Supported Formats

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Windows Animated Cursor (ANI)
ANI is an animated cursor (animated mouse pointer). This file format is used for reading and storing Windows Animated Cursors. The Image Explorer Pro filter does not support transparency information within these files. Multipage ANI files will have an icon on each page.

For ANI files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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AT&T Group 4 Bitmap
Image Explorer Pro can read this format, but does not save in this format.

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Windows AVI (AVI) is a file format created by Microsoft and used for multimedia files. These files store both audio and video data.

For AVI files, you can read the following bits per pixel: 24.
You can write 24-bit AVI files as well.

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Microsoft FAX Format (AWD)
AWD - Microsoft Fax At Work format, a black-and-white (one bitplane) format for storing fax images.

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Bitmap Formats
This is the Microsoft Windows bitmap format, also used in OS/2. It's a fairly compact (compression is optional, but normally used) format for images up to 32-bit. BMP is the native bitmap format for the Windows environment. Some BMP images are compressed with an RLE-type compression.

You can read and write the following bits per pixel, without RLE compression: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32.
You can read and write the following bits per pixel, with RLE compression: 4, 8.

OS/2 Bitmap (OS/2 BMP). These are files created on an OS/2 operating system. Image Explorer Pro supports both 1.x and 2.x formats.

You can read and write the following bits per pixel, without RLE compression: 1, 4, 8, 24.
You can read (but not write) the following bits per pixel, with RLE compression: 4, 8.

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Brooktrout (.301, BRK)
Image Explorer Pro can read this format, but does not save in this format.

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CALS Format
CALS - Computer Aided Acquisition and Logistics Support Raster Format; a military-spec two color document storage format. Used in a range from Pentagon archives to standard FAX documents.

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CorelDRAW® Graphics
CorelDRAW® Graphics are drawings created based on a template, which is a pattern or mold for the text, graphics and formatting in a document. Templates are based on sets of styles that govern the appearance of specific types of objects, including shapes, lines and text. When a style is applied to an object, the object assumes the appearance dictated by the style. By building a drawing around a template the attributes of every object in the document can be controlled.

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Autodesk CEL
CEL files contain one or more frames of image data used by the Autodesk Animator and Animator Pro animation packages. Both Animator Pro and the original Animator produce CEL files, but each uses a different file format.

An Animator Pro CEL file is identical to a FLC file in all respects. A CEL file should have a Celdata block in the file prefix block which describes the x,y placement of the CEL. If the Celdata placement block is not present, assume a
placement of 0,0.

The original Animator also produced CEL files. These were still-picture files, not the multi-frame files Animator Pro now uses. A CEL file from the original Animator is identical to a PIC file from the original Animator in all respects.

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Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
Computer Graphics Metafile is a format used for the exchange of vector and bitmap data. Image Explorer Pro supports versions 1, 2 and 3 of CGM, as well as the Binary data-encoding format of CGM. Write support for this file format is provided only in the Vector features.

For CGM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 24.

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Microsoft Windows Clipboard (CLP)
CLP stands for Microsoft Windows Clipboard. This file format is used to store the contents of the clipboard to disk. The clipboard is an area of memory shared by the Windows operating system, and it is a simple mechanism for exchanging data between applications.

For CLP files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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LEAD 1-Bit Format (CMP)
EAD 1BIT is a proprietary 1-bit LEAD compressed format that has better compression and performance than other 1-bit formats.

You can read and write files in this format.

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Corel Presentations Exchange Image (CMX)
CMX is the proprietary format that Corel uses for their clipart. These images are vector images.

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Cursor Formats
Image Explorer Pro reads and writes Windows Icon and Cursor files. An icon editor module (Icon Workshop) is also included with Image Explorer Pro for editing icons. This file support allows you also to create a bitmap from an icon or cursor, or create an icon or cursor from a bitmap.

