Photo File Formats
BMP | Windows Bitmap |
EPS-TIFF | Encapsulated Postscript with TIFF preview |
GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| HEIC* | High-Efficiency Image Container |
| HEIF, HIF* | High-Efficiency Image File Format |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
PSD | Photoshop (saved in maximum compatibility mode) |
PICT | Mac Pict format |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
TGA | Targa |
RAW file formats
ARW | Sony RAW Format |
CR2 | Canon RAW Format |
CR3** | Canon RAW Format |
CRW/THM | Canon RAW/THM pair |
DNG | Digital Negative Format |
ERF | Epson RAW Format |
IIQ | Phase One RAW Format |
MOS | Leaf RAW Format |
NEF | Nikon RAW Format |
ORF | Olympus RAW Format |
PEF | Pentax RAW Format |
RAF | Fuji RAW Format |
RAW*** | Panasonic/Leica RAW Format |
SR2 | Sony RAW Format |
SRF | Sony RAW Format |
STI | Sinar RAW Format |
TIF | Canon 1D/1Ds RAW TIFF Format |
X3F | Sigma RAW Format |
Video file formats****
AVI | Windows AVI |
MOV | QuickTime Movie |
MPEG | MPEG 2 Movie |
MPEG4 | MPEG 4 Movie |
*HIF (HEIC/HEIF) is a new format that some cameras support and produces images that have better color fidelity than JPEGs. Photo Mechanic 6 supports HIF files produced by most cameras on the market. You may have some trouble with your workflow outside of Photo Mechanic 6 so you should check the other software in your workflow before you fully adopt it.
**Photo Mechanic does not currently support embedded HEIC previews on CR3.
***RAW previewing uses the JPEG preview stored with most RAW photos. RAW Rendering requires you to install Adobe DNG Converter and set the location in Preferences>Render Cache
****Windows users will need to install GStreamer in order to preview still images for video file formats. Video playback is only available on macOS.