Image Formats
Snowbound Software supports over 100 popular image and document formats, as well as many proprietary ones. Browse our comprehensive list below. Supported image formats can be decompressed for viewing, manipulation or conversion. Or consult our format matrix for a complete listing.
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Most Popular Image Formats |
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| ABIC | Proprietary check imaging format created by IBM's high-volume check scanners. |
| AFP |
Included in the IBM ImagePlus meta format that may include raster or text data.
Also see MMR (MO:DCA) |
| DICOM | Grayscale medical image format. |
| DWG | |
| Excel |
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format for structuring and analyzing data.
Also see MS Excel |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language, a tag-based language used to create documents for the Web. |
| IOCA (MO:DCA) | Image Object Content Architecture. IBM raster image format within MO:DCA and similar to Group 4 images. |
| JBIG2 | Joint Bi-level Image experts Group. Highly-compressed format based on symbol recognition and replacement. |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group. A powerful compression algorithm for color and grayscale images that greatly reduces image size, but with some detail lost in the process. |
| JPEG2000 | Wavelet-based algorithm that produces better compression with higher quality than JPEG for color and grayscale images. |
| MO:DCA |
IBM's ImagePlus Architecture for storage of document images.
Also see AFP, MMR (MO:DCA), IOCA (MO:DCA), PTOCA (MO:DCA) |
| MS Excel | Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format for structuring and analyzing data. |
| MS PPT | MS Powerpoint is a presentation format for simple layout of text and graphics. |
| MS Word | Microsoft's Word document format for for storage of letters, reports, faxes, manuals and more. |
| MSG | Microsoft's text email format. The MSG product is intended for specific requirements and does not fully support the MSG specification. Please check with us about your needs. |
| PCL | Printer Control Language. Printer graphics/data format developed by Hewlett Packard and used in many of their laser and ink-jet printers. PCL 5 and later versions support a scalable font technology called Intellifont. |
| Portable Document Format - better known as Adobe Acrobat format. File format developed by Adobe which captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to create and transmit documents that have appearance on most monitor and printers, independent of hardware and operating system. | |
| PowerPoint |
MS Powerpoint is a presentation format for simple layout of text and graphics.
Also see MS PPT |
| PTOCA (MO:DCA) | Presentation Text Object Content Architecture is the data layer used to hold customer information in a MO:DCA image |
| RTF | Rich Text Format. An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems. The RTF product is intended for specific requirements and does not fully support the RTF specification. Please check with us about your needs. |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format. One of the most widely supported file formats for storing bit-mapped images. Graphics can be any resolution, and can be black and white, grayscale or color. |
| Word |
Microsoft's Word document format for for storage of letters, reports, faxes, manuals and more.
Also see MS Word |
"A" Image Formats |
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| ABIC | Proprietary check imaging format created by IBM's high-volume check scanners. |
| AFP |
Included in the IBM ImagePlus meta format that may include raster or text data.
Also see MMR (MO:DCA) |
| Alpha Channel | A mask that specifies how a pixel's colors should be merged with another pixel when the two are overlaid. |
| Annotations | |
| ASCII | Non-formatted text file |
| ATT | AT&T Group 4 Bitmap. Support may require an offset adjustment. |
"B" Image Formats |
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| BMP_COMPRESSED | Bit-Mapped. Originated by Microsoft, graphics format used in the Windows environment |
| BMP_UNCOMPRESSED | Bit-Mapped. Originated by Microsoft, graphics format used in the Windows environment |
| BROOK_TROUT | |
"C" Image Formats |
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| CALS | Computer-Aided Acquistion and Logistics Support. Government/Department of Defense specification. |
| CCITT_G3 | |
| CCITT_G3_FO | |
| CCITT_G4 | |
| CCITT_G4_FO | |
| CIF (ABIC) | |
| CIMS (ABIC) | Check Image Management System Image Format. Used by Carreker Corporation within their repositories for check images. |
| CLIP | Microsoft Windows clipboard format (also known as CLIP). |
| CMYK | Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black. Four plane color support, standard color model used in offset printing for full color documents and images. |
| COD (Liberty IMS) | Special Document/image format generated by Liberty IMS systems. |
| COFF (ABIC) | Common Object File Format. A binary file format similar to ABIC, used in UNIX and Windows. |
| CUT(HALO) | Bitmap graphics (also known as Halo). Originated by Media Cybernetics, CUT images are 8 bits per pixel and the palette is stored in a separated file. |
"D" Image Formats |
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| DCS | Bitmap graphics, QuarkXPress format. |
| DCX | Bitmap graphics, created by Intel as multi-page PCX format. |
| DIB | Device-Independent Bitmap. Standard bit-mapped graphics format used by Microsoft Windows where colors are represented in a format independent of the final output device (a monitor or printer). |
| DICOM | Grayscale medical image format. |
| DWG | |
"E" Image Formats |
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| EPS (Preview) | Encapsulated PostScript. Graphics file format used by the PostScript language and originated by Adobe. Also see PostScript Snowbound products read and display bitmap representation files (preview TIFF or JPEG image) and embedded TIFF images. Snowbound does not currently decompress full EPS. |
| EPS_BITMAP | Encapsulated PostScript compressed bitmap format. |
| EPS_BITMAP_G4 | Encapsulated PostScript compressed bitmap format. |
| EPS_BITMAP_LZW | Encapsulated PostScript compressed bitmap format. |
| Excel |
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format for structuring and analyzing data.