Image Explorer Pro supports these file formats as follows:

Windows Icon (ICO): This is a multipage file format for storing one or more Windows icons. The background color when you read these images is always black. The size when you write these images can be no larger than 255-by-255 pixels. (Neither the width nor height can be greater than 255.)

You can read multipage files with the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.
You can write single-page files with the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

Windows Cursor (CUR): This is a file format for storing Windows cursors (mouse pointers). Image Explorer Pro does not load or save transparency information in these files. The size when you write these images should be exactly 32-by-32 pixels.

You can read and write 1, 4, 8, and 24-bit, single-page or multi-page files.

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Dr Halo (CUT) Format
The 256 color format used by the older Doctor Halo paint program. Dr. Halo files are device-independent images. The image is stored in one file (.CUT) and the palette is stored in a separate file (PAL). If the image has no corresponding .PAL file, it is considered a grayscale image.

For CUT files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8.

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DICOM Format (DIC, DCM)
DICOM (DIC) files are commonly used in medical images. Image Explorer Pro reads a broad range of DICOM formats, converting them to supported bits-per-pixel as necessary. Image Explorer Pro writes DICOM files in the supported bits-per-pixel also.

You can read DICOM files as follows:

Grayscale files in the 1- to 16-bit range are loaded as they are in the original file.

Palletized color files in the 1- to 16-bit range are converted to 8-bit Palletized or 24-bit unpalletized. By default, they are converted to 24-bit only if the palette contains more than 256 colors.

Unpalletized color files (RGB, ARGB, or CMYK) with 1 to 16 bits per plane are converted to 24-bit RGB.

You can write DICOM files as 8, 12, or 16-bit grayscale, 8-bit Palletized color, or 24-bit RGB color (8 bits per plane).

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PCX Formats (PCX and DCX)
Image Explorer Pro reads and writes the following PCX formats:

PCX. This is a file format created by ZSoft. This format compresses its image data with the RLE type compression.
DCX. This is a multipage PCX format that enables a file to contain more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular PCX file, except for the multipage feature.

For PCX and DCX files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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Bitmap (DIB) Format
DIB - This is a Windows image format. It stands for Device Independent Bitmap. It only supports 256 colors.

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DRaWing (DRW)
DRW(DRaWing) is a native format used in the popular Micrografx Designer CAD/CAM/CAE application for the Windows operating system. Write support for this file format is provided only in the Vector features. Image Explorer Pro supports versions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the DRW file format.

For DRW files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 24.

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Drawing Interchange Format (DXF)
DXF (Drawing Interchange Format) was first introduced by AutoDesk AutoCAD, and is one of the most widely used CAD/CAM/CAE application in the world. DXF is very popular and is supported by most 3D applications on PC platforms.

A DXF file is an ASCII file containing 2D and 3D components representing a drawing. Those components are known as Entities. The DXF file can represent almost any CAD drawing using those entities, and can connect a group of entities together (such as windows, doors, etc) and use them later in the file . The DXF file has seen many changes through the years, from version 2.6 to the latest release version 14. However, the latest release of AutoCAD still manages to open files created with any of the earlier versions.

Image Explorer Pro supports all current variations of the DXF format (versions 2.6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14) with the following entities: 3DFACE, 3DSOLID, ARC, CIRCLE, ELLIPSE, INSERT, LINE, LWPOLYLINE, MTEXT, POINT, POLYLINE, SOLID, TEXT, and TRACE in full 2D or 3D DXF files. You can load any of the DXF files as either vector images or raster images. Users can load a DXF file, and save it to any of file formats supported by Image Explorer Pro.

For DXF files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8.

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Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)
PostScript Raster (Encapsulated PostScript). These files are used primarily on PostScript printers. These printers usually offer more variety of fonts and higher resolution than standard laser printers. EPS files will work on any PostScript compatible printer and any end-user application that supports placement of EPS files in its work space.

