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Supported file formats in Fotoware as a Service

A list of supported file formats in Fotoware as a Service

22. March 2025

Elaine Foley

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Supported formats

Supported formats

File format Remark
JPEG EXIF Header Read/Write
TIFF EXIF Header Read
Photoshop PSD PSD files must be saved with the Maximize Compatibility option to allow the generation of thumbnails and previews in Fotoware
Photoshop EPS  
GIF Animated GIF is treated as a movie
PNG  
BMP  
HEIC HEIC files are classified as images.
TXT Free text search and metadata search. A preview is generated.
RTF Free text search and metadata search. A preview is generated.
XML Metadata search. No preview is generated.
RAW files EXIF Header Read.
MS Word (DOC,DOCX,DOT,DOTX ) Text content indexed and preview generated.
MS PowerPoint (PPT,PPTX) Text content indexed and preview generated.
MS Excel (XLS, XLSX) Text content indexed and preview generated.
Video and audio See note below
Targa  
PPM  
JPEG2000  
Photo CD Read (Windows only)
Adobe Illustrator (AI)   
Generic EPS  
Adobe PDF  
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

An XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics.

Thumbnail and preview are created for SVG files

Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) A free and open international standard file format for 2D vector graphics, raster graphics, and text, and is defined by ISO/IEC 8632.
 
OPUS audio file A codec used with the OGG audio container
WMA Windows Media Audio format
WebP WebP format graphics. A preview is generated. Metadata search.
VOB DVD Video Container format

Note: Video and audio formats

Fotoware supports transcoding of most video formats and several audio formats. 

compatible formats fotoware cloud

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