IM

GM

Images

3FR

R^

8BIM

RW

8BIMTEXT

RW

AAI

RW

RW

RW

AAI Dune image

APNG

RW

Animated Portable Network Graphics

Note, you must use an explicit image format specifier to read an APNG (apng:myImage.apng) image sequence, otherwise it assumes a PNG image and only reads the first frame.

APP1JPEG

RW

Raw JPEG binary data

ART

RW

RW

RW

PFS: 1st Publisher

Format originally used on the Macintosh (MacPaint?) and later used for PFS: 1st Publisher clip art.

ARW

R

R^

Sony Digital Camera Alpha Raw Image Format

Set -define dng:use-camera-wb=true to use the RAW-embedded color profile for Sony cameras. You can also set these options: use-auto-wb, no-auto-bright, and output-color.

AVI

R

Microsoft Audio/Visual Interleaved

AVIF

RW

R

Format derived from the keyframes of AV1 video

AVS

RW

RW

RW

AVS X image

B

RW

Raw blue samples

BAYER

RW

Raw mosaiced samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision. For signed pixel data, use -define quantum:format=signed.

BIE

RW^

Joint Bi-level Image experts Group interchange format (JBIG-Kit 2.1 (GPL license))

BIGTIFF

RW^

Tagged Image File Format (64-bit offsets)

BPG

RW

Better Portable Graphics

Use -quality to specify the image compression quality. To meet the requirements of BPG, the quality argument divided by 2 (e.g. -quality 92 assigns 46 as the BPG compression.

BMP, BMP2, BMP3

RW

RW

RW

Microsoft Windows bitmap

By default the BMP format is version 4. Use BMP3 and BMP2 to write versions 3 and 2 respectively. Use -define bmp:ignore-filesize to ignore the filesize check.

BRF

W

W^

Braille Ready Format

Uses juxtaposition of 6-dot braille patterns (thus 6x2 dot matrices) to reproduce images, using the BRF ASCII Braille encoding.

CALS

R

R

Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support Type 1 image

Specified in MIL-R-28002 and MIL-PRF-28002. Standard blueprint archive format as used by the US military to replace microfiche.

CGM

R

Computer Graphics Metafile

Requires ralcgm to render CGM files.

CIN

RW

R

Kodak Cineon Image Format

Use -set to specify the image gamma or black and white points (e.g. -set gamma 1.7, -set reference-black 95, -set reference-white 685). Properties include cin:file.create_date, cin:file.create_time, cin:file.filename, cin:file.version, cin:film.count, cin:film.format, cin:film.frame_id, cin:film.frame_position, cin:film.frame_rate, cin:film.id, cin:film.offset, cin:film.prefix, cin:film.slate_info, cin:film.type, cin:image.label, cin:origination.create_date, cin:origination.create_time, cin:origination.device, cin:origination.filename, cin:origination.model, cin:origination.serial, cin:origination.x_offset, cin:origination.x_pitch, cin:origination.y_offset, cin:origination.y_pitch, cin:user.data.

CIP

W

Cisco IP phone image format

CMYK

RW

RW

Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, and black samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision.

CMYKA

RW

Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and alpha samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision.

CR2

R

R^

Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format

Requires an explicit image format otherwise the image is interpreted as a TIFF image (e.g. cr2:image.cr2).

CRW

R

R^

Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format

CUBE

R

A lookup table containing math instructions to replace a color (based on RGB value) by another one. It's like a color grading preset. This process is done pixel by pixel with a very high accuracy.

Select levels like this: cube:Vibrant.cube[8] for level 8

CUR

R

R

R

Microsoft Cursor Icon

CUT

R

R

R

DR Halo

DCM

R

R

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) image

Used by the medical community for images like X-rays. ImageMagick sets the initial display range based on the Window Center (0028,1050) and Window Width (0028,1051) tags. Use -define dcm:display-range=reset to set the display range to the minimum and maximum pixel values. Use -define dcm:rescale=true to enable interpretation of the rescale slope and intercept settings in the file. Use -define dcm:window=centerXwidth to override the center and width settings in the file with your own values.

