Picture Compare Overview
Description: A Picture Compare session compares a pair of image files visually, showing the differences between them.
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# Beyond Compare

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A Picture Compare session compares a pair of image files visually, showing the differences between them.

Supported image file types

By default, the file types associated with Picture Compare are:

GIF (*.gif)

Icons (*.ico)

JPEG (*.jpg)

Portable Network Graphics (*.png)

TIFF (*.tif)

Windows bitmap (*.bmp)

Note Beyond Compare compares only 32 bits-per-pixel (bpp) data. HDR, wide-gamut, and additional color spaces are not currently supported.

Depending on which version of the operating system and third-party codecs have been installed, Picture Compare could also handle:

Adobe PDF (*.pdf)

Alias/Wavefront (*.rla;*.rpf)

Apple Icons (*.icns)

Autodesk (*.cel;*.pic)

Camera RAW images (*.3fr;*.arw;*.cr2;*.crw;*.dcr;*.dng;*.erf;*.fff;*.fpix;*.fpx;*.mos;*.mpo;*.mrw;*.nef;*.nrf;*.orf;*.pef;*.raf;*.raw;*.rw2;*.rwl;*.sr2;*.srf;*.srw)

Dr. Halo (*.cut)

Encapsulated Postscript (*.eps)

FAX images (*.efx;*.fax;*.g3;*.jfax;*.jfx)

JPEG (*.jpeg;*.jpe;*.jfif;*.exif)

JPEG 2000 (*.jp2;*.jpf)

JPEG XR/HD Photo (*.jxr;*.wdp)

Kodak Photo-CD (*.pcd)

Macintosh PICT (*.pct;*.pic;*.pict)

MacPaint (*.mac;*.pnt;*.pntg)

Misc (*.cur;*.epi;*.exr;*.hdr;*.jps)

Netpbm (*.pbm;*.pgm;*.ppm)

Photoshop (*.psd;*.pdd)

Postscript (*.ps)

QuickTime image (*.qti;*.qtif)

SGI (*.bw;*.rgb;*.rgba;*.sgi)

TIFF (*.tiff)

Truvision (*.tga;*.icb;*.vda;*.vst;*.win)

Windows bitmap (*.dib;*.msk;*.rle)

Windows metafile (*.emf;*.wmf)

X PixMap (*.xpm)

ZSoft Paintbrush (*.pcc;*.pcx;*.scr)

See also

Picture Compare Commands

Picture Compare Settings

Picture Format Settings