Also see MS Excel |
| EXIF | Exchangeable Image File. Format that is a standard for storing interchange information in digital photography image files using JPEG compression. |
"F" Image Formats |
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| FILEMAGIC |
See MAG format (Westbrook)
Also see MAG |
| FileNet | Unique Image format developed by FileNET Corporation for viewing black and white documents |
| FlashPix | Developed by Eastman Kodak Company, a format for storing digital images, especially digital photographs. |
"G" Image Formats |
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| GEM | A graphics file format developed by Digital Research for storing 1-bit images. |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format. A bit-mapped graphics file format created by CompuServe and used in HTML and color imaging. Supports color in various resolutions, and also includes data compression for scanned images and similar documents. |
| GIF_INTERLACED | Similar to GIF, except it stores the raster data in an interlaced order until the image is filled. |
| Grayscale | Format often created by scanners, where a continuous-tone image is converted to an image that a computer can manipulate. |
| Group 3 |
Black and white compression format used for fax images.
Also see TIFF_G3_FAX |
| Group 4 |
Powerful black and white compression algorithm with run-length encoding.
Also see TIFF_G4_FAX, TIFF_G4_FAX_FO, TIFF_G4_FAX_STRIP |
| GX2 | Originated for ShowPartner DOS applications. |
"H" Image Formats |
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| HALO CUT | Originated by Media Cybernetics, CUT images are 8 bits per pixel and the palette is stored in a separated file. |
| HPGL2 | HP printer/plotter format |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language, a tag-based language used to create documents for the Web. |
"I" Image Formats |
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| ICC profiles | Functions available for extracting and embedding color profiles into a variety of image formats including JPEG and TIFF |
| ICO | Microsoft ICON format. Contains standard device-independent bitmap (DIB). |
| ICON | |
| IFF_ILBM | Interchange File Format. Graphics/sound format used on Commodore Amiga computers for native bitmap format. |
| IMG | |
| IMNET | Medical image format. |
| IOCA (MO:DCA) | Image Object Content Architecture. IBM raster image format within MO:DCA and similar to Group 4 images. |
"J" Image Formats |
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| JBIG | Joint Bi-level Image experts Group. Highly-compressed format which is stored in a TIFF header, or within its own header. |
| JBIG2 | Joint Bi-level Image experts Group. Highly-compressed format based on symbol recognition and replacement. |
| JEDMICS |
Defense Department CCITT Group 4 tiled image format for storing government documents, drawings and images.
Also see CALS |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group. A powerful compression algorithm for color and grayscale images that greatly reduces image size, but with some detail lost in the process. |
| JPEG (MO:DCA) | Joint Photographic Experts Group. A powerful compression algorithm for color and grayscale images that greatly reduces image size, but with some detail lost in the process. |
| JPEG2000 | Wavelet-based algorithm that produces better compression with higher quality than JPEG for color and grayscale images. |
"K" Image Formats |
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| KOFAK | Bitmap file format. |
| KQP | Konica Quality Picture format. Konica's native camera file format. |
"L" Image Formats |
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| LASER_DATA |
Also see LaserView |
| LaserView | Compression for documents originated by LaserData Corp (also known as LaserData LaserView). |
| Liberty IMS | Liberty Information Management Systems. COD black and white format |
| LZW |
Short for Lempel-Zif-Welch, a popular data compression technique used in GIF and TIFF/LZW compression, patented and owned by Unisys Corporation. (Patents expired in 2003 and 2004).
