Formats supported in Adobe Experience Manager Assets assets-supported-formats

Experience Manager Assets supports a wide range of file formats and each functionality has varied support for different MIME types. To integrate Assets with other standards-compliant digital asset management (DAM) solutions and desktop software, use Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP).

Use the legend to understand the support level.

Support Level
Description
Supported
*
Supported with add-on features
Not applicable

Supported raster image formats in Experience Manager supported-raster-image-formats

The supported raster image formats in Assets are:

Format
Storage
Metadata management
Metadata extraction
Thumbnail generation
Editing
Metadata writeback
Insights
PNG
GIF
TIFF
JPEG
BMP
PNM
PGM
PBM
PPM
PSD ‡
EPS
PICT
PSB

‡ The merged image is extracted from the PSD file. It is an image that is generated by Adobe Photoshop and is included in the PSD file. Depending on the settings, the merged image may or may not be the actual image.

In addition to the information above, consider the following:

  • The support for EPS files applies to raster images only. For example, thumbnail generation for EPS vector images is not supported by default. To add support, configure ImageMagick. To integrate third-party tools to enable additional capabilities, see Command line based Media Handler.

  • Metadata writeback works for PSB file format when it is added to the NComm handler.

  • For EPS files, metadata writeback is supported in PostScript Document Structuring Convention (PS-Adobe) version 3.0 or later.

Supported 3D formats support-3d-formats

The following list of 3D formats is supported.

See also Working with 3D assets in Dynamic Media.

Format
Storage
Versioning
Workflow
Publishing
Access control
Thumbnail preview
3D preview
Dynamic Media delivery
DN
gLB
gLTF
OBJ
STL
USDz

Supported PDF Rasterizer library supported-pdf-rasterizer-library

The Adobe PDF Rasterizer library generates high-quality thumbnails and previews for large and content-intensive Adobe Illustrator and PDF files. Adobe recommends using the PDF Rasterizer library for the following:

  • Content-intensive AI/PDF files that are resource-intensive to process.
  • AI/PDF files, for which thumbnails are not generated by default.
  • AI files with Pantone Matching System (PMS) colors.

See Using PDF Rasterizer.

Supported Image Transcoding library supported-image-transcoding-library

The Adobe Imaging Transcoding library is an image-processing solution that performs core image-handling functions, such as, encoding, transcoding, resampling, and resizing.

Imaging Transcoding library supports JPG/JPEG, PNG (8-bit and 16-bit), GIF, BMP, TIFF/Compressed TIFF (apart from 32-bit TIFF files and PTIFF files), ICO, and ICN MIME types.

See Imaging Transcoding Library.

Supported Camera Raw supported-camera-raw

The Adobe Camera Raw library enables Assets to ingest raw images. See Camera Raw support.

Supported Assets document formats supported-document-formats

Document formats supported for asset management features are as follows:

Format
Storage
Metadata management
Full-text
extraction
Metadata extraction
Thumbnail
generation
Subasset extraction
Metadata writeback
Connected Assets
AI
DOC
DOCX
ODT
PDF
HTML
RTF
TXT
XLS
XLSX
ODS
PPT
PPTX
ODP
INDD
PS
QXP
EPUB

Supported multimedia formats supported-multimedia-formats

Storage
Metadata management
Metadata extraction
Thumbnail generation
FFmpeg transcoding
AAC
*
MIDI
*
3GP
*
MP3
*
MPG
*
OGA
*
OGG
*
RA
*
WAV
*
WMA
*
DVI
*
*
FLV
*
*
M4V
*
*
MPEG
*
*
OGV
*
*
MOV
*
*
WMV
*
*
SWF

Supported archive formats supported-archive-formats

The supported archive formats and the applicability of the common DAM workflows, are covered in the following table.

Formats
Storage
Versioning
Workflow
Publishing
Access Control
Dynamic Media Delivery
TGZ
JAR
RAR
TAR
ZIP

Other supported formats other-supported-formats

The applicability of the usual DAM functionalities for a few specific file formats is described below.

Formats
Storage
Versioning
Workflow
Publishing
Access Control
Dynamic Media Delivery
SVG
CSS
VTT
XML
JavaScript (when configured with own delivery domain)
NOTE
Uploading and distributing JavaScript files may or may not be safe. If necessary, you can use overlays to prevent users from uploading JS files.

Supported MIME types supported-mime-types

By default, Experience Manager detects the file type using the file extension. Experience Manager can detect it from the contents of the files. For latter, select Detect MIME from content option in Day CQ DAM Mime Type Service in the Experience Manager Web Console.

A list of supported MIME types is available in CRXDE Lite at /conf/global/settings/cloudconfigs/dmscene7/jcr:content/mimeTypes.

File extension
MIME type/ Internet media type
Default jobParam value
Allowed jobParam value
Image
image/s7asset
usmAmount=1.75&usmRadius=0.2
&usmThreshold=2&usmMonochrome=0&

The default jobParam applies to all image MIME type assets.

