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.
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Nero Multimedia Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Artweaver (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Canvas X (Multiplatform)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
PhotoFiltre Studio (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Adobe Photoshop (Microsoft Windows)
Nero Multimedia Suite (Microsoft Windows)
Adobe Premiere Pro (Microsoft Windows)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
WildBit Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
FastStone Image Viewer (Microsoft Windows)
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
Revelation Natural Art (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
FormatFactory (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
Picture Resize Free Online Images Converter (On-line services)
UVMapper (Microsoft Windows)
CrazyTalk (Microsoft Windows)
TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)
Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Apache OpenOffice Draw (OpenOffice.org Draw) (Multiplatform)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Krita (Multiplatform)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
VTFEdit (Microsoft Windows)
TexturePacker (Microsoft Windows)
Xara Page & Layout Designer (Microsoft Windows)
Preview (Apple macOS / Mac OS X)
XnConvert (Multiplatform)
Krita (Multiplatform)
Affinity Photo (Multiplatform)
Ability Photopaint (Microsoft Windows)
IrfanView (Microsoft Windows)
XnView MP (Multiplatform)
ACDSee Photo Manager (Microsoft Windows)
FastPictureViewer Professional (Microsoft Windows)
Ability Photopaint (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
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