The following image formats are currently supported by the Chasys
Draw IES suite. Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and that support for additional formats can be added by installing
the appropriate plug-in via the plug-in manager:
Format
Description
Support
.cd5
Chasys Draw IES Image
Read/Write
.bmp / .dib / .rle
Bitmap Image, Windows and OS/2
Read/Write
.jpg
JPEG/JFIF Image, plus EXIF data
Read/Write
.gif
GIF Image, including Animated GIF
Read/Write
.png
PNG Image
Read/Write
.tif
TIFF Image
Read/Write
.tga
Targa Image
Read/Write
.pcx
PC eXchange Image
Read/Write
.dds
DirectDraw Surface
Read/Write
.pnm / .pbm / .pgm / .ppm / .pam
NetPBM Bitmap
Read/Write
.ico
Icon, including 32-bpp with alpha
Read/Write
.cur
Cursor, including 32-bpp with alpha
Read/Write
.ani
Animated Cursor, including 32-bpp with alpha
Read/Write
.icl
Icon Resource Library
Read
.icns
Apple Icon Resource
Read
.jp2 / .j2k / .j2c / .jpt
JPEG-2000 Image
Read/Write
.mj2
Motion JPEG-2000
Read
.jxr / .wdp / .hdp
JPEG-XR (a.k.a “HD Photo” or “Windows Media Photo”)
Read/Write
.webp
Google WebP Image, including Animated WebP
Read/Write
.xcf / .xcfgz / .xcfbz2
GIMP’s native format (plain, gzip, and bzip2)
Read/Write
.gbr
GIMP Brush File
Read
.gih
GIMP Image Hose
Read
.pdn
Paint.NET’s native format
Read
.psd
Adobe Photoshop’s native format
Read/Write
.pat
Adobe Pattern File
Read
.abr
Adobe Brush File
Read
.ora
OpenRaster Image (cross-platform layered format)
Read/Write
.psp / .pspimage / .pspbrush
Corel/Jasc PaintShop Pro Image/Brush File
Read
.cpt
Corel PHOTO-PAINT Image
Read
.kra
Krita’s native file format
Read
.afphoto
Affinity Photo Document
Read
.emf / .wmf
Enhanced/Windows MetaFiles
Read
.xbm / .xpm
X window system BitMap/PixMap
Read/Write
.pcd
Eastman Kodak Photo-CD File
Read
.svg
Scalable Vector Graphics (partial support)
Read
.dds
DirectDraw Surface
Read
.fit / .fits
Flexible Image Transport System
Read
.avi
Audio/Video interleaved; short duration
Read/Write
.mpg / .wmv / .mp4 / et. al.
Movies; short duration
Read
The following digital camera RAW formats are currently supported via the Camera RAW plug-in. Please note that this list is not exhaustive:
Format
Description
.dng
Adobe Digital Negative
.crw
Canon Photo RAW CRW
.cr2
Canon Photo RAW CR2/CIFF
.cr3
Canon Photo RAW CR3/C-RAW
.raf
FUJI Photo RAW
.nef
Nikon Electronic Format
.nrw
Nikon Electronic Format
.orf
Olympus RAW File
.srf
Sony RAW File
.sr2
Sony RAW Image
.arw
Sony Digital Camera Image
.rw2
Panasonic Photo RAW
.raw
Panasonic/Casio RAW
.pef
Pentax Photo RAW
.ptx
Pentax Photo RAW
.k25
Kodak Photo RAW
.kdc
Kodak Photo RAW
.dcr
Kodak Photo RAW
.mrw
Minolta Photo RAW
.erf
Epson Photo RAW
.3fr
Hasselblad Photo RAW
.mos
CREO/Leaf Photo RAW
.srw
Samsung RAW Image
.rwl
Leica RAW Image
.x3f
Sigma Foveon X3 RAW
.iiq
Phase One RAW Image
.bay
Casio RAW Image
.fff
Hasselblad RAW Image
.mef
Mamiya RAW Image
.mfw
Mamiya RAW Image
Adding More Formats
You can add support for more file formats by installing additional file format plug-ins. If you are comfortable with software development, you can also create your own as described in the Software Development Kit.
