Formats of Output Files

The following are valid values to specify the format of an output file. For more general descriptions of file formats, refer to Summary of All Supported Image File Formats.

JPEG and LEAD Compressed

 

FILE_CMP

LEAD Proprietary Compression Format. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_JPEG

JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:4:4 color space and Lossless. Bits per pixel: 8, 12, and 16 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_JPEG_422

JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:2:2 color space. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_JPEG_411

JPEG File Interchange Format with YUV 4:1:1 color space. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_TIF_JPEG

Tagged Image File with JPEG compression and YUV 4:4:4 color space and Lossless. Bits per pixel: 8, 12, and 16 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_TIF_JPEG_422

Tagged Image File with JPEG compression and YUV 4:2:2 color space. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_TIF_JPEG_411

Tagged Image File with JPEG compression and YUV 4:1:1 color space. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_JP2

JPEG 2000 Format. This file format contains image data and extra information about the contents and organization of the file. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_J2K

JPEG 2000 Format. This file format contains only a stream of image data. Bits per pixel: 8, 12, and 16 for grayscale, 24 for color. (12 and 16-bit grayscale support available in Document/Medical Imaging toolkits only) J2K support required for this format.

FILE_CMW

LEAD Wavelet CMP Format. Bits per pixel: 8, 12, and 16 for grayscale, 24 for color. CMW support required for this format.

FILE_JPEG_LAB

JPEG File Interchange Format with CieLAB 4:4:4 color space and Lossless.

FILE_JPEG_LAB_422

JPEG File Interchange Format with CieLAB 4:2:2 color space.

FILE_JPEG_LAB_411

JPEG File Interchange Format with CieLAB 4:1:1 color space.

GIF and TIFF with LZW Compression

 

FILE_GIF

CompuServe GIF. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

FILE_TIFLZW

Tagged Image File with LZW Compression and RGB color space. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIFLZW_CMYK

Tagged Image File with LZW Compression and CMYK color space. Bits per pixel: 24, 32. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIFLZW_YCC

Tagged Image File with LZW Compression and YCbCr color space. Bits per pixel: 24. (Supports multi-page)

TIFF Without LZW Compression

 

FILE_TIF

Tagged Image File Format, with no compresssion and with RGB color space. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64. (12 and 16-bit grayscale Document/Medical Imaging editions only) (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_CMYK

Tagged Image File, with no compresssion and with CMYK color space. Bits per pixel: 24, 32. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_YCC

Tagged Image File, with no compresssion and with YCbCr color space. Bits per pixel: 24. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_PACKBITS

Tagged Image File with PackBits Compression and RGB color space. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 16, 24, 32. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_PACKBITS_CMYK

Tagged Image File with PackBits Compression and CMYK color space. Bits per pixel: 24, 32. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_PACKBITS_YCC

Tagged Image File with PackBits Compression and YCbCr color space. Bits per pixel: 24. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_CMP

Tagged Image File with CMP Compression. Bits per pixel: 8 grayscale and 24 color. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_JBIG

Tagged Image File with JBIG Compression. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_TIF_DXF

Tagged Image File with a vector image saved as a DXF. Bits per pixel: 8.

FILE_TIF_J2K

Tagged Image File with JPEG 2000 Compression. This file format contains only a stream of image data. Bits per pixel: 8, 12, and 16 for grayscale, 24 for color. (12 and 16-bit grayscale support available in Document/Medical Imaging editions only) (Supports multi-page) J2K support required for this format.

FILE_TIF_ABC

Tagged Image File with ABC compression. (Supports multi-page). ABC support is required for this format.

FILE_TIF_CMW

Tagged Image File with Wavelet CMP Compression. Bits per pixel: 8, 12, and 16 for grayscale, 24 for color. (Supports multi-page) CMW support required for this format.

BMP Formats

 

FILE_BMP

Windows BMP, with no compression. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32.

FILE_BMP_RLE

Windows BMP, with RLE compression. Bits per pixel: 4, 8.

