Supported image formats (saving and loading)

Image Editor can load 1 to 16 bits per channel image formats. The following image formats are supported.

1. Adobe Digital NeGative (DNG)

2. Adobe Photoshop (PSD)

3. Apple PICT

4. Microsoft At Work Document (AWD)

5. BMP format files in both Windows and OS/2 formats are supported.

6. Canon Raw format (CR2, CRW, and TIF) is the native image format for Canon digital cameras.

7. Casio Digital Camera - Casio’s "QV" series of cameras produce images in Casio Digital Camera format.

8. Commodore-Amiga Interchange File Format (IFF)

9. Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (CALS).

10. DCX files contain multiple PCX formatted images in a single file.

11. Photo-CD is the Eastman Kodak Photo CD format.

12. FAX Formats

13. FlashPix

14. Foveon X3F is the raw format produced by the Sigma SD9 and SD10 cameras.

15. FujiFilm RAF is the raw format produced by the FujiFilm FinePix cameras.

16. Graphics Interchange Format (GIF). GIF format images in 1, 4 and 8 bit format

17. JPEG Joint Photographics Experts Group. JPEG format files containing 8 and 24 bit images in both progressive and nonprogressive form are supported.

18. JPEG 2000 is an international standard (ISO/IEC 15444-1) for still image compression.

19. Minolta MRW is the raw format produced by Minolta cameras.

20. Nikon NEF The Nikon E5000, E5700, D1, D1H, D1X, D100, D2H, and D70 digital cameras can produce raw CCD images in Nikon Electronic Image Format (NEF).

21. Olympus ORF is the raw format produced by Olympus C5050Z, C5060WZ, C8080WZ,

22. E-1, E-10, and E-20 cameras.

23. Paint Shop Pro Image. Paint Shop Pro Format is an image file format used with Paint Shop Pro, the full featured image processing program from JASC Software.

24. Panasonic DMC-LC1 RAW

25. Pentax PEF is the raw format produced by the Pentax D camera.

26. Portable Bitmap PBM, PGM, or PPM.

27. Portable Greymap PBM, PGM, or PPM.

28. Portable Network Graphics (PNG)

29. Portable Pixelmap PBM, PGM, or PPM.

30. Psion MultiBitMap (MBM) is the native file format for the Psion mobile computing

31. Raw Format. Raw format is an interchange method used for storing raw uncompressed pixel information in a file. To read a Raw format image Image Editor must be told the organization of the pixels in the file.

32. Seattle FilmWorks SFW format

33. SGI Image File Format is a graphics file format produced by Silicon Graphics Incorporated workstations.

34. Sony SRF is the raw format produced by the Sony DSC-F828 camera.

35. Sony Digital Camera Format (PMP)

36. Sun Raster is a 1, 8, 24, or 32 bit raster image format from Sun Microsystems.

37. Tagged Interchange File Format (TIFF)

· CCITTRLE – A run-length encoding scheme. Restricted to 1 bit/pixel images.

· CCITTFAX3 – CCITT Group 3 fax. Restricted to 1 bit/pixel images.

· CCITTFAX4 – CCITT Group 4 fax. Restricted to 1 bit/pixel images.

· JPEG – Standard lossy JPEG compression.

· PACKBITS – A run-length encoding scheme.

· THUNDERSCAN – A run-length encoding scheme from a now obsolete Mac

· scanner.

· ZIP- The same compression that is used in ZIP files. Available for all bit/pixel

· resolutions.

38. Truevision TARGA files are 8, 16, 24, or 32 bit format images, and may or may not be compressed.

39. WAP WBMP The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)

40. Windows ICON files contain multiple resolution icons.

41. Windows metafiles

42. Windows XP Thumbs.db Format

43. WinFax is the format produced by the WinFax application of the Symantec Corporation.

44. X PixMap (XPM) is a 256 color format developed for X Windows by MIT.

45. X Windows Dump files are 1, 4, 8, and 24 bit image files.

46. XSoft PCX files are 1, 4, 8, and 24 bit image files.

On saving the following image formats are supported

Image Editor will always save 8 bit per channel (24bit) images.

You can save your images as Jpeg , Jpeg2000, Tiff or Bitmap files. For both Jpeg formats you can choose the quality value. A value of 100 is the best possible quality but biggest file size. A value of 95 will be good enough for normal use. You will not be able to visually see any difference between an image of 95 or 100 quality.

You have also the possibility to save or remove Exif headers. Removing Exif headers is normally recommended when printing on digital minilabs. Many minilabs or other digital photo printers do more or less random corrections of the image depending on Exif tags like camera type or flash on/off. If you manually precorrect your images you normally do not want the printer to add additional unknown corrections.

However if you want to archive the images you will want to leave the Exif headers because they contain important data like date and time of the exposure.