Supported formats

Animated PNG.apngAnimated
Apple Icon.icnsLargest available size
AudioPlanned.mp3 .wav .flac .aac .ogg .opus .m4a .wma .aiffNot yet supported
BMP.bmp
DDS.ddsBC1–BC7 and uncompressed
DICOM.dcm .dicomMedical imaging, first frame
EPS / PostScript.eps .ps .epsfRequires Ghostscript on PATH
Farbfeld.ff
FITS.fits .fit .ftsAstronomy; normalized to greyscale
GIF.gifAnimated
GIMP.xcfLayers composited
HDR (Radiance).hdrTonemapped (Reinhard)
HEIC / HEIF.heic .heifDefault & -heif builds
ICO.icoLargest available size
JPEG.jpg .jpeg
JPEG 2000.jp2 .j2k .j2c .jpx
JPEG XL.jxl
Krita.kraMerged composite
KTX2.ktx2Basis Universal and uncompressed
OpenEXR.exrTonemapped (Reinhard)
Photoshop.psd .psbMerged composite
PNG.png
Portable bitmap.pbm .pgm .ppm
QOI.qoi
Camera RAW.cr2 .cr3 .nef .arw .dng .raf .orf .rw2 .srw .pef .x3f .3fr .ari .crm .crw .dcr .dcs .erf .fff .iiq .kdc .mef .mos .mrw .nrw .ori .qtk .raw .rwlNot all camera models supported
SVG.svg .svgzRasterized at native size
TGA.tga
TIFF.tif .tiffNo 64-bit float
Video.mp4 .m4v .mov .mkv .webm .avi .mpg .mpeg .ts .m2ts .wmv .flvPlayback with audio; default build
WebP.webpStatic and animated

bloom comes in three builds:

  • default: HEIC/HEIF and video
  • -heif: HEIC/HEIF, no video
  • -minimal: core formats only, smallest