All 43 formats

Cobalt Photo opens 43 picture formats and saves 13 of them. Here is each one, and what is worth knowing about it.

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The formats marked ✓ can also be saved — in Convert, Save as and the drop panel. The others open in the viewer and the manager and can be converted to one that saves.

Photos and the web · 10

Format	Files	Saves	Good to know
JPEG	`.jpg .jpeg .jpe .jfif`	✓	Rotated without loss, by its orientation mark.
PNG, APNG	`.png`	✓	An animated PNG plays.
GIF	`.gif`	✓	Animated GIFs play, frame by frame if you like.
HEIC, HEIF	`.heic .heif .hif`	✓	Read and written by Windows — what it needs.
WebP	`.webp`	✓	Read by Cobalt Photo itself, animated ones too.
AVIF	`.avif`	✓	Read by Windows — what it needs; written by Cobalt Photo.
JPEG XL	`.jxl`	✓	Read and written by Cobalt Photo, whatever Windows has.
TIFF	`.tif .tiff`	✓	Also in 16 bits.
BMP	`.bmp`	✓
JPEG XR	`.jxr .wdp`	✓	HDR pictures, Xbox screenshots.

Design, icons and animation · 10

Format	Files	Saves	Good to know
Photoshop	`.psd`, `.psb`		Shown and converted from the flattened picture Photoshop saves in it; the layers are not read. Saved without Maximize compatibility, only its small preview can be shown.
Krita, OpenRaster	`.kra`, `.ora`		The merged picture the file holds.
TGA	`.tga`	✓	As games and video tools use it.
SVG	`.svg .svgz`		Drawn sharp at any zoom; shown, not edited, turned or converted.
ICO	`.ico`	✓	Every size inside, each to save as PNG — Icons.
Cursors	`.cur`, `.ani`		An animated cursor plays.
macOS icons	`.icns`		Every size inside.

RAW · 23 formats from 17 camera makers

Maker	Files
Canon	`.cr3 .cr2 .crw`
Nikon	`.nef .nrw`
Sony	`.arw .srf .sr2`
Fujifilm	`.raf`
Olympus, OM System	`.orf`
Panasonic	`.rw2`
Pentax	`.pef`
Leica	`.rwl`
Hasselblad	`.3fr`
Phase One	`.iiq`
Samsung	`.srw`
Sigma	`.x3f`
Kodak	`.kdc`
Minolta	`.mrw`
Epson	`.erf`
Leaf	`.mos`
Mamiya	`.mef`
Adobe DNG — many cameras and phones	`.dng`

How Cobalt Photo shows, edits and converts them: RAW files.