File types

What file types are available for Conversion?

Below is a table of allowable conversions. For some conversion types (GIF to GIF, JPG to JPG, and PNG to PNG) the input and output formats are identical. However, resizing is still allowed.

Vector images support upscaling. For example, if you upload a 300 x 300 AI file, you can download that asset in all 3 of the resizing options and any custom size.

The output sizes in the table above are the maximum allowable sizes. The longest side of an image will be set to the option's maximum dimension. As an example, if you upload a 2560 x 1440 rectangular AI file, your conversion options will maintain the same aspect ratio as the original:

• Large: 1200 x 675
• Medium: 600 x 338
• Small: 300 x 169

Custom Sizing

On some file formats, we allow for custom dimensions when downloading. The custom sizing options maintain the original file's dimensions such that no stretching or skewing of the image will occur.

File Formats Accepted by Brandfolder: 

As you will see below, Brandfolder supports a large number of file formats which will have automatically generated thumbnails upon upload. File types not listed below can be uploaded to Brandfolder but may not automatically generate a thumbnail. The only file types we don't accept are Javascript and unzipped HTML.

3FR  r–   Hasselblad CFV/H3D39II
A* rw+   Raw alpha samples
AAI* rw+   AAI Dune image
AI  rw-   Adobe Illustrator CS2
ART* rw-   PFS: 1st Publisher Clip Art
ARW  r–   Sony Alpha Raw Image Format
AVI  r–   Microsoft Audio/Visual Interleaved
AVS* rw+   AVS X image
B* rw+   Raw blue samples
BMP* rw-   Microsoft Windows bitmap image
BMP2* -w-   Microsoft Windows bitmap image (V2)
BMP3* -w-   Microsoft Windows bitmap image (V3)
C* rw+   Raw cyan samples
CAL* rw-   Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support Type 1
CALS* rw-   Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support Type 1
CANVAS* r–   Constant image uniform color
CAPTION* r–   Caption
CIN* rw-   Cineon Image File
CIP* -w-   Cisco IP phone image format
CLIP* -w+   Image Clip Mask
CMYK* rw+   Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, and black samples
CMYKA* rw+   Raw cyan, magenta, yellow, black, and alpha samples

COM r- a type of simple executable file
CR2  r–   Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format

CR3  r–   
CRW  r–   Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format
CUR* rw-   Microsoft icon
CUT* r–   DR Halo
DCM* r–
DCR  r–   Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image File
DCX* rw+   ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush
DDS* r–   Microsoft DirectDraw Surface
DFONT* r–   Multi-face font package (Freetype 2.4.8)
DJVU* r-
DNG  r–   Digital Negative
DPX* rw-   SMPTE 268M-2003 (DPX 2.0)
EPDF  rw-   Encapsulated Portable Document Format
EPI  rw-   Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format
EPS  rw-   Encapsulated PostScript
EPS2* -w-   Level II Encapsulated PostScript
EPS3* -w+   Level III Encapsulated PostScript
EPSF  rw-   Encapsulated PostScript
EPSI  rw-   Encapsulated PostScript Interchange format
EPT  rw-   Encapsulated PostScript with TIFF preview
EPT2  rw-   Encapsulated PostScript Level II with TIFF preview
EPT3  rw+   Encapsulated PostScript Level III with TIFF preview
ERF  r–   Epson RAW Format
EXR  rw-   High Dynamic-range (HDR)
FAX* rw+   Group 3 FAX
FAX machines use non-square pixels which are 1.5 times wider than
they are tall but computer displays use square pixels, therefore
FAX images may appear to be narrow unless they are explicitly
resized using a geometry of “150x100%”.

