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File types supported by Swivle

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Any file type can be stored in Swivle. However, for commonly used types, Swivle creates thumbnails and previews. Additionally, the system extracts and embeds metadata within the files. Which common file types that are supported by Swivle are described in this article.

Image files

Standard file types

Type Thumbnail Preview (as various-size jpeg) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata1
ai x x x x
bmp x x x  
eps x x x x
gif x x x x
jpeg x x x x
png x x x x
psb2 x x x x
psd x x x x
svg x x x  
tiff x x x x
tga x x x x
HEIC/HEIF4 x x x x

1 Not all file types support embedding of all types of metadata fields, for example PNG files have very limited support for metadata embedding and some older EPS files have no support for metadata embedding because they were saved in a Postscript only structure.

2 The preview will be taken from the embedded thumbnail that is stored in the XMP-metadata of the PSB file.

Raw camera files

Type Thumbnail Preview (as various-size jpeg) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata
3fr x x x x
arw x x x x
crw x x x x
cr2 x x x x
dcr x x x x
dng x x x x
erf x x x x
iig x x x x
kdc x x x x
mrw x x x x
nef x x x x
nrw x x x x
orf x x x x
pef x x x x
raf x x x x
raw x x x x
rw2 x x x x
sr2 x x x x
srw x x x x
x3f x x x x

Video files

Type Thumbnail Preview (as mp4) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata
3gp x x x  
3g2 x x x  
asf x x x  
avi x x x  
dv x x x  
f4v x x x  
flv x x x  
gxf x x x  
m2ts x x x  
m4v x x x  
mj2 x x x  
mkv x x x  
mov x x x  
mp4 x x x  
mpeg x x x  
mts x x x  
mxf x x x  
prores x x x  
qt x x x  
rm x x x  
srt2 x x x  
vc1 x x x  
vob x x x  
wmv x x x  

Audio files

Type Wave Form Preview (as static image1) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata
aac x x  
aiff x x  
amr x x  
m4a x x  
mp3 x x  
ogg x x  
wav x x  
wma x x  

1 Not supported in Apple Safari, a file icon is shown instead.

3D files

Type Wave Form Preview Extract Metadata Embed Metadata
blend x x    

Document files

For common document formats, Swivle extracts text content to make it possible to search for any text contained in the file.

Standard file types

Type Thumbnail Preview Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
PDF x As various-size jpeg x x x
ps x As various-size jpeg x x x
rtf x As HTML x x
txt x As HTML x

InDesign / InCopy file types

Type Thumbnail Preview (as HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
indd x x x x  
icml x x x x x
icmt x x x x x
incx x x x x
wcml x x x x x
wcmt x x x x x
wwcx x x x x x
idms x x x x x

Tip: InDesign previews can be improved in the InDesign application where the document was created or edited. In the InDesign preferences you can change the file handling to create higher quality previews (up to 1024 pixels) from 1, 2, 5 or all pages (depending on the InDesign version). Swivle will use those previews when available.

Word file types

Type Thumbnail Preview (HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
doc x x x   x
docx x x x   x
dot x x x   x
dotx x x x   x

Powerpoint file types

Type Thumbnail Preview (HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
pps x x x   x
ppt x x x   x
ppt x x x   x

Excel file types

Type Thumbnail Preview (HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
xls x x x   x
xlsx x x x   x

Web files

Type Thumbnail Preview (HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
css          
html   x x   x
js          

XML files

Type Thumbnail Preview (HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
xml x x x x x

Archive files

Type Thumbnail Preview (as HTML) Extract Metadata Embed Metadata Extract text content
7z  
arj  
bz2  
cab  
gz  
gzip  
iso  
jar  
lha  
rar  
sit  
tar  
zip  

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