## Supported File Formats

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
PDF | Portable Document Format

TIF and PNG files work on most platforms. Starting with version 4, xyscan also supports PDF documents on Linux and macOS.