The image that you read from an EPS file can be either a PostScript raster image, an embedded TIFF image, or an embedded WMF image. The image that you write to an EPS file is always a PostScript raster image.

For a PostScript raster image, you can read the following bits per pixel: 1, 8.
For an embedded TIFF image, you can read the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32.
For an embedded WMF file, you can read the following bits per pixel: 24.
You can write only an 8-bit PostScript raster image, which is grayscale.

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Exif (EXF, TIFF, JPG) Formats
Exif is a standard for image files created with digital cameras and other input devices. The standard is set by the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association, and formally it is called the Digital Still Camera Image File Format Standard.

Exif files contain either uncompressed TIFF images or compressed JPEG images. In addition, these files can contain many comment fields of various types. Image Explorer Pro reads and writes the following Exif formats:

TIFF-encoded: This is a tag-based file format designed to promote universal interchanges of digital image data. You can save any image size. You can read and write 24 bits per pixel.

JPG-encoded: This is the JPEG format with YUV 4:2:2 sampling. You can save any image size. You can read and write 24 bits per pixel. (Grayscale is not supported).

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RAW FAX format
This format is comprised of two main variations, with sub-variations therein:

FAX Group 3: This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 3 support. Image Explorer Pro supports both 1-dimension and 2-dimension variations of this format.

FAX Group 4: This is a raw FAX format (without a header) for Group 4 support.

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Flic Animation (FLC)
The Flic file is an animation file created by Auto-desk. This file supports image data but not audio data. The frames of this file can be of 8bpp image data. The maximum number of frames is 4000. This file has two versions. The FLI file types support 320 X 200 images with a maximum of 64 colors per image. The FLC file types support up to 64k X 64k images with 256 colors per image.

For FLI files, you can read the following bits per pixel: 8.
For FLC files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8.

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Kodak Formats (PCD and FPX)
Image Explorer Pro supports the following Kodak formats:

PhotoCD (PCD). This is a common high-resolution format for images on CD-ROM. An image file can contain one or more physical resolutions, with fixed dimensions. You can choose which resolution to load, and thus control the size of the resulting bitmap.

You can read the following bits per pixel: 8, 24.
You cannot write PhotoCD files. They are read-only.

FlashPix (FPX). (WIN32 only) The FlashPix file format was developed through the combined efforts of Eastman Kodak Company, Microsoft Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, and Live Picture Inc. It combines the best features of existing formats with object orientation to make the use of digital color images easier. The format of a FlashPix file is based on compound object storage, which allows storage of various kinds of data. A FlashPix file may consist of several "pages" where each "page" has storage for a source image, non-image data in the form of comments, transform data, and a stamp or thumbnail. Each image is stored as an entire multi-resolution hierarchy where each resolution in the hierarchy differs from the next highest resolution by a factor of 2 in the x dimension and in the y dimension. Non-image data are treated as comments in FlashPix file format. Comments are used to store information pertaining to the image, not actual pixel data. This information may include image title, image subject, camera manufacturer, scan software version number, and so forth. In addition to the image itself, FlashPix files store transform information. This data indicates transformations which may be performed on the source image. By storing the transforms, the source image may be stored in its original state and transformed, using the stored transforms, at your discretion. A stamp, or thumbnail, provides a small bitmap representation of a FlashPix image. If a FlashPix file has been created using a single resolution image, the thumbnail is optional.

You can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8, 24.

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Single-bit Format (GEM)
Image Explorer Pro supports reading and writing of 1-bit formats.
GEM Image (IMG). These files are native to the Graphical Environment Manager developed by Digital Research.

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GIF Formats
Graphics Interchange Format (the acronym's officially pronounced "JIF", by decree of the format's creator) is a very efficient, and still quite popular picture format. There are two "flavors" of GIF, the old 87 and the newer 89a. 89a adds several extra features like transparency (so background graphics can "show through" the GIF in places) and animation. GIF animations are a very popular form of Web multimedia, because they're small and display on all current graphical browsers without needing a special plug-in or taking up much CPU time.

