.RGB File Extension
- 1.RGB Bitmap
- 2.Q0 Image
RGB Bitmap
Developer | Silicon Graphics |
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What is an RGB file?
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Paul Haeberli invented the RGB format in 1995. It was used primarily to save raster images for display on Silicon Graphics workstations.
Both RGB and SGI files contain images comprised of three color channels (red, green, and blue). The similar .RGBA format contains images comprised of three color channels and an alpha channel, which stores transparency information.
How to open an RGB file
You can open an RGB file in many image viewers and editors, including File Viewer Plus (Windows), Apple Preview (Mac), XnViewMP (Windows, Mac), and qView (multiplatform).
How to convert an RGB file
Most image viewers and editors that can open RGB files can convert them to other image formats. For example, XnViewMP can convert RGB files to the following formats (and many others):
Programs that open RGB files
Q0 Image
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An RGB file may also be an image saved in the Q0 raster graphic format. Each RGB file is typically paired with an accompanying .FAL file. The FAL file contains header information that image viewers use to open the RGB file.
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Some Japanese software programs create and use images saved in the Q0 format. Q0 images are 24-bit Red Green Blue (RGB) bitmap images, whose filenames use the .q0 or .rgb extension.
How to open an RGB file
You can open an RGB file with XnViewMP. To do so, open XnViewMP and select File → Open.... Then, navigate to and open your RGB file.
Note that if you do not possess an RGB file's corresponding FAL file, you will not be able to open it.
How to convert an RGB file
XnViewMP can convert RGB files to the following image formats (and many others):