DCR

R

R

Digital Camera Raw Image File

Use DCRAW to leverage the raw photo decoder delegate program, e.g., dcraw:IMG_2600.dng

DCX

RW

RW

ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush image

DDS

RW

Microsoft Direct Draw Surface

Use -define to specify the compression (e.g. -define dds:compression={dxt1, dxt5, none}). Other defines include dds:cluster-fit={true,false}, dds:weight-by-alpha={true,false}, dds:fast-mipmaps={true,false}, and use dds:mipmaps to set the number of mipmaps (use fromlist to use the image list).

DEBUG

W

Raw pixel debug file, likely only useful to the developers

DIB

RW

RW

RW

Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap

DIB is a BMP file without the BMP header. Used to support embedded images in compound formats like WMF.

DJVU

R

DMR

RW

Digital media repository

Requires the MagickCache delegate library. Supported options include dmr:path (location of repository), dmr:passkey (key to open digital media repository), dmr:passphrase (optionally scramble or unscramble media resource), and dmr:ttl (time-to-live); Set the dmr:meta (metadata) property to store the resource as meta data.

DNG

R

R^

Digital Negative

Requires an explicit image format otherwise the image is interpreted as a TIFF image (e.g. dng:image.dng).

DOT

R

Graph Visualization

Use -define to specify the layout engine (e.g. -define dot:layout-engine=twopi).

DPX

RW

RW

SMPTE Digital Moving Picture Exchange 2.0 (SMPTE 268M-2003)

Use -set to specify the image gamma or black and white points (e.g. -set gamma 1.7, -set reference-black 95, -set reference-white 685).

EMF

R

R

Microsoft Enhanced Metafile (32-bit)

Only available under Microsoft Windows. Use -size command line option to specify the maximum width and height.

EPDF

RW

RW

Encapsulated Portable Document Format

EPI

RW

RW

Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format

Requires Ghostscript to read.

EPS

RW

RW

RW

Adobe Encapsulated PostScript

Requires Ghostscript to read.

EPS2

W

W

Adobe Level II Encapsulated PostScript

Requires Ghostscript to read.

EPS3

W

W

Adobe Level III Encapsulated PostScript

Requires Ghostscript to read.

EPSF

RW

RW

Adobe Encapsulated PostScript

Requires Ghostscript to read.

EPSI

RW

RW

Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format

Requires Ghostscript to read.

EPT

RW

RW

Adobe Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format with TIFF preview

Requires Ghostscript to read.

ERF

R^

Epson RD1

EXR

RW

High dynamic-range (HDR) file format developed by Industrial Light & Magic

See High Dynamic-Range Images for details on this image format. To specify the output color type, use -define exr:color-type={RGB,RGBA,YC,YCA,Y,YA,R,G,B,A}. Use -sampling-factor to specify the sampling rate for YC(A) (e.g. 2x2 or 4:2:0). Requires the OpenEXR delegate library.

FARBFELD

RW

Farbfeld lossless image format

sRGB 16-bit RGBA lossless image format

FAX

RW

RW

Group 3 TIFF

This format is a fixed width of 1728 as required by the standard. See TIFF format. Note that FAX machines use non-square pixels which are 1.5 times wider than they are tall but computer displays use square pixels so FAX images may appear to be narrow unless they are explicitly resized using a resize specification of 100x150%.

FIG

R

FIG graphics format

Requires TransFig.

FITS

RW

RW

RW

Flexible Image Transport System

To specify a single-precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 64 for a double-precision floating-point format.

FL32

RW

FilmLight floating point image format

FLIF

RW

Free Lossless Image Format

FPX

RW

RW

FlashPix Format

FlashPix has the option to store mega- and giga-pixel images at various resolutions in a single file which permits conservative bandwidth and fast reveal times when displayed within a Web browser. Requires the FlashPix SDK. Specify the FlashPix viewing parameters with the -define fpx:view.

FTXT

RW

Read and write multispectral channels as formatted text

GIF

RW

RW

RW

CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format

8-bit RGB PseudoColor with up to 256 palette entries. Specify the format GIF87 to write the older version 87a of the format. Use -transparent-color to specify the GIF transparent color (e.g. -transparent-color wheat).

