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# Image Representation Types

Representation types for images.

## Topics

### Constants

[`IKImageBrowserPathRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserPathRepresentationType)

A file path image representation.

[`IKImageBrowserNSURLRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserNSURLRepresentationType)

A URL image representation.

[`IKImageBrowserNSImageRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserNSImageRepresentationType)

An image representation type for image objects.

[`IKImageBrowserCGImageRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserCGImageRepresentationType)

An image representation for Core Graphics images.

[`IKImageBrowserCGImageSourceRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserCGImageSourceRepresentationType)

A Core Graphics image source representation.

[`IKImageBrowserNSDataRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserNSDataRepresentationType)

An data representation of an image.

[`IKImageBrowserNSBitmapImageRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserNSBitmapImageRepresentationType)

A bitmap image representation.

[`IKImageBrowserQTMovieRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserQTMovieRepresentationType)

A   `QTMovie`  object.

[`IKImageBrowserQTMoviePathRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserQTMoviePathRepresentationType)

A path (NSString) or URL (NSURL) to a QuickTime movie.

[`IKImageBrowserQCCompositionRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserQCCompositionRepresentationType)

A [`QCComposition`](/documentation/Quartz/QCComposition) object.

[`IKImageBrowserQCCompositionPathRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserQCCompositionPathRepresentationType)

A  path (NSString) or URL (NSURL) to a Quartz Composer composition.

[`IKImageBrowserQuickLookPathRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserQuickLookPathRepresentationType)

A path (NSString) or URL (NSURL) to load data using QuickLook.

[`IKImageBrowserIconRefPathRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserIconRefPathRepresentationType)

A path to an icon.

[`IKImageBrowserIconRefRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserIconRefRepresentationType)

An icon.

[`IKImageBrowserPDFPageRepresentationType`](/documentation/Quartz/IKImageBrowserPDFPageRepresentationType)

A PDF page representation.


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