The following table describes the Graphic formats supported by PentaView.
All of the following can be viewed using PentaView. The Save As command allows you to convert a graphics image from its original format to any of the following. (for example from JPG to FPX ). The table shows which formats PentaView can be "Read" (R) or can be read and written through the "SaveAs" command.(i.e. "Read and Write" --> R/W)
| Extension | Type | Description | Formats supported | R or R/W |
| BMP | BMP | Bit Mapped Image - For OS/2 | 1, 4, 8 and 24 bit - Version 1.0 and Version 2.0 | R/W |
| BMP | BMP | Bit Mapped Image - For Windows | 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bit | R/W |
| CAL | CALS | Continuous Acquisition and Life-Cycle (CALS) Support >Raster - U.S. government standard | 1 bit | R/W |
| CMP | Lead Tools Compressed |
Lead Compressed file format | 24 bit and 1 bit - 8 bit (gray) Progressive and Non Progressive | R/W |
| CUR | CUR | Cursor format for Windows | 1, 4, 8 and 24 bit | R/W |
| CUT | Dr. Halo files |
Dr. Halo files are device independent images. The image is stored in one file (.CUT) and the palette is stored in a separate file (PAL). If the image has no corresponding .PAL file, it is considered a grayscale image. | For CUT files, you can read and write 8 bits per pixel. | R/W |
| DXF | AutoCAD Drawing Interchange Format |
A DXF file is an ASCII file containing 2D and 3D components representing a drawing. DXF was first introduced by AutoDesk AutoCAD and is one of the most widely used CAD/CAM/CAE application in the world. DXF is very popular and is supported by most 3D applications on PC platforms. | PentaView supports versions 2.6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 and 14 with the following entities: 3Dface, 3Dsolid, Arc, Circle, Ellipse, Insert, Line, Lwpolyline, Mtext, Point, Polyline, Solid, Text and Trace in full 2D or 3D DXF files. You can load any of the DXF files as either vector images or raster images. | R |
| DWG | AutoCAD Drawing Files |
DWG is a binary file format used by AutoDesk AutoCAD. It
can contain 2D or 3D objects and offers compression and a CRC check for internal data.
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PentaView supports DWG 12, 13 and 14 files with the following object types: ext, Block, Insert, Minsert, Vertex_2D, Vertex_3D, Vertex_Mesh, Vertex_Pface, Vertex_Pface_Mesh, Polyline_2D, Polyline_3D, Arc, Circle, Line, Point, 3Dfce, Polyline_Pface, Polyline_Mesh, Solid, Trace, Ellipse, Spline, Mtext and Lwpolyline. | R |
| EPS | Encapsulated PostScript |
Used primarily on PostScript printers that usually offer more variety of fonts and higher resolution than standard laser printers. | The image that you read from an EPS file can be either a PostScript raster image or an embedded TIFF image. | R |
| FLC | Flic Animation |
The Flic file is an animation file created by Auto-desk. This file supports image data but not audio data. The frames of this file can be of 8bpp image data. The maximum number of frames is 4000. | This file has two versions: FLI and FLC. The FLC file types support up to 64k X 64k images with 256 colors per image. For FLC files, you can read and write 8 bits per pixel. |
R/W |
| FLI | Flic Animation |
The Flic file is an animation file created by Auto-desk. This file supports image data but not audio data. The frames of this file can be of 8bpp image data. The maximum number of frames is 4000. | This file has two versions: FLI and FLC. The FLI file types support 320 X 200 images with a maximum of 64 colors per image. For FLI files, you can read 8 bits per pixel. |
R |
| FPX | FPX | Format for digital color photographic images developed by
Kodak, Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company and Live Picture, Inc in 1995-1996. |
24 bit and 8 bit, Compressed and Uncompressed |
R/W |
| EMF | The Windows Metafile (WMF and EMF) formats are vectored formats that may or may not also contain a raster image | 8 bit and 24 bit | R/W | |
| GIF | GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | 1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 bits interlaced and non interlaced | R/W |
| GIF | GIF | Animated GIF with full animation | R | |
| ICO | ICO | Icon format for Windows | 1, 4, 8 and 24 bit | R/W |
| IMG | GEM | GEM metafile | 1 bit | R/W |
| ICA | IOCA | IBM Image Object Content Architecture | R/W | |
| ICA | MODICA | Image Object Content Architecture-RAW | CCITT 3.1D, 3.2D and 4 | R/W |
| IFF | Interchange File Format |
IFF is a general purpose data storage format that can associate and store multiple types of data in RLE and non-compressed formats. |
1, 2 , 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 24 bits per pixel. | R/W |
| JPG | JFIF | JPEG File Interchange Format | 24 bit YUV4:4:4, YUV4:2:2, YUV4:1:1, Progressive YUV4:4:4, Progressive YUV4:2:2, Progressive YUV4:1:1 and Lossless Jpeg |
R/W |
| JPG | JFIF | JPEG File Interchange Format | 8 bit (gray) YUV4:0:0, Progressive YUV4:0:0, and Lossless Jpeg |
R/W |
| JTF | JTIF | JPEG Tagged Interchange Format | R/W | |
| JP2 | JPEG2000 | JPEG 2000 is an international standard
(ISO/IEC 15444-1) for still image compression. JPEG 2000 supports both lossy and lossless
compression of grayscale and color images.