GPLT

R

Gnuplot plot files

Requires gnuplot4.0.tar.Z or later.

GRAY

RW

RW

Raw gray samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision. For signed pixel data, use -define quantum:format=signed. ImageMagick supports scanline padding. If your image is not padded, you can instead read the image as a 1-D vector and reshape it: magick -size 38700x1 -depth 1 gray:image.bin -reshape 180x215 image.png.

GRAYA

RW

RW

Raw gray and alpha samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision.

HDR

RW

Radiance RGBE image format

HEIC

RW

R^

Apple High efficiency Image Format

Set the quality to 100 to produce lossless HEIC images. Requires the libheif delegate library. Recognized defines include heic:preserve-orientation={true,false}, depth-image={true,false}, heic:speed, and heic:chroma.

HEIF

R

High Efficiency Image File Format (with h.265/HEVC encoding)

HEIF is a container format supporting multiple codecs. HEIF with h.265/HEVC encoding is supported via libheif and libde265.

HPGL

R

R

HP-GL plotter language

Requires hp2xx-3.4.4.tar.gz

HRZ

RW

RW

R

Slow Scan TeleVision

HTML

RW

RW

Hypertext Markup Language with a client-side image map

Also known as HTM. Requires html2ps to read. Note, the \\xff character is not permitted in any filename when exporting client-side image maps.

ICO

R

R

RW

Microsoft icon

Also known as ICON.

INFO

W

Format and characteristics of the image

ISOBRL

W

ISO/TR 11548-1 BRaiLle

Uses juxtaposition of 8-dot braille patterns (thus 8x2 dot matrices) to reproduce images, using the ISO/TR 11548-1 Braille encoding.

ISOBRL6

W

ISO/TR 11548-1 BRaiLle 6 dots

Uses juxtaposition of 6-dot braille patterns (thus 6x2 dot matrices) to reproduce images, using the ISO/TR 11548-1 Braille encoding.

JBIG

RW

RW

Joint Bi-level Image experts Group file interchange format

Also known as BIE and JBG. Requires jbigkit-1.6.tar.gz.

JNG

RW

RW

Multiple-image Network Graphics

JPEG in a PNG-style wrapper with transparency. Requires libjpeg and libpng-1.0.11 or later, libpng-1.2.5 or later recommended.

JP2

RW

RW

JPEG-2000 JP2 File Format Syntax

Specify the encoding options with the -define option. See JP2 Encoding Options for more details.

JPT

RW

JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax

Specify the encoding options with the -define option See JP2 Encoding Options for more details.

J2C

RW

JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax

Specify the encoding options with the -define option See JP2 Encoding Options for more details.

J2K

RW

JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax

Specify the encoding options with the -define option See JP2 Encoding Options for more details.

JPEG

RW

RW

RW

Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format

Note, JPEG is a lossy compression. In addition, you cannot create black and white images with JPEG nor can you save transparency.

Requires jpegsrc.v8c.tar.gz. You can set quality scaling for luminance and chrominance separately (e.g. -quality 90,70). You can optionally define the DCT method, for example to specify the float method, use -define jpeg:dct-method=float. By default we compute optimal Huffman coding tables. Specify -define jpeg:optimize-coding=false to use the default Huffman tables. Specify -define jpeg:arithmetic-coding=true to enable Huffman optimization. Two other options include -define jpeg:block-smoothing and -define jpeg:fancy-upsampling. Set the sampling factor with -define jpeg:sampling-factor. You can size the image with jpeg:size, for example -define jpeg:size=128x128. To restrict the maximum file size, use jpeg:extent, for example -define jpeg:extent=400KB. To define one or more custom quantization tables, use -define jpeg:q-table=filename. These values are multiplied by -quality argument divided by 100.0. To avoid reading a particular associated image profile, use -define profile:skip=name (e.g. profile:skip=ICC).

JXR

RW

JPEG extended range

Requires the jxrlib delegate library. Put the JxrDecApp and JxrEncApp applications in your execution path.

