Image Formats
BatchPhoto supports almost all image formats in use right now, including RAW formats from DSLR digital cameras. Overall BatchPhoto can read and write more than 170 different image formats.
Note: All image formats listed below are contained in the Pro & Enterprise editions of BatchPhoto. To see which formats belong to which editions see the comparison chart.
Common Image Formats
| Name | Extension | Read | Write | Details |
| BMP | BMP |  |
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Microsoft Windows bitmap |
| EPS | EPS | |
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Adobe Encapsulated PostScript (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| PICT | PCT/PICT | |
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Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file |
| GIF | GIF | |
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CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format |
| JP2 | JP2 | |
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JPEG-2000 JP2 File Format Syntax |
| JPC | JPC | |
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JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax |
| JPG | JPG/JPEG/JPE | |
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Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format |
| PCX | PCX | |
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ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file |
| PDF/PDP | |
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Portable Document Format (requires Ghostscript to read) | |
| PNG | PNG | |
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Portable Network Graphics |
| PSD | PSD/PDD | |
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Adobe Photoshop bitmap file |
| SGI | SGI | |
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Irix RGB image |
| TGA | TGA/ICB/VDA/VST | |
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Truevision Targa image |
| TIF | TIF/TIFF | |
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Tagged Image File Format |
| WBMP | WBMP | |
|
Wireless bitmap |
Raw Image Formats
| Name | Extension | Read | Write | Details |
| 3FR | 3FR | |
Hasselblad Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| ARI | ARI | |
Arriflex Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| ARW | ARW | |
Sony Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| BAY | BAY | |
Casio Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| CAP | CAP | |
Phase One Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| CIFF | CIFF | |
Canon Camera Image File Format | |
| CR2 | CR2 | |
Canon Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| CRW | CRW | |
Canon Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| DCR | DCR | |
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| DCS | DCS | |
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| DNG | DNG | |
Generic Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| DRF | DRF | |
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| EIP | EIP | |
Phase One Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| ERF | ERF | |
Epson Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| FFF | FFF | |
Imacon Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| IIQ | IIQ | |
Phase One Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| K25 | K25 | |
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| KDC | KDC | |
Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| MRW | MRW | |
Minolta Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| MEF | MEF | |
Mamiya Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| MOS | MOS | |
Leaf Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| NEF | NEF | |
Nikon Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| NRW | NRW | |
Nikon Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| ORF | ORF | |
Olympus Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| PEF | PEF | |
PentaxSamsung Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| PTX | PTX | |
Pentax Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| PXN | PXN | |
Logitech Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| RAF | RAF | |
Fuji Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| RWL | RWL | |
Leica Camera Raw Image | |
| RW2 | RW2 | |
Panasonic Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| RAW | RAW | |
Generic Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| SR2 | SR2 | |
Sony Digital Camera Raw Image | |
| SRF | SRF | |
Sony Digital Camera Raw Image |
Additional Image Formats
| Name | Extension | Read | Write | Details |
| ART | ART | |
PFS: 1st Publisher | |
| AVS | AVS | |
|
AVS X image |
| CGM | CGM | |
Computer Graphics Metafile | |
| CIN | CIN | |
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Kodak Cineon Image Format |
| CMYK | CMYK | |
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Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, and black samples |
| CMYKA | CMYKA | |
Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and alpha samples | |
| CUR | CUR | |
Microsoft Cursor Icon | |
| CUT | CUT | |
DR Halo | |
| DCM | DCM/DICOM | |
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image | |
| DCX | DCX | |
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ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush image |
| DIB | DIB | |
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Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap |
| DOT | DOT | |
Graph Visualization | |
| DPX | DPX | |
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SMPTE Digital Moving Picture Exchange |
| EMF | EMF | |
Microsoft Enhanced Metafile (32-bit) | |
| EPDF | EPDF | |
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Encapsulated Portable Document Format |
