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Format

Radiance RGBE Image Format

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Summary

Name
Radiance RGBE Image Format
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/591
  • MIME: image/vnd.radiance
Format type
Image (Raster)
Description
Radiance defined an image format for storing HDR images, now described as RGBE image format. RGBE stores pixels as one byte each for RGB (red, green, and blue) values with a one byte shared exponent. Thus it stores four bytes per pixel.
File extensions
hdr, pic, rgbe, xyze
Source
Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Internal signatures

Radiance

Note
#?RADIANCE.

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
0
Byte Sequence
233F52414449414E43450A
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V84

    Release date
    21 January 2016

    Radiance RGBE Image Format: Added MIME.

  • Added in V72

    Release date
    12 November 2013

    Radiance RGBE image format: Signature developed through PRONOM Research.

    Radiance RGBE image format: Outline Entry Added.