File types supported by Assets 10

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