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Truevision TarGA bitmap image
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with tga file extension are generally bitmap images in old TarGA format. Most programs support this format.
Found 2 different file type records with the same tga filename suffix.
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The tga file extension is almost always used for graphics in TarGA format, which was originally developed by Truevision for their Targa and Vista products.
TGA is an industry standard designed for high-end paint programs and ray tracing packages on systems that use MS-DOS color applications. It is not as widely supported as PCX or TIFF formats nor in Windows-only applications.
It was one of the first formats able to handle images with up to sixteen million unique colors. TGA pictures may be saved compressed (run length encoded) or not compressed.
TGA graphics files should be supported in almost any graphics editors or viewers.
Most graphics converters or editors should still be able to convert or re-save TGA graphics to other format.
Software applications that can open tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software applications that can edit tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software capable of saving tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Programs for viewing tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that create tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that convert tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
On-line services
Software apps that import tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Software apps that export tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Apple macOS / Mac OS X
Multiplatform
Software apps that print tga files:
Microsoft Windows
Multiplatform
Software applications that handle other tasks involving tga files:
Microsoft Windows
File type category:
Graphics file
Date updated: November 29, 2024
The tga file extension is known as Targa picture file format for 16-bit and 24-bit RGB true color graphics images. Can be converted into Jaguar CRY-format using the TGA2CRY utility.
Use TGA2CRY utility to open files with tga extension.
Files with tga extension can be converted by usin TGA2CRY utility