FILE_OS2

OS/2 BMP version 1.x. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

FILE_OS2_2

OS/2 BMP version 2.x. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

Icons and Cursors

 

FILE_WIN_ICO

Windows icon file. Supports multi-page. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

FILE_WIN_CUR

Windows cursor file. . Supports multi-page. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

FILE_ANI

Windows Animated Cursor. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

Kodak Formats

 

FILE_FPX

FlashPix, with no compression. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_FPX_SINGLE_COLOR

FlashPix, compressed with the single color method. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_FPX_JPEG

FlashPix, compressed with JPEG, using the default Q factor. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_FPX_JPEG_QFACTOR

FlashPix, compressed with JPEG, using a specified Q factor. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

Exif Formats

 

FILE_EXIF

Exif file containing a TIFF image, with no compresssion and with RGB color space. Bits per pixel: 24.

FILE_EXIF_YCC

Exif file containing a TIFF image, with no compresssion and with YCbCr color space. Bits per pixel: 24.

FILE_EXIF_JPEG

Exif file containing a JPEG compressed image. Bits per pixel: 24 (color only).

FILE_EXIF_JPEG_411

Exif 2.0 file containing a JPEG compressed image. Bits per pixel: 24 (color only).

DICOM Formats

 

FILE_DICOM_GRAY

DICOM grayscale. Bits per pixel: 8, 16.

FILE_DICOM_COLOR

DICOM color (RGB). Bits per pixel: 8, 24.

FILE_DICOM_RLE_GRAY

DICOM grayscale – RLE compressed. Bits per pixel: 8, 16.

FILE_DICOM_RLE_COLOR

DICOM color – RLE compressed. Bits per pixel: 8, 24.

FILE_DICOM_JPEG_GRAY

DICOM gray – JPEG compressed. Bits per pixel: 8, 16.

FILE_DICOM_JPEG_COLOR

DICOM color – JPEG compressed. Bits per pixel: 8, 24.

Other Color Formats

 

FILE_PCX

ZSoft PCX. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

FILE_WMF

Windows Meta File. Bits per pixel: 8, 24.

FILE_EMF

Windows Enhanced Meta File. Bits per pixel:8, 24.

FILE_XPM

XPicmap File. Bits per pixel: 8, 16, 24, 32.

FILE_IFF_ILBM

Interchange File - RLE compressed. Bits per pixel: 1 - 8, 24.

FILE_IFF_ILBM_UNCOMPRESSED

Interchange File - Uncompressed. Bits per pixel: 1 - 8, 24.

FILE_IFF_CAT

Interchange File - multiple images per file-RLE Compressed. (Supports multi-page.) Bits per pixel: 1 - 8, 24.

FILE_IFF_CAT_UNCOMPRESSED

Interchange File - multiple images per file-Uncompressed. Bits per pixel: 1 - 8, 24.

FILE_PGM_ASCII

Portable Greymap - ASCII File. Bits per pixel: 8 (greyscale).

FILE_PGM_BINARY

Portable Greymap - Binary File. Bits per pixel: 8 (greyscale).

FILE_PPM_ASCII

Portable Pixelmap - ASCII File. Bits per pixel: 24 (True color).

FILE_PPM_BINARY

Portable Pixelmap - Binary File. Bits per pixel: 24 (True color).

FILE_CUT

Dr. Halo. Bits per pixel: 8.

FILE_PSD

Adobe Photoshop 3.0. Bits per pixel: 1, 8, 24.

FILE_PNG

Portable Network Graphics. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24, 32.

FILE_TGA

TARGA. Bits per pixel: 8, 16, 24, 32.

FILE_TGA_RLE

TARGA with RLE compression. Bits per pixel: 8, 16, 24, 32.

FILE_EPS

Encapsulated PostScript. Bits per pixel: 8 grayscale (raster).

FILE_RAS

Sun Raster. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24, 32.

FILE_WPG

Word Perfect. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8 (raster).

FILE_PCT

MacPict. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

FILE_AVI

Windows AVI. Bits per pixel: 24.

FILE_JBIG

JBIG. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32.

FILE_CLP

Microsoft Windows Clipboard. Bits per pixel:1, 4, 8, 24.

FILE_XWD10

X Window Dump – version 10. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8.