Also see PDF , TIFF_LZW, TIFF_2D, GIF |
"M" Image Formats |
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| MACPAINT | Original Apple bitmap file format (also known as MAC PAINT). |
| MAG | Westbrook Technology Filemagic format |
| MMR (MO:DCA) | Modified Modified Read. By IBM ImagePlus. File format for black and white documents. |
| MO:DCA |
IBM's ImagePlus Architecture for storage of document images.
Also see AFP, MMR (MO:DCA), IOCA (MO:DCA), PTOCA (MO:DCA) |
| MS Excel | Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format for structuring and analyzing data. |
| MS Excel 07 |
Microsoft Office 2007 formats are currently not available.
Also see MS Excel |
| MS PPT | MS Powerpoint is a presentation format for simple layout of text and graphics. |
| MS PPT 07 |
Microsoft Office 2007 formats are currently not available.
Also see MS PPT |
| MS Word | Microsoft's Word document format for for storage of letters, reports, faxes, manuals and more. |
| MS Word 07 |
Microsoft Office 2007 formats are currently not available.
Also see MS Word |
| MSG | Microsoft's text email format. The MSG product is intended for specific requirements and does not fully support the MSG specification. Please check with us about your needs. |
| MSP | Microsoft Paint. Bitmap graphics file format. |
"N" Image Formats |
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| NCR | A unique black and white image compression format. |
"O" Image Formats |
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| None at this moment. |
"P" Image Formats |
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| PCD (PhotoCD) | PhotoCD. Graphics file format for storing digital photographs at multiple resolutions developed by Eastman Kodak Company |
| PCL | Printer Control Language. Printer graphics/data format developed by Hewlett Packard and used in many of their laser and ink-jet printers. PCL 5 and later versions support a scalable font technology called Intellifont. |
| PCX | Originally developed by ZSOFT for its PC Paintbrush program, a bitmap file format for graphics programs running on PCs. Supported by most optical scanners, fax programs and desktop publishing systems. |
| Portable Document Format - better known as Adobe Acrobat format. File format developed by Adobe which captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to create and transmit documents that have appearance on most monitor and printers, independent of hardware and operating system. | |
| PICT | Bitmap file format developed by Apple. |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics. Bit-mapped graphics format created to replace the GIF file format because GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm called LZW. Most recent versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer support PNG. |
| PostScript | PostScript file for text and graphics. Snowbound outputs to EPS or Postscript. We can extract and display embedded TIFF images in our Windows and Unix products (check for Java availability). Snowbound reads and displays bitmap representation files (preview TIFF or JPEG image) in all products. Snowbound does not currently input full EPS |
| PowerPoint |
MS Powerpoint is a presentation format for simple layout of text and graphics.
Also see MS PPT |
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop graphics file format for storing compressed or uncompressed RGB or CMYK images. |
| PTOCA (MO:DCA) | Presentation Text Object Content Architecture is the data layer used to hold customer information in a MO:DCA image |
"Q" Image Formats |
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| None at this moment. |
"R" Image Formats |
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| RAST | A unique raster format originated by Sun Microsystems. |
| RTF | Rich Text Format. An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems. The RTF product is intended for specific requirements and does not fully support the RTF specification. Please check with us about your needs. |
| Run Length Encoding | Run-Length Encoding. File extension for graphics with this compression method that converts consecutive identical characters into a code consisting of the character and the number marking the length of the run. The longer the run, the greater the compression. Works well with black and white graphics. |
"S" Image Formats |
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| SCITEX | Proprietary format originated by Scitex Corporation for grayscale and CMYK color images. |
| SUN | Raster image format native to Sun UNIX platforms. |
"T" Image Formats |
|
| TARGA | Truevision Targa bitmap graphics (also known as TGA). |
| TARGA16 | Truevision Targa bitmap graphics (also known as TGA). |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format. One of the most widely supported file formats for storing bit-mapped images. Graphics can be any resolution, and can be black and white, grayscale or color. |
| TIFF_2D | |
| TIFF_ABIC | |
| TIFF_ABIC_BW | |
| TIFF_CMYK | |
| TIFF_G3_FAX | ANSI baseline Group 3 compression embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_G4_FAX | ANSI baseline Group 4 compression embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_G4_FAX_FO | |
| TIFF_G4_FAX_STRIP | |
| TIFF_HUFFMAN | TIFF compression format that uses an algorithm for the lossless compression of images based on the frequency of occurrence of a symbol or pixel representation in the file that is being compressed. |
| TIFF_JBIG | ANSI baseline JBIG compression embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_JPEG | ANSI baseline JPEG embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_LZW | Short for Lempel-Zif-Welch, a popular data compression technique. Algorithm can be used to compress TIFF files, and includes the look-up table of codes as part of the compressed file. Unisys owns the patent, and a license may be required (Patents expire in 2003 and 2004). |
| TIFF_PACK | Run-length encoding (RLE) algorithm for compressing images within a TIFF framework. |
| TIFF_UNCOMPRESSED | Uncompressed, raw binary data within a TIFF framework. |
"U" Image Formats |
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| None at this moment. |
"V" Image Formats |
|
| None at this moment. |
"W" Image Formats |
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| WBMP | Wirless BitMap. A graphic format developed for Microsoft Windows, and optimized for mobile computing (wireless) devices. |
| WINFAX | A proprietary header with CCITT Group 3 compression. |
| WMF | Windows Metafile Format. A graphics file format used to exchange graphics information between Microsoft Windows applications. Snowbound supports bit-mapped (raster) images. |
| Word |
Microsoft's Word document format for for storage of letters, reports, faxes, manuals and more.
