Editing Help/Images (section)

== Supported media types for images == <!--T:5-->

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The following file formats are supported by default:
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* <code>.jpg</code> <translate><!--T:255--> or</translate> <code>.jpeg</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:7--> bitmap image compressed in the standard JPEG format (this lossy format is most suitable for photographs).</translate>
* <code>.png</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:8--> bitmap image in the ''[[w:Portable Network Graphics|Portable Network Graphics]]'' format (specified by the ''W3 Consortium'').</translate>
* <code>.gif</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:9--> bitmap image in the legacy ''Graphics Interchange Format''.</translate>
* <code>.webp</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:274--> [[w:WebP|WebP]] supports both lossy and lossless compression while reducing image size by up to 45%.</translate>

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Other formats used on Wikimedia, and commonly enabled elsewhere (these may require extra set-up beyond what is enabled by default):
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* <code>.svg</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:11--> scalable image in the ''Scalable Vector Graphics'' format (specified by the ''W3 Consortium'').</translate> <translate><!--T:12--> See [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Image Administration#SVG</tvar>|Manual:Image Administration#SVG]].</translate>
* <code>.tiff</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:13--> Tagged image format.</translate> <translate><!--T:14--> Often used for high-resolution archival photographs.</translate> <translate><!--T:15--> Often used with <tvar name=1></tvar>.</translate>
* <code>.ogg</code>, <code>.oga</code>, <code>.ogv</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:16--> Ogg multimedia (audio or video).</translate> <translate><!--T:17--> Not an image format, but treated similarly.</translate> <translate><!--T:18--> Often used with <tvar name=1></tvar></translate>
* <code>.pdf</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:19--> multipaged documents in the ''Portable Document Format'' (initially specified by ''Adobe'').</translate> <translate><!--T:20--> Often used in conjunction with <tvar name=1></tvar></translate>
* <code>.djvu</code> &ndash; <translate><!--T:21--> multipaged bitmap documents in the ''DejaVu'' format (most often, scans of books).</translate> <translate><!--T:22--> See <tvar name=1></tvar></translate>
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*: Only a single page of a <tvar name=1><code>.pdf</code></tvar> or <tvar name=2><code>.djvu</code></tvar> file is shown at one time.

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Other media types may be supported, but it may not be possible to display them inline.