GIF images can also be interlaced, so that you can see a low resolution version of the picture before downloading very much of it. GIF interlacing has four passes, which show one out of every eight lines, then another eighth of the image, then another quarter, then the remaining half. GIF is a data-stream type format, like JFIF, so you can view partially downloaded images whether or not they're interlaced - without interlacing, a 25% downloaded picture gives you the first 25% of the lines, starting at the top.

You can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Animated GIF: This is a multipage GIF format that can be played as an animation by displaying the images sequentially. Image Explorer Pro allows you to both create and play the animations.

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PLT (PLT)
PLT (also HPGL) is the standard language for printing line drawings created by Hewlett-Packard. HPGL is supported by many CAD programs, charting programs and word processors. Image Explorer Pro supports HPGL and HPGL/2. Write support for this file format is provided only in the Vector features.

For HPGL files, you can read the following bits per pixel: 4.
For HPGL/2 files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 4.

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IBM IOCA Format
IOCA (ICA). This is the Image Object Content Architecture developed by IBM. Image Explorer Pro supports these files in an MO:DCA wrapper with embedded 1-bit CCITT Group 3 or Group 4 images. Image Explorer Pro also supports IOCA files without an MO:DCA wrapper.

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Icon Formats
Image Explorer Pro reads and writes Windows Icon and Cursor files. An icon editor module (Icon Workshop) is also included with Image Explorer Pro for editing icons. This file support allows you also to create a bitmap from an icon or cursor, or create an icon or cursor from a bitmap.

Image Explorer Pro supports these file formats as follows:

Windows Icon (ICO): This is a multipage file format for storing one or more Windows icons. The background color when you read these images is always black. The size when you write these images can be no larger than 255-by-255 pixels. (Neither the width nor height can be greater than 255.)

You can read multipage files with the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.
You can write single-page files with the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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Interchange File Formats(IFF)
This is Electronic Arts' Interchange File Format, and is the image format used by Amiga and Atari ST personal computers. IFF is a general purpose data storage format that can associate and store multiple types of data. There are multiple IFF formats, but by far the most popular are the image and sound file formats. A file with the .IFF suffix may, therefore, be a sound, not a picture - and it might be any one of a number of other types of data. IFF images may also, uncommonly, have the suffix .ILBM, for InterLeaved BitMap, or just .LBM on DOS-based systems. Image Explorer Pro will view or play all IFF formats, image or sound.

IFF images are very fast to display, and consist of two common variants: HAM and HAM8. HAM stands for Hold And Modify, and is a technique the original Amiga designers came up with for getting 4096 colors from hardware which, traditionally, can only display 32 at once. HAM8 is the updated version, which displays 262,144 colors on 256 color hardware. No non-Amiga computer can display HAM images exactly as they're meant to be seen; Image Explorer Pro can also display them as 256 or higher color images. There are also some less common IFF variants which use whole different palettes on every line.

IFF reads RLE, and non-compressed images.
IFF writes only RLE compressed images.
For IFF files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1 - 8, 24.

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GEM IMG Format
GEM Image (IMG). These files are native to the Graphical Environment Manager developed by Digital Research. This is the format used by older GEM Paint programs as well; it only works in 256 shades of grey.

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Pegasus Image Corp Format (IMJ)
IMJ - A proprietary variant of the JFIF format created by Pegasus Image Corporation.

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IMNET Graphics (IMT)
Image Explorer Pro can read this format, but does not save in this format.

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Intergraph Format (ITG)
Intergraph is a monochrome bitmap format.

For ITG files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1.