FILE_XWD11

X Window Dump – version 11. Bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32.

FILE_FLC

Flic Animation. Bits per pixel: 8.

FILE_SGI

Silicon Graphics Image. Bits per pixel: 8, 24, 32.

FILE_SGI_RLE

Silicon Graphics Image. Bits per pixel: 8, 24, 32.

FILE_RAW

Raw uncompressed data.

FILE_SCT

Scitex Continuous Tone format. Bits per pixel: 24.

PDF Formats

 

FILE_RAS_PDF

Raster PDF uncompressed. Bits per pixel:1,2,4,8, 24.

FILE_RAS_PDF_G3_1D

Raster PDF compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension. Bits per pixel: 1.

FILE_RAS_PDF_G3_2D

Raster PDF compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimension. Bits per pixel: 1.

FILE_RAS_PDF_G4

Raster PDF compressed using CCITT group 4. Bits per pixel: 1.

FILE_RAS_PDF_LZW

Raster PDF with LZW compression and RGB color space. Bits per pixel: 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24.

FILE_RAS_PDF_JPEG

Raster PDF with JPEG compression and YUV 4:4:4 color space Lossless. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_RAS_PDF_JPEG_422

Raster PDF with JPEG compression and YUV 4:2:2 color space. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

FILE_RAS_PDF_JPEG_411

Raster PDF with JPEG compression and YUV 4:1:1 color space. Bits per pixel: 8 for grayscale, 24 for color.

1-Bit FAX Formats

 

FILE_LEAD1BIT

LEAD Proprietary 1-bit Compression Format.

FILE_CCITT

TIFF, compressed using CCITT. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_CCITT_GROUP3_1DIM

TIFF, compressed using CCITT, group 3, 1 dimension. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_CCITT_GROUP3_2DIM

TIFF, compressed using CCITT, group 3, 2 dimensions. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_CCITT_GROUP4

TIFF, compressed using CCITT, group 4. (Supports multi-page)

FILE_FAX_G3_1D

Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension.

FILE_FAX_G3_2D

Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions.

FILE_FAX_G4

Raw FAX, compressed using CCITT group 4.

FILE_SFF

Structured Fax File Format, group 3, version 1. (Supports multipage)

FILE_WFX_G3_1D

Winfax, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension.

FILE_WFX_G4

Winfax, compressed using CCITT group 4.

FILE_ICA_G3_1D

IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension, with the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_ICA_G3_2D

IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions, with the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_ICA_G4

IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 4, with the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_RAWICA_G3_1D

IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 1 dimension, without the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_RAWICA_G3_2D

IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 3, 2 dimensions, without the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_RAWICA_G4

IOCA, compressed using CCITT group 4, without the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_CALS

CALS Raster file.

FILE_CALS2

CALS CCITT G4 compressed.

FILE_CALS3

CALS Fax Group 4 compressed.

FILE_CALS4

CALS CCITT G4 Tiled.

FILE_AWD

Microsoft FAX format.

FILE_ICA_IBM_MMR

IOCA, compressed using IBM MMR, with the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_ICA_UNCOMPRESSED

IOCA, uncompressed, with the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_RAWICA_IBM_MMR

IOCA, compressed using IBM MMR, without the MO:DCA wrapper.

FILE_RAWICA_UNCOMPRESSED

IOCA, uncompressed, without the MO:DCA wrapper.

Other 1-Bit Formats

 

FILE_MAC

MacPaint.

FILE_MSP

Microsoft Paint.

FILE_PBM_ASCII

Portable Bitmap - ASCII File.

FILE_PBM_BINARY

Portable Bitmap - Binary File.

FILE_IMG

GEM Image.

FILE_INTERGRAPH_RLE

ITG Intergraph RLE compressed file

FILE_ABC

ABC File. ABC support is required for this format.

FILE_SMP

Xionics format.

FILE_SMP_G3_1D

Xionics format, compressed using CCITT Group 3 1D.

FILE_SMP_G3_2D

Xionics format, compressed using CCITT Group 3 2D.

FILE_SMP_G4

Xionics format, compressed using CCITT Group 4.