File formats compatible with Metaclean
Metaclean compatibility encompasses a multitude of metadata formats: Photos, audio, video, documents and virtually any file containing metadata, can be edited with Metaclean easily and quickly.
Supported File Types
MetaClean can Read, Write and/or Create files in the following formats. Also listed are the support levels for EXIF, IPTC, XMP, ICC_Profile and other metadata types for each file format.
| File Type | Support | Description | EXIF | IPTC | XMP | ICC1 | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3FR | R | Hasselblad RAW (TIFF-based) | R | R | R | R | – |
| 3G2, 3GP2 | R/W | 3rd Gen. Partnership Project 2 a/v (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| 3GP, 3GPP | R/W | 3rd Gen. Partnership Project a/v (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| AA | R | Audible Audiobook | – | – | – | – | R Audible |
| AAX | R/W | Audible Enhanced Audiobook (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| ACR | R | American College of Radiology ACR-NEMA (DICOM-like) | – | – | – | – | R DICOM |
| AFM, ACFM, AMFM | R | Adobe [Composite/Multiple Master] Font Metrics | – | – | – | – | R Font |
| AI, AIT | R/W | Adobe Illustrator [Template] (PS or PDF) | R/W/C4 | R/W/C4 | R/W/C | R/W/C4 | R/W/C PDF PostScript, R Photoshop |
| AIFF, AIF, AIFC | R | Audio Interchange File Format [Compressed] | – | – | – | – | R AIFF ID3 |
| APE | R | Monkey’s Audio | – | – | – | – | R APE ID3 |
| ARW | R/W | Sony Alpha RAW (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Sony SonyIDC |
| ASF | R | Microsoft Advanced Systems Format | – | – | R | – | R ASF |
| AVI | R/W | Audio Video Interleaved (RIFF-based) | R/W | R/W | R/W | R/W | R RIFF |
| BMP, DIB | R | Windows BitMaP / Device Independent Bitmap | – | – | – | – | R BMP |
| BTF | R | BigTIFF (64-bit Tagged Image File Format) | R | R | R | R | – |
| CHM | R | Microsoft Compiled HTML format | – | – | – | – | R EXE |
| COS | R | Capture One Settings (XML-based) | – | – | – | – | R XML |
| CR2 | R/W | Canon RAW 2 (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C CanonVRD, R/W Canon |
| CRW, CIFF | R/W | Canon RAW Camera Image File Format (CRW spec.) | – | – | R/W/C | – | R/W/C CanonVRD, R/W CanonRaw |
| CS1 | R/W | Sinar CaptureShop 1-shot RAW (PSD-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R Photoshop |
| DCM, DC3, DIC, DICM | R | DICOM – Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine | – | – | – | – | R DICOM |
| DCP | R/W | DNG Camera Profile (DNG-like) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | – |
| DCR | R | Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based) | R | R | R | R | – |
| DFONT | R | Macintosh Data Fork Font | – | – | – | – | R Font |
| DIVX | R | DivX media format (ASF-based) | – | – | R | – | R ASF |
| DJVU, DJV | R | DjVu image (AIFF-like) | – | – | R | – | R DJVU |
| DNG | R/W | Digital Negative (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | – |
| DPX | R | Digital Picture Exchange | – | – | – | – | R DPX |
| DR4 | R/W/C | Canon DPP version 4 Recipe Data | – | – | R/W/C | – | R/W/C CanonVRD |
| DYLIB | R | Mac OS X Mach-O executable and library files | – | – | – | – | R EXE |
| DV | R | Digital Video | – | – | – | – | R DV |
| DVB | R/W | Digital Video Broadcasting (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| EIP | R | Capture One Enhanced Image Package (ZIP-based) | R | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| EPS, EPSF, PS | R/W | [Encapsulated] PostScript Format | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C PostScript, R Photoshop |