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JBIG Format (JBG)
JBIG (JBG) is an industry standard lossless compressed file format for bi-tonal (black and white), grayscale and color images. Image Explorer Pro's JBIG support is comprehensive and handles the various flavors and bits per pixel as defined by the specification including progressive, where you can store and send multiple representations of images at different resolutions without any extra storage overhead. In order to achieve highest compression ratios available by the JBIG format, Image Explorer Pro also takes full advantage of all the functional blocks of this robust standard including the Adaptive Arithmetic Encoder, the Adaptive Template Block, the Typical Prediction Block, the Resolution Reduction Block, and the Deterministic Prediction Block. Saving images in a JBIG format results in smaller image files sizes when compared to other industry standard compressed formats such as CCITT G3 or G4.

For JBIG files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32.

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JPEG and JFIF Formats
JFIF - The JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) File Interchange Format, commonly called JPEG and with the filename suffix .JPG, can be the most efficient image storage method of all - at a price. First to the name. Everybody might call these images JPEG, but that just describes the type of compression used for the data; it doesn't describe how the compressed data is sorted and stored. Calling JFIF "JPEG" is like calling a Ford Falcon "internal combustion".

The idea of JPEG is that as it compresses the data it throws some of it away - technically, this is called "lossy compression". You can configure how lossy you want your JFIFs to be; 100% quality gives you almost exactly the same result as the original picture but also gives you a gigantic, uncompressed file. 10% quality takes up much less space but looks dodgy. You have to strike a balance.

JFIF can store up to 24 bit color; so it's suitable for professional use, and it can do interlaced display like GIF (called "progressive" JFIF), which along with its small file sizes makes it the standard format for Web graphics. Like GIF, JFIF is a data-stream format - you can view images before you've got all of the data. Also like GIF, JFIF supports interlacing.

Lossy JFIF: Image Explorer Pro supports YUV 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and 4:1:1 color spacing, and YUV 4:0:0 for grayscale.
Lossless JFIF: Image Explorer Pro supports 8, 12, and 16-bit grayscale and 24-bit color spacing.

Progressive JPEG: This is a JFIF format that is useful for transmitting images, because the first part of the file contains the full dimensions of the image. Therefore, in a paint-while-load routine, you can display the whole image, then progressively clarify it as the rest of the file loads. Image Explorer Pro supports YUV 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and 4:1:1 color spacing, and YUV 4:0:0 for grayscale.

Lossy JTIF: This is the JPEG Tagged Interchange Format. Image Explorer Pro supports YUV 4:4:4, 4:2:2, and 4:1:1 color spacing, and YUV 4:0:0 for grayscale.

Lossless JTIF: This is the JPEG Tagged Interchange Format. Image Explorer Pro supports 8, 12, and 16-bit grayscale and 24-bit color spacing.

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Kofax Group 4 (KFX)
Kofax Group 4 images are images scanned with Kofax's Ascent Capture software and other proprietary sources.

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Laser Data Exchange
Image Explorer Pro can read this format, but does not save in this format.

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MacPaint (MAC) Format
MacPaint (MAC): These Macintosh Paint files are commonly used for monochrome clip art. MacPaint (3k), usually suffixed .MAC, is the format used by the original black and white Macintosh paint program. Two colors only, 576x720 resolution only.

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Multiple Network Graphics Format (MNG)
The Multiple Network Graphics format is a multi-image extension of the PNG format.

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Apple QuickTime (MOV) Files
Image Explorer Pro reads Apple QuickTime (MOV) files, and can be used to extract the individual frames one at a time and save the frame as another format.

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MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Files
Image Explorer Pro reads MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 Files, commonly used in streaming video and DVD applications. Image Explorer Pro can be used to extract individual frames and to save the individual frames separately in another format.

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Microsoft Paint Format (MSP)
Microsoft Paint (MSP): These files from early versions of Windows are used for black-and-white drawings and clip art. This was Microsoft's early response to MacPaint. Two colors only.

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Portable Bitmap Utilities (PBM)
The Portable Bitmap Utilities consists of Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM), Portable Pixmap Utilities (PPM), and Portable Anymap Utilities (PNG). Their source is the UNIX environment.