FBX r- 3D model saved in the Autodesk Filmbox format
FITS* rw-   Flexible Image Transport System
FRACTAL* r–   Plasma fractal image
FTS* rw-   Flexible Image Transport System
G* rw+   Raw green samples
G3* rw-   Group 3 FAX
GIF* rw+   CompuServe graphics interchange format
GIF87* rw-   CompuServe graphics interchange format (version 87a)

glTF r- GL Transmission Format, a 3D file format that stores 3D model information in JSON format
GRADIENT* r–   Gradual linear passing from one shade to another
GRAY* rw+   Raw gray samples
GROUP4* rw-   Raw CCITT Group4
HALD* r–   Identity Hald color lookup table image
HDR* rw+   Radiance RGBE image format

HEIC  rw- space-saving image format that uses High-Efficiency Video Coding 
HISTOGRAM* -w-   Histogram of the image
HRZ* rw-   Slow Scan Television
HTM* -w-   Hypertext Markup Language and a client-side image map (must be zipped before upload)
HTML* -w-   Hypertext Markup Language and a client-side image map (must be zipped before upload)
ICB* rw-   Truevision Targa image
ICO* rw+   Microsoft icon
ICON* rw-   Microsoft icon
INFO  -w+   The image format and characteristics
INLINE* r–   Base64-encoded inline images
IND* rw+ Adobe InDesign
IPL* rw+   IPL Image Sequence
J2C* rw-   JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax
J2K* rw-   JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax
JNG* rw-   JPEG Network Graphics
JP2* rw-   JPEG-2000 File Format Syntax
JPC* rw-   JPEG-2000 Code Stream Syntax
JPEG* rw-   Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format (80)
JPG* rw-   Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format (80)
JPX* rw-   JPEG-2000 File Format Syntax
K* rw+   Raw black samples
K25  r–   Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image Format
KDC  r–   Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image Format
LABEL* r–   Image label
M* rw+   Raw magenta samples
M2V  rw+   MPEG Video Stream
M4V  rw+   Raw MPEG-4 Video
MAC* r–   MAC Paint
MAP* rw-   Colormap intensities and indices
MAT  rw+   MATLAB level 5 image format
MATTE* -w+   MATTE format
MEF  r–   Mamiya Raw Image File
MIFF* rw+   Magick Image File Format
MNG* rw+   Multiple-image Network Graphics (libpng 1.2.46)
MONO* rw-   Raw bi-level bitmap
MOV  rw+   MPEG Video Stream
MP4  rw+   MPEG-4 Video Stream
MPC* rw+   Magick Persistent Cache image format
MPEG  rw+   MPEG Video Stream
MPG  rw+   MPEG Video Stream
MRW  r–   Sony (Minolta) Raw Image File
MSL* rw+   Magick Scripting Language
MSVG  rw+   ImageMagick’s own SVG internal renderer
MTV* rw+   MTV Raytracing image format
MVG* rw-   Magick Vector Graphics
MXF Video Container Format
NEF  r–   Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File
NRW  r–   Nikon Digital SLR Camera Raw Image File
NULL* rw-   Constant image of uniform color
O* rw+   Raw opacity samples

OBJ r- standard 3D image format. Can be exported and opened by various 3D image editing programs
ORF  r–   Olympus Digital Camera Raw Image File
OTB* rw-   On-the-air bitmap
OTF* r–   Open Type font (Freetype 2.4.8)
PAL* rw-   16bit/pixel interleaved YUV
PALM* rw+   Palm pixmap
PAM* rw+   Common 2-dimensional bitmap format
PANGO* r–   Pango Markup Language (Pangocairo 1.30.0)
PATTERN* r–   Predefined pattern
PBM* rw+   Portable bitmap format (black and white)
PCD* rw-   Photo CD
PCDS* rw-   Photo CD
PCL  rw+   Printer Control Language
PCT* rw-   Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT
PCX* rw-   ZSoft IBM PC Paintbrush
PDB* rw+   Palm Database ImageViewer Format
PDF  rw+   Portable Document Format
PDFA  rw+   Portable Document Archive Format
PEF  r–   Pentax Electronic File
PES* r–   Embrid Embroidery Format
PFA* r–   Postscript Type 1 font (ASCII) (Freetype 2.4.8)
PFB* r–   Postscript Type 1 font (binary) (Freetype 2.4.8)
PFM* rw+   Portable float format
PGM* rw+   Portable graymap format (gray scale)
PGX* r–   JPEG-2000 VM Format
PICON* rw-   Personal Icon
PICT* rw-   Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT
PIX* r–   Alias/Wavefront RLE image format
PJPEG* rw-   Joint Photographic Experts Group JFIF format (80)
PLASMA* r–   Plasma fractal image