3G2
video/3gpp2
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
3GP
video/3gpp
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
AAC
audio/x-aac
AFM
application/x-font-type1
AI
application/postscript
aiprocess=Rasterize&airesolution=150
&aicolorspace=Auto&aialpha=false
AIFF
audio/x-aiff
AVI
video/x-msvideo
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
BMP
image/bmp
CSS
text/css
DOC
application/msword
EPS
  • application/postscript
  • application/eps
  • application/x-eps
  • image/eps
  • image/x-eps
F4V
video/x-f4v
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
FLA
application/x-shockwave-flash
FLV
video/x-flv
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
FPX
image/vnd.fpx
GIF
image/gif
ICC
application/vnd.iccprofile
ICM
application/vnd.iccprofile
INDD
application/x-indesign
JPEG
image/jpeg
JPG
image/jpeg
M2V
video/mpeg
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
M4V
video/x-m4v
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
MOV
video/quicktime
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
MP3
audio/mpeg
MP4
video/mp4
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
MPEG
video/mpeg
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
MPG
video/mpeg
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
MTS
model/vnd.mts
OGV
video/ogg
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
OTF
application/x-font-otf
PDF
application/pdf
pdfprocess=Rasterize&resolution=150
&colorspace=Auto&pdfbrochure=false
&keywords=false&links=false
pdfOptions
PFB
application/x-font-type1
PFM
application/x-font-type1
PICT
image/x-pict
PNG
image/png
PPT
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
PS
application/postscript
psprocess=Rasterize&psresolution=150
&pscolorspace=Auto&psalpha=false
&psextractsearchwords=false
&aiprocess=Rasterize&airesolution=150
&aicolorspace=Auto&aialpha=false
  • postScriptOptions
  • [illustratorOptions](https://experienceleague.adobe.com/docs/dynamic-media-developer-resources/image-production-api/data-types/r-illustrator-options.html
PSD
image/vnd.adobe.photoshop
process=None&layerNaming=Layername
&anchor=Center&createTemplate=false
&extractText=false&extendLayers=false
RTF
application/rtf
SVG
image/svg+xml
SWF
application/x-shockwave-flash
TAR
application/x-tar
TIF / TIFF
image/tiff
TTC
application/x-font-ttf
TTF
application/x-font-ttf
VOB
video/dvd
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
VTT
text/vtt
WAV
audio/x-wav
WEBM
video/webm
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
WMA
audio/x-ms-wma
WMV
video/x-ms-wmv
ExcludeMasterVideoFromAVS
XLS
application/vnd.ms-excel
ZIP
application/zip

Dynamic Media - Supported input video formats for transcoding supported-input-video-formats-for-dynamic-media-transcoding

Video file extension
Container
Recommended video codecs
Unsupported video codecs
AVI
A/V Interleave
XVID, DIVX, HDV, MiniDV (DV25), Techsmith Camtasia, Huffyuv, Fraps, Panasonic DVCPro
Indeo3 (IV30), MJPEG, Microsoft® Video 1 (MS-CRAM)
FLV, F4V
Adobe Flash
H264/AVC, Flix VP6, H263, Sorenson
SWF (vector animation files)
M4V
Apple iTunes
H264/AVC
MKV
Matroska
H264/AVC
MOV, QT
Apple QuickTime
H264/AVC, Apple ProRes422 & HQ, Sony XDCAM, Sony DVCAM, HDV, Panasonic DVCPro, Apple DV (DV25), Apple PhotoJPEG, Sorenson, Avid DNxHD, Avid AVR
Apple Intermediate, Apple Animation
MP4
MPEG-4
H264/AVC (all profiles)
MPG, VOB, M2V, MP2
MPEG-2
MPEG-2
MXF ‡
MXF
Sony XDCAM, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Panasonic DVCPro
OGV, OGG
Ogg
Theora, VP3, Dirac
WebM
WebM
Google VP8
WMV
Windows Media 9
WMV3 (v9), WMV2 (v8), WMV1 (v7), GoToMeeting (G2M2, G2M3, G2M4)
Microsoft® Screen (MSS2), Microsoft® Photo Story (WVP2)

‡ This video format is not yet supported for use with Interactive Videos in Dynamic Media or for use with Annotation in Experience Manager Assets.

Dynamic Media - Supported document formats supported-document-formats-dynamic-media

Format
Upload
(Input format)
Create
image
preset
(Output format)
Preview
dynamic
rendition
Deliver
dynamic
rendition
Download
dynamic
rendition
AI
INDD
PDF (See Note below)
NOTE
For secure PDFs, only Upload is supported.

In addition to the above functionality, consider the following:

Dynamic Media - Supported raster image formats supported-raster-image-formats-dynamic-media

Format
Upload (Input format)
Create image preset (Output format)
Preview dynamic rendition
Deliver dynamic rendition
Download dynamic rendition
Set types that support this format
AVIF
BMP
Image, Mixed Media, and Spin
EPS
GIF
HEIC
JPEG
Image, Mixed Media, and Spin
PICT
PNG
Image, Mixed Media, and Spin
PSD ‡
TIFF
Image, Mixed Media, and Spin
WEBP

‡ The merged image is extracted from the PSD file. It is an image that is generated by Adobe Photoshop and is included in the PSD file. Depending on the settings, the merged image may or may not be the actual image.

Dynamic Media - Unsupported raster image formats unsupported-image-formats-dynamic-media

The following list describes the subtypes of raster image file formats that are not supported in Dynamic Media.

See also Detect unsupported file formats for Dynamic Media Knowledge Base article.

  • PNG files that have an IDAT chunk size greater than 100 MB.
  • PSB files.
  • PSD files with a color space other than CMYK, RGB, Grayscale, or Bitmap are not supported. DuoTone, Lab, and Indexed color spaces are not supported.
  • PSD files that have a bit depth greater than 16.
  • TIFF files that have floating point data.
  • TIFF files that have Lab color space.

Dynamic Media - Supported 3D formats supported-three-d-file-formats-in-dm

Dynamic Media supports the following 3D formats.

See also Working with 3D assets in Dynamic Media.

3D file extension
File format
MIME type
Notes
GLB
Binary GL Transmission
model/gltf-binary
Includes the materials and textures as a single asset.
OBJ
WaveFront 3D Object File
application/x-tgif
STL
Stereolithography
application/vnd.ms-pki.stl
USDZ
Universal Scene Description Zip archive
model/vnd.usdz+zip
Support for ingestion only; no viewing or interaction is available. USDZ is a proprietary 3D format that can be viewed natively by Safari and iOS devices.
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