant
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Palette and True Color images
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RLE8 and RLE4 compressed images
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| GIF |
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Interlaced images
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Images with transparency information set
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Loading of a multi-frame GIF using the multi-frame frame load mechanism.
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| JPEG |
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Native JPEG decoding is used via the Java core API, which depends on
the AWT and does not gain the full benefit of VMM. |
| PICT |
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Black & White up to and including 32 bit Color PICT images
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Compressed PICT images
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| PNG |
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Palette/Greyscale/True Color images
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Transparency chunk for Palette based images.
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Some extension chunks (such as ALPHA)
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16 bit depth images are truncated down to 8 bit depth on loading. |
| PSD |
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Photoshop v 2.5 file format images.
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Bitmap/Grayscale/Pallette/RGB images
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Packbits compressed images
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Uncompressed images
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| Sun Raster |
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4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bit images
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Old type
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Standard type
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Byte encoded type
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RGB format type
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TIFF format type
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IFF format type
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RAW Colormap
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Experimental type images
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| TGA |
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Black and White / Palette / True Color uncompressed images
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True Color variants supported include 16 bit, 24 bit and 32 bits which
includes loading of alpha channel
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| TIFF |
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Bi-level / Greyscale / Palette / True Color images
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Uncompressed images
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CCITT compressed Bi-level images with CCITT RLE, CCITT Group 3 1D Fax,
CCITT Group 3 2D Fax, CCITT Group 4 Fax, CCITT Class F Fax
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Packbits compressed images
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LZW Compressed images
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Tiled TIFF files
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Handles all values of Orientation
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TIFF / JPG compression variant
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any color space except RGB
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True Color images not of Red/Green/Blue format
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| XBM |
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| XPM |
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XPM support with 2 or less characters per pixel
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3 or more characters per pixel |
This should be adequate support for most cases. |
| ICO |
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| CUR |
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| PCX |
PCX support.
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| Image
File Format |
Encoder
Notes |
| BMP |
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IndexColorModel images encoded as uncompressed BMP palette format
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Other ColorModel images encoded as uncompressed 24 bit BMP format
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| JPEG |
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Any ColorModel is encoded
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Now supports JPG Quality option for control of JPEG image save quality
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Does not support Progressive format.
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| PICT |
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Encodes Black & White images as bitmap mode PICTs
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Encodes gray scale picts from 2 to 8 bits as Palette mode PICTs as PICT
doesn't have a gray scale mode
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Encodes Palette images as Palette mode picts
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Encodes any other image as a 24 bit 3 component direct bits PICT
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Pict are Packbits compressed as and when format requires
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| PNG |
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IndexColorModel images are encoded as palette PNG
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Gray scale format image - which include GrayscaleColorModel images and
DirectColorModel images with all the bit masks are saved in Grayscale file
format
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DirectColorModel and RGB Default ColorModel are output as RGB images with
an Alpha mask if it is available from Image
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| PSD |
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Any ColorModel is encoded
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Specifically saves BITMAP, GRAYSCALE, RGB and INDEXED format PSD files
based on the ColorModel of the input image.
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Supports RLE compression for all image variants
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There is no support for Alpha saving
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| Sun Raster |
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Writes 8-bit IndexColorModel images, with or without RLE compression, or
RGB format for other color models
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| TGA |
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IndexColorModel images output in an uncompressed TGA palette format
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Other ColorModel images output in an uncompressed 24 bit TGA format
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| CUR |
Windows CUR file support
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| XPM |
X PixelMap format support for palette images
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| XBM |
X BitMap format support for 2-color images
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| ICO |
Icon file support
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| PCX |
Uncompressed and RLE-compressed support
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