| Extension | HEIC |
| Full Name | High Efficiency Image File Format |
| Type | Image |
| Mime Type | image/heic |
| Format | Binary |
| Opens With | Paint.Net, Photoshop |
HEIC files are a highly compressed bitmap image file format created specifically to offer greater compression ratios than other formats, such as JPEG, while maintaining image quality. The HEIC format is a standard format created by the MPEG group and has gained support from some major players in the industry, including Apple.
Within an HEIC file, the image data is compressed using advanced compression algorithms that try to maintain image quality while drastically reducing the amount of storage space required. Image data can be stored in either lossy or non-lossy formats, with the lossy format offering the best compression ratio.
With HEIC files being used by Apple in their range of smart phones and tablets, HEIC has become widely adopted and is supported by many image and photo editing software. For applications that do not support HEIC yet, we have an array of HEIC converters that can convert to and from many other image formats.
| Extension | DXF |
| Full Name | Drawing Exchange Format |
| Type | CAD |
| Mime Type | image/x-dxf |
| Format | Binary |
A DXF file was created by Autodesk as a standardized format for storing complex 2D and 3D Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings in a single, standard package that can be used for seamless exchanging of data between different CAD systems.
The DXF format is plain text and allows CAD elements such as points, lines, curves, and other elements to be represented in an efficient manner that is easy to read by other CAD applications. The use of plain text does, however, cause the files to grow in size quickly when storing large and complex CAD drawings.
As DXF files are designed from the start to be an open and standard format, there are many CAD and 2D drawing applications that offer support for importing and exporting to the DXF format.
