Computing Dictionary
image formats definition
graphics, file format There are many formats used to store
images in files.
GIF,
TIFF and
JPEG are very common. Others are
BIFF,
bmp,
Clear,
FITS,
IFF,
NFF,
OFF,
PCX,
PNG,
TGA,
XBM.
Some of these are documented on-line at the following sites:
The Graphics File Format Page (http://dcs.ed.ac.uk/~mxr/gfx/).
The NCSA file formats archive (ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/misc/file.formats/graphics.formats).
The Avalon repository (ftp://avalon.viewpoint.com/pub/format_specs).
[Others?]
(1997-08-07)
