The GIMP has support for a wide range of still image and video file formats.
The following table lists the formats supported by GIMP:
Table 2-1. File Formats
| Read | Write | |
|---|---|---|
| AA - ASCII Art | N | Y |
| AVI - Audio/Video Interleave | Y | Y |
| BMP - Bitmap | Y | Y |
| C - "C" Source | N | Y |
| CEL - CIMFast Event Language | Y | Y |
| FITS - Flexible Image Transport System | Y | Y |
| FLI - Autodesk FLIC Animation | Y | Y |
| GIF - Graphics Interchange Format [a] | Y | Y |
| H - "C" Header File | N | Y |
| HRZ - Slow Scan Television | Y | Y |
| HTML - Formatted Table | N | Y |
| JPEG - Joint Photographics Expert Group | Y | Y |
| MIFF - Magick Image File Format | Y |