JSON

W

JavaScript Object Notation, a lightweight data-interchange format

Include additional attributes about the image with these defines: -define json:locate, -define json:limit, -define json:moments, or -define json:features. Specify the JSON model schema version with -define json:version. The current version is 1.0. Any version less than 1.0, returns the original JSON output which included misspelled labels.

JXL

RW

RW

JPEG XL image coding system

Requires the JPEG XL delegate library. Use -define jxl:effort=integer to set the effort and -define jxl:decoding-speed=integer to set the decoding speed. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats and 16 for half-precision.

K25

R

Kodak Photo RAW

KDC

R

Kodak DC40/50/120, P850

KERNEL

W

Morphology kernel format

format suitable for a morphology kernel

MAN

R

R

Linux reference manual pages

Requires that GNU groff and Ghostcript are installed.

MAT

R

RW

RW

MATLAB image format

MEF

R

Mamiya Photo RAW

MIFF

RW

RW

Magick multispectral image file format

This format persists all image attributes known to ImageMagick. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision.

MONO

RW

RW

Bi-level bitmap in least-significant-byte first order

MNG

RW

RW

Multiple-image Network Graphics

A PNG-like Image Format Supporting Multiple Images, Animation and Transparent JPEG. Requires libpng-1.0.11 or later, libpng-1.2.5 or later recommended. An interframe delay of 0 generates one frame with each additional layer composited on top. For motion, be sure to specify a non-zero delay.

M2V

RW

RW

Motion Picture Experts Group file interchange format (version 2)

Requires ffmpeg.

MPEG

RW

RW

Motion Picture Experts Group file interchange format (version 1)

Requires ffmpeg.

MPC

RW

RW

Magick Pixel Cache image file format

The most efficient data processing pattern is a write-once, read-many-times pattern. The image is generated or copied from source, then various analyses are performed on the image pixels over time. MPC supports this pattern. MPC is the native in-memory ImageMagick uncompressed file format. This file format is identical to that used by ImageMagick to represent images in memory and is read by mapping the file directly into memory. The MPC format is not portable and is not suitable as an archive format. It is suitable as an intermediate format for high-performance image processing. The MPC format requires two files to support one image. Image attributes are written to a file with the extension .mpc, whereas, image pixels are written to a file with the extension .cache.

MPO

R

Multi-picture Object

MPR

RW

RW^

Magick Persistent Registry

This format permits you to write to and read images from memory. The filename is the registry key. The image persists until you explicity delete it or the program exits. For example, let's use the MPR to create a checkerboard: magick \( -size 15x15 canvas:black canvas:white -append \) \

\( +clone -flip \) +append -write mpr:checkers +delete \

-size 240x240 tile:mpr:checkers -delete registry:checkers board.png

MRW

R

R

Sony (Minolta) Raw Image File

Set -define dng:use-camera-wb=true to use the RAW-embedded color profile for Sony cameras.

MSL

RW

RW

Magick Scripting Language

MSL is the XML-based scripting language supported by the conjure utility. MSL requires the libxml2 delegate library.

MTV

RW

RW

MTV Raytracing image format

MVG

RW

RW

Magick Vector Graphics.

The native ImageMagick vector metafile format. A text file containing vector drawing commands accepted by magick's -draw option.

NEF

R

R

Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File

OKO

RW

CTU computer vision laboratory

ORF

R

R

Olympus Digital Camera Raw Image File

ORA

R

R

open exchange format for layered raster based graphics

OTB

RW

RW

On-the-air Bitmap

P7

RW

RW

Xv's Visual Schnauzer thumbnail format

PALM

RW

RW

Palm pixmap

PAM

W

RW

Common 2-dimensional bitmap format

CLIPBOARD

RW

RW

Windows Clipboard

Only available under Microsoft Windows.

PBM

RW

RW

Portable bitmap format (black and white)

PCD

RW

RW

Photo CD

The maximum resolution written is 768x512 pixels since larger images require huffman compression (which is not supported). Use -bordercolor to specify the border color (e.g. -bordercolor black).

PCDS

RW

RW

Photo CD

Decode with the sRGB color tables.

