A number of file reading and writing functions are included in dipIO. These are registered in the ImageReadRegistry and the ImageWriteRegistry. Through this registry, ImageRead and ImageWrite are able to read from and write to any registered file format. You can add your own functions to these (the interface functions for this are not documented yet), thereby increasing the possibilities of ImageRead and ImageWrite.
Below you can find a list of currently supported file formats for both reading and writing. To obtain the format ID from the registry, you need to include the specified file and call the specified function.
These are the file formats currently supported for reading:
| format | include file | registry ID retrieval function | dimensionality | colour | data types |
| ICS (Image Cytometry Standard) | dipio_ics.h | dipio_ReadICSID | any | yes | any |
| TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) | dipio_tiff.h | dipio_ReadTIFFID | 2D | yes | any |
| PNG (Portable Network Graphics) [not yet implemented!] | dipio_png.h | dipio_ReadPNGID | 2D | yes | uint8 and uint16 |
| JPEG (JPEG File Interchange Format) | dipio_jpeg.h | dipio_ReadJPEGID | 2D | yes | uint8 |
| GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) | dipio_gif.h | dipio_ReadGIFID | 2D | yes | uint8 |
| LSM (Zeiss LSM file format) | dipio_lsm.h | dipio_ReadLSMID | 1D - 4D | no | uint8, uint16 and sfloat |
| PIC (BioRad PIC file format) | dipio_pic.h | dipio_ReadPICID | 2D and 3D | no | uint8 |
| CVS (Comma Separated Values) | dipio_csv.h | dipio_ReadCSVID | 2D | no | sfloat |
These are the file formats currently supported for writing:
| format | include file | registry ID retrieval function | dimensionality | colour | data types |
| ICS v1 (Image Cytometry Standard) | dipio_ics.h | dipio_WriteICSv1ID | any | yes | any |
| ICS v2 (Image Cytometry Standard) | dipio_ics.h | dipio_WriteICSv2ID | any | yes | any |
| TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) | dipio_tiff.h | dipio_WriteTIFFID | 2D | yes | any in grey-value, uint8 in colour |
| PNG (Portable Network Graphics) [not yet implemented!] | dipio_png.h | dipio_WritePNGID | 2D | yes | uint8 and uint16 |
| JPEG (JPEG File Interchange Format) | dipio_jpeg.h | dipio_WriteJPEGID | 2D | yes | uint8 |
| GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) | dipio_gif.h | dipio_WriteGIFID | 2D | no | uint8 |
| CVS (Comma Separated Values) | dipio_csv.h | dipio_WriteCSVID | 2D | no | any except complex |
| FLD (AVS field file) | dipio_fld.h | dipio_WriteFLDID | any | no | any |
| PS (PostScript) | dipio_ps.h | dipio_WritePSID | 2D | yes | uint8, others automatically converted |
| EPS (Encapulated PostScript) | dipio_ps.h | dipio_WriteEPSID | 2D | yes | uint8, others automatically converted |