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PentaView supports reading JPEG 2000’s
JP2 and codestream formats containing images with up to 16 bits per color component. Full
support is provided for handling IPTC and ICC profile information found in these images. PentaView supports writing images to JP2 format files with up to 16 bits per color component precision. Both grayscale and color images are supported. During JP2 image saving the JPEG 2000 Compression Rate item on the JPEG tab of the Properties dialog is used to control the quality/compression of JP2 images. To get the best compromise between image quality and size we recommend that you use the Optimize JPEG 2000 Compression operation on the Options menu to optimize the JPEG 2000 Quality setting for an image. |
R/W |
| MAC | MAC | MacPaint | 1 bit | R/W |
| MPT | TIFF | multipage TIFF format (used for faxes) | Often called Tiff or TIF | R |
| MSP | MSP | Microsoft Paint (an older format) | R/W | |
| PSP | Paint Shop Pro Image | JASC | R | |
| PCX | PCX | by ZSoft(r) used by Paint | 1,4,8, 24 and 32 bit | R/W |
| PCD | PCD | Kodak Photo CD | R | |
| PNG | PNG | Portable Network Graphics - replacement for GIF | 1,4,8, and 24 bit | R/W |
| PSD | PSD | Adobe PhotoShopDocument Image | Adobe PhotoShop format images
in 1, 4, 8, 24, and 48 bit format with a variety of compression and color
space types can be read and
displayed by PentaView. All images can be saved to Adobe PhotoShop format. |
R/W |
| PSP | JASC PaintShop Image | Paint Shop Pro Format is an image file format used with
Paint Shop Pro from JASC Software. Paint Shop Pro Format image files can contain images
stored with various bit depths and lossless compression methods. PentaView can read and display Paint Shop Pro Format images that are in single layer raster format. Both versions 5 and 6 of Paint Shop Pro format are supported. |
R | |
| RAS | Raster | SUN Raster (RAS) is a format native to Sun UNIX platforms | 1, 4, 8, 24 and 32 bit | R/W |
| TGA | Targa | Truevision(r) TGA (TARGA) compressed/RLE | 8, 16, 24, 32 bit | R/W |
| TIF | Tag Image File Format |
Tag-based file format for universal
interchanges of digital image data. (See also MPT- Multi Page Tiff) |
Support for the most common TIFF formats including 1, 4,
8, 16, 24, 32 bit RGB and CMYK LZW compressed image formats are supported as an add-on option. |
R/W |
| TIF | TIFF Fax | TIFF Fax Formats | CCITT Gr3,Gr4. - FAX formats (see also MPT) | R/W |
| TIF | EXIF | Exchangeable Image file Format for Digital Still Cameras |
Uncompressed RGB, YCbCr and JPeg 4:1:1 and 4:2:2 | R/W |
| WMF | WMF | The Windows Metafile (WMF and EMF) formats are vectored formats that may or may not also contain a raster image | 8 bit and 24 bit | R/W |
| WXF | Winfax | Winfax Fax format | CCITT 3.1D and 4 | R/W |
| XPM | X PixMap | Pixmap is a color format developed for X
Windows by MIT. PentaView can read and display Pixmap files.
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Symbolic XPM images contain X-Windows color names instead
of numeric color information. Reading symbolic images requires the presence of an
X-Windows standard "rgb.txt" file containing the symbolic color name mapping
information. PentaView requires that the "rgb.txt" file be located in the same
folder as the first symbolic XPM image that is loaded during a session. Once the mapping
file is read it will be used for all symbolic XPM image viewing during that session. PentaView can write 8, 4, and 1 bit images to Pixmap files, including transparency information. |
R/W |
| XBM | XBM | XBM is a monochrome bitmap format in which data is stored as a C language data array. It is primarily used for the storage of cursor and icon bitmaps, for use in the X graphical user interface. | For XBM files, you can read and write 1 bit per pixel. | R/W |
| XWD | X Window Dump |
XWD stands for X Window dump. This file format is used to store and restore screen window images. Two versions of this file exist, the X10 window dump and the X11 window dump. These versions differ slightly in the format of the data (i.e. headers and bits per pixel). | PentaView does not support XWD (version X10). For version X11 XWD files, you can read and write 1, 4, 8, 16. 24, 32 bits per pixel. | R/W |