Corel PHOTO-PAINT Help | Additional file formats

Additional file formats

Corel PHOTO-PAINT also supports the following file formats:

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Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) — Audio video interleaved format is a Microsoft multi-media format where audio and video elements are stored in alternating segments.

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CALS Compressed Bitmap (CAL) — CALS Raster (CAL) is a bitmap format used mainly for document storage by high-end CAD programs. It supports a monochrome (1-bit) color depth and is used as a data graphics exchange format for computer-aided design and manufacturing, technical graphics, and image-processing applications.

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Corel ArtShow 5 (CPX) — The CPX file format is a native file format of Corel ArtShow 5. It can contain both vectors and bitmaps.

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CorelDRAW Compressed (CDX) — The CDX file format is a compressed CorelDRAW file.

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Encapsulated PostScript (Desktop Color Separation) — The DCS file format, developed by QuarkXPress, is an extension of the standard encapsulated PostScript (EPS) file format. Typically, the DCS file format consists of five files. Four of the five files contain information about high-resolution color. This information is expressed in CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) format. The fifth file, considered the master file, contains a PICT preview of the DCS file. The DCS format supports spot color channels.

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EXE — The EXE format is a Windows 3.x/NT bitmap resource and can store an ICO file as a Windows 3.x/NT icon resource.

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FPX — The FlashPix file format stores images at different resolutions in a single file. This file format is not supported by the 64-bit version of the suite.

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Frame Vector Metafile (FMV) — The FMV file format is used for a Frame Vector Metafile.

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GEM Paint (IMG) — GEM Paint (IMG) is a bitmap format that is the native bitmap file format of the GEM environment. IMG files support 1- and 4-bit paletted color and are compressed by using an RLE method. IMG was a common format in the early days of desktop publishing.

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GEM File (GEM) — The GEM file format is used for a GEM file.

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GIMP (XCF) — XCF is the native GIMP format. It supports layers and other GIMP-specific information.

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ICO — The ICO format is a Windows 3.x/NT icon resource.

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Lotus PIC (PIC) — The PIC file format is used for a Lotus PIC file.

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MacPaint Bitmap (MAC) — MacPaint (MAC) is a bitmap format that uses the filename extensions MAC, PCT, PNT, and PIX. It is the format used by the MacPaint program that was included with the Macintosh 128. It supports only two colors and a palette of patterns. It is used mainly by Macintosh graphics applications to store black-and-white graphics and clipart. The maximum size for MAC images is 720 × 576 pixels.

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MET Metafile (MET) — The MET file format is for a MET Metafile.

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Micrografx Picture Publisher 4 & 5 (PP4, PP5) — The PP4 file format is a native file format of Micrographx Picture Publisher 4. The PP5 file format is a native file format of Micrographx Picture Publisher 5. This file format is not supported by the 64-bit version of the suite.

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Picture Publisher File (PPF) — The PPF file format is native to Micrografx Picture Publisher 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. This file format is not supported by the 64-bit version of the suite.

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NAP Metafile (NAP) — The NAP file format is used for a NAP Metafile.

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Fill File (FILL) — This file format is used for saving custom fills in Corel PHOTO-PAINT.

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PostScript Interpreted (PS or PRN) — PRN PostScript (PS or PRN) is a metafile format for PostScript printers. This format is written in ANSI text. The PostScript Interpreted import filter can import PS, PRN, and EPS PostScript files.

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SCITEX CT Bitmap (SCT) — The SCT file format is used for importing 32-bit color and grayscale SCITEX images. SCITEX bitmaps are created from high-end scanners. The bitmaps are then processed for output by film recorders or high-end page layout programs.

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XPixMap Image (XPM) — The XPM file format is used with an XPixMap Image file.

Some features described in the Help are not included in this version of the product, and are available only in CorelDRAW Graphics Suite 2018.

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