ChangeFSI will convert any of the following image formats into the sprite or JPEG format. You can choose the type of RISC OS sprite that is created by setting the Output Options. If no special output mode is chosen, ChangeFSI produces a sprite that is compatible with the current display mode.
| File name | Acorn filetype | Description |
| RISC OS sprites | FF9 | |
| ArVis 15-bit HIP + LOP sprites | FF9 | file is beneath a HIP directory, and a similar LOP file exists |
| Watford digitiser pictures, 512x256, 64 greys | DFA | triple red, green, blue separations: directory of type DFA files named RED, GREEN and BLUE |
| ProArtisan compressed pictures | DE2 | 640x256, 256 colours |
| JPEG 'JFIF' files | C85 | or 'JFIF' in file |
| Kodak PhotoCD images | BE8 | or file's name ends /PCD |
| TimeStep satellite images | 7A0 | 800x800, 256 greys |
| PC TGA images | 69D | or file's name ends with TGA or VDA |
| MTV 24-bit PIC images | 699 | or file is beneath a PIC directory |
| QRT 24-bit RAW images | 698 | or file's name is RAW |
| ZSoft .PCX files | 697 | or &0A,&00|02|03|04|05,&01 at start of file, or file is beneath a PCX directory, or file's name ends /PCX |
| Degas PI1, PI2, PI3 images | 691 | |
| !Translator Clear format files | 690 | |
| CCIR 601 4:2:2 images | 601 | |
| !RayShade 'RGB' images | 371 | |
| TimeStep satellite images | 300 | 128x256, 256 greys. Triple red, green, blue separations directory of type 300 files named RED, GREEN and BLUE |
| Wild Vision Hawk V12 | 006 | 512x512, 256 greys |
| AIM/Wild Vision Hawk V10 | 004 | 256x256, 256 greys |
| Wild Vision/Hawk V9 | 004 | 256x256, 24 bit, triple image directory of type 004 files named RED, GREEN and BLUE |
| Wild Vision Hawk V9 | | 51x2256, 12-bit colour: 'MercSoft' or 'SnapShot' at start of file |
| Wild Vision Hawk V9 Mk II | | 16-bit colour: 'MercSof1' at start of file |
| Pineapple 16 bit per pixel images | | 'FSIfile' at start of file |
| FITS astronomical format images | | 'SIMPLE ' at start of file |
| Irlam Instruments YUV 411 files | | 'IRLAM YUV 411' at start of file |
| Irlam Instruments 24-bit files | | 'Irlam' at start of file |
| Windows 3 .BMP files | | 'BM' at start of file; or 'RIFF' at start of file, and 'RDIBdata' and 'BM' in file |
| Compuserve's GIF files | | Up to 8 bit per pixel: 'GIF8' at start of file |
| PIC 8 bit per pixel files | | 'AV_VO' at start of file |
| Sun 'pixrect' raster files | | &956AA659 at start of file |
| GEM .IMG images | | &08000100 at start of file, or file is beneath an IMG directory, or file's name ends /IMG |
| Apollo GPR 16-colour image | | &01000100 at start of file |
| RIX Softworks ColoRIX 8 bit per pixel files | | 'RIX3' at start of file |
| TIFF pictures | | 'II*null' or 'MMnull*' at start of file |
| UNIX rle format files | | &CC52 at start of file |
| Portable Bit Map (pbm) binary encoded formats | | 'P4', 'P5' or 'P6' at start of file |
| ChangeFSI packed portable bitmaps | | 'P15' at start of file |
| PocketBook I and II PIC format files | | 'PIC' at start of file |
| Electronic Art's IFF ILBM pictures | | 'FORM' at start of file and 'ILBM' in file |
| MillipedE Prisma | | 768x576, 8-bit colour images: 'MILLIPEDE' in file |
| MacPaint files | | 576x720, 1 bit per pixel: 'PNTG' in file |
| MacPICT2 v2 8 and 24/32 bit per pixel | | &00,&11,&02,&FF,&0C,&00,&FF,&FE in file |
| RT 24-bit run length coded IMAGE files | | file is beneath an IMAGE directory |
| PC EGA .DSP images, 640x350, 16 colours | | file is beneath a DSP directory, or file's name ends /DSP |
| Kodak RGB images, 24 bits per pixel | | file's name ends /RGB |
If you get a 'Number too big' error message while trying to display a TIFF file, or 'Division by zero' with an IFF file, then try setting the 'Ignore source pixel size' and/or 'Ignore pixel size' options. Also try setting these options if the proportions of an image (for example from an IMG file) are not what you expect.
There are some JPEG files available which don't conform to the standard convention. Although some of these files are accepted by ChangeFSI, others will not be. If you find this to be the case try setting the file's type to JPEG (C85) before giving it to ChangeFSI.
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