LanguageICB
Truevision Targa format
File type: Bitmap image file
Files with icb file extension can be mostly found as Truevision Targa Images. Viewable in most image viewers and editors.
What is icb file?
File type category:
Bitmap image file
Date updated: June 23, 2025
The icb file extension is also used for a special version of Truevision Targa format.
This is a format for storing bitmaps that was developed in conjunction with a number of video capture and graphics adapter boards for the PC and Macintosh. The format has thus become popular in the world of still-video editing.
The format was revised in 1989 to add support for new capabilities (thus there are "original" and "new" TGA formats). Fortunately, the "new" format is a superset of the "original", and many applications, even those designed around the "original" format, can read both types of files.
TGA files can contain monochrome images, color images with a palette, and 16-bit, 24-bit and 32-bit TrueColor images. 16-bit images, are usually the most commonly encountered.
TGA files can be uncompressed, or compressed using a Run-length compression scheme.
The "new" TARGA format also can store additional information, including information about when/how the file was created, application specific data, and a thumbnail version of the main image known as a "Postage-stamp image".
Same extension was also used for another bitmap format called Image Capture Board format.
How to open icb file?
Use any common graphic viewer with Targa support.
How to convert icb file?
Possibly can be converted like any other picture image formats.
Associated software actions with the icb file
Software applications that can open icb files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software applications that can edit icb files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software capable of saving icb files:
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Photoshop for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Programs for viewing icb files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Software apps that import icb files:
Adobe Illustrator (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Illustrator for Mac (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Software apps that print icb files:
XnView MP (Multiplatform)