Image formats

Formats:

  • rhif: the native LiveQuartz format that saves all the layers and filters (Spotlight and QuickLook compatible).
  • pdf: the Portable Document Format from Adobe (it is also the native format of Quartz, the MacOS X drawing foundations).

Bitmap formats:

Read/write formats:

  • png.
  • jpeg (no alpha).
  • jpeg2000.
  • tiff.
  • photoshop (merged layers).
  • tga.
  • sgi.
  • gif (1bit alpha).
  • bmp (no alpha).
  • pict.
  • OpenEXR.

Read only formats:

  • raw (Adobe, Canon, Fuji, Kodak, Minolta, Nikon, Olympus, Sony DNG).
  • icns.
  • Windows ico.
  • Windows cursor.
  • FlashPix.
  • MacPaint.
  • QuickTime Import Format.
  • Radiance.
  • XWindow bitmap.