ARCHIVED: What do some of the graphics format file extensions stand for?

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Below are some of the many graphics format file extensions:

.10x
Gemini 10x printer graphics file
.acad AutoCAD database file
.acr ACR-NEMA medical image file
.adex ADEX Corp. image file
.AG4 Access G4 document imaging
.ai
Adobe Illustrator native format
.alias Alias image file
.ART Ashton-Tate Byline Clipart
.ART PFS First Publisher Clip Art
.ASC ASCII image
.ascii ASCII text characters file
.atk
Andrew Toolkit Raster Object file
.att AT&T Group IV
.avhrr NOAA satellite data AVHRR file
.avi Microsoft Windows video file
.avs AVS X image file
.BAS
Basic Bload/Bsave, also basic programs
.BBM Deluxe Paint bitmap image
.bbnbg
BitGraph terminal Display Pixel Data (DPD) sequence
.bga OS/2 Graphic array
.bm X11 bitmap file
.BMF Corel Gallery file
.BMP Windows and OS/2 bitmap
.bob BOB Image file
.BOO
Microsoft Booasm.arc Compressed archive
.brush Xerox Doodle Brush file
.BSG FONTASY, same as .RAW
.byu Movie BYU geometry file
.c64 Commodore 64 image file
.CA NewsRoom Pro
.cals US Gov. CALS file
.ccrf Calcomp CCRF file
.cdi Phillips CD-I IFF file
.cel Lumena CEL file
.CGM Computer Graphics Metafile
.cit Intergraph scanned images
.clp Windows Clipboard
.cmp
Photomatrix G3/G4 scanner format
.cmu CMU Window Manager bitmap file
.cmuwm CMU Window Manager bitmap file
.core
Core Software Tech CORE IDC file
.cpr Knowledge Access
.cslm Zeiss CSLM file
.ct Scitex Continuous Tone
.cube Cubicomp/Vertigo image file
.cubi Cubicomp/Vertigo image file
.cur
Microsoft Windows cursor image file
.cursor Sun Icon and Cursor file
.CUT Dr. Halo/Cut files
.DAT PrintShop
.dbx DATABEAM
.dcs
Quark Desktop Color Separation EPS file
.DCX Panasonic Fax PCX libraries
.DD CBM Doodle
.ddif
DEC Document Interchange Format (digital)
.df Hierarchical Data File
.DHP Dr. Halo
.dib
Microsoft Windows bitmap image file
.DIB picture, bitmap
.dl animated picture
.dlg C++ Dialogue Script
.dpx Cineon DPX file
.DRW Lotus Freelance
.DRW MicroGrafx
.DRW NBI Legend
.DWG AutoCAD Drawing
.dx Autotrol document imaging
.dxb AutoCAD database file
.DXF AutoCAD
.earth Earth Resources Mapper file
.eclipse Alias Eclipse file
.ed5 EDMICS (US DOD)
.ed6 EDMICS (US DOD)
.eidi Electric Image EIDI file
.epI
Adobe Encapsulated PostScript file
.eps
Adobe Encapsulated PostScript file
.eps
Quark Desktop Color Separation EPS file
.epsf
Adobe Encapsulated PostScript file
.epsi
Encapsulated PostScript style preview file
.epson Epson printer graphics file
.EV NCN Execuvision
.face Unix Faceserver image file
.fax Group 3 FAX file
.FG Slidewrite Plus
.fits
Flexible Image Transport System file
.flc FLIC animation (AutoDesk)
.fli FLIC animation (AutoDesk)
.flx
Compiled binary file (DataFlex)
.fmv FrameMaker
.fop Freedom of Press file
.fs Usenix FaceSaver file
.g3 Group 3 FAX file
.GAL
HP Gallery on Exhibit/Graphics Gallery
.gdf IBM GDDM format
.gds image
.ged Arts & Letters
.gem Digital Research GEM VDI file
.gem GEM bitmap file
.GIF
CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format
.giff
CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format file
.gl animated picture
.GM Autologic image file
.GMF
Computer Graphics Metafile (various venders)
.go GraphOn graphics file
.goes NOAA satellite data file
.gould Gould scanner file
.gp4 CALS Group IV - ITU Group IV
.grib
FM 92-VIII Ext. GRIdded Binary file
.gry picture