Also see MS Word |
| WPG | |
"X" Image Formats |
|
| XBM | X Windows file format, encodes each pixel as an ASCII byte. |
| XEROX_EPS (preview) | |
| XPM | X Windows bit-mapped file format stored as ASCII data. Each pixel is stored as an ASCII byte. |
| XWD | X Windows system window Dump. Raster format, each pixel is stored as an ASCII byte. |
"Y" Image Formats |
|
| None at this moment. |
"Z" Image Formats |
|
| None at this moment. |
All Image Formats |
|
| ABIC | Proprietary check imaging format created by IBM's high-volume check scanners. |
| AFP |
Included in the IBM ImagePlus meta format that may include raster or text data.
Also see MMR (MO:DCA) |
| Alpha Channel | A mask that specifies how a pixel's colors should be merged with another pixel when the two are overlaid. |
| Annotations | |
| ASCII | Non-formatted text file |
| ATT | AT&T Group 4 Bitmap. Support may require an offset adjustment. |
| BMP_COMPRESSED | Bit-Mapped. Originated by Microsoft, graphics format used in the Windows environment |
| BMP_UNCOMPRESSED | Bit-Mapped. Originated by Microsoft, graphics format used in the Windows environment |
| BROOK_TROUT | |
| CALS | Computer-Aided Acquistion and Logistics Support. Government/Department of Defense specification. |
| CCITT_G3 | |
| CCITT_G3_FO | |
| CCITT_G4 | |
| CCITT_G4_FO | |
| CIF (ABIC) | |
| CIMS (ABIC) | Check Image Management System Image Format. Used by Carreker Corporation within their repositories for check images. |
| CLIP | Microsoft Windows clipboard format (also known as CLIP). |
| CMYK | Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-Black. Four plane color support, standard color model used in offset printing for full color documents and images. |
| COD (Liberty IMS) | Special Document/image format generated by Liberty IMS systems. |
| COFF (ABIC) | Common Object File Format. A binary file format similar to ABIC, used in UNIX and Windows. |
| CUT(HALO) | Bitmap graphics (also known as Halo). Originated by Media Cybernetics, CUT images are 8 bits per pixel and the palette is stored in a separated file. |
| DCS | Bitmap graphics, QuarkXPress format. |
| DCX | Bitmap graphics, created by Intel as multi-page PCX format. |
| DIB | Device-Independent Bitmap. Standard bit-mapped graphics format used by Microsoft Windows where colors are represented in a format independent of the final output device (a monitor or printer). |
| DICOM | Grayscale medical image format. |
| DWG | |
| EPS (Preview) | Encapsulated PostScript. Graphics file format used by the PostScript language and originated by Adobe. Also see PostScript Snowbound products read and display bitmap representation files (preview TIFF or JPEG image) and embedded TIFF images. Snowbound does not currently decompress full EPS. |
| EPS_BITMAP | Encapsulated PostScript compressed bitmap format. |
| EPS_BITMAP_G4 | Encapsulated PostScript compressed bitmap format. |
| EPS_BITMAP_LZW | Encapsulated PostScript compressed bitmap format. |
| Excel |
Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format for structuring and analyzing data.