For PBM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1.

For PGM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8 (Grayscale).

For PPM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 24.

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PCX and DCX Files
The ZSoft Paint format consisting of three common versions: 0, 2, and 5; 0 is the original two color one ( very small file sizes), 2 is a 16-color version, and 5 does 24-bit. PCX and DCX are very fast loading images. PCX is the IBM equivalent of Amiga IFF. Image Explorer Pro reads and writes the following PCX formats:

PCX: This format compresses its image data with the RLE type compression.
DCX: This is a multipage PCX format that enables a file to contain more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular PCX file, except for the multipage feature.

For PCX and DCX files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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Kodak (PCD) Formats
Kodak's PhotoCD originated as a format for people to take pictures and have their film scanned and the high-resolution images written to CD for access via PC or special PhotoCD players. It is now a popular professional image storage format; a genuine PhotoCD has a particular directory structure containing the images, stored in five resolutions. The PhotoCD storage process is proprietary to Kodak, who no longer sell the software to make full multi-resolution images. An image file can contain one or more physical resolutions, with fixed dimensions. You can choose which resolution to load, and thus control the size of the resulting bitmap.

You can read the following bits per pixel: 8, 24.
You cannot write PhotoCD files; they are read-only.

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Macintosh PICT Format (PCT)
Pict is the all-in-one Apple Quickdraw metaformat. It can include bitmapped or vector images, and can use different compression scheme. These images are used in desktop publishing and imaging applications.

For PCT files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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PCX and DCX Files
The ZSoft Paint format consisting of three common versions: 0, 2, and 5; 0 is the original two color one ( very small file sizes), 2 is a 16-color version, and 5 does 24-bit. PCX and DCX are very fast loading images. PCX is the IBM equivalent of Amiga IFF. Image Explorer Pro reads and writes the following PCX formats:

PCX: This format compresses its image data with the RLE type compression.
DCX: This is a multipage PCX format that enables a file to contain more than one image. It is handled the same as a regular PCX file, except for the multipage feature.

For PCX and DCX files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

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Portable Bitmap Utilities (PBM)
The Portable Bitmap Utilities consists of Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM), Portable Pixmap Utilities (PPM), and Portable Anymap Utilities (PNG). Their source is the UNIX environment.

For PBM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1.

For PGM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8 (Grayscale).

For PPM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 24.

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PIC Formats
PIC - A few proprietary image formats use this suffix. They are not interchangeable. PIC is most likely to be the 256 color format of the old PC Paint program, but it might also be a Micrografx Draw! vector file, a Lotus vector file, a Pegasus Imaging Corporation image file, or an image file for General Parametrics' Video Show Film Recorder. Image Explorer Pro supports the PC Paint variation as well as the Pegasus image format.

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Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Files
The Portable Network Graphics format, pronounced "ping", was created as a free replacement for the GIF format. It handles 1 to 48 bit images, and is a lossless, well-compressed format like GIF. It is a full-featured (non-LZW) compressed format intended for widespread use without legal restraints.

You can read the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 16, 24, 32.
You can write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24.

Image Explorer Pro supports reading (but not writing) interlaced PNG files. To implement interlaced display in the paint-while-load feature, set the Progressive Passes option to paint the image in more than one pass.

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Portable Anymap File Format
Image Explorer Pro can read this format, but does not save in this format.

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Portable Bitmap Utilities (PBM)
The Portable Bitmap Utilities consists of Portable Greymap Utilities (PGM), Portable Pixmap Utilities (PPM), and Portable Anymap Utilities (PNG). Their source is the UNIX environment.

For PBM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1.

For PGM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8 (Grayscale).

For PPM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 24.

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Adobe Photoshop 3.0 Format
Adobe Photoshop's native format, which stores all of its layer and selection and miscellaneous other image data.

For PSD files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 8, 24.