.GX1 PC PaintBrush
.gx2 Show Partner
.ham
Vector graphics saved file (Amiga)
.hdf Hierarchical Data File
.hips HIPS file
.hitachi Hitachi raster file
.HPC(L)
Hewlett-Packard's LaserJet Graphics
.HPG(L)
Hewlett-Packard Graphics Language
.HRZ image
.iax Image Access eXecutive file
.ibm
Compressed archive (ARCHDOS, IBM Internal only)
.ica IBM IOCA
.icc Kodak ICC printer file
.ico
Microsoft Windows icon image file
.icon Sun Icon and Cursor file
.icr
NCSA Telnet Interactive Color Raster graphic file
.idc
Core Software Tech CORE .IDC file
.ief image
.iff
Amiga Interchange File Format (IFF) file
.iff Phillips CD-I IFF file
.iff Sun TAAC Image File Format
.igf Inset Systems (HiJaak)
.ilbm
Amiga InterLeaved Bitmap (ILBM) file
.IMG Boeing Graph
.IMG DataCopy Wips
.img GEM bitmap file
.IMG IBM Image Support Facility
.iris SGI RGB image file
.ivb Truevision Targa image file
.jas Graphic (Generic)
.JBIG image
.jff JPEG (JFIF)
.JFI image
.jfif
Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) compressed file
.jpc Graphic (Japan PIC)
.jpeg JPEG compressed file
.jpg JPEG compressed file
.kfx Kofax Group IV
.lan Erdas file
.landsat
EOSAT's Landsat Thematic Mapper data file
.LBM image
.lispm Lisp Machine file
.lj HP LaserJet graphics file
.l8 picture
.ln03 DEC LN03+ Sixel file
.ltm
EOSAT's Landsat Thematic Mapper data file
.mac Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
.macp Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
.mag
A graphics format found in some Japanese files
.MAK
Apple Macintosh Macpaint/ No Header
.map image
.mbfavs AVS X image file
.mbfx AVS X image file alantir
.mgf image
.mgr MGR bitmap file
.mhg
MH Experts Group, data compression for multimedia
.miff Magick Image File Format
.mil Same as .GP4 extension
.mitsu
Mitsubishi S340-10 color sublimation printer file
.mki
Graphic Image (MagView 5.0) (Japanese)
.MPG
Moving Picture Experts Group compressed video
.mpnt Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
.mrb
Multiple resolution bitmap graphics (Microsoft C/C++)
.msp Microsoft Paint image file
.mtv MTV Raytracer file
.ncsa Hierarchical Data File
.neo Atari NeoChrome image file
.news NeWS image file
.nff Neutral File Format
.nitf
National Image Transmission Format file
.off Object File (3D Mesh)
.omf OMF Interchange file
.p Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
.P
Ashton Tate Draw Applause; also Atari Degas uncompressed images
.paint Apple Macintosh MacPaint file
.pbm PBM Portable aNy Map file
.pbmplus PBM Portable aNy Map file
.pcc PCC file
.pcc ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file
.pcd Kodak Photo-CD file
.pcl
HP PaintJet or PaintJet XL PCL graphics file
.pcp PCP file
.PCR OPTIKS/PCRGB
.pct PICT drawing (Macintosh)
.pcx
ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file ntg
.PDA P Scanner Graphics Files
.pdf Adobe Acrobat PDF file
.pds NASA planetary image file
.pds PDS/VICAR file
.PGA
IBM Professional Graphics Adaptor image file
.pgm PBM Portable aNy Map file
.pgm Portable Graymap (bitmap)
.pi1 Atari Degas file
.pi3 Atari Degas file
.PIC Biorad confocal file
.PIC Lotus 1-2-3 graph
.PIC Mouse systems PC Paint
.pic Movie BYU file
.pic PIXAR picture file
.pic SOFTIMAGE image file
.picio PIXAR picture file
.pics Macintosh PICS file
.pict
Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file
.pict2
Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file
.pictor PC Paint image file
.PIG
Ricoh Pixel Image Generator file
