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JHere is a table of image formats ImageMagick can read and/or write.=Support for some of the formats are delegated to libraries orLexternal programs. README mentions where tofind these distributions.




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TagDescriptionNotes
AVSAVS X image file
BMPMicrosoft Windows bitmap image file
BMP24Microsoft Windows 24-bit bitmap image file
CGMComputer Graphics Metafilerequires ralcgm; read only
CMYKRaw cyan, magenta, yellow, and black bytesuse -size command line option to specify width and height
DCMDigital Imaging and Communications in Medicine image file formatread only
DCXZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush file
DIBMicrosoft Windows bitmap image file
EPDFEncapsulated Portable Document Format
EPIAdobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange formatrequires Ghostscript to read
EPSAdobe Encapsulated PostScript filerequires Ghostscript to read
EPS2Adobe Level II Encapsulated PostScript filerequires Ghostscript to read
EPSFAdobe Encapsulated PostScript filerequires Ghostscript to read
EPSIAdobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange formatrequires Ghostscript to read
EPTAdobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format with TIFF previewrequires Ghostscript to read
FAXGroup 3
FIG TransFig image formatrequiresH  TransFig
FITSFlexible Image Transport System
FPXFlashPix Formatrequires  FlashPix SDK
GIFCompuServe graphics interchange format8-bit color
GIF87CompuServe graphics interchange format8-bit color (version 87a)
GPLTGnuplot plot filesrequires  gnuplot3.5.tar.Z
GRADATIONgradual passing from one shade to anotherspecify the desired shading= as the filename (e.g. gradation:red-blue)
GRANITEgranite texture.
GRAYRaw gray bytesuse -size command line option to specify width and height
HDFHierarchical Data Formatrequires  HDF4.1r2.tar.gz
HISTOGRAMHistogram of the image
HPGLHP-GL plotter languagerequires ! hp2xx-3.2.0.tar.gz
HTMLHypertext Markup Language with a client-side image maprequires html2ps to read
ICOMicrosoft iconread only
ICCInternational Color Consortium color profileTo read, use -profile with9 convert
IPTCNewswire profileTo read, use -profile with9 convert
JBIGJoint Bi-level Image experts Group file interchange formatrequires  jbigkit-1.0.tar.gz
JPEGJoint Photographic Experts Group JFIF formatrequires  jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
JPEG24Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF formatpromote grayscale JPEG image to 24-bit
LABELtext image formatspecify the desired text@ as the filename (e.g. label:This is a label)
MAPcolormap intensities and indices
MANUnix reference manual pages
MIFFMagick image file format
MNGMultiple-image Network Graphicsrequires  libpng-1.02.tar.gz
MPEG Motion Picture Experts Group file interchange formatrequires % mpeg2vidcodec_v12.tar.gz
M2V Motion Picture Experts Group file interchange format (version 2)requires % mpeg2vidcodec_v12.tar.gz
MTVMTV Raytracing image format
NETSCAPENetscape 216 color cube.
NULLNULL imageuseful for creating blank tiles with- montage
PBMPortable bitmap format (black and white)
PCDPhoto CDthe maximum resolution written is 768x512 pixels
PCDSPhoto CDdecode with the sRGB color tables
PCL Page Control Languagewrite only
PCXZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file
PDFPortable Document Formatrequires Ghostscript to read
PGMPortable graymap format (gray scale)
PICTApple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file
PIXAlias/Wavefront RLE image formatread only
PLASMA plasma fractal image.Specify the base color as the filenameN (e.g. plasma:blue-yellow). Use fractal to initialize; to a random value (e.g. plasma:fractal)
PNGPortable Network Graphicsrequires  libpng-1.02.tar.gz
PNMPortable anymapuse +compress to produce ASCII renditions
PPMPortable pixmap format (color)
PREVIEWshow a preview an image enhancement, effect, or f/xspecify the desired preview with the -preview option)
PRINTSend image to your computer printer
PS Adobe PostScript filerequires Ghostscript to read
PSD Adobe Photoshop bitmap file
PS2Adobe Level II PostScript filerequires Ghostscript to read
PTIFPyramid encoded TIFFrequires " tiff-v3.4beta037.tar.gza>
PWP Seattle File Works multi-image file
P7Xv's visual schnauzer format
RADRadiance image file
RGBRaw red, green, and blue bytesuse -size command line option to specify width and height
RGBARaw red, green, blue, and matte bytesuse -size command line option to specify width and height
RLAAlias/Wavefront image fileread only
RLEUtah Run length encoded image fileread only
SCANimport image from a scanner devicerequires SANE2 Specify the device name and path as the filename. (e.g. scan:mustek:/dev/scanner)
SFW Seattle File Works image file
SGIIrix RGB image file
SHTMLHypertext Markup Language with a client-side image mapwrite only
STEGANOsteganographic imageuse -size command line option to specify width, height, and) offset of the steganographic image
SUNSUN Rasterfile
TGATruevision Targa image file
TIFFTagged Image File Formatrequires " tiff-v3.4beta037.tar.gza>
TIFF2424-bit Tagged Image File Formatrequires " tiff-v3.4beta037.tar.gza>
TILEtile image with a textureread only
TIMPSX TIM fileread only
TTFTrueType font filerequires freetype-1.1.tar.gz
TXTraw text file
UILX-Motif UIL table
UYVY16bit/pixel interleaved YUVuse -size command line option to specify width and height
VICARread only
VIDVisual Image Directory
VIFFKhoros Visualization image file
WINselect image from or display image to your computer screen
Xselect image from or display image to your X server screen
XCconstant image of X server coloruse -size command line option to specify width and height
XBMX Windows system bitmap, black and white only
XPMX Windows system pixmap file (color)
XWDX Windows system window dump file (color)
YUVCCIR 601 4:1:1 fileuse -size command line option to specify width and height






HOn some platforms, ImageMagick automatically processes these extensions:C.gz for Zip compression, .Z for Unix compression,J.bz2 for block compression, and .pgp for PGP encryption.FFor example, a PNM image called image.pnm.gz is automaticallyIuncompressed with the gzip program and the image is subsequentlyread.


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