Photoroom supports a range of different file formats, depending on whether you are:
Importing an image to use as the starting point for a design or as an input for AI features such as Virtual Model.
Exporting (downloading) a design to save on your device or to use in other applications.
Imports
Photoroom supports the following image file formats for imports:
| iOS | Android | Web App |
AVIF | - may work.
Not officially supported. | ❌ Not supported | ✔️ Supported |
BMP | ❌ Not supported | ✔️ Supported | ❌ Not supported |
GIF | - may work.
Not officially supported. | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
HEIF/HEIC | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported* | ❌ Not supported |
JPG/JPEG | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported |
PNG | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported |
TIFF | - may work.
Not officially supported. | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported |
WebP | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported |
* Android 8.0+ for HEIF, Android 10.0+ for encoding
Exports
Photoroom supports the following image file formats for exports (downloads):
| iOS | Android | Web App |
AVIF | ❌ Not supported | ❌ Not supported | ✔️ Supported |
JPEG | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported |
PNG | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported |
WebP | ❌ Not supported | ✔️ Supported | ✔️ Supported |
Note: The AVIF option is only available if your browser can encode AV1 via WebCodecs. Today that covers Chrome, Edge, Opera, Arc, Dia, Brave, and other Chromium-based browsers. Firefox and Safari users won't see the option until Mozilla and Apple release an update that can encode AV1.