.pix Alias image file
.pixar PIXAR picture file
.pixelpaint
PixelPaint Professional image file
.pj
HP PaintJet or PaintJet XL PCL graphics file
.pjxl
HP PaintJet or PaintJet XL PCL graphics file
.pk
Packed format font file/PK Font file
.plot Unix plot(5) file
.pm
Presentation Manager bitmap graphics
.png Portable Network Graphic
.pnm PBM Portable aNy Map file
.pnt MacPaint file
.postscript Adobe PostScript file
.ppm PBM Portable aNy Map file
.pr Sun Icon and Cursor file
.PRN
PostScript/Any print image file
.ps Adobe PostScript file
.ps2 Adobe PostScript file
.psd Adobe Photoshop native format
.psid Adobe PostScript file
.ptr OS/2 PTR file
.ptx Printronix graphics file
.puzz X11 Puzzle file
.q0 Japanese Q0 image file
.qdv Random Dot QDV file
.qrt QRT Ray Tracer file
.RAS Show file Ras format
.ras Sun Rasterfile
.rast Sun Rasterfile
.RAW
Basic Array format, OPTIKS reference only
.RAX image
.rgb picture
.rgb SGI RGB image file
.ria
Alpharel Group IV document imaging
.riff Letraset image file
.rix
RIX Softworks Paint Tool ColoRIX file
.rl4
Microsoft Windows bitmap image file
.rl8
Microsoft Windows bitmap image file
.rla Wavefront raster image file
.rlb Wavefront raster image file
.rlc Image Systems
.RLE
Compuserve/Teletext Run Length Encoded
.rle
Microsoft Windows bitmap image file
.rle
Utah Run Length Encoded image file
.rnl GTX Runlength
.sbp IBM StoryBoard
.scan Thunderscan image file
.scitex Scitex Continuous Tone
.scodl Agfa slide file
.scr Sun Rasterfile
.scx ColorRIX bitmap graphics
.SFL Soft Font Single Letter
.SFP HP Soft Font
.sgi picture
.sgi SGI RGB image file
.shg Segmented Hyper-Graphic
.SHP Printmaster/Newsmaster
.sir Solitaire file
.six DEC LN03+ Sixel file
.sixel DEC LN03+ Sixel file
.SLD AutoCad Slide
.sld AutoCAD slide file
.spc Atari compressed Spectrum file
.spot SPOT satellite image file
.spu Atari compressed Spectrum file
.sr Sun Rasterfile
.sun Sun Rasterfile
.suniff Sun TAAC Image File Format
.synu SDSC Synu image file
.taac Sun TAAC Image File Format
.targa Truevision Targa image file
.tdi TDI image file
.tfm
Packed format font file/TeX font metric file
.TGA picture
.tga Truevision Targa image file
.TIF
Aldus/Microsoft Tag Image Format Files, TIFF
.tif Tagged-Image File Format
.tiff Tagged-Image File Format
.tm
EOSAT's Landsat Thematic Mapper data file
.u subsampled raw YUV files
.uil Motif UIL icon file
.urt
Utah Run Length Encoded image file
.v subsampled raw YUV files
.vda Truevision Targa image file
.vdi Digital Research GEM VDI file
.vff Sun TAAC Image File Format
.vga
Microsoft Windows bitmap image file
.vi
Jovian Logic Video Capture file
.vic Vicar graphics file
.vicar PDS/VICAR file
.vid
YUV12C M-Motion Frame Buffer file
.viff
Khoros Visualization image file
.vik Viking graphics image
.vis VIS graphic file
.vort VORT raytracer image file
.whip WHIP file
.WMF Windows Meta File
.WPG WordPerfect Graphics 5.0
.wpg WordPerfect Graphics file
.x AVS X image file
.x11
X Window System window dump image file
.XBM picture, X Window System
.xbm X11 bitmap file
.xim X11 Xim Toolkit file
.xos Xaos Tools image file
.xpm X PixMap
.xv
Khoros Visualization image file
.XWD X Window Dump
.x
X Window System window dump image file
.y subsampled raw YUV files
.ybm Face file
.yuv Abekas YUV file
.yuv CCIR 601 file
.yuv image
.yuv3 CCIR 601 file
.zeiss Zeiss CSLM file
.zinc
Zinc Interface Library icon file

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