Also see MS Excel |
| EXIF | Exchangeable Image File. Format that is a standard for storing interchange information in digital photography image files using JPEG compression. |
| FILEMAGIC |
See MAG format (Westbrook)
Also see MAG |
| FileNet | Unique Image format developed by FileNET Corporation for viewing black and white documents |
| FlashPix | Developed by Eastman Kodak Company, a format for storing digital images, especially digital photographs. |
| GEM | A graphics file format developed by Digital Research for storing 1-bit images. |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format. A bit-mapped graphics file format created by CompuServe and used in HTML and color imaging. Supports color in various resolutions, and also includes data compression for scanned images and similar documents. |
| GIF_INTERLACED | Similar to GIF, except it stores the raster data in an interlaced order until the image is filled. |
| Grayscale | Format often created by scanners, where a continuous-tone image is converted to an image that a computer can manipulate. |
| Group 3 |
Black and white compression format used for fax images.
Also see TIFF_G3_FAX |
| Group 4 |
Powerful black and white compression algorithm with run-length encoding.
Also see TIFF_G4_FAX, TIFF_G4_FAX_FO, TIFF_G4_FAX_STRIP |
| GX2 | Originated for ShowPartner DOS applications. |
| HALO CUT | Originated by Media Cybernetics, CUT images are 8 bits per pixel and the palette is stored in a separated file. |
| HPGL2 | HP printer/plotter format |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language, a tag-based language used to create documents for the Web. |
| ICC profiles | Functions available for extracting and embedding color profiles into a variety of image formats including JPEG and TIFF |
| ICO | Microsoft ICON format. Contains standard device-independent bitmap (DIB). |
| ICON | |
| IFF_ILBM | Interchange File Format. Graphics/sound format used on Commodore Amiga computers for native bitmap format. |
| IMG | |
| IMNET | Medical image format. |
| IOCA (MO:DCA) | Image Object Content Architecture. IBM raster image format within MO:DCA and similar to Group 4 images. |
| JBIG | Joint Bi-level Image experts Group. Highly-compressed format which is stored in a TIFF header, or within its own header. |
| JBIG2 | Joint Bi-level Image experts Group. Highly-compressed format based on symbol recognition and replacement. |
| JEDMICS |
Defense Department CCITT Group 4 tiled image format for storing government documents, drawings and images.
Also see CALS |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group. A powerful compression algorithm for color and grayscale images that greatly reduces image size, but with some detail lost in the process. |
| JPEG (MO:DCA) | Joint Photographic Experts Group. A powerful compression algorithm for color and grayscale images that greatly reduces image size, but with some detail lost in the process. |
| JPEG2000 | Wavelet-based algorithm that produces better compression with higher quality than JPEG for color and grayscale images. |
| KOFAK | Bitmap file format. |
| KQP | Konica Quality Picture format. Konica's native camera file format. |
| LASER_DATA |
Also see LaserView |
| LaserView | Compression for documents originated by LaserData Corp (also known as LaserData LaserView). |
| Liberty IMS | Liberty Information Management Systems. COD black and white format |
| LZW |
Short for Lempel-Zif-Welch, a popular data compression technique used in GIF and TIFF/LZW compression, patented and owned by Unisys Corporation. (Patents expired in 2003 and 2004).
Also see PDF , TIFF_LZW, TIFF_2D, GIF |
| MACPAINT | Original Apple bitmap file format (also known as MAC PAINT). |
| MAG | Westbrook Technology Filemagic format |
| MMR (MO:DCA) | Modified Modified Read. By IBM ImagePlus. File format for black and white documents. |
| MO:DCA |
IBM's ImagePlus Architecture for storage of document images.
Also see AFP, MMR (MO:DCA), IOCA (MO:DCA), PTOCA (MO:DCA) |
| MS Excel | Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet format for structuring and analyzing data. |
| MS Excel 07 |
Microsoft Office 2007 formats are currently not available.
Also see MS Excel |
| MS PPT | MS Powerpoint is a presentation format for simple layout of text and graphics. |
| MS PPT 07 |
Microsoft Office 2007 formats are currently not available.
Also see MS PPT |
| MS Word | Microsoft's Word document format for for storage of letters, reports, faxes, manuals and more. |
| MS Word 07 |
Microsoft Office 2007 formats are currently not available.