| EPUB | R | Electronic Publication (ZIP/XML-based) | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| ERF | R/W | Epson RAW Format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Olympus |
| EXE, DLL | R | DOS/Windows executable and library files | – | – | – | – | R EXE |
| EXIF | R/W/C | Exchangable Image File Format metadata (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | – | – | – | – |
| EXR | R | Open EXR (Extended Range) | – | – | – | – | R OpenEXR |
| EXV | R/W/C | Exiv2 metadata file (JPEG-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | Supported JPEG Meta Information |
| F4A, F4B, F4P, F4V | R/W | Adobe Flash Player 9+ Audio/Video (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| FFF | R/W | Hasselblad Flexible File Format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | – |
| FFF | R | FLIR Systems thermal image File Format | – | – | – | – | R FLIR |
| FLA | R | Macromedia/Adobe Flash project (FPX-like) | – | – | R | R | R FlashPix |
| FLAC | R | Free Lossless Audio Codec | – | – | – | – | R FLAC ID3 |
| FLV | R | Flash Video | – | – | R | – | R Flash |
| FPF | R | FLIR Public image Format | – | – | – | – | R FLIR |
| FPX | R | FlashPix image | – | – | R | R | R FlashPix |
| GIF | R/W | Compuserve Graphics Interchange Format | – | – | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C GIF |
| GZ, GZIP | R | GNU ZIP compressed archive | – | – | – | – | R ZIP |
| HDP, WDP, JXR | R/W | Windows HD Photo / Media Photo / JPEG XR (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | – |
| HDR | R | Radiance RGBE High Dynamic-Range | – | – | – | – | R Radiance |
| HTML, HTM, XHTML | R | [Extensible] HyperText Markup Language | – | – | – | – | R HTML |
| ICC, ICM | R/W/C1 | International Color Consortium color profile | – | – | – | R/W/C | – |
| ICS, ICAL | R | iCalendar Schedule | – | – | – | – | R VCalendar |
| IDML | R | Adobe InDesign Markup Language (ZIP/XML-based) | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| IIQ | R/W | Phase One Intelligent Image Quality RAW (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R PhaseOne |
| IND, INDD, INDT | R/W | Adobe InDesign Document/Template | – | – | R/W/C | – | – |
| INX | R | Adobe InDesign Interchange (XML-based) | – | – | R | – | – |
| ITC | R | iTunes Cover Flow artwork | – | – | – | – | R ITC |
| J2C, JPC | R | JPEG 2000 codestream | R2 | R2 | R | R | R Jpeg2000 Photoshop2 |
| JP2, JPF, J2K, JPM, JPX | R/W | JPEG 2000 image [Compound/Extended] | R/W/C2 | R/W/C2 | R/W/C | R | R/W/C Jpeg2000, R Photoshop2 |
| JPEG, JPG, JPE | R/W | Joint Photographic Experts Group image | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | Supported JPEG Meta Information |
| K25 | R | Kodak DC25 RAW (TIFF-based) | R | R | R | R | – |
| KDC | R | Kodak Digital Camera RAW (TIFF-based) | R | R | R | R | R Kodak |
| KEY, KTH | R | Apple iWork ’09 Keynote presentation/Theme | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| LA | R | Lossless Audio (RIFF-based) | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| LFP, LFR | R | Lytro Light Field Picture | – | – | – | – | R Lytro |
| LNK | R | Microsoft Shell Link (Windows shortcut) | – | – | – | – | R LNK |
| M2TS, MTS, M2T, TS | R | MPEG-2 Transport Stream (used for AVCHD video) | – | – | – | – | R M2TS H264 |
| M4A, M4B, M4P, M4V | R/W | MPEG-4 Audio/Video (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| MEF | R/W | Mamiya (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | – |
| MIE | R/W/C | Meta Information Encapsulation (MIE specification) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C MIE |
| MIFF, MIF | R | Magick Image File Format | R | R | R | R | R MIFF Photoshop |
