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.NET SDK supporting 100+ document and image formats

Load, convert, and process 100+ file formats, including PDF, Office documents (DOCX, XLSX, PPTX), CAD (DXF), vector graphics (SVG, AI, EPS), RAW camera files from 50+ manufacturers, and specialized formats (DICOM, HEIF, JBIG2, OpenEXR). Read and write bitonal, grayscale, indexed, RGB, ARGB, and CMYK images with 1-bit to 128-bit color depth. Convert between any supported format with metadata preservation and high-fidelity rendering.


Supported formats

MS Office

Open XML


  • DOCX — Microsoft Word Open XML
  • DOCM — Microsoft Word Macro-Enabled Document
  • DOTX — Microsoft Word Template Open XML
  • XLSX — Microsoft Excel Open XML
  • XLSM — Microsoft Excel Macro-Enabled Spreadsheet
  • PPTX — Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML
  • PPTM — Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation
  • PPSX — Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Slide Show
  • POTX — Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Template Presentation

MS Office

Binary file formats


  • DOC — Microsoft Word
  • DOT — Microsoft Word Template
  • XLS — Microsoft Excel
  • XLT — Microsoft Excel Template
  • PPT — Microsoft PowerPoint
  • POT — Microsoft PowerPoint Template

OpenDocument Format


  • ODT — OpenDocument Text

Text


  • TXT — Plain text format
  • RTF — Rich Text Format

PDF


  • PDF — Portable Document Format
  • PDF/A — Document format for long-term preservation
  • PDF Multipage — Portable Document Format

Vector images


  • SVG — Scalable Vector Graphics
  • AI — Adobe Illustrator (PDF compatible)
  • EMF — Enhanced Metafile
  • WMF — Windows Metafile

HTML


  • HTM — HyperText Markup Language
  • HTML — HyperText Markup Language
  • MHT — MIME HTML
  • MHTML — MIME HTML

CAD


  • DXF — Drawing Exchange Format
  • DWG — Drawing (Public Preview)

Email


  • MSG — Microsoft Outlook Item
  • EML — Electronic mail format

PostScript


  • PS — Adobe PostScript format

Raster images


  • CUR — Windows cursor
  • WSQ — Wavelet Scalar Quantization
  • ANIMATED GIF — Graphics Interchange Format
  • BMP — Standard Windows bitmap format
  • CUT — Dr. Halo/Dr. Genius clipboard format
  • DDS — Microsoft DirectDraw Surface format
  • DIB — Standard Windows bitmap format
  • DICOM — Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
  • EXIF — Exchangeable Image File Format
  • EXR — OpenEXR format
  • FAX, G3 — Group 3 raw fax format
  • GIF, Interlaced GIF — Graphics Interchange Format
  • HDR — High dynamic range format
  • HEIF/HEIC — High Efficiency Image File Format
  • IFF — Interchange File Format
  • ICO (single page and multipage) — Icon format
  • J2K, J2C — JPEG-2000 Codestream
  • WebP — WebP image
  • JB2, JBIG2 — Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group
  • JIF, JFIF — JPEG File Interchange Format
  • JNG — JPEG Network Graphics
  • JP2 — JPEG-2000 format
  • JPEG, JPG, JPE — Joint Photographic Experts Group
  • JPEG progressive
  • KOA — KOALA format
  • LBM — Interchange File Format-Interleaved Bitmap
  • MNG — Multiple-image Network Graphics
  • PBM — Portable Bitmap file
  • PBM RAW — Portable bitmap binary
  • PCD — Kodak Photo-CD file
  • PCT, PICT, PIC — Macintosh PICT format
  • PCX — PC Paintbrush format
  • PFM — Portable Floatmap file
  • PGM — Portable Graymap file
  • PGM RAW — Portable graymap binary
  • PSD — Photoshop file
  • PNG — Portable Network Graphics format
  • PNM — Portable Anymap file
  • PPM — Portable Pixmap file
  • PPM RAW — Portable pixmap binary
  • RAS — Sun Raster format
  • RAW camera image
  • RAW memory bits — RAW bitmap
  • RLE — Standard Windows bitmap format
  • SGI — Silicon Graphics image format
  • TGA, TARGA — TARGA image format
  • TIFF, TIF — Tagged Image File Format
  • TIFF Multipage — Multipage Tagged Image File Format
  • WBMP, WAP, WBM — Wireless Bitmap
  • XBM — X Bitmap format
  • XPM — X Pixmap format