PCL

W

W

HP Page Control Language

Use -define to specify fit to page option (e.g. -define pcl:fit-to-page=true).

PCX

RW

RW

RW

ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush file

PDB

RW

RW

Palm Database ImageViewer Format

PDF

RW

RW

Portable Document Format

Requires Ghostscript to read. By default, ImageMagick sets the page size to the MediaBox. Some PDF files, however, have a CropBox or TrimBox that is smaller than the MediaBox and may include white space, registration or cutting marks outside the CropBox or TrimBox. To force ImageMagick to use the CropBox or TrimBox rather than the MediaBox, use -define (e.g. -define pdf:use-cropbox=true or -define pdf:use-trimbox=true). Use -density to improve the appearance of your PDF rendering (e.g. -density 300x300). To specify direct conversion from Postscript to PDF, use -define delegate:bimodel=true. Use -define pdf:fit-page=true to scale to the page size. To immediately stop processing upon an error, set -define pdf:stop-on-error to true. To set the page direction preferences to right-to-left, try -define pdf:page-direction=right-to-left. By default, the PDF is printed using "screen" for annotations and images. Use -define pdf:printed=true to instead utilize the printer options. Use -alpha remove to remove transparency. When writing to a PDF, thumbnails are included by default. To skip generating thumbnails, -define pdf:thumbnail=false. To enable interpolation when rendering, use -define pdf:interpolate=true.

PEF

R

R

Pentax Electronic File

Requires an explicit image format otherwise the image is interpreted as a TIFF image (e.g. pef:image.pef).

PES

R

Embrid Embroidery Format

PFA

R

R

Postscript Type 1 font (ASCII)

Opening as file returns a preview image.

PFB

R

R

Postscript Type 1 font (binary)

Opening as file returns a preview image.

PFM

RW

Portable float map format

PGM

RW

RW

Portable graymap format (gray scale)

PHM

RW

Portable float map format 16-bit half

PICON

RW

RW

Personal Icon

PICT

RW

RW

Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT file

PIX

R

R

Alias/Wavefront RLE image format

PNG

RW

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

Requires libpng-1.0.11 or later, libpng-1.2.5 or later recommended. The PNG specification does not support pixels-per-inch units, only pixels-per-centimeter. To avoid reading a particular associated image profile, use -define profile:skip=name (e.g. profile:skip=ICC). Set the maximum chunk size with -define png:chunk-malloc-max=value.

PNG8

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

8-bit indexed with optional binary transparency

PNG00

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

PNG inheriting subformat from original if possible

PNG24

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

opaque or binary transparent 24-bit RGB

PNG32

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

opaque or transparent 32-bit RGBA

PNG48

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

opaque or binary transparent 48-bit RGB

PNG64

RW

RW

Portable Network Graphics

opaque or transparent 64-bit RGB

PNM

RW

RW

RW

Portable anymap

PNM is a family of formats supporting portable bitmaps (PBM) , graymaps (PGM), and pixmaps (PPM). There is no file format associated with pnm itself. If PNM is used as the output format specifier, then ImageMagick automagically selects the most appropriate format to represent the image. The default is to write the binary version of the formats. Use -compress none to write the ASCII version of the formats.

POCKETMOD

RW

Pocketmod personal organizer format

Example usage: magick -density 300 pages?.pdf pocketmod:organize.pdf

PPM

RW

RW

RW

Portable pixmap format (color)

PS

RW

RW

Adobe PostScript file

Requires Ghostscript to read. To force ImageMagick to respect the crop box, use -define (e.g. -define eps:use-cropbox=true). Use -density to improve the appearance of your Postscript rendering (e.g. -density 300x300). Use -alpha remove to remove transparency. To specify direct conversion from PDF to Postscript, use -define delegate:bimodel=true.

PS2

RW

Adobe Level II PostScript file

Requires Ghostscript to read.

PS3

RW

Adobe Level III PostScript file

Requires Ghostscript to read.