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Sun Raster Format (RAS)
This is SUN Raster format, the default image format for monster SUN workstations running on Unix. Only lightly compressed and so a rather large format, but it supports up to 36 bit images.

For RAS files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8, 24, 32.

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Raw Formats
RAW - This may be a Photoshop RAW file, which is a PSD file with no identifying header. Or it may be a minimally formatted image data dump. Image Explorer Pro supports both variations.

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RLE Format
RLE - This is a CompuServe or Windows Run Length Encoded compressed image format, which support 256 x 192 black and white images. Image Explorer Pro can read and write all possible combinations of this format.

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ColorRIX SCX
Image Explorer Pro can read this format, but does not save in this format.

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Silicon Graphics Image Format (SGI)
The SGI file formats was developed at Silicon Graphics, and is used for black and white, gray-scale and color images. Image Explorer Pro supports both uncompressed SGI and RLE compressed SGI.

For SGI files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8, 24, 32.

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TrueVision Targa (TGA) Files
Truevision TGA (TARGA) is a file format created by Truevision Inc. Image Explorer Pro supports all uncompressed and RLE compressed TGA file formats. The format supports 1 to 32-bit images and professional features like an alpha (mask) channel, gamma settings, and a built-in thumbnail image.

For TGA files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8, 16, 24, 32.

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TIFF (Tag Image File Format)
TIFF, since version 6, supports a number of compression types and is used widely with FAX documents and is also a very popular professional graphics format. Image Explorer Pro supports all TIFF formats:

TIFF CCITT: These are compressed TIFF files that are commonly used for FAX transmission and document imaging.

TIFF CCITT Group 3: These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced and more compressed than TIFF CCITT. Image Explorer Pro supports both 1-dimension and 2-dimension variations of this format.

TIFF CCITT Group 4: These are TIFF CCITT files in a format that is more advanced and more compressed than TIFF CCITT Group 3.

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WinFAX (WFX, WFS, WFR)
The Delrina WinFAX graphic format used for managing FAX documents and related files. Image Explorer Pro supports images of all formats of this software, both Group 3 and 4 types:

WinFax Group 3: This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 3 support.
WinFax Group 4: This is a FAX format created by Delrina for Group 4 support.

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Windows Metafile (WMF & EMF) Files
The Windows Metafile (WMF and EMF) formats are vector formats that may or may not also contain a raster image. When reading or writing a WMF or EMF file, Image Explorer Pro converts all of the image data to a raster image. Therefore, if you load and save a WMF or EMF file, you convert any vector image data that the original contained.

For WMF and EMF files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 8, 24.

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WordPerfect Format (WPG)
This is the WordPerfect metafile format, used by WordPerfect software on various platforms. It supports bitmapped, raster, vector, and Encapsulated Postscript data. Image Explorer Pro handles all bitmap and raster variations of this format.

For WPG files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 4, 8.

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XBitMap Format
XBM is a monochrome bitmap format in which data is stored as a C language data array. It is primarily used for the storage of cursor and icon bitmaps, for use in the X graphical user interface.

For XBM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1.

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XPicMan (XPM)
XPicMap files are used to store X Window PixMap information to disk. They are capable of storing black-and-white, grayscale, and color images. XPM stores image data in the form of ASCII text formatted as a standard C character string array.

For XPM files, you can read and write the following bits per pixel: 1, 8, 24.

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X Window Dump (XWD)
XWD stands for X Window dump. This file format is used to store and restore screen window images. Two versions of this file exist, the X10 window dump and the X11 window dump. These versions differ slightly in the format of the data (i.e. headers and bits per pixel). The version X10 XWD file cannot have more than 8bpp image data.

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Image Explorer Pro supports many more less common formats including BW, CPT, GX2, HAM, IGF, IMT, JMX, QFX, PAT, PC2, PYX, RGB, SAM, SEP, VDI, ZBR, and many more.