Graphic Formats Supported

Views can work with the following vectorial and bitmap formats:

  • Vectorial:

    • DXF (input and output)

    • DCW (input)

    • WMF (Microsoft Windows only, output)

    • PostScript (output)

  • Bitmap (input and output):

    • BMP - the standard Microsoft Windows bitmap format.

    • JPG or JPEG - one of the most common formats used, especially for photos

    • JPEG 2000 - JPEG format offering scalable compression

    • PNG

    • SGI RGB - mainly used on the SGI Platform

    • TIFF - Tagged Image Format File

    • PPM - mainly used on UNIX platforms

    • WBMP - used on WAP devices

      For details on using bitmaps in Views, see the section Bitmaps and the IlvBitmap class.