| MKA, MKV, MKS | R | Matroska Audio/Video/Subtitle | – | – | – | – | R Matroska |
| MOBI, AZW, AZW3 | R | Mobipocket electronic book (Palm-based) | – | – | – | – | R Palm MOBI |
| MODD | R | Sony Picture Motion metadata (XML PLIST-based) | – | – | – | – | R PLIST |
| MOI | R | MOD Information file | – | – | – | – | R MOI |
| MOS | R/W | Creo Leaf Mosaic (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R Leaf |
| MOV, QT | R/W | Apple QuickTime Movie | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| MP3 | R/W | MPEG-1 layer 3 audio | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R MPEG ID3 APE |
| MP4 | R/W | Motion Picture Experts Group version 4 (QuickTime-based) | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| MPC | R | Musepack Audio | – | – | – | – | R MPC ID3 APE |
| MPEG, MPG, M2V | R | Motion Picture Experts Group version 1 or 2 | – | – | – | – | R MPEG ID3 |
| MPO | R/W | Extended Multi-Picture format (JPEG with MPF extensions) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | Supported JPEG Meta Information |
| MQV | R/W | Sony Mobile QuickTime Video | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| MRW | R/W | Minolta RAW | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W MinoltaRaw Minolta |
| MXF | R | Material Exchange Format | – | – | – | – | R MXF |
| NEF | R/W | Nikon (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Nikon NikonCapture |
| NMBTEMPLATE | R | Apple iWork ’09 Numbers Template | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| NRW | R/W | Nikon RAW (2) (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Nikon NikonCapture |
| NUMBERS | R | Apple iWork ’09 Numbers spreadsheet | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| OFR | R | OptimFROG audio (RIFF-based) | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| OGG, OGV | R | Ogg bitstream container | – | – | – | – | R FLAC ID3 Theora Vorbis |
| ORF | R/W | Olympus RAW Format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Olympus |
| OTF | R | Open Type Font | – | – | – | – | R Font |
| PAC | R | Lossless Predictive Audio Compression (<riff-based)< td> | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| PAGES | R | Apple iWork ’09 Pages document | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| PCD | R | Kodak Photo CD Image Pac | – | – | – | – | R PhotoCD |
| PDB, PRC | R | Palm Database | – | – | – | – | R Palm |
| PEF | R/W | Pentax (RAW) Electronic Format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Pentax |
| PFA, PFB | R | PostScript Font ASCII/Binary | – | – | – | – | R Font |
| PFM | R | Printer Font Metrics | – | – | – | – | R Font |
| PGF | R | Progressive Graphics File | – | – | – | – | R PGF PNG |
| PICT, PCT | R | Apple Picture file | – | – | – | R | R PICT Photoshop |
| PLIST | R | Apple Property List (binary and XML formats) | – | – | – | – | R PLIST |
| PMP | R | Sony DSC-F1 Cyber-Shot image | – | – | – | – | R Sony |
| PNG, JNG, MNG | R/W | Portable/JPEG/Multiple-image Network Graphics | R/W/C2 | R/W/C2 | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C PNG |
| PPM, PBM, PGM | R/W | Portable Pixel/Bit/Gray Map | – | – | – | – | R PPM |
| PSD, PSB | R/W | PhotoShop Document / Large Document | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R Photoshop |
| PSP, PSPIMAGE | R | Paint Shop Pro | R | – | – | – | R PSP |
| QTIF, QTI, QIF | R/W | QuickTime Image File | R/W2 | R/W2 | R/W/C | – | R/W QuickTime3 |
| RA | R | Real Audio | – | – | – | – | R Real ID3 |
| RAF | R/W | FujiFilm RAW Format | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W FujiFilm |