Supported compression schemes

Common types

GdPicture codecs support the most common types of data compression:


  • JPEG — Joint Photographic Experts Group
  • OJPEG (old JPEG 6.0 compression)
  • JPEG 2000 — JPEG wavelet-based image compression
  • JBIG2 — Joint Bi-level Image Experts Group
  • Packbits — Lossless compression scheme for run-length encoding of data
  • CCITT Group 3 fax coding
  • CCITT Group 4 fax coding
  • Modified Huffman coding
  • RLE — Run-length encoding
  • LZW — Lempel-Ziv-Welch
  • LogLuv — For high dynamic range imaging data
  • Deflate
  • Huffman
  • Arithmetic coding
  • WebP

Supported RAW camera image formats

Formats


  • 3FR — Hasselblad digital camera raw image format
  • ARW — Sony digital camera raw image format for Alpha devices
  • BAY — Casio digital camera raw image format
  • BMQ — NuCore digital camera raw image format
  • CAP — Phase One digital camera raw image format
  • CINE — Phantom Software digital camera raw image format
  • CR2 — Canon digital camera raw image format version 2.0. These images are based on the TIFF image standard
  • CR3 — Canon digital camera raw image format version 3.0. These images are based on the TIFF image standard
  • CRW — Canon digital camera raw image format version 1.0
  • CS1 — Capture Shop digital camera raw image format
  • DC2 — Kodak DC25 digital camera raw image format
  • DCR — Kodak digital camera raw image format for these models: Kodak DSC Pro SLR/c, Kodak DSC Pro SLR/n, Kodak DSC Pro 14N, Kodak DSC PRO 14nx
  • DRF — Kodak digital camera raw image format
  • DSC — Kodak digital camera raw image format
  • DNG — Adobe Digital Negative: DNG is a publicly available, archival format for the raw files generated by digital cameras. By addressing the lack of an open standard for the raw files created by individual camera models, DNG helps ensure photographers will be able to access their files in the future.
  • ERF — Epson digital camera raw image format
  • FFF — Imacon digital camera raw image format
  • HDR — Leaf digital camera raw image format
  • IA — Sinar digital camera raw image format
  • IIQ — Phase One digital camera raw image format
  • KC2 — Kodak DCS200 digital camera raw image format
  • K25 — Kodak DC25 digital camera raw image format
  • KDC — Kodak digital camera raw image format
  • MDC — Minolta RD175 digital camera raw image format
  • MEF — Mamiya digital camera raw image format
  • MOS — Mamiya digital camera raw image format
  • MRW — Minolta DiMAGE digital camera raw image format
  • NEF — Nikon digital camera raw image format
  • NRW — Nikon digital camera raw image format
  • ORF — Olympus digital camera raw image format
  • PEF — Pentax digital camera raw image format
  • PTX — Pentax digital camera raw image format
  • PXN — Logitech digital camera raw image format
  • QTK — Apple Quicktake 100/150 digital camera raw image format
  • RAF — Fujifilm digital camera raw image format
  • RAW — Panasonic digital camera raw image format
  • RDC — Digital Foto Maker digital camera raw image format
  • RW2 — Panasonic LX3 digital camera raw image format
  • RW1 — Leica digital camera raw image format
  • RWZ — Rawzor digital camera raw image format
  • SR2 — Sony digital camera raw image format
  • SRF — Sony digital camera raw image format for DSC-F828 8 megapixel digital camera or Sony DSC-R1
  • SRW — Samsung digital camera raw image format
  • STI — Sinar Capture Shop digital camera raw image format