Output Formats
CodeGlyphX supports a wide variety of output formats. The format is automatically determined by the file extension.
Format Matrix (Encode + Decode)
| Format | Extensions | Encode | Decode | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNG | .png | Yes | Yes | tRNS, Adam7, 1/2/4/8/16-bit |
| JPEG | .jpg, .jpeg | Yes | Yes | Baseline + progressive, EXIF, CMYK/YCCK |
| WebP | .webp | Yes | Yes | Managed VP8/VP8L; ImageReader returns first animation frame (use WebpReader/ImageReader multi-frame helpers); animation via WebpWriter or Webp renderers RenderAnimation |
| BMP | .bmp | Yes | Yes | 1/4/8/16/24/32-bit, RLE, bitfields |
| GIF | .gif | Yes | Yes | Single-frame encode (indexed, 256 colors max; quantizes + dithers if needed); animation via GifReader/GifWriter.WriteAnimation or GIF renderers RenderAnimation (diff-cropped) |
| TIFF | .tif, .tiff | Yes | Yes | Baseline RGBA encode (multi-page via TiffWriter.WriteRgba32Pages; tiled multi-page via WriteRgba32PagesTiled; planar via WriteRgba32Planar; bilevel 1-bit via WriteBilevel/WriteBilevelFromRgba or RenderBilevel; direct matrix bilevel via RenderBilevelFromModules; direct barcode bilevel via RenderBilevelFromBars; tiled bilevel via WriteBilevelTiled/WriteBilevelTiledFromRgba or RenderBilevelTiled; tiled direct matrix bilevel via RenderBilevelTiledFromModules; tiled direct barcode bilevel via RenderBilevelTiledFromBars; strips via rowsPerStrip; tiles via WriteRgba32Tiled; PackBits/Deflate/LZW via TiffCompression; optional predictor via usePredictor); decode strips/tiles, planar config 1/2, PackBits/LZW/Deflate, 1/8/16-bit |
| PSD | .psd | No | Yes | Flattened 8-bit grayscale/RGB; raw or RLE image data |
| PPM/PGM/PAM/PBM | .ppm, .pgm, .pam, .pbm | Yes | Yes | Portable pixmaps (8/16-bit maxval) |
| TGA | .tga | Yes | Yes | Uncompressed + RLE, true-color/grayscale/color-mapped |
| ICO | .ico | Yes | Yes | PNG/BMP payloads (CUR decode supported) |
| XBM/XPM | .xbm, .xpm | Yes | Yes | Text formats |
| SVG / SVGZ | .svg, .svgz, .svg.gz | Yes | No | Vector output only |
| PDF / EPS | .pdf, .eps, .ps | Yes | Limited | Vector by default, raster via RenderMode (PDF decode: image-only JPEG/Flate) |
| HTML | .html, .htm | Yes | No | Table-based output |
| ASCII | .txt | Yes | No | Text art |
| Raw RGBA | API only | Yes | No | Use RenderPixels |
Programmatic Rendering
using CodeGlyphX;
// Get raw PNG bytes
byte[] pngBytes = QrEasy.RenderPng("Hello", QrErrorCorrection.M, moduleSize: 10);
// Get SVG string
string svg = QrEasy.RenderSvg("Hello", QrErrorCorrection.M);
// Get Base64 data URI
string dataUri = QrEasy.RenderPngBase64DataUri("Hello");