What image/file formats xyscan can load depends slightly on the platform. By default, xyscan supports the following formats:
Format | Description |
BMP | Windows Bitmap |
GIF | Graphic Interchange Format (optional) |
JPG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
PBM | Portable Bitmap |
PGM | Portable Graymap |
PPM | Portable Pixmap |
XBM | X11 Bitmap |
XPM | X11 Pixmap |
TIFF | Tagged Image File Format |
Portable Document Format |
TIF and PNG files work on most platforms. Starting with version 4, xyscan also supports PDF documents on Linux and macOS.