PSB

RW

Adobe Large Document Format

PSD

RW

RW

Adobe Photoshop multispectral bitmap file

Use -define psd:alpha-unblend=off to disable alpha blenning in the merged image. Use -define psd:additional-info=all|selective to transfer additional information from the input PSD file to output PSD file. The 'selective' option will preserve all additional information that is not related to the geometry of the image. The 'all' option should only be used when the geometry of the image has not been changed. This option is helpful when transferring non-simple layers, such as adjustment layers from the input PSD file to the output PSD file. This define is available as of Imagemagick version 6.9.5-8. Use -define psd:preserve-opacity-mask=true to preserve the opacity mask of a layer and add it back to the layer when the image is saved.

PTIF

RW

RW

Pyramid encoded TIFF

Multi-resolution TIFF containing successively smaller versions of the image down to the size of an icon. Use -define ptif:pyramid to specify the min-base and levels of the pyramid, e.g. 64x4.

PWP

R

R

Seattle File Works multi-image file

QOI

RW

RW

Quite OK Image Format

Fast, lossless image compression.

RAD

R

R

Radiance image file

Requires that ra_ppm from the Radiance software package be installed.

RAF

R

R

Fuji CCD-RAW Graphic File

RAW

RW

Raw gray samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision. For signed pixel data, use -define quantum:format=signed.

RGB

RW

RW

Raw red, green, and blue samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision.

RGB565

R

Raw red, green, blue pixels in the 5-6-5 format

Use -size to specify the image width and height.

RGBA

RW

RW

Raw red, green, blue, and alpha samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth. To specify a single precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 32 for single precision floats, 64 for double precision, and 16 for half-precision.

RGF

RW

LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Robot Graphics File

RLA

R

R

Alias/Wavefront image file

RLE

R

R

R

Utah Run length encoded image file

SCT

R

Scitex Continuous Tone Picture

SFW

R

R

Seattle File Works image

SGI

RW

RW

RW

Irix RGB image

SHTML

W

W

Hypertext Markup Language client-side image map

Used to write HTML clickable image maps based on a the output of montage or a format which supports tiled images such as MIFF.

SID, MrSID

R

Multiresolution seamless image

Requires the mrsidgeodecode command line utility that decompresses MG2 or MG3 SID image files.

SPARSE-COLOR

W

Raw text file

Format compatible with the -sparse-color option. Lists only non-fully-transparent pixels.

SR2

R

Sony Photo RAW Sony R1

SRF

R

Sony Photo RAW Sony DSC-F828, Sony DSC-R1

STRIMG

RW

String to images and back

SUN

RW

RW

RW

SUN Rasterfile

SVG

RW

RW

R?

Scalable Vector Graphics

ImageMagick utilizes inkscape if its in your execution path otherwise RSVG. If neither are available, ImageMagick reverts to its internal SVG renderer. The default resolution is 96 DPI. Use -size command line option to specify the maximum width and height. If you want to substitute entities and you trust the SVG source, enable this option: -define svg:substitute-entities=true. If you want to render a very large SVG and you trust the source, enable this option: -define svg:parse-huge=true.

TEXT

R

RW^?

RW

text file

Requires an explicit format specifier to read, e.g. text:README.txt.

TGA

RW

RW

RW

Truevision Targa image

Also known as formats ICB, VDA, and VST. Use -define tga:preserve-orientation=true to preserve the image orientation.

TIFF

RW

RW

RW!

Tagged image file multispectral format

Also known as TIF. Requires tiff-v3.6.1.tar.gz or later. Use -define to specify the rows per strip (e.g. -define tiff:rows-per-strip=8). To define the tile geometry, use for example, -define tiff:tile-geometry=128x128. To specify a signed format, use -define quantum:format=signed. To specify a single-precision floating-point format, use -define quantum:format=floating-point. Set the depth to 64 for a double-precision floating-point format. Use -define quantum:polarity=min-is-black or -define quantum:polarity=min-is-white toggle the photometric interpretation for a bilevel image. Specify the extra samples as associated or unassociated alpha with, for example, -define tiff:alpha=unassociated. Set the fill order with -define tiff:fill-order=msb|lsb. Set the TIFF endianness with -define tiff:endian=msb|lsb. Use -define tiff:exif-properties=false to skip reading the EXIF properties. Use -define tiff:gps-properties=false to skip reading the GPS properties. You can set a number of TIFF software attributes including document name, host computer, artist, timestamp, make, model, software, and copyright. For example, -set tiff:software "My Company". If you want to ignore certain TIFF tags, use this option: -define tiff:ignore-tags=comma-separated-list-of-tag-IDs. Since version 6.9.1-4 there is support for reading photoshop layers in TIFF files, this can be disabled with -define tiff:ignore-layers=true. To preserve compression of the source image, use: -define tiff:preserve-compression=true.