| RAM, RPM | R | Real Audio/Plug-in Metafile | – | – | – | – | R Real |
| RAR | R | RAR Archive | – | – | – | – | R ZIP |
| RAW | R | Kyocera Contax N Digital RAW | – | – | – | – | R KyoceraRaw |
| RAW | R/W | Panasonic RAW (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W PanasonicRaw Panasonic |
| RIFF, RIF | R | Resource Interchange File Format | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| RM, RV, RMVB | R | Real Media/Video [Variable Bitrate] | – | – | – | – | R Real |
| RSRC | R | Mac OS Resource | – | – | – | – | R RSRC Photoshop PostScript Font |
| RTF | R/W | Rich Text Format | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | – | R RTF |
| RW2 | R/W | Panasonic RAW 2 (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W PanasonicRaw Panasonic |
| RWL | R/W | Leica RAW (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W PanasonicRaw Panasonic |
| RWZ | R | Rawzor compressed image | R | R | R | R | R Rawzor |
| SEQ | R | FLIR Systems image Sequence | – | – | – | – | R FLIR |
| SO | R | Unix ELF executable and Shared Object files | – | – | – | – | R EXE |
| SR2 | R/W | Sony RAW 2 (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Sony |
| SRF | R | Sony RAW Format (TIFF-based) | R | R | R | R | R Sony |
| SRW | R/W | Samsung RAW format (TIFF-based) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Samsung |
| SVG | R | Scalable Vector Graphics (XML-based) | – | – | – | – | R SVG |
| SWF | R | Shockwave Flash | – | – | R | – | R Flash |
| THM | R/W | Canon Thumbnail (JPEG) | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | Supported JPEG Meta Information |
| THMX | R | Office Open XML Theme | – | – | – | – | R XML ZIP |
| TIFF, TIF | R/W | Tagged Image File Format | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C GeoTIFF1, R/W Trailers |
| TTF, TTC | R | True Type Font/Collection | – | – | – | – | R Font |
| TORRENT | R | BitTorrent description file | – | – | – | – | R Torrent |
| VCF, VCARD | R | Virtual Card | – | – | – | – | R VCard |
| VOB | R | Video Object (MPEG-based) | – | – | – | – | R MPEG |
| VRD | R/W/C | Canon DPP Recipe Data | – | – | R/W/C | – | R/W/C CanonVRD |
| VSD | R | Microsoft Visio Drawing (FPX-like) | – | – | R | R | R FlashPix |
| WAV | R | Windows digital audio WAVeform (RIFF-based) | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| WEBM | R | Google Web Movie (Matroska-based) | – | – | – | – | R Matroska |
| WEBP | R | Google Web Picture (RIFF-based) | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| WMA, WMV | R | Windows Media Audio/Video (ASF-based) | – | – | R | – | R ASF |
| WV | R | WavePack lossless audio (RIFF-based) | R2 | – | R | – | R RIFF |
| X3F | R/W | Sigma/Foveon RAW | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W/C | R/W Sigma, R SigmaRaw |
| XCF | R | GIMP native image format | R | R | R | R | R GIMP |
| XMP | R/W/C | Extensible Metadata Platform sidecar file | – | – | R/W/C | – | – |
| ZIP | R | ZIP archive | – | – | – | – | R ZIP |
1 Block write only, 2 Non-standard format, 3 Writes only some date/time tags, 4 Only writable for PostScript-format file type
Compatible with Microsoft Office 97, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 and Office 365:
- Microsoft Word Formats Supported: .doc, .dot, .docx, .docm, dotx, dotm.
- Compatible Microsoft Power Point Formats: .xls, .xlt, .xlsx, .xlsm, .xltx, xltm.
- Compatible Microsoft Power Point Formats: .ppt, .pot, .pptx, .pptm, .potx, .potm.
- Microsoft Visio: .vsd.
Compatible with Open/Libre Office:
- Text documents (.odt).
- Spreadsheets (.ods).
- Presentations (.odp).
Compatible with all versions of PDF documents
Compatible with ZIP and 7Z files