Images

Pixel Formats and Types

The pixel format describes the channels within an image, and the pixel type describes the data type of each channel.

Pixel Formats

• L - Luminance.
• LA - Luminance and alpha.
• RGB - Red, green, blue.
• RGBA - Red, green, blue, and alpha.

Pixel Types

• U8 - 8-bit unsigned integer.
• U16 - 16-bit unsigned integer.
• F32 - 32-bit floating point.

Image Tags

Image tags provide additional information about images.

Common Tags

• Creator - Creator information.
• Description - Description information.
• Copyright - Copyright information.
• Time Stamp - Date and time.
• UTC Offset - UTC offset for time stamp.
• Key Code - Film key code. Format: id:type:prefix:count:offset.
• Time Code - Television time code. Format: hours:minutes:seconds:frames.

Individual image file formats may have additional tags.