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# NSBitmapImageRep.FileType

Constants that specify bitmap file types.

```
enum FileType
```

## Topics

### Constants

[`NSBitmapImageRep.FileType.tiff`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBitmapImageRep/FileType/tiff)

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).

[`NSBitmapImageRep.FileType.bmp`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBitmapImageRep/FileType/bmp)

Windows bitmap image (BMP) format.

[`NSBitmapImageRep.FileType.gif`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBitmapImageRep/FileType/gif)

Graphics Image Format (GIF), originally created by CompuServe for online downloads.

[`NSBitmapImageRep.FileType.jpeg`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBitmapImageRep/FileType/jpeg)

JPEG format.

[`NSBitmapImageRep.FileType.png`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBitmapImageRep/FileType/png)

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format.

[`NSBitmapImageRep.FileType.jpeg2000`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBitmapImageRep/FileType/jpeg2000)

JPEG 2000 file format.

### Deprecated Constants

[`NSTIFFFileType`](/documentation/AppKit/NSTIFFFileType)

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).

[`NSBMPFileType`](/documentation/AppKit/NSBMPFileType)

Windows bitmap image (BMP) format.

[`NSGIFFileType`](/documentation/AppKit/NSGIFFileType)

Graphics Image Format (GIF), originally created by CompuServe for online downloads.

[`NSJPEGFileType`](/documentation/AppKit/NSJPEGFileType)

JPEG format.

[`NSPNGFileType`](/documentation/AppKit/NSPNGFileType)

Portable Network Graphics (PNG) format.

[`NSJPEG2000FileType`](/documentation/AppKit/NSJPEG2000FileType)

JPEG 2000 file format.


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