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# 2. The VIPS file format

VIPS has its own very simple file format. It is used inside VIPS to hold images during computation. You can save images in VIPS format if you want, but the VIPS format is not very widely supported (joke), and you may have problems reading your images into other packages.

If you intend to keep an image, it's much better to save it as TIFF, JPEG, PNG or PBM/PGM/PPM. VIPS can transparently read and write all these formats.

Subsections

- 2.1 VIPS file header
- 2.2 Computation formats
- 2.3 Storage formats