Supported file formats in ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Professional 2026, ACDSee Photo Studio Home 2026, and ACDSee Gemstone Photo Editor 16.

Image read support format

ABRAdobe™ brush format 
ACDCACDSee Ultimate ACDC Image 
AFPHOTOAffinityThumbnails only
ANIWindows animated cursorShows cursor animation
ARWSony RAW 
AVIFAV1 Image File FormatAnimated AVIF files are not supported. IPTC metadata is supported for AVIF files with XMP
BMPWindows BitmapWindows and OS/2;2/8/16/24/32 bpp; RLE and uncompressed
CNVCanvasThumbnails only
CR2Canon RAW CR2 
CR3Canon RAW CR3To see applicable cameras, please refer to the supported RAW format page.
cRAWSony cRAW 
CRWCanon RAW CRW 
CS1Sinar RAWIn the Image Type metadata field, this file format is referred to as “RAW”
CURWindows cursor 
CVXCanvasThumbnails only
DCRKodak RAW DCR 
DCXMulti-page PCXAll sub-types and multiple pages supported
DNGDigital NegativeAn open-source archival format for RAW files
EMFEnhanced Metafile FormatWin32 enhanced placeable metafiles
ERFEpson RAW 
FFFHasselblad RAW FFFIn the Image Type metadata field, this file format is referred to as “RAW”
GIFGraphics Interchange FormatSingle page animated; 87a and 89a
GPRGoPro RAW 
GSDGemstone DocumentGSD file support plugin available for Photo Studio 2020 and newer. Layers only supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.
HDRCreo RAW 
HEIC/HEIFHigh Efficiency Image File FormatIncludes support for HIF files. Supports EXIF only. IPTC metadata is not supported for HEIC files
ICNAT&T ICN 
ICOWindows iconShows multiple resolutions as separate pages
JBRCorel brush format 
JP2JPEG200048-bit support
JPCJPEG200048-bit support
JPGJPEG JFIFJFIF and Adobe CMYK
JXLJPEG-XLIPTC metadata is supported for JPEG-XL files with XMP
MOSCreo RAWIn the Image Type metadata field, this file format is referred to as “RAW”
MRWKonica Minolta RAW 
NEFNikon RAW 
ORFOlympus RAW 
PBRCorel PaintShop Pro brush formatUp to 3072×2048 resolution (16BASE)
PCXZSoft Publishers PaintbrushAll sub-types supported
PEFPentax RAW PEF, Samsung RAW 
PCTMacintosh PICT 
PNGPortable Network GraphicsAll sub-types supported
PSDAdobe PhotoShop DocumentRGB, grayscale, duotone, paletted and bi-level Lab color interpreted as grayscale only
RAFFujiFilm RAW 
RAWPentax RAW, Leica RAW, Contax RAW, Casio RAW, Panasonic RAW 
RWLLeica RAW 
sRAWCanon sRAW 
SRWSamsung SRW 
SVGScalable Vector GraphicsNot supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.
TGATarga TGAAll sub-types supported
TIFFTag Image File FormatBilevel / RGB / Paletted / CMYK / YCrCb / LOGL / LOGLUV; Uncompressed / PackBits / LZW / ThunderScan / SGILog / CCITT / ZIP / NEXT / New-JPEG (no v6.0 JPEG support) Support for multiple-page documents Kodak RAW TIFF, Canon RAW TIFF
WBMPWireless Bitmap 
WEBPGoogle WebP FormatIncludes support for animated and transparent WebP files. Animation not supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.
WMFWindows Metafile FormatWin 3.x placeable metafiles

Image write support format

ACDCACDSee Ultimate ACDC ImageNot supported in ACDSee Pro 9, ACDSee 19, and Gemstone Photo Editor
AVIFAV1 Image File FormatAnimated AVIF files are not supported. IPTC metadata is supported for AVIF files with XMP
BMPWindows BitmapWindows 1/8/24 bpp
GIFGraphics Interchange FormatNon-interlaced GIF 89a only
GSDGemstone DocumentGSD file support plugin available for Photo Studio 2020 and newer. Layers only supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.
JP2JPEG200048-bit support
JPEGJPEG JFIF 
JXLJPEG-XLIPTC metadata is supported for JPEG-XL files with XMP
PCXZSoft Publishers Paintbrush8 and 24 bpp; RLE compressed
PNGPortable Network Graphics1/4/8 bpp colormapped; 24 bpp RGB
PSDAdobe PhotoShop DocumentRGB, grayscale, duotone, paletted and bi-level Lab color interpreted as grayscale only
WBMPWireless Bitmap 
WEBPGoogle WebP Format 
TGATarga TGA8 and 24 bpp. RLE and uncompressed top-down and bottom-up
TIFFTag Image File Format1/8/24 bits per pixel, single-page; uncompressed, CCITT3, CCITT4, LZW, Deflate (ZIP), and JPEG compression; Adjustable DPI tags

Archive read support formats

Not supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.

ARJARJ archiveARJ format
CABCAB archiveMicrosoft CAB file format
GZGZ archiveUnix GZIP (GnuZIP)
RARRAR archiveRAR format (RAR5 is not supported)
TARTAR archiveUnix TAR format
TGZTGZ archiveTAR format compressed with GZIP
ZIPZIP archiveStore and deflate

Archive write support formats

Not supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.

ZIPZIP archiveStore and deflate

Video and audio read support formats

Not supported in Gemstone Photo Editor.

AACAudio Data Transport Format
ADTSAudio Data Transport Stream
ASFActive Streaming File – HotMetaL Pro
AVIAVI movie format
M4AMPEG-4
M4VMPEG-4
MOVMPEG-4
MP3MPEG Layer III compressed audio
MP4MPEG-4
WAVSound file
WMASound file
WMVWindows Metafile

Document view support formats

Not supported in Photo Studio Professional*, Photo Studio Home, or Gemstone Photo Editor.
To view Microsoft® Office documents in ACDSee Ultimate, you will need to have Microsoft® Office 2010 or above installed.

DOCMicrosoft® Office Word
DOCXMicrosoft® Office Open XML
PDFPortable Document Format*PDF viewing is supported in Professional
PPSMicrosoft® Office PowerPoint
PPSXMicrosoft® Powerpoint Open XML
PPTMicrosoft® Office Powerpoint
PPTXMicrosoft® Powerpoint Open XML
RTFRich Text Format
XLSMicrosoft® Office Excel
XLSBMicrosoft® Excel Binary Workbook
XLSXMicrosoft® Excel Open XML
XPSMicrosoft® XML Paper Specification