identify -list format

Format Mode Description

 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* r-- Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support Type 1
 Specified in MIL-R-28002 and MIL-PRF-28002
 CALS* r-- Continuous Acquisition and Life-cycle Support Type 1
 Specified in MIL-R-28002 and MIL-PRF-28002 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
 CR2 r-- Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format
 CRW r-- Canon Digital Camera Raw Image Format
 CUR* rw- Microsoft icon
 CUT* r-- DR Halo
 DCM* r-- Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine image
 DICOM is used by the medical community for images like X-rays. The
 specification, "Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine
 (DICOM)", is available at http://medical.nema.org/. In particular,
 see part 5 which describes the image encoding (RLE, JPEG, JPEG-LS),
 and supplement 61 which adds JPEG-2000 encoding.
 DCR r-- Kodak Digital Camera Raw Image File
 DCX* rw+ ZSoft IBM PC multi-page Paintbrush
 DDS* r-- Microsoft DirectDraw Surface
DFONT* --- Multi-face font package
 DNG r-- Digital Negative
 DPX* rw- SMPTE 268M-2003 (DPX 2.0)
 Digital Moving Picture Exchange Bitmap, Version 2.0.
 See SMPTE 268M-2003 specification at http://www.smtpe.org
 
 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
 ERF r-- Epson RAW Format
 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%".
 
 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) GRADIENT* r-- Gradual linear passing from one shade to another
 GRAY* rw+ Raw gray samples
 HALD* r-- Identity Hald color lookup table image
 HDR* rw+ Radiance RGBE image format HISTOGRAM* -w- Histogram of the image
 HRZ* rw- Slow Scan TeleVision
 HTM* -w- Hypertext Markup Language and a client-side image map
 HTML* -w- Hypertext Markup Language and a client-side image map
 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
 IPL* rw+ IPL Image Sequence
 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
 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* --- Magick Scripting Language
 MSVG -w+ ImageMagick's own SVG internal renderer
 MTV* rw+ MTV Raytracing image format
 MVG* rw- Magick Vector Graphics
 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
 ORF r-- Olympus Digital Camera Raw Image File
 OTB* rw- On-the-air bitmap
 OTF* --- Open Type font
 PAL* rw- 16bit/pixel interleaved YUV
 PALM* rw+ Palm pixmap
 PAM* rw+ Common 2-dimensional bitmap format
PANGO* --- Pango Markup Language 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* --- Postscript Type 1 font (ASCII)
 PFB* --- Postscript Type 1 font (binary)
 PFM* rw+ Portable float format
 PGM* rw+ Portable graymap format (gray scale)
PICON* rw- Personal Icon
 PICT* rw- Apple Macintosh QuickDraw/PICT
 PIX* r-- Alias/Wavefront RLE image format PLASMA* r-- Plasma fractal image
 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
 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
 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
 SUN* rw+ SUN Rasterfile
 SVG -w+ Scalable Vector Graphics
 SVGZ -w+ Compressed Scalable Vector Graphics
 TEXT* rw+ Text
 TGA* rw- Truevision Targa image THUMBNAIL* -w+ EXIF Profile Thumbnail
 TILE* r-- Tile image with a texture
 TIM* r-- PSX TIM
 TTC* --- TrueType font collection
 TTF* --- TrueType font
 TXT* rw+ Text
 UIL* -w- X-Motif UIL table
 UYVY* rw- 16bit/pixel interleaved YUV
 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
 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
 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