PLY r- Polygon File Format or the Stanford Triangle Format
PNG* rw-   Portable Network Graphics (libpng 1.2.46)
PNG00* rw-   PNG inheriting bit-depth and color-type from original
PNG24* rw-   opaque or binary transparent 24-bit RGB (zlib 1.2.3.4)
PNG32* rw-   opaque or transparent 32-bit RGBA
PNG48* rw-   opaque or binary transparent 48-bit RGB
PNG64* rw-   opaque or transparent 64-bit RGBA
PNG8* rw-   8-bit indexed with optional binary transparency
PNM* rw+   Portable anymap
PPM* rw+   Portable pixmap format (color)
PREVIEW* -w-   Show a preview an image enhancement, effect, or f/x
PS  rw+   PostScript
PS2* -w+   Level II PostScript
PS3* -w+   Level III PostScript
PSB* rw+   Adobe Large Document Format
PSD* rw+   Adobe Photoshop bitmap
PTIF* rw+   Pyramid encoded TIFF
PWP* r–   Seattle Film Works
R* rw+   Raw red samples
RADIAL-GRADIENT* r–   Gradual radial passing from one shade to another
RAF  r–   Fuji CCD-RAW Graphic File
RAS* rw+   SUN Rasterfile
RGB* rw+   Raw red, green, and blue samples
RGBA* rw+   Raw red, green, blue, and alpha samples
RGBO* rw+   Raw red, green, blue, and opacity samples
RLA* r–   Alias/Wavefront image
RLE* r–   Utah Run length encoded image
RW2  r–   Panasonic Lumix Raw Image
SCR* r–   ZX-Spectrum SCREEN$
SCT* r–   Scitex HandShake
SFW* r–   Seattle Film Works
SGI* rw+   Irix RGB image
SHTML* -w-   Hypertext Markup Language and a client-side image map
SR2  r–   Sony Raw Format 2
SRF  r–   Sony Raw Format
STEGANO* r–   Steganographic image

STL r- Standard Triangle Language and Standard Tessellation Language
SUN* rw+   SUN Rasterfile
SVG  rw+   Scalable Vector Graphics (XML 2.7.8)
SVGZ  rw+   Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics (XML 2.7.8)
TEXT* rw+   Text
TGA* rw-   Truevision Targa image
THUMBNAIL* -w+   EXIF Profile Thumbnail
TIFF* rw+   Tagged Image File Format (LIBTIFF, Version 3.9.5)
TIFF64* —   Tagged Image File Format (64-bit) (LIBTIFF, Version 3.9.5)
TILE* r–   Tile image with a texture
TIM* r–   PSX TIM
TTC* r–   TrueType font collection (Freetype 2.4.8)
TTF* r–   TrueType font (Freetype 2.4.8)
TXT* rw+   Text
UIL* -w-   X-Motif UIL table
UYVY* rw-   16bit/pixel interleaved YUV
VCAX rw- Visual Components Animation Extension format
VDA* rw-   Truevision Targa image
VICAR* rw-   VICAR rasterfile format
VID* rw+   Visual Image Directory
VIFF* rw+   Khoros Visualization image
VST* rw-   Truevision Targa image
WBMP* rw-   Wireless Bitmap (level 0) image
WMV  rw+   Windows Media Video
WPG* r–   Word Perfect Graphics
X* rw+   X Image
X3F  r–   Sigma Camera RAW Picture File
XBM* rw-   X Windows system bitmap (black and white)
XC* r–   Constant image uniform color
XCF* r–   GIMP image
XPM* rw-   X Windows system pixmap (color)
XPS  r–   Microsoft XML Paper Specification
XV* rw+   Khoros Visualization image
XWD* rw-   X Windows system window dump (color)
Y* rw+   Raw yellow samples
YCbCr* rw+   Raw Y, Cb, and Cr samples
YCbCrA* rw+   Raw Y, Cb, Cr, and alpha samples
YUV* rw-   CCIR 601 4:1:1 or 4:2:2

* native blob support
r read support
w write support
+ support for multiple images