TIM

R

R

PSX TIM file

TTF

R

R

TrueType font file

Requires freetype 2. Opening as file returns a preview image. Use -set if you do not want to hint glyph outlines after their scaling to device pixels (e.g. -set type:hinting off).

TXT

RW

RW

RW

Multispectral raw text file

Use -define to specify the color compliance (e.g. -define txt:compliance=css).

UBRL

W

Unicode BRaiLle

Uses juxtaposition of 8-dot braille patterns (thus 8x2 dot matrices) to reproduce images, using the Unicode Braille encoding.

UBRL6

W

Unicode BRaiLle 6 dots

Uses juxtaposition of 6-dot braille patterns (thus 6x2 dot matrices) to reproduce images, using the Unicode Braille encoding.

UIL

W

X-Motif UIL table

UYVY

RW

RW

Interleaved YUV raw image

Use -size and -depth command line options to specify width and height. Use -sampling-factor to set the desired subsampling (e.g. -sampling-factor 4:2:2).

VICAR

RW

RW

VICAR rasterfile format

VIDEO

RW

?

Various video formats such as APNG, AVI, MP4, WEBM, etc. Refer to defines for a description of these defines: video:intermediate-format, video:pixel-format, and video:vsync defines, that can affect the operation on these video formats.

VIFF

RW

RW

Khoros Visualization Image File Format

WBMP

RW

RW

RW

Wireless bitmap

Support for uncompressed monochrome only.

WDP

RW

JPEG extended range

Requires the jxrlib delegate library. Put the JxrDecApp and JxrEncApp applications in your execution path.

WEBP

RW

RW

RW

Weppy image format

Requires the WEBP delegate library. The muxing delegate library is required to read animated Webp image containers. Specify the encoding options with the -define option See WebP Encoding Options for more details.

WMF

R

?R

Windows Metafile

Requires libwmf. By default, renders WMF files using the dimensions specified by the metafile header. Use the -density option to adjust the output resolution, and thereby adjust the output size. The default output resolution is 72DPI so -density 144 results in an image twice as large as the default. Use -background color to specify the WMF background color (default white) or -texture filename to specify a background texture image.

WPG

R

RW

RW

Word Perfect Graphics File

X

RW

RW

display or import an image to or from an X11 server

Use -define to obtain the image from the root window (e.g. -define x:screen=true). Set x:silent=true to turn off the beep when importing an image.

X3F

R^

Foveon X3 (Sigma/Polaroid) RAW

XBM

RW

RW

RW

X Windows system bitmap, black and white only

Used by the X Windows System to store monochrome icons.

XCF

R

R

GIMP image

XPM

RW

RW

RW

X Windows system pixmap

Also known as PM. Used by the X Windows System to store color icons.

XWD

RW

RW

X Windows system window dump

Used by the X Windows System to save/display screen dumps.

X3F

R

R

Sigma Camera RAW Picture File

YAML

W

human-readable data-serialization language

Include additional attributes about the image with these defines: -define yaml:locate, -define yaml:limit, -define yaml:moments, or -define yaml:features. Specify the JSON model schema version with -define yaml:version. The current version is 1.0.

YCbCr

RW

Raw Y, Cb, and Cr samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth.

YCbCrA

RW

Raw Y, Cb, Cr, and alpha samples

Use -size and -depth to specify the image width, height, and depth.

YUV

RW

RW

CCIR 601 4:1:1

Use -size and -depth command line options to specify width, height, and depth. Use -sampling-factor to set the desired subsampling (e.g. -sampling-factor 4:2:2).