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The Python Imaging Library
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$Id: FORMATS,v 1.5 1996/10/04 19:41:25 fredrik Exp $
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*** File formats supported by release 1.0rc1 ***
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ARG Reads the (highly experimental) ARG animation format. [1, 2]
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BMP Reads and writes 1, 4, 8 and 24-bit uncompressed images. RLE
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compressed files are not supported.
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CUR Reads 4 and 8-bit Windows cursor files. If a file contains
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multiple cursors, the largest size is loaded. Animated
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cursors are not supported.
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DCX Reads DCX files (compound PCX files). See PCX for details.
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You can use seek/tell to load individual frames.
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EPS Identifies EPS images. Writes "L", "RGB" and "CMYK" images.
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Output is an EPS file covering (0, 0, xsize, ysize) in the
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Postscript coordinate space. Use scale/translate operators
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to put the image in place. (For easy printing, use the PSDraw
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FLI Reads Autodesk FLI and FLC animation files.
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FPX Reads FlashPix files. Only the highest resolution layer is
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read, and the viewing transform is ignored. [1]
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GBR Reads GIMP brushes.
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GD Reads GD images through the "GdImageFile" module. Note that
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this format cannot be automatically identified by Image.open(),
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so you have to use the GdImageFile.open() function instead.
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GIF Reads GIF87 and GIF89 images, and writes uncompressed GIF87
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images. Animation files can be handled via the "seek/tell"
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methods. To generate animation files, see the "gifmaker.py"
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ICO Reads 4 and 8-bit Windows icon files. If a file contains
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multiple icons, the largest size is loaded.
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IM Reads and writes basic versions of the IFUNC/LabEye IM format.
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IMT Reads single-layer, 8-bit images of the Image Tools format.
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IPTC Reads some versions of the IPTC/ANPA Newsphoto format. Tags
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are stored in the "info" attribute. This driver is experimental.
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JPEG Reads and writes "L", "RGB", "CMYK" and "YCrCb" images. Note
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that YCrCb files are automatically converted to RGB, unless you
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use the "draft" method. This driver also supports progressive
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MCIDAS Reads 8-bit McIdas area files.
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MIC Reads Microsoft Image Composer images. You can use the seek
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method to access the individual sprites in the file.
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MPEG Identifies MPEG video streams.
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MSP Reads and writes MSP images. Reads both version 1 and version
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2 files, but writes version 1 files only (uncompressed).
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PCD Reads PhotoCD (PCD) images. PIL reads the base resolution
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PCX Reads and writes 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24-bit compressed images.
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Uncompressed PCX files are not supported.
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PDF Identifies and writes PDF images. [1]
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PIXAR Reads PIXAR raster files. Only "RGB" images are supported in
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this version. This driver is experimental.
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PNG Reads W3O PNG files of all possible flavours (except interlaced
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files in this version). Writes "1", "P", "L", "I", "RGB", and
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PPM Reads and writes "1" (PBM), "L" (PGM), and "RGB" (PPM) images.
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PSD Reads Adobe PSD files. Both uncompressed and compressed
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(packbits) versions are supported. Note that overlays and
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auxiliary layers are not read.
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SGI Reads uncompressed "L" and "RGB" images.
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SUN Reads uncompressed "1", "L" and "RGB" images.
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TGA Reads uncompressed 8, 16, 24 and 32-bit "P", "L", "RGB", and
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TIFF Reads and writes "1", "L", "RGB", "RGBA", and "CMYK" images.
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PIL reads the following TIFF flavours:
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- organization: striped, tiled, planar, packed
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- compression: none, jpeg [1], lzw, lzw+predictor, packbits
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The TIFF tag directory can be inspected through the "tag" member.
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Multi-image files can be handled though the "seek/tell" methods.
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PIL currently writes uncompressed, single strip images only.
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WMF Reads and renders a subset of the Windows metafile format.
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This driver is experimental.
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XBM Reads and writes XBM bitmaps.
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XPM Reads XPM pixmaps.
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[1] When linked with the IJG JPEG library (version 6.0).
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[2] When linked with the ZLIB library (version 1.0). Note that
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LIBPNG is not required to read PNG files.
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