Supported File Formats

What image/file formats xyscan supports 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

TIF and PNG works on most platforms tested. Note that you can load any format (PDF, EPS, ...) that is not directly supported in xyscan by using a browser (such as Acrobat Reader) that is able to display the file format. Simply copy/paste image from the browser into xyscan (see Using the Clipboard).