Supported File Types

FotoAlbum supports the following file formats, although we continuously add new file formats.

The file extensions must match the extension(s) shown for the file type to work correctly.

Picture file types

• Adobe Photoshop (*.psd, *.pdd)
• Apple PICT (*.pic, *.pict, *.pct)
• Bitmap (Windows & OS2) (*.bmp)
• Canon Raw Pictures (*.crw) Requires additional download
• Casio Digital Camera (QV Series) (*.cam)
• Commodore-Amiga IFF (*.iff)
• Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support (*.cals, *.cal)
• DCX (Multi-PCX) (*.dcx)
• Fax formats (Brooktrout, Laservision and WinFax) (*.fxd, *.fxr, *.fxs, *.brk, *.brt, *.lv)
• FlashPix (*.fpx)
• GIF (*.gif)
• JPEG - Joint Photographics Experts Group (*.jpg and *.jpeg).
• JPEG2000 (*.jp2)
• Kodak Photo CD (*.pcd)
• Kodak Professional Digital Camera (*.dcs) Requires additional download
• Nikon D1 NEF (RAW) (*.nef) Requires additional download
• Paint Shop Pro (*.psp)
• Portable Bitmap, Greymap and Pixelmap (*.pbm, *.pgm, *.pnm, *.ppm)
• Portable Network Graphics (*.png)
• Seattle FilmWorks (*.sfw)
• SGI Image File (*.rgb, *.bw, *.rgba)
• Sony Digital Cameras (*.pmp)
• Sun Raster (*.ras)
• TIFF - Tagged Interchange File Format (*.tiff and *.tif) Except TIFF with LZW compression.
• Truevision TARGA (*.tga)
• WAP WBMP - Wireless BitMaP format (*.wbmp)
• Windows Icon (*.ico)
• Windows Metafile (*.wmf. *.emf)
• X Bitmap (*.xbm)
• X PixMap (*.xpm)
• X Windows Dump (*.xwd)
• ZSoft PCX (*.pcx)

Video file types (depends upon the setup of your system):

• Microsoft AVI files (*.avi)
• Microsoft Windows Media (*.wmv, *.asf)
• MPEG (*.mpg, *.mpeg)
• Apple QuickTime Movies (*.mov)

Note: We recommend capturing and storing pictures as JPEG due to the space savings and benefits of embedded data. FotoAlbum makes use of the embedded EXIF data that many cameras store in pictures to help organize your pictures.

If you edit your pictures using other applications, we recommend keeping an original unmodified file because many applications "strip" or lose the EXIF data when saving.

FotoAlbum does NOT lose any data when rotating or flipping pictures (rotating and flipping are lossless activities).