| EPI | EPI | |
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Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| EPS2 | EPS2 | |
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Adobe Level II Encapsulated PostScript (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| EPS3 | EPS3 | |
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Adobe Level III Encapsulated PostScript (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| EPSF | EPSF | |
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Adobe Encapsulated PostScript (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| EPSI | EPSI | |
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Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| EPT | EPT | |
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Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format with TIFF preview (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| FAX | FAX | |
|
Group 3 TIFF |
| FIG | FIG | |
FIG graphics format | |
| FITS | FITS | |
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Flexible Image Transport System |
| FPX | FPX | |
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FlashPix Format |
| GPLT | GPLT | |
Gnuplot plot file | |
| GRAY | GRAY | |
|
Raw gray samples |
| HPGL | HPGL | |
HP-GL plotter language | |
| HTML | HTML/HTM | |
Hypertext Markup Language with a client-side image map | |
| ICO | ICO/ICON | |
Microsoft icon | |
| INFO | INFO | |
Format and characteristics of the image | |
| INLINE | INLINE | |
Base64-encoded inline image | |
| JBIG | JBIG/BIE/JBG | |
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Joint Bi-level Image experts Group file interchange format |
| JNG | JNG | |
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Multiple-image Network Graphics |
| MAN | MAN | |
Unix reference manual pages | |
| MAT | MAT | |
MATLAB image format | |
| MIFF | MIFF | |
|
Magick image file format |
| MONO | MONO | |
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Bi-level bitmap in least-significant-byte first order |
| MNG | MNG | |
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Multiple-image Network Graphics |
| MPC | MPC | |
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Magick Persistent Cache image file format |
| MSL | MSL | |
Magick Scripting Language | |
| MTV | MTV | |
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MTV Raytracing image format |
| MVG | MVG | |
Magick Vector Graphics | |
| OTB | OTB | |
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On-the-air Bitmap |
| P7 | P7 | |
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Xv's Visual Schnauzer thumbnail format |
| PALM | PALM | |
Palm pixmap | |
| PAM | PAM | |
Common 2-dimensional bitmap format | |
| PBM | PBM | |
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Portable bitmap format (black and white) |
| PCD | PCD | |
|
Photo CD |
| PCDS | PCDS | |
|
Photo CD |
| PCL | PCL | |
HP Page Control Language | |
| PDB | PDB | |
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Palm Database ImageViewer Format |
| PFA | PFA | |
Postscript Type 1 font (ASCII) | |
| PFB | PFB | |
Postscript Type 1 font (binary) | |
| PFM | PFM | |
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Portable float map format |
| PGM | PGM | |
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Portable graymap format (gray scale) |
| PICON | PICON | |
|
Personal Icon |
| PIX | PIX | |
Alias/Wavefront RLE image format | |
| PNG8 | PNG8 | |
Portable Network Graphics | |
| PNG24 | PNG24 | |
|
Portable Network Graphics |
| PNG32 | PNG32 | |
|
Portable Network Graphics |
| PNM | PNM/PBM/PGM/PPM | |
|
Portable anymap |
| PPM | PPM | |
|
Portable pixmap format (color) |
| PS | PS | |
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Adobe PostScript file (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| PS2 | PS2 | |
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Adobe Level II PostScript file (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| PS3 | PS3 | |
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Adobe Level III PostScript file (requires Ghostscript to read) |
| PSB | PSB | |
Adobe Large Document Format | |
| PTIF | PTIF | |
|
Pyramid encoded TIFF |
| PWP | PWP | |
Seattle File Works multi-image file | |
| RAD | RAD | |
Radiance image file | |
| RGB | RGB | |
|
Raw red, green, and blue samples |
| RGBA | RGBA | |
Raw red, green, blue, and alpha samples | |
| RLA | RLA | |
Alias/Wavefront image file | |
| RLE | RLE | |
Utah Run length encoded image file | |
| SCT | SCT | |
Scitex Continuous Tone Picture | |
| SFW | SFW | |
Seattle File Works image | |
| SHTML | SHTML | |
Hypertext Markup Language client-side image map | |
| SUN | SUN | |
|
SUN Rasterfile |
| SVG | SVG | |
Scalable Vector Graphics | |
| TIM | TIM | |
PSX TIM file | |
| TTF | TTF | |
TrueType font file | |
| TXT | TXT | |
Raw text file | |
| UIL | UIL | |
X-Motif UIL table | |
| UYVY | UYVY | |
|
Interleaved YUV raw image |
| VICAR | VICAR | |
|
VICAR rasterfile format |
| VIFF | VIFF | |
|
Khoros Visualization Image File Format |
| WMF | WMF | |
Windows Metafile | |
| WPG | WPG | |
Word Perfect Graphics File | |
| XBM | XBM | |
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X Windows system bitmap, black and white only |
| XCF | XCF | |
GIMP image | |
| XPM | XPM | |
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X Windows system pixmap |
| XWD | XWD | |
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X Windows system window dump |
| YCbCr | YCbCr | |
Raw Y, Cb, and Cr samples | |
| YCbCrA | YCbCrA | |
Raw Y, Cb, Cr, and alpha samples | |
| YUV | YUV | |
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CCIR 601 4:1:1 |
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