Also see MS Word |
| MSG | Microsoft's text email format. The MSG product is intended for specific requirements and does not fully support the MSG specification. Please check with us about your needs. |
| MSP | Microsoft Paint. Bitmap graphics file format. |
| NCR | A unique black and white image compression format. |
| PCD (PhotoCD) | PhotoCD. Graphics file format for storing digital photographs at multiple resolutions developed by Eastman Kodak Company |
| PCL | Printer Control Language. Printer graphics/data format developed by Hewlett Packard and used in many of their laser and ink-jet printers. PCL 5 and later versions support a scalable font technology called Intellifont. |
| PCX | Originally developed by ZSOFT for its PC Paintbrush program, a bitmap file format for graphics programs running on PCs. Supported by most optical scanners, fax programs and desktop publishing systems. |
| Portable Document Format - better known as Adobe Acrobat format. File format developed by Adobe which captures formatting information from a variety of desktop publishing applications, making it possible to create and transmit documents that have appearance on most monitor and printers, independent of hardware and operating system. | |
| PICT | Bitmap file format developed by Apple. |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics. Bit-mapped graphics format created to replace the GIF file format because GIF uses a patented data compression algorithm called LZW. Most recent versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer support PNG. |
| PostScript | PostScript file for text and graphics. Snowbound outputs to EPS or Postscript. We can extract and display embedded TIFF images in our Windows and Unix products (check for Java availability). Snowbound reads and displays bitmap representation files (preview TIFF or JPEG image) in all products. Snowbound does not currently input full EPS |
| PowerPoint |
MS Powerpoint is a presentation format for simple layout of text and graphics.
Also see MS PPT |
| PSD | Adobe Photoshop graphics file format for storing compressed or uncompressed RGB or CMYK images. |
| PTOCA (MO:DCA) | Presentation Text Object Content Architecture is the data layer used to hold customer information in a MO:DCA image |
| RAST | A unique raster format originated by Sun Microsystems. |
| RTF | Rich Text Format. An interchange format from Microsoft for exchange of documents between Word and other document preparation systems. The RTF product is intended for specific requirements and does not fully support the RTF specification. Please check with us about your needs. |
| Run Length Encoding | Run-Length Encoding. File extension for graphics with this compression method that converts consecutive identical characters into a code consisting of the character and the number marking the length of the run. The longer the run, the greater the compression. Works well with black and white graphics. |
| SCITEX | Proprietary format originated by Scitex Corporation for grayscale and CMYK color images. |
| SUN | Raster image format native to Sun UNIX platforms. |
| TARGA | Truevision Targa bitmap graphics (also known as TGA). |
| TARGA16 | Truevision Targa bitmap graphics (also known as TGA). |
| TIFF | Tagged Image File Format. One of the most widely supported file formats for storing bit-mapped images. Graphics can be any resolution, and can be black and white, grayscale or color. |
| TIFF_2D | |
| TIFF_ABIC | |
| TIFF_ABIC_BW | |
| TIFF_CMYK | |
| TIFF_G3_FAX | ANSI baseline Group 3 compression embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_G4_FAX | ANSI baseline Group 4 compression embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_G4_FAX_FO | |
| TIFF_G4_FAX_STRIP | |
| TIFF_HUFFMAN | TIFF compression format that uses an algorithm for the lossless compression of images based on the frequency of occurrence of a symbol or pixel representation in the file that is being compressed. |
| TIFF_JBIG | ANSI baseline JBIG compression embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_JPEG | ANSI baseline JPEG embedded in a TIFF. |
| TIFF_LZW | Short for Lempel-Zif-Welch, a popular data compression technique. Algorithm can be used to compress TIFF files, and includes the look-up table of codes as part of the compressed file. Unisys owns the patent, and a license may be required (Patents expire in 2003 and 2004). |
| TIFF_PACK | Run-length encoding (RLE) algorithm for compressing images within a TIFF framework. |
| TIFF_UNCOMPRESSED | Uncompressed, raw binary data within a TIFF framework. |
| WBMP | Wirless BitMap. A graphic format developed for Microsoft Windows, and optimized for mobile computing (wireless) devices. |
| WINFAX | A proprietary header with CCITT Group 3 compression. |
| WMF | Windows Metafile Format. A graphics file format used to exchange graphics information between Microsoft Windows applications. Snowbound supports bit-mapped (raster) images. |
| Word |
Microsoft's Word document format for for storage of letters, reports, faxes, manuals and more.
Also see MS Word |
| WPG | |
| XBM | X Windows file format, encodes each pixel as an ASCII byte. |
| XEROX_EPS (preview) | |
| XPM | X Windows bit-mapped file format stored as ASCII data. Each pixel is stored as an ASCII byte. |
| XWD | X Windows system window Dump. Raster format, each pixel is stored as an ASCII byte. |
If you have a suggestion of an image format that Snowbound Software should support,
Please contact us!
